2013 Ka Palapala Po‘okela Awards: UH Press Nominees

The annual Ka Palapala Po‘okela Awards are presented by Hawai‘i Book Publishers Association to honor Hawai‘i’s finest books and their authors, illustrators, designers, and publishers. This year’s awards presentation is scheduled for Friday, May 10, 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Hawai‘i State Library, 478 South King Street. The Library is cosponsoring the awards as part of their Centennial Anniversary celebration.

Titles with a 2012 copyright date were eligible this year. Here are our nominees:

Native Paths to Volunteer Trails: Hiking and Trail Building on O‘ahu, by Stuart M. Ball, Jr.
(Excellence in Special-Interest Books)

If It Swings, It’s Music: The Autobiography of Hawai‘i’s Gabe Baltazar Jr., by Gabe Baltazar Jr. with Theo Garneau
(Excellence in Nonfiction)

An American Girl in the Hawaiian Islands: Letters of Carrie Prudence Winter, 1890-1893, edited by Sandra Bonura and Deborah Day
(Excellence in Nonfiction)

I Respectfully Dissent: A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura, by Tom Coffman
(Excellence in Nonfiction)

Loulu: The Hawaiian Palm, by Donald R. Hodel
(Excellence in Natural Science)

Ancestry of Experience: A Journey into Hawaiian Ways of Knowing, by Leilani Holmes
(Excellence in Hawaiian Language, Culture & History)

Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory, by Anwei Skinsnes Law
(Excellence in Hawaiian Language, Culture & History; Excellence in Nonfiction; Excellence in Design)

Hawai‘i’s Mauna Loa Observatory: Fifty Years of Monitoring the Atmosphere, by Forrest M. Mims III
(Excellence in Natural Science)

The ‘Ukulele: A History, by Jim Tranquada and John King
(Excellence in Special-Interest Books)

The Painted King: Art, Activism, and Authenticity in Hawai‘i, by Glenn Wharton
(Excellence in Special-Interest Books)

Kudos to all!

UH Press Spring Cleaning Sale Ends This Thursday at Noon

UH Press’ second annual Spring Cleaning Sale will end at noon (HST), this Thursday, April 25! There are only a few more days to save 20-80% on hundreds of titles currently in stock, while supplies last. (Click here for a list of sale titles.) Orders are online only and nonreturnable; discounts may not be combined.

UH Press Authors, please note: If you are planning to order any Spring Cleaning Sale titles, please contact our Business Office by phone (toll free) at 1-888-847-7377 or via email at uhpbooks@hawaii.edu before logging in and creating your order to ensure that your discount is calculated correctly. We apologize for the inconvenience; thank you for your understanding.

AAAS Book Awards: Relative Histories Earns Honorable Mention in Literary Studies

At last week’s annual meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies in Seattle, the AAAS Book Awards (for titles published in 2011) were celebrated with a Friday reception in the exhibit hall, as well as at the general awards banquet. Relative Histories: Mediating History in Asian American Family Memoirs by Rocío G. Davis received an honorable mention in the category of Literary Studies. Professor Davis traveled from Hong Kong to attend the conference, so was on hand to accept the award.

(Relative Histories is 50% off during our 2013 Spring Sale that ends April 25!)

UH Press Spring Cleaning Sale 2013 Starts Today at Noon

UH Press’ second annual Spring Cleaning Sale starts today at noon (HST)! For one week only, save 20-80% on hundreds of titles currently in stock, while supplies last. (Click here for a list of sale titles.) Spring cleaning ends noon (HST), Thursday, April 25. Orders are online only and nonreturnable; discounts may not be combined.

UH Press Authors, please note: If you are planning to order any Spring Cleaning Sale titles, please contact our Business Office by phone (toll free) at 1-888-847-7377 or via email at uhpbooks@hawaii.edu before logging in and creating your order to ensure that your discount is calculated correctly. We apologize for the inconvenience; thank you for your understanding.

UH Press Titles Long Listed for ICAS Book Prize

Two UH Press titles have been long listed for the 2013 ICAS (International Convention of Asia Scholars) Book Prize in the humanities and the social sciences. Twelve books in each area were chosen from a total of 250 Asian studies titles submitted by 60 publishers worldwide.

ICAS will announce the short list in early May. Winners will be announced during the ICAS Book Prize Awards Ceremony on June 25, 2013, in Macao.

Chinese Architecture and the Beaux-Arts, edited by Jeffrey W. Cody, Nancy S. Steinhardt, and Tony Akin

“[The] fascinating and under-appreciated cross-pollination of Eastern and Western architecture is thoroughly examined in [this] absorbing new book. . . . Although filled with handsome photos contemporary and historic, Chinese Architecture and the Beaux-Arts is no coffee-table book — this volume is a thoughtful and far-ranging account of international trends in architecture, which have been too little known in the U.S. It fills an important need and is certain to find its place in every serious library of architectural history.” —Traditional Building (2011)

Burning Money: The Material Spirit of the Chinese Lifeworld, by C. Fred Blake

“Blake fully illustrates the common practice of burning paper money in the daily lives of many people throughout China, exploring the forces that have continued and transformed this old tradition from old times up to the present. His book is innovative and comprehensive in its interpretation of this common custom in China and will be welcomed by anyone interested in the living traditions and cultures of China.” —Asian Ethnology (71:2, 2012)

Save 20-80% during the UH Press Spring Cleaning Sale: April 18-25

UH Press’ second annual Spring Cleaning Sale will kick off at noon (HST), Thursday, April 18! For one week only, save 20-80% on hundreds of titles currently in stock, while supplies last. (Click here for a list of sale titles.) Spring cleaning ends noon (HST), Thursday, April 25. Orders are online only and nonreturnable; discounts may not be combined.

UH Press Authors, please note: If you are planning to order any Spring Cleaning Sale titles, please contact our Business Office by phone (toll free) at 1-888-847-7377 or via email at uhpbooks@hawaii.edu before logging in and creating your order to ensure that your discount is calculated correctly. We apologize for the inconvenience; thank you for your understanding.