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Author : Elisabeth Batt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)
Download or read book A Jamaican Schoolgirl written by Elisabeth Batt and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jon Michael Miller
Publisher : English in Florida
ISBN 13 : 1413718124
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Jamaica Girl written by Jon Michael Miller and published by English in Florida. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosalind Juliet Mitchell could become one of the great heroines of modern fiction. She is a Jamaican Lolita and a Caribbean cross between Huck Finn and Liza Doolittle. Dirt poor, hungry, bright-eyed and determined, she clings to her one distant hope a Glenn Webber, an aging, uncertain American tourist. He is Humbert with a conscience, forced comically to confront one moral dilemma after another in an effort to comprehend a culture very different from his own. In this hilarious, erotic, heart-rending romp, we move from a bloody jungle killing to a Kingston beauty pageant, meeting on the way a supporting cast that includes a voodoo witch, a hip-hop dancer, an ebullient taxi driver, a sly Rasta-man, a ruthless voyeur, a stoned plant lady, a corrupt detective, a quirky pageant coach, some wild Jamaican strippers and an assortment of mountain peasants. Have you been to Jamaica, mon? Climbed the falls? Now immerse yourself in this tropical odyssey of struggle and triumph, and meet one of the most memorable heroines in modern imaginative literature.
Author : Marlene Ricketts
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781413741292
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Life of a Jamaican Girl written by Marlene Ricketts and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the simple paradise of mango and guava trees in the tropics of Jamaica to the fast-moving, unfamiliar streets of New York, Sandra's life took a change that she couldn't control. When she and her brother Kevin were swept away from their grandmother's rural home by a father that had been absent for as many years as they could remember, it was supposed to be for the best. However, an abusive stepmother and a stepbrother with hands that wandered made Sandra's life a living hell. Forced to find ways to dodge the bullets of the life she'd come to know, Sandra constantly struggled with the crushing blows of a shattered self-esteem, and a father who hid so far in a bottle of booze that he was indifferent to his own flesh and blood. Deep in the pit of depression, Sandra sought the ultimate out, suicide. In the hospital, Sandra learned that the prison she'd desperately tried to break free of followed her. Her own guilt of her circumstances and the resulting self-loathing had become worse than any bars could have ever been. Prescribing more than medicine, Dr. Russo gave Sandra a healthy dose of something she hadn't had since those long ago days in Jamaica, care and concern. With new scenery, and a determination to take control of her life, Sandra learned that living with others required trust and compromise. She also learned that the people who cared the most were the ones who were patient enough to allow her to find herself.
Author : Elisabeth Batt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780718819446
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (194 download)
Download or read book A Jamaican Schoolgirl written by Elisabeth Batt and published by . This book was released on 1972-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Gateway Books series - a series of interesting stories for the slightly older child, with some adventure and each with a Christian theme. Pauline lived in Jamaica, an island of flowers and sunshine and gaiety: but she couldn't help seeing that there was unhappiness and trouble as well as warmth and beauty, and she wanted to help, for she thought of herself as a Christian. Yet she had no sympathy with one of the other girls at school. She thought Jennifer was a liar and a thief, and she was determined to teach her a lesson - but in the end she learned one herself.
