Author : Bradley Smith
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781494105952
This is a new release of the original 1956 edition.
Author : Bradley Smith
Publisher :
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 20,48 MB
Release : 1958
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Carole Boyce Davies
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 17,73 MB
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0252095863
Drawing on both personal experience and critical theory, Carole Boyce Davies illuminates the dynamic complexity of Caribbean culture and traces its migratory patterns throughout the Americas. Both a memoir and a scholarly study, Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones explores the multivalent meanings of Caribbean space and community in a cross-cultural and transdisciplinary perspective. From her childhood in Trinidad and Tobago to life and work in communities and universities in Nigeria, Brazil, England, and the United States, Carole Boyce Davies portrays a rich and fluid set of personal experiences. She reflects on these movements to understand the interrelated dynamics of race, gender, and sexuality embedded in Caribbean spaces, as well as many Caribbean people's traumatic and transformative stories of displacement, migration, exile, and sometimes return. Ultimately, Boyce Davies reestablishes the connections between theory and practice, intellectual work and activism, and personal and private space.
Author : Jean D'Costa
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1398319392
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. Sunrise Orphanage is a happy place until the great sickness comes to the country, when the ten orphan children are left to fend for themselves. Normal life breaks down, and people do what they can to survive. Threatened with being taken to a labour camp, the children's only alternative is a perilous journey across the island. Sanctuary awaits them at Last Man Peak, but will they be able to reach it? Unforeseen danger waits at every turn. No one can be trusted. The arduous trek would be challenging enough even without the need to avoid capture - capture which would mean the labour camp, or possibly something much worse. The journey, with only their wits and courage to help them, will change their lives for ever. Suitable for readers aged 11 and above.
Author : Hermes Mallea
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0847843386
A nostalgic celebration of the glamour of warm-weather destinations in the Caribbean and Florida, from the great estates of ambitious patrons to the most exclusive resorts of the mid-twentieth century. Through iconic photography capturing the cultural mood at the moment when social codes relaxed from the formality of the Gilded Age to the spontaneity of the jet-set era, Escape: The Heyday of Caribbean Glamour takes the reader inside a world of beach parties and costume balls set in lush tropical landscapes, of rarefied resorts and fairy-tale private estates. Escape presents the visual history of the region’s outstanding getaways, chronicling their transformations from pristine idyllic settings to personalized retreats where responsibilities could be left behind. Joseph Urban, Oliver Messel, Paul Rudolph, and other talented designers made these dreams reality, relying on regional design traditions to express the spirit of places like Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, and Jamaica, and sometimes inventing a new vernacular using fantasy imagery to emphasize the notion of escape from the pressures of urban living. Among these idealized settings blossomed the resort lifestyle of international celebrities, from Marjorie Merriweather Post to Babe Paley, Princess Margaret to David Bowie, whose escapades are spectacularly captured in these pages to make the region’s bygone glamour come alive.
Author : Scott Peters
Publisher : Best Day Books For Young Readers
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 39,94 MB
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
15-year old Jon plots his escape when he's captured by pirates on the high seas. The parent-approved Survival Series that celebrates the awesome history of us. From multi-award winning Ellie Crowe and Scott Peters comes a riveting, kid-powered survival adventure. Short attention spans | Chapter book | Ages 9+ | B&W Illustrations | It's the Golden Age of Piracy... The year is 1690, and the Caribbean seas are surging. 15-year-old Jon is thrilled to be a sailor aboard a merchant ship. But when pirates attack, the infamous Captain Morgan takes Jon prisoner. The pirate Captain gives Jon an ultimatum--join the pirates or be marooned on a desert island. Jon is no swashbuckling buccaneer, able to fight his way to freedom. He's just a kid from the American colonies who left home to seek his fortune. His parents will be worried sick if he doesn't return. Jon is forced to play along until he can make his escape. But his inner strength is sorely tested when Spanish galleons bear down and a monstrous sea battle looms ahead. Based on true events! Can Jon survive disaster? This is the 7th children's book in the I Escaped Series about brave boys and girls who face real-world challenges and find ways to escape disaster. Sure to appeal to fans of New York Times Bestseller Lauren Tarshis's I Survived Series, and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, and The Ship of Shadows by Maria Kuzniar. The short chapters make for easy wins, and Jon's gripping situation keeps even reluctant readers turning pages just to find out what's going to happen next. Great for kids book clubs and classrooms--a study guide is available at https://scottpetersbooks.com/worksheets Packed with a special section on facts about the Golden Age of Piracy that's sure to satisfy curious minds. Flesch Reading Ease: 85.6 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 3.2 Shelve under: Pirate books for kids, pirate books for middle school, pirate books for 11 year olds. An important, relevant read about bravery, kindness, and courage. Collect the whole I Escaped Series "a must for every reading list" Can Jon survive disaster? Read it and find out!
