Drawing on twenty years experience observing green turtles, the authors describe turtle behaviour and explain how to find them from shore and while snorkelling, kayaking and diving. Over the years, they have closely followed individual animals and recorded their movements and behaviour.

The adventures of a baby turtle as he attempts to crawl to the ocean after being born

Moa, a loudmouth rooster, challenges Honu, a calm green sea turtle, in a race to determine who owns a clear, cool, Hawaiian spring. The bright Sun awakens them early the following morning, and the race begins. Honu uses her strength and perseverance to push against the strong currents of a stream. Moa wastes time sleeping in and then gets sidetracked as he nears the spring. In the end, steadfast Honu wins and boastful Moa is speechless for once. Honu and Moa is a humorous spin on a well-known story, set in beautiful Hawaii featuring characters whose cultural significance continue to influence the islands

Relates how Honu, a daring Hawaiian sea turtle, becomes the first turtle to have a shell.

People all over the world travel to the Hawaiian islands to feel a sense of peace and happiness. The warm sun, white sand beaches, and crystal blue waters give us a sense of place that we rarely experience in our busy lives. But what if there is a way to feel the love and healing of Hawaii every day, even if we aren't in the beautiful islands? What if we could bring aloha home? With the Aloha State of Mind, Hawaii is never far. Using examples from the Hawaiian language, culture, history, and ecosystem, as well as personal stories, Leialoha Humpherys brings 24 Hawaiian values to life. These universal values teach us how to: -Bring aloha home-Endure challenges with grace-Develop inner peace -Elevate self confidence and compassion-Heal, strengthen, and create meaningful relationships -Increase trust in God-And more! We don't have to wait impatiently for our next vacation to Hawaii. Our hope, happiness, and healing is available to us right now. When we live the Aloha State of Mind, we create paradise right where we are.

A House in Hana...is the story about Lani Winters, a nursery owner and avid orchid collector in the Hudson Valley, who is of Polynesian descent and was adopted as an infant. Her nursery is struggling, but to make things worse, her boyfriend of six years breaks up with her and wants to be bought out. One day, she suddenly receives a letter from a lawyer in Kahului, Maui, informing her that she inherited a house in Hana from her great-aunt Malani.She travels to Maui and not only to find a house that is in dire need of renovation and has to be fixed up within one year, otherwise it will be sold to an investor who wants to bulldoze it and build oceanfront condos, she also finds out that her mother disappeared from the face of the Earth when she became pregnant and her father, Lani's grandfather, wanted to talk her into having an abortion.When Lani arrives at the house, she finds a painting of a woman who looks exactly like her: It seems that her father was a renowned artist and painted many paintings of her mother and the beautiful tropical surroundings of Hana and Maui. But he also obviously died a mysterious death and all information about his death has been deleted from the internet.Lani also finds a village that has been in a feud since thirty years, divided between the people that were on her great-aunt Malani's side who thought the pregnant girl, Lani's mother, should have all the assistance she could get, and the people that were on the grandfather's side who did not support having a child from a Haole, a white man.Max, the caretaker of the house, who lives in the guesthouse, not only helps Lani evaluate how much work the house needs, but he also helps Lani follow traces of her mother and father while he shows her beautiful sites of Hana and surroundings. They fall madly in love, but when the singer of a Jazz combo shows up at the house more than Lani can tolerate and obviously wants more from Max than just hang out, Lani is not sure whether Max is just using her or really loves her. She withdraws from him until she is sure about his love.The house suffers a final blow which is the straw that breaks the camel's back, but the residents of Hana have a big surprise for Lani.