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Amphibians and Reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Slope
• Craig Guyer
• Maureen A. Donnelly
• FIELD GUIDE
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This comprehensive guide covers the reptiles and amphibians of the Caribbean slope.
(CRB177, $24.95)
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The Angel on the Roof
• Russell Banks
• LITERATURE
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A collection of 32 short stories from the award-winning novelist, Russell Banks.
(USE103, $15.95)
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At the Bottom of the River
• Jamaica Kincaid
• LITERATURE
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Ten short stories capturing the essence of Jamaica Kincaid's childhood in Antigua. Originally published in the New Yorker, the collection evokes the rhythms of work and play in the Caribbean.
(CRB19, $12.00)
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Caribbean
• James Michener
• LITERATURE
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The sweeping, compulsively readable Michener saga of the Caribbean islands, chock full of historical detail.
(CRB82, $7.99)
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Caribbean Art
• Veerle Poupeye
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A survey of art found throughout the Caribbean and created by artists of Caribbean descent, highlighting the multitude of influences from Africa, Europe, Asia and South America.
(CRB76, $14.95)
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The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises
• Linda Coffman
• GUIDEBOOK
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(CRB186, $22.95)
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Coral Reef Fishes
• Ewald Lieske
• Robert Myers
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world.
(DIV05, $24.95)
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Don't Stop the Carnival
• Herman Wouk
• LITERATURE
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For a sense of life in the Caribbean, we recommend this humorous tale of Norman Paperman, a middle-aged American running a hotel on the fictional island of Amerigo.
(CRB18, $15.95)
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Down Time, Great Writers on Diving
• Ed Kittrell
• Casey Kittrell
• Jim Kittrell
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide
• Coastal Cruise Tour Guides
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A handy guide and booklet that unfolds to a six-foot-long full color map. It features historical background, visitor attractions and maps of all the islands from Puerto Rico to Trinidad.
(CRB135, $15.95)
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Eastern Caribbean in Focus, A Guide to People, Politics and Culture
• James Ferguson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to the eastern Caribbean from an unabashedly political perspective.
(CRB37, $12.95)
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Frommer's Caribbean Ports of Call
• Christina Colon
• GUIDEBOOK
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The most thorough guide available to Caribbean ports of call.
(CRB27, $17.99)
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A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
• Herbert Raffaele
• FIELD GUIDE
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A thorough, compact field guide and introduction to the natural history of the birds of the region, including winter visitors and featuring 25 color plates.
(CRB17, $32.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
• Richard Ffrench
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago.
(CRB16, $39.95)
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A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean
• Mark D. Spalding
• Sylvia Earle
• FIELD GUIDE
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A diver's guide and atlas of coral reefs of the Caribbean
(CRB176, $25.95)
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Insight Guide Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles
• David Schwabeder
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handsome travel guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of the region, featuring essays on natural history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps and some limited practical information.
(CRB02, $24.95)
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Lesser Antilles Map
• Nelles
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A map of the Lesser Antilles, with detailed insets of every important island.
(CRB05, $10.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermu
• C. Lavett Smith
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Peterson Guide Coral Reefs, Caribbean and Florida
• Susan Kaplan
• Eugene Kaplan
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact field guide to coral reef fish, sponges, coral, mollusks, shrimps, with line drawings and a section of color plates.
(CRB54, $21.00)
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The Rough Guide to Jamaica
• Adam Vaitilingam
• Polly Thomas
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the lively, literate and Rough Guide style, with an overview of history and culture, and essential information on food, lodging and sightseeing.
(CRB220, $19.99)
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Shanties from the Seven Seas
• Stan Hugill
• MUSIC
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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)
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
• Bartolome de las Casas
• Nigel Griffin
• HISTORY
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A graphic chronicle of human rights abuses and an appeal to the conscience of Spain written in 1542 by a witness.
(CRB44, $13.00)
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A Small Place
• Jamaica Kincaid
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Antigua-born Kincaid meditates on the politics, history and culture of the islands in these remarkable short essays. A useful antidote to the usual fun-in-the-sun approach of the local tourist office, she exposes the poverty, corruption and startling beauty of the Caribbean.
(CRB03, $12.00)
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Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes and Golden Sharks: Travels of a Water-Bound Adventurer
• Bill Belleville
• EXPLORATION
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(CRB184, $29.95)
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Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola
• Michele Wucker
• HISTORY
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The story of the historic tensions between two countries which share a single island but are divided by history, language, race and class.
(CRB46, $16.00)
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Wide Sargasso Sea
• Jean Rhys
• LITERATURE
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This short novel by Dominican-born Jean Rhys is steamy -- both in its lush, tropical setting and in its plot. The book imagines the encounter between Edward Rochester and his mad wife -- a sort of prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
(CRB21, $13.95)
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The Windward Road, Adventures of A Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores
• Archie Carr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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