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New releases from
Hawaii authors

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"I Myself Have Seen It" By Susanna Moore (National Geographic Society, $20)

The inside jacket of this book describes it as a "book that combines memoir, history and myth." Published by the National Geographic Society, this handsome and compact work of nonfiction describes the author's experiences as she was raised in Hawaii during the 1950s and '60s. Intermingled throughout her personal narration is the story of ancient Hawaii and how the customs and rituals of the islands changed forever when Capt. Cook arrived.

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"House of Thieves" By Kaui Hart Hemmings (Sourcebooks Inc., $22.95)

Hemmings' collection of short stories is set with Hawaii as the backdrop to her troubled and complicated characters. Nine stories are told from a different point of view, ranging from a father, a child, a single mother, a young woman, an adolescent boy and more. Hemmings attempts to tackle Hawaii's mythological stature within American culture, along with the pressures of life within the myth. The new novel is attractively bound and printed.