Cultural Region/Caribbean
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The Secret of the Plátano
$18.99 Read moreUnder the full moon, Abuela leads an enchanted dance, bows to the sky and the night winds, and helps her curious grandson discover the rhythm of his heartbeat while listening to the great secret of t
- Author: Mack, Luz Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1953859232
- Language: English
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White Egrets: Poems
$15.00 Add to cartA DAZZLING NEW COLLECTION FROM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POETS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
In White Egrets, Derek Walcott treats the characteristic subjects of his career–the Caribbean’s complex colonia- Author: Walcott, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0374532702
- Language: English
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Calling the Water Drum
$10.95 Add to cartA moving story about a family’s attempt to flee Haiti in a boat, and a young boy who bravely learns to navigate a new world through playing his drum.
Henri and his parents leave their homeland, Haiti,
- Author: Redding, Latisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1643795996
- Language: English
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PoesÃa Completa / Complete Poetry Borges
$22.00 Add to cartLa obra poética completa del maestro argentino en un solo volumen
Además de extraordinario narrador y ensayista, Jorge Luis Borges fue un excelente poeta. De hecho, puede decirse que la poesÃa es- Author: Borges, Jorge Luis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0307743500
- Language: Spanish
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The Infamous Rosalie
$19.95 Add to cartLisette, a Saint-Domingue-born Creole slave and daughter of an African-born bossale, has inherited not only the condition of slavery but the traumatic memory of the Middle Passage as well. The stories
- Author: Trouillot, Évelyne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0803240260
- Language: English
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The Haitian Revolution
$24.95 Add to cartToussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black republic. In this collecti… [more below]
- Author: L’Ouverture, Toussaint
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1788736575
- Language: English
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Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
$22.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 Wolfson History Prize
“Black Spartacus is a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time .- Author: Hazareesingh, Sudhir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1250800056
- Language: English
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Fodor’s Infocus Cayman Islands
$14.99 Add to cartWhether you want to hit the surf on Seven Mile Beach, go snorkeling in turquoise waters, or dine on fresh seafood at waterfront restaurants, the local Fodor’s travel experts in the Cayman Islands are
- Series: Full-Color Travel Guide
- Author: Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1640976701
- Language: English
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The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
$46.58 Add to cartThe untold story of the founding father’s likely Jewish birth and upbringing–and its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nation he fought to create
In The Jewish World of Alexan- Author: Porwancher, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 17, 2021
- ISBN10: 0691211159
- Language: English
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Selena Didn’t Know Spanish Either: Poems
$16.95 Read moreSelena Didn’t Know Spanish Either is a debut poetry collection which seeks Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla as a means of reconnecting to the speaker’s cultural identity. As Spanish language and cul… [more below]
- Author: Tirado, Marisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 46
- Publish Date: May 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1680032658
- Language: English
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
$18.99 Add to cartHornblower confronts pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in this “excellent” installment (The Atlantic) in C. S. Forester’s beloved saga of naval adventures.
In the chaotic aftermath … [more below]- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #11
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 1989
- ISBN10: 0316289418
- Language: English
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Floaters: Poems
$15.95 Add to cartMart? Espada is a poet who “stirs in us an undeniable social consciousness,” says Richard Blanco. Floaters offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies, songs of protest and songs of love from one of the
- Author: Espada, MartÃn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021810
- Language: English
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Conan the Barbarian: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation
$15.95 Read moreTwo of the most famous contributors to the Conan legend write the official novel of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, the seminal fantasy film by John Milius.
The official adaptation of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, the se- Author: Sprague De Camp, L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 181
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1803365250
- Language: English
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You Were Watching from the Sand
$16.95 Add to cartA stylistically and conceptually daring collection that winds from fantastical horror to mischievous domestic realism and always keeps in its sharp, compassionate view the material, spiritual, and emo
- Author: Lamy, Juliana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1636281052
- Language: English
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Don’t Stop the Carnival
$19.99 Add to cartThe “compulsively and clock-racingly readable” novel (New York Times Book Review) that captures the comedy and tragedy of island life and inspired a Jimmy Buffett musical.
It’s every parrothead’s dre… [more below]- Author: Wouk, Herman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 15 1992
- ISBN10: 316955124
- Language: English
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Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Fully Revised and Updated Third Edition
$24.95 Add to cartThe only fully illustrated guide to feature all the bird species of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
This portable and informative field guide describes the bird species found on Puerto Rico and the- Series: Princeton Field Guides #146
- Author: Raffaele, Herbert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 0691211671
- Language: English
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Wake the Others
$17.99 Add to cartHalf-memoir, half-biography, Wake the Others wrestles with the legacy of the Salvadoran Civil War. Blending lyric and narrative, Palomo traces his mother’s childhood, war experiences, family separatio
- Author: Palomo, Willy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1957917326
- Language: English
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The History of Mary Prince
$15.00 Read moreFormer enslaved person Mary Prince’s powerful rallying cry for emancipation and extraordinary testament to survival
The History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be pub- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Prince, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0140437495
- Language: English
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A Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico
$54.95 Add to cartA Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico, 3rd Ed including the Spanish Virgin Islands and the north coast ports of the Dominican Republic: is the most comprehensive guide ever written for Puerto Rico. Its 53 d… [more below]
- Author: Pavlidis, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: August 23 2015
- ISBN10: 1892399393
- Language: English
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Guerrilla Warfare
$8.99 Add to cart“Should be on the required reading lists of the Chiefs of Staff and the President’s] advisers.”
–“The Western Political Quarterly
Startlingly relevant to our own time, Che’s essays in this manifesto … [more below]- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 31 2007
- ISBN10: 9562915719
- Language: English
