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	About This Life, Journeys on the Threshold of Memory • Barry Lopez • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of essays on far-flung travels -- both actual and internal -- by the wonderful writer and traveler. Lopez includes Galapagos, Hokkaido, Bonaire and Antarctica among the thoughtful essays. (GEN42, $13.95)
	Admiral of the Ocean Sea, A Life of Christopher Columbus • Samuel Eliot Morison • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An award-winning biography. (NAM39, $28.99)
	Adventure Guide to the Cayman Islands • Paris Permenter • John Bigley • GUIDEBOOK • Written by a team of local authors, this colorful guidebook covers all the islands. (CRB50, $18.99)
	Amphibians and Reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Slope • Craig Guyer • Maureen A. Donnelly • FIELD GUIDE • This comprehensive guide covers the reptiles and amphibians of the Caribbean slope. (CRB177, $24.95)
	Aruba Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, folded map of Aruba. (CRB106, $10.95)
	Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao FlexiMap • Insight Guides • A folding, laminated map of the three islands (1:80,000 to 1:100,000) of the Dutch Antilles. (CRB157, $7.95)
	Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao, A Landmark Visitors Guide • Don Philpott • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide to the islands. (CRB162, $13.95)
	The Autobiography of My Mother • Jamaica Kincaid • LITERATURE • Set on the island of Dominica, this novel of a woman whose mother died during childbirth, is a hard-hitting look at growing up in the Caribbean, searching for a home and an identity. (CRB111, $14.00)
	Bahamas Map • ITMB • A travel map of the Bahamas at a scale of 1:1,100,000. (CRB72, $7.95)
	Barbados Map • ITMB • A colorful travel map of Barbados at a nice scale of 1:45,000. (CRB101, $9.95)
	The Best of St. Thomas And St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands • Pamela Acheson • GUIDEBOOK • This revised third edition covers recommended bars, restaurants, shops, places to stay, activities and attractions of the islands in detail. (CRB200, $14.95)
	Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti • Steven Latta • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, up-to-date field guide, covering 306 species of birds (including 31 endemics). (CRB194, $35.00)
	Bonaire Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, folding travel map of the island, at a scale of 1:60,000. (CRB149, $9.95)
	Bradt Guide Dominica • Paul Crask • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, detailed guide to traveling in Dominica in the British series, with excellent coverage of natural history, cultural events, snorkeling and diving and other adventure activities. (CRB209, $24.99)
	British Virgin Islands, Diving & Snorkeling • Maurico Handler • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide to diving and dive sites throughout the BVI. (CRB137, $16.99)
	Captain Blood • Michael Curtiz • EXPLORATION • A re-issue of the 1935 Erol Flynn swashbuckler. (CRB198, $19.97)
	Caribbean • James Michener • LITERATURE • The sweeping, compulsively readable Michener saga of the Caribbean islands, chock full of historical detail. (CRB82, $7.99)
	Caribbean Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species • James Kavanaugh • FIELD GUIDE • A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered Caribbean birds. (CRB235, $5.95)
	Caribbean Family Vacations • Candyce Stapen • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to suggested places, tours, activities and programs for families with kids of all ages, covering the islands along with the Caribbean coasts of Mexico and Central America. (CRB183, $20.00)
	Caribbean Literature And the Environment, Between Nature And Culture • Elizabeth Deloughrey • HISTORY • This collection of 18 essays reflects on the relationship between humans and natural history in the Caribbean, putting into consideration its troubled history and the effects that tourism and globalization have had on the region. (CRB216, $22.50)
	Carnival Music in Trinidad, Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture • Shannon Dudley • MUSIC • A slim handbook to the steelband, calypso and soca of Trinidad with a 40-minute Audio CD. (CRB231, $22.95)
	Cast Adrift • Peter Guttridge • MYSTERY • In the sixth Nick Madrid book, the gentlemanly journalist encounters pirates, undersea evils, looters, and a shipwreck in his attempt to achieve stunt stardom through a low-budget West Indies film. (CRB191, $25.95)
	Cayman Islands Dive Guide • Stephen Frink • William Harrigan • GUIDEBOOK • The guide of choice for divers in the Cayman Islands. (CRB96, $27.50)
