Maybe you'll never have to fight off a wild pig or find water in the wild. Maybe you'll never need to survive Hawai'i's tropical jungle and shoreline. But you never know. The Hawaiian Survival Handbook is a just-in-case bush guide for when things go wrong--from flash floods to shark attacks, from rip tides to box jellyfish.Celebrated Hawaiian musician Brother Noland sees music as just one way to connect with his heritage and the 'aina. A steward of the land and Hawaiian culture, Noland is also a dedicated tracker. "We are and have always been hunters, trackers, and fishermen," he says. In The Hawaiian Survival Handbook, he shares the outdoor skills he has developed over a lifetime spent in Hawai'i's forests and waters. These essential tips and tricks will prove handy for the casual day-hiker, intrepid seashore adventurer and hardcore overnight camper alike.Among the more than 40 survival techniques and outdoor skills included in the Handbook:How to Avoid a Shark AttackHow to Survive a Rip Tide or UndertowHow to Forage Hawai'i's ShorelineHow to Use a Throw NetHow to Read the Island WeatherHow to Build or Find an Overnight ShelterHow to Make FireHow to Wayfind in the ForestHow to Use the MoonHow to Make Use of Native PlantsHow to Develop the Eye of the TrackerHow to Avoid a Wild Pig Attack

Gathers information on how to produce and maintain your bonsai, including shaping, feeding, pruning, watering, and tips on what to look for when purchasing a bonsai

What would happen if you fell into a Black Hole? Black holes are found throughout the universe. They can be microscopic. They can be billions of times larger than our Sun. They are dark on the outside but not on the inside. Anything that enters them can never escape, and yet they contain nothing at all. In Black Hole Survival Guide physicist and novelist Janna Levin takes you on a journey into a black hole, explaining what would happen to you and why. In the process you'll come to see how their mysteries contain answers to some of the most profound questions ever asked about the nature of our universe. 'Astrophysics at its sexiest...hugely enjoyable' Sunday Times

When he wrote Survival Guns in 1979, Mel Tappan demonstrated that having the right weapons for securing food and providing personal defense is the key to sustaining life on an independent basis, whether or not a catastrophe occurs. This is even more true today. Survival Guns became the standard in its own time and went through several printings. When it finally went out of print, it graduated from a classic to a sought-after collector's item, because the principles and advice in this well-reasoned volume are sound and perennially valuable. Some new guns and some new calibers have become available since this book was first published, but its principles, advice, and value remain unchanged. Having more choices only increases the value of advice on how to choose what is best for you. As used copies of this book became harder and harder to find, Paladin received numerous requests to bring Tappan's classic back into print. We are pleased to make the most well-known survival firearms book ever published available once more to a new generation of concerned citizens facing the same threats Tappan chronicled during his lifetime. Survival Guns remains the definitive book for anyone interested in the practical use of firearms and related weapons for defense, food gathering, and predator and pest control under conditions of long-term, self-sufficient living.

Raised among doomsday preppers, Becca Aldaine's life has centered on planning for the worst, but when her escape plan is jeopardized, she turns to the boy she is expected to marry and hopes for the best.

From a Maui native and food blogger comes a gorgeous cookbook of 85 fresh and sunny recipes reflects the major cultures that have influenced local Hawaiʻi food over time: Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Filipino, and Western. IACP AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND LIBRARY JOURNAL In Aloha Kitchen, Alana Kysar takes you into the homes, restaurants, and farms of Hawaiʻi, exploring the cultural and agricultural influences that have made dishes like plate lunch and poke crave-worthy culinary sensations with locals and mainlanders alike. Interweaving regional history, local knowledge, and the aloha spirit, Kysar introduces local Hawaiʻi staples like saimin, loco moco, shave ice, and shoyu chicken, tracing their geographic origin and history on the islands. As a Maui native, Kysar’s roots inform deep insights on Hawaiʻi’s multiethnic culture and food history. In Aloha Kitchen, she shares recipes that Hawaiʻi locals have made their own, blending cultural influences to arrive at the rich tradition of local Hawaiʻi cuisine. With transporting photography, accessible recipes, and engaging writing, Kysar paints an intimate and enlightening portrait of Hawaiʻi and its cultural heritage.

SAFE PASSAGE is the first book to feature the dramatic story of the American civilians, trapped on the Hawaiian Islands after the horrifying surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, who were evacuated thousands of miles by ship across the Pacific and by train across the United States in mid-winter. The bombing attack that came early on a December Sunday morning in 1941 left thousands of civilians, many of them suddenly widowed women (including the author's mother) and their young children, vulnerable and afraid, at least 3000 miles from home. Just as on 9/11, with the awful events of one morning, everything had changed. After a few panicked days spent in fear of another attack, the decision was made to evacuate as many as possible back to the mainland, along with the wounded servicemen who had survived. In an era in which plane flight was not yet common, evacuation would be by sea in armed convoys on civilian ships, including cruise ships commandeered from throughout the Pacific - an eight-to-ten-day crossing in crowded vessels stripped of any luxuries, in heavy winter seas, and under constant fear of further attacks by Japanese submarines. Based on interviews with evacuees and over ten years of research, SAFE PASSAGE: The Civilian Evacuation from Hawaii after Pearl Harbor tells the full true story for the first time. Detailing the bureaucratic infighting between the Army and Navy and the occasional heroism of desk officers suddenly tasked with implementing martial law on Hawaii and coordinating the evacuation, SAFE PASSAGE recounts evacuees' tales of sacrifice and bravery - and some moments of cowardice. The ocean journey was just the first stage. The evacuees - including an entire college football team - landed in California, where they conveyed the first eyewitness accounts of the attack to waiting reporters. With the help of the Red Cross, they traveled by unheated trains and with little food back to their families throughout the US during the coldest and snowiest winter in years. Treated as heroes in their hometowns, the evacuated civilians were held up as examples of American toughness in the face of adversity as the US plunged into a World War. With an Appendix including full convoy ship lists, selected letters and memorandums and news articles. James F. Lee's mother was widowed during the attack, and she and his half-sister were among the evacuees. His mother subsequently married Lee's father. The cover photo, a personal photo taken in Hawaii of Lee's mother with his sister and some other children, was originally published in the Salem Evening News, Salem, MA, to accompany an article about his mother's Pearl Harbor experience. Lee found the photo in the Salem Evening News archives at the Salem Public Library while researching the book. Thanks is given to both the Salem Evening News and the Salem Public Library for the use of the photo in connection with SAFE PASSAGE.