Isle Pages

THIS listing of new books about Hawaii or by Hawaii authors is published on the last Friday of each month.

"Rainbow Handbook Hawaii: The Islands' Ultimate Gay Guide" Matthew Link, $20, 216 pages, Missing Link Productions

Places to stay at, eateries, beaches and other cool things to do on any of the islands. There are things for the "sure queer" or the "Not Queer, but Oh Well" crowds. Maps and black-and-white pictures can be found throughout the book.

"Toyer": Gardner McKay; $24; 453 pages; Little, Brown & Co. Ltd.

Psychological thriller with a doctor who cannot find a cure for a disorder in her patients -- Toyer's victims.

Local Best Sellers

November 1998 Favorites

Children's
1. Hawaii Chillers Series (6 books): P.J. Neri, Bess Press (1)
2. Baby Honu's Adventure Tammy Yee, Island Heritage (7)
3. Local-Style Fairy Tales Sandi Takayama, Bess Press
4. Keiki's First Books (series) Wren and Maile, Bess Press (2)
5. Discover Hawaii's Birth by Fire Volcanoes Katherine Orr, Island Heritage
6. Kama'aina Gecko Ed Freiler, Island Heritage Publishing
7. ABC's of Hawaii Sharon Asta and Jeanne Donovan, Island Heritage (10)
8. Kolea: The Story of the Pacific Golden Plover Marion Coste, University of Hawaii Press
9. Fables From the Garden Leslie Ann Hayashi and Kathleen Wong Bishop, University of Hawaii Press
10. Tutu Nene-The Hawaiian Mother Goose Rhymes Debra Ryll, Island Heritage

Gift and Travel Books
1. The Choy of Seafood Sam Choy, Mutual Publishing (1)
2. Viewbook (series) Douglas Peebles, Hawaiian Resources (6)
3. Scenic Hawaii Series Island Heritage (3)
4. 50th Anniversary Maui Cookbook various contributors, Maui Association for Family and Community Education (5)
5. Discover Hawaii (series) Stu Dawrs, Island Heritage (4)
6. With Sam Choy Sam Choy and Evelyn Cook, Mutual Publishing
7. Glen Grant's Chicken Skin Tales Glen Grant, Mutual Publishing (2)
8. From the Skies of Paradise (series) Glen Grant, Chris Cook, Tom Stevens and Douglas Peebles, Mutual Publishing (7)
9. Island Travelogues (series of six books) Curt Sanburn, Jan TenBruggencate, and Ui and Steve Goldsberry, Mutual Publishing (10)
10. Another Taste of Aloha Junior League of Hawaii

Hawaiiana
1. Hawaii the Big Island Revealed Wizard Publications (1)
2. Hawaiian Country Tables Kaui Philpotts, Bess Press (3)
3. Hawaiian Journey Joseph Mullins, Mutual Publishing
4. Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales 2 Rick Carroll, Bess Press (2)
5. Chicken Skin: True Spooky Stories of Hawai'i Rick Carroll, Bess Press
6. Obake Files Glen Grant, Mutual Publishing (5)
7. Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales Rick Carroll, Bess Press (4)
8. Shoal of Time Gavan Daws, University of Hawaii Press H (8)
9. Na Mo'olelo Hawaii o ka Wa Kahiko, Stories of Old Hawai'i Roy Alameida, Bess Press
10. The Secret Obake Casebook Glen Grant, Mutual Publishing (6)

Literature
1. Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, Mutual Publishing H (3)
2. All I Asking for Is My Body Milton Murayama, University of Hawaii Press (10)
3. The Betrayal of Liliuokalani Helena G. Allen, Mutual Publishing H
4. Fornander's Ancient History of the Hawaiian People Abraham Fornander, Mutual Publishing
5. Mark Twain's Letters From Hawaii Mark Twain, University of Hawaii Press H (4)
6. Potiki Patricia Grace, University of Hawai'i Press
7. Hawaiian Mythology Martha Beckwith, University of Hawaii Press (9)
8. Myths and Legends of Hawaii W.D. Westervelt, Mutual Publishing H (8)
9. South Sea Tales Jack London, Mutual Publishing
10. Mark Twain in Hawaii Mark Twain, Mutual Publishing H

Reference
1. Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, 3rd Edition A. Doughty and H. Friedman, Wizard Publications (2)
2. Hawaiian Lei Making Step-by-Step Guide Laurie Shimizu Ide, Mutual Publishing (1)
3. Atlas of Hawaii, Third Edition James and Sonia Juvik, University of Hawai'i Press
4. New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary Mary Pukui and Samuel Elbert, University of Hawai'i Press
5. Things Hawaiian, A Pocket Guide to the Language Al Schutz, Island Heritage
6. Hawaii's Birds Hawaii Audubon Society, Island Heritage H (8)
7. Tropical Trees of Hawaii Dorothy & Bob Hargreaves, Island Heritage H
8. Atlas of Hawaii O.A. Bushnell, Gavan Daws and Andrew Berger, Island Heritage H (7)
9. (tied) Hawaii An Underwater Paradise John P. Hoover, Mutual Publishing
9. (tied) Hawaii's Fishes John Hoover, Mutual Publishing (10)

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