	Cayman Islands, The Bradt Travel Guide • Tricia Hayne • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular Bradt series. (CRB227, $22.99)
	Chanteying Aboard American Ships • Frederick Pease Harlow • Glenn Grasso • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic collection of American sea shanties, originally compiled by Frederick Pease Harlow, a late 19th-century sailor, and brought back into print by the Mystic Seaport Museum. (GEN363, $19.95)
	Collected Poems 1948-1984 • Derek Walcott • LITERATURE • The St. Lucia-born Nobel laureate writes boggling, complicated, richly rhythmical poems, which owe much to the oral traditions of his boyhood (CRB153, $20.00)
	The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises • Linda Coffman • GUIDEBOOK • (CRB186, $22.95)
	The Contemporary Caribbean: History, Life and Culture Since 1945 • Olwyn M. Blouet • HISTORY • Blouet navigates the complicated history of the Caribbean with scholarly ease in this account of colonial politics, race, economics and the more recent pressures from globalization. (CRB215, $24.95)
	Coral Reef Fishes • Ewald Lieske • Robert Myers • FIELD GUIDE • This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world. (DIV05, $24.95)
	Creole Folktales • Patrick Chamoiseau • Linda Coverdale • LITERATURE • An antholgy of classic Creole Folklore. (CRB124, $12.95)
	Cruising Guide to the Leeward Islands • Chris Doyle • Nancy Scott • GUIDEBOOK • A convenient, spiral-bound guide to anchorages, harbors and navigation from Anguilla to Dominica. (CRB132, $29.95)
	Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands • Nancy Scott • Simon Scott • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to anchorages, harbors, navigation and marine services. With GPS coordinates, full color sketch maps, and sections on cooking, activities and what to do ashore. (CRB133, $29.95)
	The Devil Behind the Mirror, Globalization And Politics in the Dominican Republic • Steven Gregory • HISTORY • Gregory adeptly explores the impact of globalization on the lives of the people of the Dominican Republica in this moving history. (CRB219, $22.95)
	The Dictator Next Door, The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945 • Eric Roorda • HISTORY • This book questions the relations between the United States and the Dominican Republic in the 1930's. It also examines the Good Neighbor Policy. (CRB217, $24.95)
	Dive Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling • Jack Jackson • GUIDEBOOK • A fully illustrated guide to dive and snorkel sites, highlighting the finest reefs, wrecks, troughs and walls to explore. (CRB211, $20.00)
	Dive the Bahamas, Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling • Lawson Wood • GUIDEBOOK • A fully illustrated guide to dive and snorkel sites, highlighting the finest reefs, wrecks, troughs and walls to explore. (CRB210, $20.00)
	Dive the Cayman Islands, Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling • Lawson Wood • GUIDEBOOK • A fully illustrated guide to dive and snorkel sites, highlighting the finest reefs, wrecks, troughs and walls to explore. (CRB212, $20.00)
	Divided Soul, A Journey Through the Secular and Religious in Hispanic Life • David Alan Harvey • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A culmination of a photographer's two decade quest to capture the global Hispanic spirit on film. (SPN191, $49.95)
	Diving & Snorkeling Bahamas • Steve Blount • Lisa Walker • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, illustrated guide to popular diving and snorkeling sites. (CRB83, $16.99)
	Diving & Snorkeling Bermuda • Lawson Wood • Bob Krist • William S. Alevizon • GUIDEBOOK • Full of color photographs, this guide from Lonely Planet's Pisces series describes in detail the 35 best dive sites in Bermuda. From shipwrecks to coral reefs this book will tell you how to get there, what you need know before hand and what you can do in nearby towns. (BRM05, $15.95)
	Dominican Republic in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture • David Howard • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent overview of Dominican Republic from an unabashedly left-leaning perspective. (CRB88, $12.95)
	Dominican Republic Map • World Mapping Project • A colorful travel map of the Dominican Republic. (CRB93, $9.99)
	Down Time, Great Writers on Diving • Ed Kittrell • Casey Kittrell • Jim Kittrell • ANTHOLOGY • A diverse anthology on the experience, pleasures and peril of diving by great writers, including Diane Ackerman and William Beebe. A thoughtful collection that communicates the rewards of being underwater. (DIV40, $15.95)
	Drown • Junot Diaz • LITERATURE • A collection of 10 stories from a young Dominican-American writer. (CRB91, $14.00)
