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Begun in India, Dilloo and Hunooman's rivalry over Dilloo's wife, Lutchmee, is continued on a sugar estate in Guyana, where it leads to the planning of an armed rebellion and a tragic denouement. First published in 1877, this is the earliest novel of Indo-Guyanese life, a story of a colonial society divided by race and class.

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For the traveler attracted to the Bahamas, this book provides all the needed information on the people, culture, and history of the islands as well as the flora, fauna, undersea life, agriculture, and sports. Walking tours of Nassau are a unique feature of the guide and a chapter on nightlife shows that evenings can be as enjoyable as the days.

When the young Scotsman George Marly arrives in Jamaica in 1816, his only ambition is to recover his inheritance. But before long he falls in love with the daughter of Simon McFathom, the unscrupulous attorney who has deprived him of his ancestral estate. The novel offers us vivid details of the complexities of Jamaican society in the last years before Emancipation.

?In search of fame and fortune Donkey leaves her quiet life in the seaside village of Toco. I can feel it in my tail, she assures herself and her friend the blackbird when he warns her about the big world out there. From Sangre Grande to Arima, fate delivers her to Stollmeyer's Farm of racehorses and a new life as "Millie." Under the care and kindness of farmhand Emraj she finds a place of contentment, but will her grand dreams come true? Read...

The work of Barbados's leading photographer collected for the first time, providing a fascinating visual portrait of the island and its people.

?This highly illustrated reference book provides an invaluable and entertaining source of information to the Caribbean region. A-Z of Caribbean Heritage is a comprehensive and engaging guide to the cultural, social, political, economic, geographic, natural and historic heritage of the entire region. In addition to the English-, French-, Spanish- and Dutch-speaking West Indies, the book covers the countries with which these islands have close c...

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While Bermuda's isolation has become part of its appeal, the influences of Britain and America have also contributed to its identity and culture. Wide sandy beaches and idyllic parishes are complemented by a thriving economy based on international finance and a history that spans the Atlantic. Nausbaum's photographs reveal this diversity in all the vibrant colors that fill this tiny nation.

What is remarkable about this novel, first published in 1827, is that although the anonymous author in general supports the status quo rather than the anti-slavery movement, he also creates individual characters who subvert his general thesis of white racial superiority.

Miri, who lives in Havana, steps through an intriguing blue door and suddenly finds she has gone back in time to a couple of centuries before. She meets a disorganised pirate whose foul-mouthed and bad-tempered pet has made him buy fruit with the last of his loot and he's trapped in the port, in a sweat.

This book will be enjoyed not only by those lucky enough to have visited the Caribbean, but also by all who wish to find their very own paradise.

From Anguilla to Trinidad, the Caribbean offers a huge variety of architectural styles that have been influenced by the many European settlers who colonized the islands, as well as the Africans, Amerindians, and East Indians brought to the region as laborers.

Twins, Ada and Evan, are normal Trinidadian children in every way...or so it seems. Their father Steven, a genius scientist, desperately wants to protect his children from his past. Now the future has caught up with them. A search for their mother leads them to a Jamaican laboratory and mind-blowing revelations. A secret potion and the mysterious Chalice Project are the children's only clues to uncovering their true identities.

A young Jamaican, Luke, befriends an ancient storytelling sea turtle, Odysseus. Together they travel through Caribbean time, righting wrongs and saving lives - the pirate, Henry Morgan, for one, and Cyparis, the only survivor of the Pelee volcano that killed 28, 000 people in Martinique in 1902, to name another.

This book studies, explores, and explains what it is that makes the archipelagic Commonwealth of The Bahamas and its people so interesting and distinctive. Designed to be a lively encyclopedia, it includes all elements that constitute the heritage of modern Bahamians.

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Joyce Gladwell grew up in Jamaica, a "brown face" in a country where black and white were often at opposite ends of the social scale. "Big Master" (in the country dialect she used as a child) is God. First published in 1969, this open, forth-right story of her life reveals a deep awareness of some of the major social issues and personal problems of our time--race, color, human relationships, mixed marriage, the search for God.

All is not well on our beautiful Caribbean island. One of the farmyard animals is very ill. Farmer Hunte fears the worst. But the other animals do not despair. They know who will come to the rescue: Mauby the Cat! Mauby's second adventure, the follow up to Mauby's Big Adventure, sees our favorite cat undertake a difficult and dangerous journey to find the magic flower needed to heal the farm animal. Mauby shows great adventure and courage to r...