May Moir's garden in Hawaii
The late May Moir created a marvellous tropical garden in Hawaii called 'Lipolani'. May designed the garden for privacy and to screen the house from passers by, but also to maintain the dramatic mountain views beyond. She developed a series of ... [... more]
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Cordylines in Hawaii
Last year the Burke's Backyard team visited Hawaii, and filmed some spectacular foliage plants which the locals call ti. In Australia we know them as cordylines. The starchy roots (or rhizomes) of these plants were highly valued as food by the ... [... more]
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Terri Farley
Terri Farley is the author of the wildly popular Phantom Stallion series, which has sold one million copies. For her new series, Wild Horse Island, Terri volunteered on a horse ranch in Hawaii for three weeks. After much coaxing, she returned to ... [... more]
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Ji-li Jiang
Ji-li Jiang was born in Shanghai, China, in 1954. She graduated from Shanghai Teachers' College and Shanghai University and was a science teacher before she came to the United States in 1984. After her graduation from the University of Hawaii, ... [... more]
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Kaui Hart Hemmings
Narrated in a bold, fearless, hilarious voice and set against the lush, panoramic backdrop of Hawaii, The Descendants is a stunning debut novel about an unconventional family forced to come together and re-create its own legacy. Matthew King was ... [... more]
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Donigan Merritt
Donigan Merritt is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and the author of seven novels, among them One Easy Piece (1981) and My Sister's Keeper (1983). He lives in Washington, DC. When Morgan Cary flies home to Hawaii after a decade spent in ... [... more]
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Linda Spalding
Born in Kansas, Linda Spalding immigrated to Canada in 1982. She is the author of three novels and a work of nonfiction, When a murder occurs in beautiful Hawaii, the suspects are two young mainlanders on their honeymoon. Mayann Acker is ... [... more]
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Virginia Lee Barnes
Aman's story was originally compiled by Virginia Lee Barnes, an anthropologist (Ph.D., University of Hawaii), and upon her death in 1989, the manuscript was completed by Janice Boddy, distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of ... [... more]
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Fodor's Hawaii 2009
Fodor's helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insights and tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you're always at the helm, Fodor's offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and ... [... more]
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Hawaii movie locations
The perfect location for filming, Fantasy Island, George of the Jungle and Beverly Hills 90210 set up their cameras there. It has also been on the television series Lost many times. Back in the 1950s, the classic film From Here To Eternity was ... [... more]
Getaway |
Burke's Backyard in Hawaii
Royal Hawaiian Hotel Volcanoes National Park Paul Mitchell Estate Captain Cook's Death Aloha Festival Floral Parade Don's Hawaiian Shirts Frangipanis Jim Nabors - Celebrity Gardener Banyan Tree Hula 2000 Chinchillas Roadtest Mauna Kea Garden ... [... more]
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Chris Loos
Chris Loos is an award-winning crime reporter for the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, who has covered the Dana Ireland case since its beginning. [... more]
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