Author : Alexia Arthurs
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1524799211
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book How to Love a Jamaican written by Alexia Arthurs and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In these kaleidoscopic stories of Jamaica and its diaspora we hear many voices at once. All of them convince and sing. All of them shine.”—Zadie Smith An O: The Oprah Magazine “Top 15 Best of the Year” • A Well-Read Black Girl Pick Tenderness and cruelty, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and regret—Alexia Arthurs navigates these tensions to extraordinary effect in her debut collection about Jamaican immigrants and their families back home. Sweeping from close-knit island communities to the streets of New York City and midwestern university towns, these eleven stories form a portrait of a nation, a people, and a way of life. In “Light-Skinned Girls and Kelly Rowlands,” an NYU student befriends a fellow Jamaican whose privileged West Coast upbringing has blinded her to the hard realities of race. In “Mash Up Love,” a twin’s chance sighting of his estranged brother—the prodigal son of the family—stirs up unresolved feelings of resentment. In “Bad Behavior,” a couple leave their wild teenage daughter with her grandmother in Jamaica, hoping the old ways will straighten her out. In “Mermaid River,” a Jamaican teenage boy is reunited with his mother in New York after eight years apart. In “The Ghost of Jia Yi,” a recently murdered student haunts a despairing Jamaican athlete recruited to an Iowa college. And in “Shirley from a Small Place,” a world-famous pop star retreats to her mother’s big new house in Jamaica, which still holds the power to restore something vital. Alexia Arthurs emerges in this vibrant, lyrical, intimate collection as one of fiction’s most dynamic and essential authors. Praise for How to Love a Jamaican “A sublime short-story collection from newcomer Alexia Arthurs that explores, through various characters, a specific strand of the immigrant experience.”—Entertainment Weekly “With its singular mix of psychological precision and sun-kissed lyricism, this dazzling debut marks the emergence of a knockout new voice.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Gorgeous, tender, heartbreaking stories . . . Arthurs is a witty, perceptive, and generous writer, and this is a book that will last.”—Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties “Vivid and exciting . . . every story rings beautifully true.”—Marie Claire
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Publisher : Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melita Samuels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781438921310
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (213 download)
Download or read book A Girl Called Anne written by Melita Samuels and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Always Faithful part of the title has arisen from the Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis. Always Faithful: A Marine's Tale gives a realistic view of the anguish a young person endures in becoming a United States Marine, as well as the trauma of war. The story also helps the reader understand a certain Italian faction, as well as the Italian-American culture as it pertains to the Goomba perspective. It is not a story about the Marine Corps, nor a story about the Mob. It is simply about an eighteen year old young man of Italian descent from Trenton, New Jersey whose life is touched by both. For this teen, there is more to life than the customary demands placed on people his age. These demands put him on a rollercoaster ride destined to resolve uncertainty. Peer pressure sets the main character, Joseph Mommalione on a journey, which tests, his honor in the Marines, loyalty to strong Italian family traditions, and ability to bear confinement. Joe Momma's year long venture before, during, and after the 1991 Gulf War shows the way to heroism, imprisonment, vengeance, and love. He goes from the typical teen back on the block to the traumatic experience of Marine boot camp, to the theatre of war where his few days of combat lead to heroism and everlasting friendship with two Marines. After the war, he and his comrades are recuperating from their wounds back in New Jersey while Joe Momma is being groomed into his uncle's crime family. Circumstances land Joe Momma in the county jail where he is threatened by the FBI to reveal information about his mob connections. Rather than face three to five years in the Trenton State Penitentiary, he plans and successfully completes a daring escape from jail with the help of the two former Marines and his mentor Carmine Scalia, who is also a former Marine. Before he blends into the criminal underworld, he seeks revenge on the cop who put him behind bars. In doing so, he discovers a plot by a Tucci Crime Family crew boss to destroy him. Although the story portrays an adolescent from Trenton, New Jersey, it is targeted toward a mature audience and will touch the hearts of men and women alike. While the book is Marine hardcore, as well as street savvy, it is sensitive to family values and portrays heroic deeds. The book is easy reading, full of wit, s
Author : Audrey McLean
Publisher : Audrey McLean
ISBN 13 : 9780947481094
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Diamond Trap written by Audrey McLean and published by Audrey McLean. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A non-fiction novel of a Jamaican girl's harsh life that trapped her inside and outside of her country, and how she triumphed.