	Eastern Caribbean in Focus, A Guide to People, Politics and Culture • James Ferguson • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the eastern Caribbean from an unabashedly political perspective. (CRB37, $12.95)
	The Enigma of Arrival, A Novel • V.S. Naipaul • LITERATURE • (GBR456, $15.95)
	Eyewitness Top Ten U.S. & British Virgin Islands • DK Publishing • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in the Virgin Islands. (CRB180, $12.00)
	Field Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago • Martyn Kenefick • Floyd Hayes • FIELD GUIDE • This slim pocket-size guide, with short descriptions and color plates intergrated on facing pages, features 107 color illustrations by Robin Restall (CRB226, $40.00)
	Fodor's U.S. and British Virgin Islands • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • Independent travelers will find this practical guide extremely useful in planning a trip; it features in-depth information on accomodations, restaurants and activities throughout the Virgin Islands. (CRB123, $163.95)
	Fodor's Bermuda • Fodor's Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • The up-to-date Fodor's guide features invaluable recommendations on where to stay and eat and what to do throughout Bermuda. Compact and portable, it's ideal for either a weekend trip or an extended visit. (BRM14, $16.95)
	Fodor's Caribbean Ports of Call • Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • The up-to-date Fodor's guide features invaluable recommendations on where to stay and eat and what to do throughout the Caribbean. Compact and portable, it's ideal for either a weekend trip or an extended visit. (CRB233, $16.95)
	Fodor's Pocket Aruba • Fodor's Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide with color photographs, maps and good short descriptions of places of interest in Aruba. (CRB203, $9.95)
	Folklore & Legends of Trinidad and Tobago • Gerard Bresson • LITERATURE • A collection of beautifully illustrated tales. (CRB232, $38.00)
	The Four Voyages • J. M. Cohen • Christopher Columbus • EXPLORATION • Christopher Columbus's own accounts of his monumental discoveries (CRB129, $14.00)
	From Columbus to Castro, The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 • Eric Williams • HISTORY • A history of the Caribbean from first European contact to the turbulent 1960s. (CRB10, $17.95)
	Frommer's Caribbean Ports of Call • Christina Colon • GUIDEBOOK • The most thorough guide available to Caribbean ports of call. (CRB27, $17.99)
	Frommer's Puerto Rico • Frommer's • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive travel guide with excellent hotel listings and short essays on outdoor activities in addition to a detailed overview of attractions. (CRB58, $16.99)
	General History of the Pyrates • Daniel Defoe • HISTORY • First published in 1724, Defoe's rich history captures the life and lore of early 18th century pirates. (OCE89, $19.95)
	Governing Sound, The Cultural Politics of Trinidad's Carnival Musics • Jocelyne Guilbault • MUSIC • Generously illustrated and complete with an accompanying CD, Guilbault's book is a comprehensive study of Trinidad's carnival music. (CRB230, $25.00)
	Guadeloupe Map • IGN • A map of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. (CRB108, $16.95)
	Guide to Marine Mammals & Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico • Kate Wynne • Malia Schwartz • Garth Mix • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A sturdy, wire-bound field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, manatee and sea turtles of the Atlantic Ocean. (FG42, $25.00)
	A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies • Herbert Raffaele • FIELD GUIDE • A magnificently illustrated guide to 563 species of Caribbean birds with 86 color plates, detailed range maps, and island checklists. (CRB81, $62.50)
	A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean • Mark D. Spalding • Sylvia Earle • FIELD GUIDE • A diver's guide and atlas of coral reefs of the Caribbean (CRB176, $25.95)
	A Guide to the Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores • Eugene Kaplan • (CRB24, $16.95)
	Haiti in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture • Charles Arthur • GUIDEBOOK • This slim authoritative guide focuses on the history of Haiti, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (CRB193, $12.95)
	A High Wind in Jamaica • Richard Hughes • LITERATURE • The thrilling novel of a group of children who set off to England on a ship after their home in Jamaica is destroyed by a hurricane. (CRB57, $14.00)
	Hispaniola Map • Hildebrand • General map of Hispaniola, island home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, at a scale of 1:816,000. (CRB33, $12.95)
