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Author : Elkanah Rhule
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789768139580
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)
Download or read book Man from Jamaica's Hills written by Elkanah Rhule and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elkanah Rhule
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789766102876
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Come Back Old Iron Blue written by Elkanah Rhule and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Henry Gosse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica written by Philip Henry Gosse and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Mais
Publisher : MacMillan Caribbean
ISBN 13 : 9781405062961
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Brother Man written by Roger Mais and published by MacMillan Caribbean. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1954, this is the tragic story of an honest Rastafarian healer caught up in a web of intrigue and betrayal in Jamaica's tough West Kingston slums. It is a portrait of a ghetto saint - an ordinary man selected by the universe to bring enlightenment to poor belittled people.
Author : Jean D'Costa
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 1398319392
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (983 download)
Download or read book Escape to Last Man Peak written by Jean D'Costa and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Michael Barnett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134816995
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book The Rastafari Movement written by Michael Barnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rastafari Movement: A North American and Caribbean Perspective provides a historical and ideological overview of the Rastafari movement in the context of its early beginnings in the island of Jamaica and its eventual establishment in other geographic locations. Building on previous scholarship and the author's own fieldwork, the text goes on to provide a rich comparative analysis of the Rastafari movement with other Black theological movements, specifically the Nation of Islam and the Black Hebrew Israelites in the context of the United States. The text explores the following topics: • Pan-Africanism, Black nationalism and Rastafari; • gender dynamics; • globalization; • concepts and symbols; • other Black theological movements. This text is ideal for students of religious studies, sociology, anthropology, African Diaspora studies, African American studies, and Black studies who wish to gain an understanding of the history and beliefs of the Rastafari Movement.
Author : Telford L. Fletcher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607254355
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (543 download)
Download or read book Between Those Hills of Western Jamica written by Telford L. Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachael Irving
Publisher : University of West Indies Press
ISBN 13 : 9789766402341
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Jamaican Gold written by Rachael Irving and published by University of West Indies Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Riddle me this, riddle me that, guess me this riddle, and perhaps not: A we run things, things no run we. Who could that be?" One possible answer: Jamaican sprinters. Enquiring minds want to know: Why do Jamaicans run so fast? Usain Bolt may be the most recent and the most spectacular Jamaican practitioner of the art of speed, but he and Shelly-Ann Fraser stand on the shoulders of giants of both genders, heirs to a pedigree that goes back at least a hundred years to the teenaged Norman Manley and before. For years before the explosion of "Lightning" Bolt on the Beijing Olympics track, the consistent speediness of men and women from this small island had been the subject of serious and humorous speculation, pride and "su-su". What is the "gold" that is mined so consistently by Jamaican sprinters that permits the little country to claim a place among the top five countries, measured in terms of medals per capita of population, in almost every Olympics since the Second World War - and all on the basis of athletics, mostly the sprints (400 metres and under)? Can science explain it? Does the touchy area of genetics - even though, scientifically speaking, there's no such thing as "race" - explain it? For instance, all the current world record holders for the sprints - and most of the former for the past fifty years or so - have been born in the Americas, descendants of slaves of West African lineage. Is running fast "in the blood", so to speak? Or is it as simple as the varieties of yam (twenty-two at last count) to be found on the hills of Jamaica and in the stomachs of its people? Behind the simple tales of the tape are theories and questions that have attracted fourteen specialists from a range of disciplines, from biochemistry to physiology, from genetics to psychiatry, each with an insight, a piece of the puzzle. Jamaican Gold presents research and argument, history and biography - and much more - for the specialist and the sports fan, for the academic and the coach, in one attractive, easy-to-read volume, packed with photographs and illustrations, including a special section of memorable photos of the heroes of yesteryear and today. With Jamaican Gold to hand, the London Olympics will be just as thrilling, and you'll be closer to answering the question: Why do those Jamaicans run so fast?
Author : Roland Thomas Reimer
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1553698711
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (536 download)
Download or read book Walk Good written by Roland Thomas Reimer and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Walk Good' is an adventure travel story chronicling the experiences of the author in Negril, Jamaica. It's an escape to the sunny beaches, the seas and the mountain back roads of the island. The culture of the island, including the food, the music, a smattering of history and the character of the people form the backdrop of the story. Walk Good, a Jamaican colloquialism, means 'have a safe and comfortable trip'. Come on along!
Author : Kei Miller
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101871628
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Augustown written by Kei Miller and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 April 1982: a smell is coming down John Golding Road right alongside the boy-child, something attached to him, like a spirit but not quite. Ma Taffy is growing worried. She knows that something is going to happen. Something terrible is going to pour out into the world. But if she can hold it off for just a little bit longer, she will. So she asks a question that surprises herself even as she asks it, "Kaia, I ever tell you bout the flying preacherman?" Set in the backlands of Jamaica, Augustown is a magical and haunting novel of one woman’s struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth.
