Caribbean & West Indies
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Pressure Drop: Reggae in the Seventies
$40.00 Add to cartPressure Drop chronicles reggae’s most tumultuous and influential decade. Beginning in 1970 and unfolding both in Britain and Jamaica, reggae flourished against a backdrop of political upheaval, gang
- Author: Masouri, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1913172848
- Language: English
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Let Me Liberate You
$16.99 Read moreA restless New York artist searching for purpose returns to Barbados and stumbles into the role of activist in this scathingly funny and brilliantly observed satire about privilege, family discord, an
- Author: Davis, Andie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1662518412
- Language: English
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Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
$18.95 Add to cartFor Fans of True-Life Pirate Stories
“Only someone who has lived in the shadows chasing faded pirates for an age, and is blessed with creativity, can pull off a book of this high caliber.” –Wreck Watch
- Author: Simon, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1642503371
- Language: English
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The Fascinating Origin of the Dominican Republic
$22.95 Add to cartA story of fratricidal rivalries, cruel confrontations and battles, unexpected betrayals, unlikely alliances, tragic decisions, and shared ideals. It’s a story of slavery and race and how both so dist… [more below]
- Author: Redolad, Esteve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1977248454
- Language: English
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A Cruising Guide to the Northwest Caribbean
$64.95 Add to cartCruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean, 2nd ed details the waters of the Northern Coast of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Honduras and the Bay islands, and Guatemala including the R o Dulce. With ful… [more below]
- Author: Pavlidis, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 23 2015
- ISBN10: 1892399385
- Language: English
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A Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands
$59.95 Add to cartA Cruising Guide to The Virgin Islands, 2 ed., is the most comprehensive guide ever written for the Virgin Islands. Its 75 sketch charts contain extremely accurate hydrographic data based on personall… [more below]
- Author: Pavlidis, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1892399350
- Language: English
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Guerrilla Warfare
$24.99 Add to cartWritten immediately after the Cuban Revolution and first published in 1961, Guerrilla Warfare soon became a how-to manual for legions of guerrilla fighters around the world-from Latin America to Afric… [more below]
- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: March 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1607965682
- Language: English
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Bats of the West Indies: A Natural History and Field Guide
$39.95 Add to cartBats of the West Indies is a concise guide to the sixty-one bat species found across the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Edited by Allen Kurta and Armando Rodr?uez-Durç–£, this
- Author: Kurta, Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 150176893X
- Language: English
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Via the Roundabout: The Scobie family’s story of resolve and resilience from 1819 through Emancipation, the Colonial Era, and beyond.
$65.99 Add to cartFamily histories are a genre of ethnohistory that at once educate and enthrall family and friends alike. Not all members of a clan care to know about their roots, often fearing that they’ll discover p… [more below]
- Author: Scobie, Beverly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: October 29 2022
- ISBN10: 9768244496
- Language: English
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Pilates: Wall Pilates for Seniors to Enhance Flexibility and Balance (An Illustrated Guide to Improve Your Posture and Build Yo
$19.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive guide is designed specifically for newcomers to pilates, providing an accessible and gentle approach to harnessing the benefits of this renowned exercise method. With easy-to-follow
- Author: Barcomb, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1999212363
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution
$37.00 Add to cartDuring the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state. Yet on… [more below]
- Author: Ferrer, Ada
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: November 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1107697786
- Language: English
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Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History; A Play in Three Acts
$26.95 Add to cartIn 1934 C. L. R. James, the widely known Trinidadian intellectual, writer, and political activist, wrote the play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History, which … [more below]
- Series: C.L.R. James Archives
- Author: James, C. L. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0822353148
- Language: English
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A Cruising Guide to the Southern Bahamas
$64.95 Add to cartA Cruising Guide to The Southern Bahamas: from Cat Island south to the Turks & Caicos, including the Dominican Republic north coast, details the waters around Cat and Conception Islands, Rum Cay, San … [more below]
- Author: Pavlidis, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: September 11 2015
- ISBN10: 1892399296
- Language: English
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Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
$29.99 Read moreThis entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Vald?s, Arsenio Rodr?guez, Benny Mor?, and P?rez Prado. It offe… [more below]
- Author: Sublette, Ned
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1556526326
- Language: English
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The Brilliant Disaster: Jfk, Castro, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs
$20.99 Add to cartA “balanced, engrossing account” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden CIA documents and delivering the vivid truth of five pivotal days in April 1961.
At t- Author: Rasenberger, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 10 2012
- ISBN10: 1416596534
- Language: English
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Covert City: The Cold War and the Making of Miami
$30.00 Add to cartSecret operations, corruption, crime, and a city teeming with spies: why Miami was as crucial to winning the Cold War as Washington DC or Moscow.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was perhaps the most dramati- Author: Houghton, Vince
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1541774574
- Language: English
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The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730
$21.95 Add to cart. . . .rich in colourful detail, and displays impressive knowledge of sailing and fighting skills. –Richard Hill, The Naval Review
Accessible to both the general and the more scholarly reader, it will
- Author: Little, Benerson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1574889117
- Language: English
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The Natural History of the Bahamas: A Field Guide
$34.95 Add to cartTake this book with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natural History of the Bahamas offers the most comprehensi
- Author: Currie, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1501713671
- Language: English
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Puerto Rico: A National History
$29.95 Add to cartA panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today
Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, P- Author: Mel?ndez-Badillo, Jorell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0691231273
- Language: English
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The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny, Leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons
$18.95 Add to cart- Author: Karla, Gottlieb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0865435650
- Language: English
