Koa Books was a

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based in Kihei, Hawaiʻi. It was founded in 2005 by Arnie Kotler. The company was named after the koa tree. Koa Books gave its goal as publishing works that foster "a deeper understanding of personal transformation, social justice, and

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". Books published by Koa include ''Daughters of Fire'' by Tom Peek, a 2013

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Benjamin Franklin Silver Finalist Award winner for Popular Fiction; ''Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawaii'', by Tom Coffman; and ''Dissent: Voices of Conscience'' by Ann Wright and Susan Dixon. Koa Books became an

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of The Chiron Group in 2016.

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