Author : Elizabeth Wein
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316308536
Total Pages : 1470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Code Name Verity Collection written by Elizabeth Wein and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 1470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss Elizabeth Wein’s stunning new novel, Stateless Discover all four critically-acclaimed, award-winning novels set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestseller Code Name Verity In The Enigma Game, fifteen-year-old Louisa Adair wants to fight back, make a difference, do something--anything to escape the Blitz and the ghosts of her parents, who were killed by enemy action. But when she accepts a position in the small village of Windyedge, Scotland, it hardly seems like a meaningful contribution. Still, the war feels closer than ever in Windyedge, where Ellen McEwen, a volunteer driver with the Royal Air Force, and Jamie Beaufort-Stuart, a flight leader for the 648 Squadron, are facing a barrage of unbreakable code and enemy attacks they can't anticipate. Their paths converge when a German pilot lands in Windyedge under mysterious circumstances and plants a key that leads Louisa to an unparalleled discovery: an Enigma machine that translates German code. Louisa, Ellen, and Jamie must work together to unravel a puzzle that could turn the tide of the war--but doing so will put them directly in the cross-hairs of the enemy. In the #1 New York Times bestseller Code Name Verity, a British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France on October 11th, 1943. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy? In Rose Under Fire, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis while flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England. She is sent to Ravensbruck, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in impossible circumstances through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners. But will that be enough to endure the fate that's in store for her? In The Pearl Thief, fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in the hospital, instantly realizing that the lazy summer break she'd imagined won't be exactly what she anticipated. And once she returns to her grandfather's estate, she begins to realize that her injury might not have been an accident. One of her family's employees is missing, and he disappeared on the very same day she landed in the hospital. Desperate to figure out what happened, she befriends Euan McEwen, a Scottish Traveler boy, and his standoffish sister, Ellen. As Julie grows closer to this family, her memory of that fateful day returns to her in pieces. And when a body is discovered, her new friends are caught in the crosshairs of long-held biases about Travelers and Julie must get to the bottom of the mystery in order to keep them from being framed for the crime.
Author : Grace Jones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476765081
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book I'll Never Write My Memoirs written by Grace Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iconic music and film legend Grace Jones gives an in-depth account of her stellar career, professional and personal life, and the signature look that catapulted her into the stardom stratosphere. Grace Jones, a veritable “triple-threat” as acclaimed actress, singer, and model, has dominated the entertainment industry since her emergence as a model in New York City in 1968. Quickly discovered for her obvious talent and cutting-edge style, Grace signed her first record deal in 1977 and became one of the more unforgettable characters to emerge from the Studio 54 disco scene, releasing the all-time favorite hits, “Pull Up to the Bumper,” “Slave to the Rhythm,” and “I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect for You).” And with her sexually charged, outrageous live shows in the New York City nightclub circuit, Grace soon earned the title of “Queen of the Gay Discos.” But with the dawn of the ’80s came a massive anti-disco movement across the US, leading Grace to focus on experimental-based work and put her two-and-a-half-octave voice to good use. It was also around this time that she changed her look to suit the times with a detached, androgynous image. In this first-ever memoir, Grace gives an exclusive look into the transformation to her signature style and discusses how she expanded her musical triumph to success in the acting world, beginning in the 1984 fantasy-action film Conan the Destroyer alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, then the James Bond movie A View to a Kill, and later in Eddie Murphy’s Boomerang. Featuring sixteen pages of stunning full-color photographs, Miss Grace Jones takes us on a journey from Grace’s religious upbringing in Jamaica to her heyday in Paris and New York in the ’70s and ’80s, all the way to present-day London, in what promises to be a no holds barred tell-all for the ages.
Author : Richard Bradford
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849544719
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (495 download)
Download or read book The Odd Couple written by Richard Bradford and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kingsley Amis was a mimic, jester, father, husband, atheist, pseudo-socialist and clubland Tory boozer with a limitless taste for adultery; Philip Larkin a glum misanthrope who lived in self-imposed solitude. And yet, after meeting at St John's, Oxford in 1941, this unlikely pair struck up a friendship to endure for more than forty years, despite a period of acrimony in the 1960s. From their early days of undergraduate ambitions and enthusiasms through to the bitterness of middle age, Richard Bradford charts the progress of a remarkable friendship, and shows how crucial it was to the making of these two literary giants. Without Larkin's inspiration and input, Amis would never have written his award-winning debut, Lucky Jim; if not for Amis's overnight success, Larkin would never have abandoned his hopes of becoming a novelist and turned instead to verse. Larkin's ensuing resentment would simmer beneath the surface of their relationship for years to come. Drawing on an enormous archive of letters, manuscripts and interviews, The Odd Couple not only offers a rare glimpse into the private correspondence of two controversial and eccentric men, it also illuminates some of the finest novels and poems of the twentieth century.
