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Amphibians and Reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Slope

Amphibians and Reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Slope


by Craig Guyer | Maureen A. Donnelly

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 420 PAGES

This comprehensive guide covers the reptiles and amphibians of the Caribbean slope. (CRB177, $29.95)

The Angel on the Roof


by Russell Banks

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 505 PAGES

A collection of 32 short stories from the award-winning novelist, Russell Banks. (USE103, $15.95)

At the Bottom of the River

At the Bottom of the River


by Jamaica Kincaid

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 82 PAGES

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, $13.00)

Caribbean


by James Michener

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 672 PAGES

The sweeping, compulsively readable saga of the Caribbean, chock full of historical detail. (CRB82, $16.00)

The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises

The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises


by Linda Coffman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 704 PAGES

Subtitled "A Cruise Lover's Guide to Selecting the Right Trip, With All the Best Ports of Call", this guidebook covers topics such as what's really included in your cruise fare and what cabins are the best and the worst. (CRB186, $23.99)

Coral Reef Fishes

Coral Reef Fishes


by Ewald Lieske | Robert Myers

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world. (DIV05, $24.95)

Don't Stop the Carnival

Don't Stop the Carnival


by Herman Wouk

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 395 PAGES

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, $15.99)

Down Time, Great Writers on Diving

Down Time, Great Writers on Diving


by Ed Kittrell | Casey Kittrell | Jim Kittrell

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

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)

Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide

Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide


by Coastal Cruise Tour Guides

  • 2000
  • MAP

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)

Eastern Caribbean in Focus, A Guide to People, Politics and Culture

Eastern Caribbean in Focus, A Guide to People, Politics and Culture


by James Ferguson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 88 PAGES

A guide to the eastern Caribbean from an unabashedly political perspective. (CRB37, $12.95)

Frommer's Jamaica Day by Day


by Jo Cooke

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES

A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map. (CRB266, $14.99)

A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands


by Herbert Raffaele

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

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, $35.00)

A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago


by Richard Ffrench

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 426 PAGES

A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. (CRB16, $39.95)

A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean

A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean


by Mark D. Spalding | Sylvia Earle

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2004
  • PAPER

A diver's guide and atlas of coral reefs of the Caribbean (CRB176, $28.95)

Insight Guide Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles

Insight Guide Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles


by Sarah Cameron | Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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, $24.99)

Lesser Antilles Map

Lesser Antilles Map


by Nelles

  • 2007
  • MAP

A map of the Lesser Antilles, with detailed insets of every important island. (CRB05, $13.95)

Maya, Divine Kings of the Rain Forest


by Nikolai Grube

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 450 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Comprehensive and well-illustrated, this overview of the culture, history and archaeology of the Maya makes great reading. (MYA37, $49.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes


by C. Lavett Smith

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1997
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 720 PAGES

A photographic guide to coral reef fishes found in the Caribbean, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda. (FG24, $19.95)

Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies

Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies


by James Bond

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

The standard field guide to the birds of the Caribbean, with 400 species. (CRB15, $23.00)

Peterson Guide Coral Reefs, Caribbean and Florida

Peterson Guide Coral Reefs, Caribbean and Florida


by Susan Kaplan | Eugene Kaplan

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 289 PAGES

A compact field guide to coral reef fish, sponges, coral, mollusks, shrimps, with line drawings and a section of color plates. (CRB54, $21.00)

The Rough Guide to Jamaica

The Rough Guide to Jamaica


by Adam Vaitilingam | Polly Thomas

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

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)

Shanties from the Seven Seas


by Stan Hugill

  • MUSIC
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

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, $23.95)

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies


by Bartolome de las Casas | Nigel Griffin

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 143 PAGES

A graphic chronicle of human rights abuses and an appeal to the conscience of Spain written in 1542 by a witness. (CRB44, $13.00)

A Small Place

A Small Place


by Jamaica Kincaid

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 81 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

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, $13.00)

Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes and Golden Sharks: Travels of a Water-Bound Adventurer


by Bill Belleville

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 248 PAGES

Belleville, an environmental journalist, recounts the natural and man-made wonders he encountered on his travels in Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America. (CRB184, $29.95)

Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola

Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola


by Michele Wucker

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

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)

Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea


by Jean Rhys

  • LITERATURE
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 189 PAGES

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)

The Windward Road, Adventures of A Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores

The Windward Road, Adventures of A Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores


by Archie Carr

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1979
  • PAPER
  • 266 PAGES

Originally published in 1956, Archie Carr's classic tale of the search for sea turtles in the Caribbean and Costa Rica is a delightful record of natural history, fellow researchers and islands. (CRB08, $16.95)

Montpelier, Jamaica: A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom 1739-1912

Montpelier, Jamaica: A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom 1739-1912


by B.W. Higman

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 450 PAGES

A scholarly reconstruction of the material culture and society of the great Montpelier Estate. (CRB156, $80.00)

 

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