Author : Russell Clark
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1662909152
A relaxing vacation to the Caribbean island of St. Martin becomes the adventure of a lifetime. Seeking a restful getaway, Ben's plans are for lazing on the beach with a good book. However, upon arrival at a new resort on Orient Beach, Ben is introduced to much more. Encounters with beautiful women, shady businessmen and life-threatening events stretch Ben's resourcefulness while filling his days and nights. Explore St. Martin and its alluring beaches for uninhibited fun. A cast of zany new friends adds to the celebration of life in the Caribbean. Escape from the mundane, then the powerful enemies in the islands, to party another day.
Author : Ann Vanderhoof
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307375145
Under the Tuscan Sun meets the wide-open sea . . . An Embarrassment of Mangoes is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type-A lifestyle behind -- and discovering the seductive secrets of life in the Caribbean. Who hasn’t fantasized about chucking the job, saying goodbye to the rat race, and escaping to some exotic destination in search of sun, sand, and a different way of life? Canadians Ann Vanderhoof and her husband, Steve did just that. In the mid 1990s, they were driven, forty-something professionals who were desperate for a break from their deadline-dominated, career-defined lives. So they quit their jobs, rented out their house, moved onto a 42-foot sailboat called Receta (“recipe,” in Spanish), and set sail for the Caribbean on a two-year voyage of culinary and cultural discovery. In lavish detail that will have you packing your swimsuit and dashing for the airport, Vanderhoof describes the sun-drenched landscapes, enchanting characters and mouthwatering tastes that season their new lifestyle. Come along for the ride and be seduced by Caribbean rhythms as she and Steve sip rum with their island neighbors, hike lush rain forests, pull their supper out of the sea, and adapt to life on “island time.” Exchanging business clothes for bare feet, they drop anchor in 16 countries -- 47 individual islands -- where they explore secluded beaches and shop lively local markets. Along the way, Ann records the delectable dishes they encounter -- from cracked conch in the Bahamas to curried lobster in Grenada, from Dominican papaya salsa to classic West Indian rum punch -- and incorporates these enticing recipes into the text so that readers can participate in the adventure. Almost as good as making the journey itself, An Embarrassment of Mangoes is an intimate account that conjures all the irresistible beauty and bounty from the Bahamas to Trinidad -- and just may compel you to make a rash decision that will land you in paradise.
Author : Eric T. Jennings
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 13,24 MB
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0674983386
Early in World War II, thousands of refugees traveled from France to Vichy-controlled Martinique, en route to safer shores in North, Central, and South America. While awaiting transfer, the exiles formed influential ties--with one another and with local black dissidents. As Eric T. Jennings shows, what began as expulsion became a kind of rescue.
Author : Katherine Kirkpatrick
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,9 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
After escaping religious persecution in France in 1686, Daniel Bonnet, a young Huguenot boy, and his parents travel on a slave ship to West Africa, then to the Caribbean, and finally to New York. As Daniel grows he must confront the challenges and moral complexities of slavery, inequality, and disability.