	A History of Barbados, From Amerindian Society to Nation State • Hilary Beckles • HISTORY • A concise, scholarly social history of the island. (CRB142, $25.00)
	Horatio Hornblower Collector's Edition • A & E • EXPLORATION • The Emmy Award-winning series. (CRB195, $79.95)
	A House for Mr. Biswas • V.S. Naipaul • LITERATURE • Naipaul's comic masterpiece. Described as Dickensian in scope, it tells the story of an outsider struggling to find a place for himself in the complex society of Trinidad. (CRB20, $15.95)
	The House on the Lagoon • Rosario Ferre • LITERATURE • A multi-generational novel within a novel exposing the themes of racism, identity, statehood and independence among Puerto Ricans, and their attitudes toward Spain and the United States. (CRB65, $15.00)
	Hunter Travel Guides Adventure Guide St Martin & St Barts • Lynne Sullivan • GUIDEBOOK • A well-illustrated, informative practical guide. (CRB225, $19.99)
	If I Could Write This in Fire, An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean • Pamela Maria Smorkaloff • ANTHOLOGY • A diverse anthology of Caribbean fiction. (CRB77, $15.00)
	In Search of Robinson Crusoe • Tim Severin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A quest to find the real seafarer that inspired Defoe's fictional hero is the motivation behind this unusual travelogue. (PAC130, $16.95)
	In the Time of the Butterflies • Julia Alvarez • LITERATURE • A moving, lyrical novel of three Dominican sisters who were murdered, based on actual events. (CRB92, $15.00)
	Insight Guide Bahamas • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of the Bahamas with essays on its natural history and culture. (CRB69, $22.95)
	Insight Guide Bermuda • Martha Ellen Zenfell • Carl Purcell • Ann Purcell • GUIDEBOOK • This handsome guide is a profusely illustrated overview of Bermuda, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture. With hundreds of photographs and excellent maps. (BRM03, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Jamaica • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A a handy, illustrated guide. (CRB51, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Puerto Rico • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated introduction to Puerto Rico. (CRB85, $23.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide Bermuda • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This convenient, slim volume features color photographs and many maps. (BRM10, $13.95)
	The Island • John Edgar Wideman • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Novelist Wideman explores the Creole experience and heritage in the Caribbean in this slim travelogue, which sends him to Martinique. (CRB158, $20.00)
	Islands in the Stream • Ernest Hemingway • LITERATURE • Hemingway's story of artist and adventurer Thomas Hudson in the Caribbean. (CRB71, $16.00)
	The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean, The Spanish-Poruguese Jewish Settlements in the Caribbean and the Guianas • Mordechai Arbell • HISTORY • A scholarly examination of the now vanished Jewish communities of the Caribbean. (CRB163, $34.95)
	Krik? Krak? • Edwidge Danticat • LITERATURE • These stories are all set in Danticat's native Haiti. (CRB152, $13.95)
	The Last of the African Kings • Maryse Conde • Richard Philcox • LITERATURE • The tale of one Caribbean family -- and the wages of colonialism. (CRB154, $14.95)
	Light Action in the Caribbean • Barry Lopez • LITERATURE • A collection of short stories from the author of the National Book Award-winning, Arctic Dreams. (CRB74, $12.00)
	Lonely Planet Bahamas, Turks and Caicos • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide to the Bahamas features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (CRB73, $19.99)
	Lonely Planet Bermuda • Glenda Bendure • Ned Friary • GUIDEBOOK • In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Bermuda by Lonely Planet features 19 maps, an overview of culture, history and nature, and a good deal of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (BRM04, $16.99)
	Lonely Planet Caribbean • Glenda Bendure • Ned Friary • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide to the Caribbean. (CRB131, $22.99)
	Lonely Planet Diving and Snorkeling Cayman Islands • Jean Pierce • Kris Newman • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, illustrated guide to popular diving and snorkeling sites in the Cayman Islands. (CRB94, $16.95)
	Lonely Planet Diving and Snorkeling Guide Trinidad and Tobago • Lawson Wood • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, illustrated guide to popular diving and snorkeling sites in Trinidad and Tobago. (CRB104, $15.95)
