Moon Handbooks: Hawaii [Paperback]

J. D. Bisignani (Author), Robert Nilsen (Compiler)

Book Description

Series: Hawaii Handbook, 5th ed | Publication Date: November 1999

Featuring city, beach and park maps, as well as restaurant and accommodation indexes, this guide to Hawaii provides coverage of the island''s flora and fauna, history, people, customs and legends.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 1100 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub; 5th edition (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566911605
• ISBN-13: 978-1566911603
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,280,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For those who really want to know Hawaii, May 2, 2000

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John M. Gartland - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Hawaii (Paperback)

I got this book for Christmas from my son the month before we went to Hawaii. I would never have purchased such a (very) thick stodgy looking guide if I saw it in the bookstore. I devoured it during the thirteen hour flight to Hawaii and must say it was by far the very best travel guide that I have ever read and used to any destination. (And I have read them all.) It is so comprehensive and the writing is so well done that reading all of the information was almost like reading a page turner novel for me. I could not get enough. Once we were in Hawaii (three islands) we found it totally indispensible. We traveled with three other guides but with all of their color photograpy and fancy maps eventually this heavy one was the only one we eventually felt was worthwhile. After touring extensively on the islands I read it with even more interest on the long flight home. We plan to return to see more Hawaiian islands and this is the one we will bring. It is not glitzy it is the real thing. Enjoy.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SO WHAT if it's over a thousand pages? BUY IT!, September 28, 2004

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Thomas Richardson (near Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Hawaii (Paperback)

If you want to take a G-rated Hawaii vacation with the spouse and kiddies, this book tells you how to do that. If you want to leave Wifey (or Hubby) back at the hotel and have an X-rated night in Hawaii, this book helps there, too. If you want to visit all the places that the locals know about but never mention to the tourists, then you definitely want this book. And if you read the first part of this book on the flight from the Mainland to the Islands, you'll know the basics about Hawaii, and you'll actually appreciate what the tour guide shows you and tells you.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hard to imagine a better book, February 24, 2001

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cam (Campinas, SP Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Hawaii (Paperback)

We lived in Hawaii for a year and used this book to find every nook and cranny on 4 of the islands. I had no idea what a WONDERFUL job this book did until we moved to Brazil and there was no Moon Handbook. Other guides just don't compare.