Caribbean Latin America category: 2022 books

This is drawn from our larger guide to the entire Dominican Republic; it zeros in on the capital city and its surroundings. There is a detailed walking tour of the Zona Colonial, where you can still see and explore the house where Columbus' son lived, the first church built in the Western Hemisphere...

Puerto Rico is often left out of conversations on migration and transnationalism within the Latino context. Sponsored Migration: The State and Puerto Rican Postwar Migration to the United States by Edgardo Meléndez seeks to rectify this oversight, serving as a comprehensive study of the factors affecting...

One of the most-popular caribbean Islands, Jamaica has it all. With its stunning natural setting, low mountains, white sandy beaches and clear waters, it's the destination of dreams. Be inspired to get more out of your visit by the brand new Berlitz Pocket Guide Jamaica, a concise, full-colour guide...

The beautiful Caribbean island of Puerto Rico is a self-governing U.S. territory in the Greater Antilles off the southeastern coast of mainland U.S.A.  It is part of a chain of islands that includes Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. Puerto Rico has a warm tropical climate, which is appealing to vacationers...

This lighthearted expat guide to Central America makes many comparisons and personal references with traditional retirement hotspots in Thailand and Southeast Asia; here you have an exciting tell-it-like-it-is book written by an ex-expat from Thailand who shows you how to successfully start anew in...

This edition is Part V of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Leeward Islands and covers Dominica in the Caribbean. The Island Hopping Digital Guides are the digital versions of the world-famous cruising guides written by Stephen J. Pavlidis.  Over the past 20 years, Stephen J. Pavlidis...

This edition is Part II of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Windward Islands and covers the island of St Lucia in the Caribbean Sea. The Island Hopping Digital Guides are the digital versions of the world-famous cruising guides written by Stephen J. Pavlidis. Over the past 20 years,...

The author describes his less than pleasant experience living in the Latin American country of Brazil. This book will reveal personal experiences and the gritty reality of what real corruption and poverty looks like.  It's what a decent man wants the world to know. It's what the Brazilian government doesn't want to tell you. 

Sharing the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, Haiti is culturally the most African of Caribbean countries, and one that is largely unknown to visitors, except through popular clichés of aid dependency and Vodou culture. This is the only stand-alone guidebook on Haiti on the market...

Louis A. Perez Jr.'s new history of nineteenth-century Cuba chronicles in fascinating detail the emergence of an urban middle class that was imbued with new knowledge and moral systems. Fostering innovative skills and technologies, these Cubans became deeply implicated in an expanding market culture...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at Chichen Itza's massive El Castilo pyramid, swim in a cenote,...

Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure St Lucia is one of the most luscious Caribbean islands, home to dramatic vistas, sweeping beaches and a lively Creole culture. Be inspired to visit by the brand new Insight Pocket Guide St Lucia, a concise, full-colour guide to this tropical paradise...

Puerto Rico is a self-governing territory that belongs to the United States. Located in the north-eastern Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands its total area is 9 104 square kilometres and its population is 3,994,259 inhabitants. The capital is San Juan. Puerto...

In My Next Husband Will Be Normal – A St. John Adventure, Lee and her husband ditch their sailboat and fly to the U.S. Virgin Islands with a down payment for a mom and pop business on St. John. The plan:  when they aren’t sewing canvas bags at their little shop, The Canvas Factory, they’ll...