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Welcome to the Hawaiian books and activities of Kauai, Hawai’i, Maui and Molokai. You don’t have to have a Hawaiian wedding in Honolulu, or resort to expensive travel deals. Dive into our exotic waters and snorkel from one of our offerings to the next.


Our Hawaiian Cookbook Memoir ...

won First Prize in an International Competition. The judges explained that they had never seen such "fine writing in a cookbook." It is a real cookbook, not a recipe book; that is, it teaches you how to prepare the recipes. And there are 250 of them representing all six of the ethnic tables of Hawai’i (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, European and, Hawaiian). No need to have a separate cookbook for each cuisine.

Our Authors ...

have grown up in the Islands or have lived the major portions of their lives here. They bring to their writings, whether about boats and sailing, Hawaiin Regional Cuisine, or hula wahine and Hawaiian culture, a depth that allows the reader to be confident of the authenticity of their material.

In addition to ...

the authors Diamond Hawai’i publishes, we also feature other Hawaiian authors and playwrights whom you may now wish to experience. Wayne Moniz is an award winning writer who works out of Maui and appeals to many who may remember the islands of an earlier day when great white ships brought movie stars and other interesting personalities to our sandy shores. (Click for more ...)

And also ...

there is William Wayne Dicksion, a story teller whose style allows the drawl and inflection of the old time teller of tales to emerge in the text. And Bill has been at his art a long time. (Click for more ...)

Gene J. Parola

Author Gene J. Parola Gene J. Parola is a retired Professor of Cultural History and a sailor of some fifty years.  He has lately given up living aboard his sloop and settled into a home on Oahu with his author wife, Shirley.



 



Lehua, The Sacred Flower PDF Print E-mail
Gene J. Parola
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Saturday, 11 October 2008

Image Coming in the spring of 2010.  A coming of age novel set in old Hawai'i and the first in the series of stories set on Molokai--Molokai pule-oo [powerful prayer] .

Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 )
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The Devil To Pay PDF Print E-mail
Gene J. Parola
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Friday, 10 October 2008

Image"I'm a citizen, dammit," Sven hissed as he squinted down the barrel of the borrowed .45 and into the muzzle of the 9mm.  "And I'm gettin' awful tired of you tryin' to kill me for 'national security' reasons too precious for
me to know about!" 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 September 2009 )
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