Covers secluded dream beaches and sensational surfing sites.

Provides practical information for planning a Hawaiian vacation, recommends hotels, restaurants, shopping areas, and a variety of recreational activities, and briefly outlines the state's history.

Dance Dance Dance—a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase—is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami’s Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs. As Murakami’s nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work today fuses together science fiction, the hardboiled thriller, and white-hot satire.

No other travel guides offer the magnitude of information and depth of detail, or the clear, concise organization of material of Birnbaum's. This contemporary, comprehensive guide to Hawaii is aimed at today's traveler, with details and discounts that are unbeatable. Maps throughout; index.