New Release

       Stories of Aloha: Homegrown Treasures of Hawai'i has arrived! This new release, by author Jocelyn Fujii and photographer Brett Uprichard, with a foreword by actor Richard Chamberlain, is a compilation of 140 articles, essays, and recipes from Spirit of Aloha magazine, the inflight magazine of Aloha Airlines, which closed in 2008 after 62 years of serving Hawai'i . This is a feel-good book honoring the cultural icons and mom-and-pop business owners who have helped build Hawai'i through the years. Local farmers, artists, dancers, musicians, designers, bakers, entrepreneurs, lauhala weavers, noodle-makers—find your local favorites in the 264 pages of pure aloha.

      Don’t miss the book launch at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana, when Hawaiian falsetto star Ryan Kamakakehau Fernandez and hula icon Kanoe Miller, who are in the book, will perform, followed by a book signing at 2 p.m. Proceeds from book sales statewide will go to the Lōkahi for Aloha Fund for former Aloha Airlines employees, and a complimentary Stories of Aloha eco-bag will go to anyone who purchases three or more books.

      Barnes & Noble Ala Moana is also donating a percentage of the sales from every purchase—CDs, DVDs, items from the coffee bar, Stories of Aloha, and other books—from the entire weekend of October 2 to 4 to the Lōkahi for Aloha Fund to anyone who mentions Lōkahi or Aloha Airlines at the counter.

      Tucked into each book is a complimentary, full-color, vintage Aloha Airlines route map from pre-statehood Hawai'i , circa late 1950s. Aloha Air Cargo, whose 400 employees all previously worked for Aloha Airlines, is shipping complimentary copies of the book to former Aloha employees on the outer islands.

    Stay tuned for more book signing schedule.  Click here to order. 

 2008 Releases

Pono, the Dog That Dreams, by Jocelyn Fujii
Lei in a Bottle: Collecting Hawaiian Perfume Bottles, by Gwen Olins & Evan Olins