	Lonely Planet Dominican Republic & Haiti • Leah Gordon • Scott Doggett • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Dominican Republic and Haiti. (CRB89, $21.99)
	Lonely Planet Puerto Rico • Ginger Otis • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Puerto Rico featuring detailed information on history, culture and attractions. (CRB84, $18.99)
	Longitude, The Time-Spanning High Seas Epic • A & E • SCIENCE • A film adaptation of Dava Sobel's prize-winning tale starring Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons. (OCE104, $39.95)
	The Loss of El Dorado, A Colonial History • V.S. Naipaul • HISTORY • Naipaul's trenchant history of the early years of Trinidad under the Spanish, French and British. (CRB178, $14.00)
	Macmillan Caribbean Dive Guides, Trinidad & Tobago • Solomon Baksh • GUIDEBOOK • Featuring helpful color photos throughout, this compact dive guide includes profiles of dive sites around Trinidad and Tobago, along with practical information on where to get gear on the islands. (CRB188, $20.00)
	Martinique Map • IGN • A map of the Caribbean island of Martinique. (CRB110, $16.95)
	Middle Passage • Charles Johnson • LITERATURE • Winner of the National Book Award, this historical novel, set in 1830, is the richly imagined tale of a recently freed slave in New Orleans who signs aboard a square-rigger bound for Africa. (ATL02, $15.00)
	Moon Handbook Jamaica • Oliver Hill • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to Jamaica that highlights its outdoor appeal. (CRB59, $17.95)
	Musica! The Rhythm of Latin America: Salsa, Rumba, Merengue, and More • Sue Steward • MUSIC • This exuberant, marvelously illustrated book traces diverse Latin American musical styles from their origins in Cuba to Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Columbia, Miami and New York. With a focus on musicians and an excellent discography. (CBA87, $22.95)
	My Favorite Plant, Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love • Jamaica Kincaid • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology of essays on plants and gardening from contemporary authors as well as luminaries of the past. Compiled by Caribbean writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid. (GEN126, $20.00)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermu • C. Lavett Smith • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic guide to coral reef fishes found in the Caribbean, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda. This portable, pocket-size book features 417 excellent color photographs, each with a range map and description. (FG24, $19.95)
	National Geographic Dominican Republic • Christopher Baker • REFERENCE • (CRB223, $21.95)
	National Geographic Traveler Caribbean • Nick Hanna • GUIDEBOOK • A guidebook to islands of the Caribbean, published by National Geographic in their attractive, visual style. The guide features plenty of photographs, maps of the individual islands, and good information on history, nature, culture, and travel. (CRB159, $27.95)
	A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics • Marco Lambertini • John Venerella • NATURAL HISTORY • A compact, illustrated guide to the natural history of the tropical latitudes. (CON17, $25.00)
	Our Caribbean, Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles • Thom Glave • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • (CRB224, $24.95)
	Out-Island Doctor • Evans W. Cottman • Wyatt Blassingame • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A classic memoir of sailing, falling in love, and making a home in the Bahamas in the 1960s. (CRB126, $19.95)
	Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories • Stewart Brown • ANTHOLOGY • A strikingly diverse collection of contemporary tales, richly rewarding. The editors include Gabriel Garcia Marquez, V. S. Naipaul, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Edwidge Danticat alongside lesser known writers. (CRB166, $29.95)
	Peterson Guide Coral Reefs, Caribbean and Florida • Susan Kaplan • Eugene Kaplan • FIELD GUIDE • A compact field guide to coral reef fish, sponges, coral, mollusks, shrimps, with line drawings and a section of color plates. (CRB54, $21.00)
	Pig Tails 'n Breadfruit, A Culinary Memoir • Austin Clarke • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A collection of essays and recollections of growing up in Barbados, centered around the rich cultural traditions and delicious culinary delights that have been passed down since the island's days of slave plantations. (CRB98, $22.95)
	The Pirate Hunter, The True Story of Captain Kidd • Richard Zachs • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A rousing good tale of derring do, poor hygiene and extravagant tastes. Zach resuscitates gentleman Kidd, a New Yorker and privateer. (CRB167, $15.95)
	Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl • Gore Verbinski • EXPLORATION • Johnny Depp , Kiera Knightley, and Orlando Bloom star in this hughly popular high seas adventure. (CRB196, $19.99)
	Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest • Gore Verbinski • EXPLORATION • (CRB197, $29.99)
	Puerto Rico Map • ITMB • A travel map of Puerto Rico at a scale of 1:190,000 with good topographic relief. (CRB56, $11.95)
	Puerto Rico, The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World • Jose Trias Monge • HISTORY • An account of Puerto Rico's troubled 500-year history and relationship with the United States. (CRB64, $22.00)
	The Rastafarians • Leonard E. Barrett • HISTORY • The 20th anniversary edition of this classic, comprehensive study of the history and beliefs of the Rastafarians. (CRB61, $16.00)
	Reef Coral Identification • Paul Humann • FIELD GUIDE • An invaluable reference featuring 530 color photographs. (DIV09, $34.95)
	Reef Creature Identification • Paul Humann • FIELD GUIDE • An excellent photographic guide to common invertebrates of Caribbean. (DIV08, $39.95)
	Reflections on the Spanish Isle, Glories of the Dominican Republic • Joseph L. Borkson • HISTORY • A photo essay on Dominican Republic, which includes the history, the culture the architecture, baseball, and Dominican cigars. (CRB218, $39.95)
	Resort to Murder, A Henrie O. Mystery • Carolyn G. Hart • MYSTERY • Another Henrie O. mystery; this time that aging sleuth finds herself enmeshed in the roiling waters of intrigue and murder at a Bermuda hotel. (BRM11, $6.99)
	The Reverse of the Medal • Patrick O'Brian • LITERATURE • In book 11 of the Aubrey and Maturin series, they head from Barbados through the Caribbean across the Atlantic to the Azores and their old stomping grounds in London (where 2/3 of the novel is set). (ATL04, $14.95)
	The River Where Blood Is Born • Sandra Jackson-Opoku • LITERATURE • A complex, layered novel following the fate of several generations of women from 18th-century Africa to modern America and Barbados. (WAF41, $23.00)
	Rough Guide Antigua & Barbuda • Adam Vaitilingam • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to the Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda. (CRB179, $10.99)
	Rough Guide Directions St. Lucia • Karl Luntta • GUIDEBOOK • A pocket guide to St. Lucia with major attractions keyed to a series of local maps. (CRB114, $10.99)
	Rough Guide Dominican Republic • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A quirky, comprehensive guide to Dominican Republic. (CRB90, $18.99)
	Rough Guide Trinidad & Tobago • Dominique de-Light • Polly Thomas • GUIDEBOOK • This popular guide in the popular British series, noteworthy for both its excellent historical and cultural overview, is so good that it is used as a text book by local schools. (CRB103, $19.99)
	Rough Guides Barbados Directions • Adam Vaitilingam • GUIDEBOOK • A slim colorful guide to Barbados, bundled with full-text on CD-ROM (PC and Mac compatible). A volume in the Rough Guides Directions series. (CRB182, $10.99)
	Rum & Reggae's Grenadines • Jonathan Runge • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, opinionated guide to the Grenadine Islands, including St. Vincent and Grenada. Part of the "Rum & Reggae" series of guidebooks, which are known for their frank opinions, off-hand tone and focus on outdoor activities. (CRB190, $9.95)
	Sailor's Guide to the Windward Islands • Chris Doyle • GUIDEBOOK • A convenient, spiral-bound guide to anchorages, harbors and navigation from Granada north to Martinique. With GPS coordinates, color sketch maps, and a directory of services. (CRB134, $26.95)
	The Sea-Hawk • Rafael Sabatini • LITERATURE • A swashbuckling tale of pirates on the Spanish Main, rich in treachery, romance and chivalry. (CRB168, $13.95)
	The Seasons of Beento Blackbird • Akosua Busia • LITERATURE • A provocative novel dissecting the issues of marriage and African identity by the daughter of a former Ghanaian prime minister. (WAF42, $24.95)
	Shanties from the Seven Seas • Stan Hugill • MUSIC • An eclectic collection of traditional songs published by the Mystic Seaport Museum. The Caribbean, in particular, has a long history of pirates, buccaneers and whaling that is reflected in these sailors' songs. (CRB13, $19.95)
	The Slave Trade, The True Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870 • Hugh Thomas • HISTORY • A monumental scholarly history. (USS29, $25.00)
	Solibo Magnificent • Patrick Chamoiseau • Val Vinokurov • Rose-Myriam Rejouis • LITERATURE • The first novel by Martinican author Chamoiseau takes place in Fort-de-France and is a riot of language and history -- a riff on the storyteller's art, a comment on the perils of writing down stories that were previously said or sung and a lament for the passing of storytellers everywhere. (CRB155, $13.95)
