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• UMW Great Lives

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  Biography is the most intimate approach to history and the most entertaining. UMW’s Great Lives lecture series reveals how extraordinary people – some born to privilege and power, others from modest backgrounds – shaped art, literature, science,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Captive Paradise

  a History of Hawaii

  Haley, James L.

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  James Haley looks at the decline of the Hawaiian kingdom and the history of the United States' eventual annexation.

• Hawaii

  a Pictorial Celebration

  Crowe, Ellie

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  A picture book of all the Hawaiian islands and their parks, museums, art, and more.

• Lost Kingdom

  Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure

  Siler, Julia Flynn

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  A history of America's annexation of a Pacific kingdom.

• Unfamiliar Fishes

  Vowell, Sarah, 1969-

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  Essayist and NPR contributing editor Sarah Vowell looks at the history of Hawaii and its association with the United States in a style marked by her trademark dark humor.