Author : Hector J. Grant Sr
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781432718893
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Sybil written by Hector J. Grant Sr and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflict of Religion and Culture: A Way Forward Unveiled! Sybil is a twelve-year old Afro-Jamaican girl, committed to her Christian faith, but victimized by forces beyond her control. Ground into the dust of violent exploitation, she refuses to succumb to circumstances. By profound spiritual gifts and a strength of character that defies all attempts to crush her, she prevails and triumphs to breathe vital life into her traumatized and bewildered family; all the while impressing everyone she encounters, by her fidelity, sense of fair play and trustworthiness. Sybil embodies the coined motto of the author: "To be an authentic Jamaican takes a little longer"
Author : Elizabeth Wein
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1368016510
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)
Download or read book The Enigma Game written by Elizabeth Wein and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Wein delivers an exhilarating, unmissable thriller that finds three very different young adults united to decode a secret that could turn the tide of World War II Facing a seemingly endless war, fifteen-year-old Louisa Adair wants to fight back, make a difference, do something--anything to escape the Blitz and the ghosts of her parents, who were killed by enemy action. But when she accepts a position caring for an elderly German woman in the small village of Windyedge, Scotland, it hardly seems like a meaningful contribution. Still, the war feels closer than ever in Windyedge, where Ellen McEwen, a volunteer driver with the Royal Air Force, and Jamie Beaufort-Stuart, a flight leader for the 648 Squadron, are facing a barrage of unbreakable code and enemy attacks they can't anticipate. Their paths converge when a German pilot lands in Windyedge under mysterious circumstances and plants a key that leads Louisa to an unparalleled discovery: an Enigma machine that translates German code. Louisa, Ellen, and Jamie must work together to unravel a puzzle that could turn the tide of the war--but doing so will put them directly in the cross-hairs of the enemy. Featuring beloved characters from Code Name Verity and The Pearl Thief, as well as a remarkable new voice, this brilliant, breathlessly plotted novel by award-winning author Elizabeth Wein is a must-read.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Handbook of Jamaica ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Hale
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1423187873
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)
Download or read book School for Spies Book 3: Ends of the Earth written by Bruce Hale and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The S.P.I.E.S. team has been scattered to the winds, its headquarters burned down, and Max Segredo is under lock and key at LOTUS HQ. What's even worse is that LOTUS's ruthless leader, Mrs. Frost, wants to adopt him. Max would go to the ends of the earth to be a normal kid with a normal family. But to achieve his deepest desire, he must first evade a hungry tiger, learn to fly a jetpack, reunite with his friends and father, and use all his mad spy skills to stop LOTUS from taking over the government with its mind-control device. Along the way, Max discovers that even a superspy is nothing without his team, and that the strongest families are founded on unconditional love.
Author : Bruce Hale
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1423187865
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)
Download or read book School for Spies Book 2: Thicker Than Water written by Bruce Hale and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when Max Segredo learned that his father is still alive, he also learned that Simon Segredo was working for LOTUS, an evil spy operation that wants to take down the Merry Sunshine Orphanage (a.k.a. the School for S.P.I.E.S.) and take over the world. Now Simon is on the run from LOTUS, and Max's surrogate family at the orphange is being threatened from without and within. LOTUS is trying to drive the school out of business, while the Ministry of Health is investigating an anonymous complaint about the orphanage.To top it all off, the trainee spies are riddled by fear and squabbling among themselves. Into this chaos strolls a mysterious billionaire who hires S.P.I.E.S. to steal a powerful mind control device. The fee for the job will help save the school, but there's a catch: they've got just three days to pilfer the device from an ultra-secure facility before LOTUS steals it first. Can the S.P.I.E.S beat their rivals to the prize before the orphanage doors close for good? In this action-packed sequel to PLAYING WITH FIRE, it is impossible not to root for Max, a spy-in-training with mad skills, a spunky attitude, a way with the ladies (well, okay, maybe not so much), and a big heart.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book School-girl Life and Incident written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
