Here you can find works of non-fiction written on and about the Big Island of Hawaii.  Subjects include culture, history, cookbooks, studies, science, and photographic journeys, including Volcanoes National Park.  Click on a title below for more information, including price and availability, sample pages, user and editor reviews.  We offer 128-bit SSL encryption for secure on-line purchases through Amazon.com, the world's largest online book store.

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• From the Skies of Paradise: The Big Island of Hawaii
  by Glen Grant, 120 pages, 1992
  

• Moe Kau a Ho'Oilo: Hawaiian Mortuary Practices at Keopu, Kona, Hawaii
  by Toni L Han, Sara L. Collins, Stephan D. Clark, Anne Garland, 1986
  

• Substance and Conflict in Kona, Hawaii: An Archaeological Study of the Kuakini Highway Realignment Corridor
  by Rose Schilt, 1984
  

• The Tsunami of 1946 and 1960 and the Devastation of Hilo-Town
  by Walter Dudley, Scott Stone, 2000
  

• The University of Hawaii-Hilo: A College in the Making
  by Frank Inouye, Edward Kormondy, 216 pages, 2001
  

• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
  by Sharlene & Ted Nelson, 48 pages, 1998
  

• Mauna Loa: World's Largest Active Volcano
  by Joanne Mattern, 24 pages, 2001
  

• Kilauea: Hawaii's Most Active Volcano
  by Kathy Furgang, 24 pages, 2001
  

• Lava: We Can Read!
  by Jacqueline Sweeney, 32 pages, 2002
  

• In Pictures: Hawaii Volcanoes: The Continuing Story
  by Richard Rasp, 48 pages, 1992
  

• Hawaii Volcano Watch: A Pictorial History (1779-1991)
  by Thomas L. Wright, Taeko Jane Takahashi, J. D. Griggs, 1992
  

• Mauna Loa Revealed: Structure, Composition, History, and Hazards (Geophysical Monograph, Vol 92)
  by J.M. Rhodes, John Lockwood, 348 pages, 1995
  

• Hawaiian Volcanoes: Deep Underwater Perspectives (Geophysical Monograph, 128)
  by E. Takahashi, Peter W. Lipman, Michael O. Garcia, 418 pages, 2002
  

• Observations and Interpretation of Hawaiian Volcanism and Seismicity, 1779-1955: An Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index
  by Thomas L. Wright, Taeko Jane Takahashi, 1989
  

• Viewbook Hawaii's Volcanoes
  by Douglas Peebles, 32 pages, 1994
  

• Hawaii Volcanoes
  by Government Printing Office, 1996
  

• Hawaii Volcanoes: The Story Behind the Scenery
  by Janet Babb, 48 pages, 1999
  

• Hawaii Volcanoes: The Story Behind the Scene
  by Glen Kaye, 1976