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Sailing the Caribbean
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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A Continent of Islands, Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
• Mark Kurlansky
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1992 •
PAPER
• 324 PAGES
An in-depth study of the social history and politics of the Caribbean by a far-ranging journalist, excellent reading for travelers to the region. Organized as a series of independent essays with titles such as "Color-Coded Nations," the book is an insightful and frank look at the culture, music and religion of the Caribbean islands -- and the prospects for the future.
(CRB12, $17.95) |
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A Small Place
• Jamaica Kincaid
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2000 •
PAPER
• 81 PAGES
• FAVORITE
A stunning achievement, this book by Antigua-born Kincaid meditates on the politics, history and culture of the island. She exposes the poverty, corruption and startling beauty of the Caribbean in this book -- a thought-provoking antidote to the usual fun-in-the-sun approach of the local tourist office. Essential reading for anyone interested in the Caribbean and tourism.
(CRB03, $13.00) |
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Insight Guide Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles
• Sarah Cameron
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
This handsome travel guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of the region, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps and some limited practical information.
(CRB02, $24.99) |
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Caribbean Destination Map
• National Geographic
2011 •
MAP
A colorful overview map of the entire Caribbean basin from southern Florida to the coast of South America at a scale of 1:2,000,000. Includes inserts of Old Havana, George Town, Nassau, Old San Juan and Charlotte Amalie. One Side. 38x54 inches.
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Also Recommended
A Traveller's History of the Caribbean
• James Ferguson
• HISTORY
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A concise history of the Caribbean Islands, beginning with a description of their formation and geologic attrib-utes and carrying through to the first civilizations in the region, right the way up to the modern tourism boom.
(CRB42, $14.95)
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Under the Black Flag, The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates
• David Cordingly
• HISTORY
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Meet Blackbeard and Captain Kidd along with lesser-known rogues and brigands in this rip-roaring portrait of pirates of the Caribbean.
(CRB35, $16.00)
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A Trip to the Beach
• Melinda Blanchard
• Robert Blanchard
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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, $15.00)
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A Caribbean Mystery
• Agatha Christie
• MYSTERY
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Miss Marple solves a series of mysterious deaths on the Caribbean island where she is vacationing in this classic Agatha Christie, originally published in 1964.
(CRB207, $12.99)
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Caribbean
• James Michener
• LITERATURE
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The sweeping, compulsively readable saga of the Caribbean, chock-full of historical detail.
(CRB82, $16.00)
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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, $15.99)
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Easy in the Islands, Stories
• Bob Shacochis
• LITERATURE
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A collection of short stories and one of the most evocative depictions of daily life on the islands. Shacochis's characters, from islanders and interlopers, all ring true and his writing is a graceful tribute to the music, politics and cultural quirks of the Caribbean.
(CRB78, $13.00)
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The Reverse of the Medal
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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In book 11 of the Aubrey and Maturin series, Captain Jack and his surgeon/naturalist sidekick Stephen Maturin 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, $15.95)
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200 Conspicuous, Unusual, or Economically Important Tropical Plants of the Caribbean
• John Kingsbury
• FIELD GUIDE
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A general purpose plant identification guide to Caribbean shores, also useful for subtropical Florida. Features color photographs and short plant descriptions.
(CRB01, $20.00)
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Birds of the West Indies
• Herbert Raffaele
• FIELD GUIDE
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A magnificently illustrated guide, featuring 86 color plates, range maps, and island checklists. Includes the endemic species of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and other islands.
(CRB161, $24.95)
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Fishwatcher's Field Guide Caribbean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 75 reef fish of the Caribbean.
(DIV11, $7.50)
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Reef Fish Identification Caribbean
• Paul Humann
• FIELD GUIDE
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This definitive guide for underwater enthusiasts features 670 stunning color photographs of all the fishes of the tropical Atlantic. We also recommend Gulf of California (BJA39), Galapagos (DIV04) and Tropical Pacific (DIV49) in the same series, $39.95 each.
(DIV03, $39.95)
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Reefcomber's Guide, Caribbean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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This double-sided laminated card depicts fish, corals and other invertebrates of the Caribbean.
(DIV46, $7.50)
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Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life
• Paul Humann
• FIELD GUIDE
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Humann's compact guide illustrates Caribbean fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants commonly encountered in shallower water.
(DIV02, $14.95)
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