	Song of Night • Glenville Lovell • LITERATURE • Told in a Caribbean dialect, this novel follows Cyan, a young black woman from Barbados, as she struggles through a difficult life, surrounded by familial violence. The book can be tough going at times, but the author has a strong feel for life on the island. (CRB99, $23.00)
	St. Barth, French West Indies • Charles Didcott • Christine Didcott • Marius Stakelborough • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A photographic tour of the Caribbean island of St. Barthelemy (also known as St. Barth or St. Bart), including short informative essays. (CRB119, $35.00)
	St. Martin, Barthelemy Map • IGN • A map of the Caribbean islands of St. Martin and St. Barthelemy. (CRB109, $19.95)
	Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes and Golden Sharks: Travels of a Water-Bound Adventurer • Bill Belleville • EXPLORATION • (CRB184, $29.95)
	The Tempest • William Shakespeare • LITERATURE • Shakespeare's magical play begins with Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, summoning a raging storm that leaves his enemies shipwrecked (reminiscent of a shipwreck on Bermuda during Shakespeare's time). (BRM07, $7.95)
	Tide Running • Oonya Kempadoo • LITERATURE • An atmospheric novel of life in the rural Caribbean, set on Tobago. (CRB205, $14.00)
	Treasure House, A Caribbean Anthology • Barba Applin • Veronica Simon • ANTHOLOGY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • (CRB189, $11.95)
	Trinidad & Tobago Map • World Mapping Project • A clear, full-color map of Trinidad and adjoining Tobago at a scale of 1:150,000. (CRB34, $8.95)
	Trinidad Carnival, The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival • Gart Green • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An international group of scholars explore Carnival as a reflection of the nation and culture of Trinidad and Trinidadians worldwide, in nine essays. (CRB229, $21.95)
	A Trip to the Beach • Melinda Blanchard • Robert Blanchard • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The delightful first-person account of a couple from Vermont starting a hotel in Anguilla, complete with the usual frustrations, delays, joys -- and a hurricane. (CRB75, $13.95)
	Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn • Raphael Confiant • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The story of Lafcadio Hearn's two years in Martinique at the end of the 1880s. (CRB118, $16.00)
	U.S. Virgin Islands Map • ITMB • A travel map of the U.S. Virgin Islands. (CRB29, $10.95)
	Venezuela Map • ITMB • A colorful map of Venezuela and the lower Caribbean at a scale of 1:1,750,000. (VNZ02, $10.95)
	The Ventriloquist's Tale • Pauline Melville • LITERATURE • OUT OF PRINT • A fine novel which explores the nature and culture of post-colonial Guyana. (CRB130, $13.95)
	Virgin Anchorages • Nancy Scott • Simon Scott • GUIDEBOOK • A collection of color aerial photographs of popular anchorages, including overleafs showing reefs and passages into some harbors. (CRB136, $24.95)
	Virgin Islands Map, U.S. and British • Borch Maps • A colorful, laminated map of both the US and British Virgin Islands at a scale of 1:80,000. (CRB53, $10.95)
	Voodoo, Search for the Spirit • Laennec Hurbon • Lory Frankel • RELIGION • A lavishly illustrated pocket-encyclopedia of voodoo traditions in West Africa and America. (CRB147, $12.95)
	Waugh Abroad, Collected Travel Writing • Evelyn Waugh • Nicholas Shakespeare • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The collected travel writing of the peripatetic Waugh, including a memorable voyage to Zanzibar, a visit to the Guyanas and other excursions to out-of-the-way and often uncomfortable locales. (TVL22, $25.00)
	When I Was Puerto Rican • Esmeralda Santiago • LITERATURE • Set in the 1950s, this is a lyrical memoir of the author's childhood in Puerto Rico and her family's move to New York City. (CRB66, $14.95)
	The Windward Road, Adventures of A Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores • Archie Carr • NATURAL HISTORY • Archie Carr's classic tale of his search for sea turtles in the Caribbean and Costa Rica. Originally published in 1956, this book is a delightful record of people and islands. (CRB08, $16.95)
	Winslow Homer Watercolors • Helen A. Cooper • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An examination of the watercolors of one of America's beloved artists, Winslow Homer. This is a valuable book for anyone wishing to understand Homer's work and the American watercolor tradition. (USE85, $37.00)

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