Caribbean category: 2932 books
Sport in the Black Atlantic
Cricket, Canada and the Caribbean diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
This book outlines the ways sport helps to create transnational social fields that interconnect migrants dispersed across a region known as the Black Atlantic: England, North America and the Caribbean. Many Caribbean men's stories about their experiences migrating to Canada, settling in Toronto, finding...
by Sylvia Wynter
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
The Hills of Hebron tells the story of a group of formerly enslaved Jamaicans as they attempt to create a new life in the utopian, anti-colonialist community of Hebron. However, a grab for power ensues when it is revealed that Rose, the wife of leader of the Church of New Believers, who has taken...
Ay, Cuba!
A Socio-Erotic Journey
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The NPR reporter offers an “engaging and enlightening” window into late-90s Cuba, “from the cafes in Havana to the mysterious lairs of Santiago de Cuba” (Kirkus Reviews).
For NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu, reporting from Cuba on the eve of Pope John Paul II’s 1998 visit was an opportunity...
Afro-Vegan
Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
In Afro-Vegan, renowned chef and food justice activist Bryant Terry reworks and remixes the favorite staples, ingredients, and classic dishes of the African Diaspora to present more than 100 wholly new, creative culinary combinations that will amaze vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores alike.
Blending...
Empire of Blue Water
Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean.Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three...
The Republic of Pirates
Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2008
The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world
In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy,...
Cuban Flavor
Exploring the Island's Unique Places, People, and Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
A lush journey through Cuba, its paladars, and its flavorful cuisine
For Cubans, food is a complex story—a tapestry of love and loss woven so deeply into their culture that it goes well beyond that of history or sustenance. Gershman, who’s love affair with Cuba began long before her first visit,...
by V. S. Naipaul
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
In 1960 the government of Trinidad invited V. S. Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions. In this classic of modern travel writing he has created a deft and remarkably prescient portrait of Trinidad and four adjacent Caribbean societies–countries haunted by the legacies...
by Dianne Rein
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Whether you are on a limited budget or can afford to be in the lap of luxury, this new
guide will help you find your way. “Smile In Cozumel” is geared to give the traveler choices in all categories and at all price points so his/her trip can be individually tailored based on a budget or a whim.
With...
Trinidad & Tobago - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The twin Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago could hardly be more different. Trinidad is vibrant, cosmopolitan, culturally diverse, and multiethnic, with a population descended from East Indian, African, Spanish, French, Dutch, American, Chinese, Syrian, and English forebears. This potent mix...
by Berlitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Berlitz Pocket Guide St Lucia is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the very best that this luscious Caribbean island has to offer.
The Where to Go chapter details all the key sights on this idyllic tropical isle, from the colonial...
by Lynne Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
All of the usual guidebook information is compacted into a pocket size, user friendly reference including places to go, what to see, what to do, and where to stay. Enhanced with historical 'infobits', maps, information and advice, this is the ideal and recommended trip planner whether traveling on a...
Panama & Costa Rica Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Panama lies in Central America, between the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It occupies a strategic position along the isthmus linking South America to North America. The country is bounded by Costa Rica to the north and Colombia to the south and Panama's official currency...
by Wendy Dennis
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Aruba is the most popular of the Dutch islands on the Caribbean coast. The combination of white sandy beaches and rugged interior attracts “snowbirds”, honeymooners and beach lovers. The island is known for its glitzy resorts, casinos and private beaches and regularly draws tourists from North...