Author : O’Neil Gray
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480838780
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Banana Boat Man written by O’Neil Gray and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kobe is a nineteen-year-old man living in a small village in Wareka Hills in Kingston, Jamaicaa training ground for militants, militia members, and rebels. Forced to become the man of the house at age eleven after his father dies during a battle with the national party, now Kobe must do everything he can to keep food on the table for his two sisters and mother who depend on him. As chaos erupts in his country, Kobe fears for not only for his life, but also for the lives of his family members. Without a visa or cash, Kobe knows he must do something fast or he will end up like his father. After he seizes an opportunity to stowaway on a ship to America, Kobe must rely on his wits, courage, luck, and a new friendship with a Cuban refugee in order to survive. Two weeks later as he arrives in a strange country, Kobe sets out on a quest, with help from his Cuban friend, Hector, to create a new life. But as he encounters one obstacle after the other, now only time will tell if he will be successful or ever find his way back home. The Banana Boat Man shares a tale of a young mans challenging journey of Passion, Adventure & A life never --- known!! As he risks everything.......for the most Ancient of Treasures L o v e.
Author : Curdella Forbes
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617757810
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)
Download or read book A Tall History of Sugar written by Curdella Forbes and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting, epic Caribbean love story, reminiscent of García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera. WINNER of the 2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction! "A Tall History of Sugar is a gift for grown-up fans of fairy tales and those who love fiction that metes out hard and surprising truths. Forbes's writing combines the gale-force imagination of Margaret Atwood with the lyrical pointillism of Toni Morrison." --New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice "A mesmerizing love story that takes place over 50 years in Jamaica." --Tayari Jones in O, the Oprah Magazine A Tall History of Sugar has been longlisted for the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (Fiction shortlist)! "Curdella Forbes's A Tall History of Sugar is the most recent in an impressive new wave of novels by Jamaican writers--from Marlon James's Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings to Kei Miller's Augustown, Marcia Douglas's The Marvelous Equations of the Dread, and Nicole Dennis-Benn's Patsy, among others. Forbes provides an eclectic, feverish vision of Jamaican 'history' from the 1950s to the present glimpsed through the experiences of an abandoned mystic-child named Moshe, whose translucent skin and mismatched eyes defy racial category. Who he is and who he becomes--like the country itself--is a riddle that unfolds in episodic bursts and linguistic flourishes." --Vanity Fair, one of the Best Books of 2019 "An epic tale of two soulmates: Moshe Fisher, born with mismatched eyes and pale skin that bruises easily, and Arrienne Christie, 'her skin even at birth the color of the wettest molasses, with a purple tinge under the surface.' Arrienne is his protector at school--and later his lover--but how they eventually wind up together is part of this unconventionally crafted story that spans decades, from the years before Jamaica's independence to the 2010s. Forbes' sentences are the stars here; it's a book that rewards slow, careful reading." --BuzzFeed, included in BuzzFeed's Fall 2019 Preview A Tall History of Sugar tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance. The narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule, and ends in the era of what Forbes calls "the fall of empire," the era of Brexit and Donald Trump. The historical trajectory layers but never overwhelms the scintillating love story as the pair fight to establish their own view of loving, against the moral force of the colonial "plantation" and its legacies that continue to affect their lives and the lives of those around them. Written in lyrical, luminous prose that spans the range of Jamaican Englishes, this remarkable story follows the couple's mysterious love affair from childhood to adulthood, from the haunted environs of rural Jamaica to the city of Kingston, and then to England--another haunted locale in Forbes's rendition. Following on the footsteps of Marlon James's debut novel, John Crow's Devil, which Akashic Books published in 2005, we are delighted to introduce another lion of Jamaican literature with the publication of A Tall History of Sugar.
Author : Laban Carrick Hill
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1466844795
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book When the Beat Was Born written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks—the musical interludes between verses—longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born. From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.
Author : Sylvia Wynter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Hills of Hebron written by Sylvia Wynter and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pamela Wechsler
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466887133
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Mission Hill written by Pamela Wechsler and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abby Endicott is chief of the District Attorney’s homicide unit in Boston, where she investigates and prosecutes the city’s most dangerous killers. A member of Mission Hill’s elite, and a graduate of the Winsor school and then Harvard Law, the prosecutor’s office is not the prestigious job that would have been expected of her. She has been known to change into an evening gown amidst bodies in the morgue. She loves her job, and is committed to it, refusing all pressure to quit from her upper-crust parents or threats from the city’s most ruthless killers. But among Abby’s many secrets is her longtime affair with fellow prosecutor Tim Mooney, a married father of one. One night, Abby is awakened very late by a phone call from her favorite detective, who reports that there has been a horrific murder but is vague about the specifics. When she arrives at the crime scene and discovers the identity of the victim, Abby knows the terror and tragedy are only beginning. In Mission Hill, debut novelist Pamela Wechsler delivers a gripping and very human portrayal of a woman who will stop at nothing to find the truth, even if it challenges everything she believes about justice.
Author : Ross Kenneth Urken
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789768286048
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Another Mother written by Ross Kenneth Urken and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Mais
Publisher : Caribbean Modern Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781845231002
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Hills Were Joyful Together written by Roger Mais and published by Caribbean Modern Classics. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel, set in a yard which is a microcosm of Kingston slum life, sets out as Mais himself said to give "a true picture of the real Jamaica and the dreadful condition of the working classes."
