Category Archives: Caribbean
A Little History of the United States
A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages How did a land and people of such immense diversity come together under a banner of freedom and equality to form one of the most remarkable nations in the world? Everyone from young adults to grandparents will be
The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by
No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley is the unchallenged king of reggae and one of music`s great iconic figures. Rita Marley was not just his wife and the mother of four of his children but his backing singer and friend, life-long companion and soul mate. They met in Trenchtown when he was 19 and she was 18, and she
The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History
At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold; and, two hundred years later, the man-made horror of the new slave colony. Naipaul shows how the alchemic delusion of El Dorado
How to Ride a Dragon`s Storm
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the seventh volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs …Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever
Yolk
From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they`ll go to save one of their lives – even if it means swapping identities.Jayne and June Baek are nothing alike. June`s three years older, a classic first-born, know-it-all narc with a problematic
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power
American Psycho
Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street; he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to a head-on collision with America`s greatest dream — and its worst nightmare — American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish
Angela Carter`s Book of Wayward Girls and Wicked Women
This bestselling collection of stories extols the female virtues of discontent, sexual disruptiveness and bad manners Here are subversive tales – by Ama Ata Aidoo, Jane Bowles, Angela Carter, Colette, Bessie Head, Jamaica Kincaid and Katherine Mansfield among others – all have one thing in common: the wish to restore adventuresses and revolutionaries to their
Crimson
`Effortlessly cool, funny yet sad, breezy but thoughtful – this is an edgy and unputdownable work of modern literature` Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti `Crimson is written with immense courage – there`s no faking the feeling of honesty on each page. It is a brave novel reminiscent of Irvine Welsh`s Trainspotting` Laline Paull, author of
How Much of These Hills is Gold: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021`The boldest debut of the year . . . It is refreshing to discover a new author of such grand scale, singular focus and blistering vision` ObserverAmerica. In the twilight of the Gold Rush, two siblings cross a landscape with a gun in their
The Farming of Bones
It is 1937, and Amabelle Desir is a young Haitian woman working as a maid for a wealthy family in the Dominican Republic, across the border from her homeland. The Republic, under the iron rule of the Generalissimo, treats the Haitians as second-class citizens, and although Amabelle feels a strong sense of loyalty to her
Becoming: The No. 1 International Bestseller
THE NO. 1 BESTSELLERBRITISH BOOK AWARDS, NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARTHE SUNDAY TIMES, MEMOIR OF THE YEARBOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE TIMES, OBSERVER, GUARDIAN, EVENING STANDARDNow in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
Immigration divides our globalising world like no other issue. We are swamped by bogus asylum-seekers and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our benefit system abused, our way of life destroyed – or so we are told. Philippe Legrain, author of the critically acclaimed OPEN WORLD, has written the first book that looks beyond the
Birds of America
`An absorbing novel about a young man`s voyage into adulthood, enlivened by Mary McCarthy`s needling wit` Hilary Mantel, Booker prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies`Fiercely intelligent, insatiably combative, McCarthy`s novels invite controversy` Penelope Lively, from the introduction Peter Levi, a shy and sensitive American teenager, moves to Paris to avoid being
The Forever Girl
Clover has loved James for as long as she can remember, since before she knew what what love was. But fate seems determined to keep them apart. As children, Clover and James played beside a turquoise sea under cloudless skies, their Caribbean island home a place of pleasure and privilege, of lush lawns and tennis
Beach Read: The ONLY laugh-out-loud love story you`ll want to escape with this summer
`The hottest book of the summer` JOSIE SILVER, author of bestselling One Day in December`The perfect escapist romp` LAURA JANE WILLIAMS, author of Our StopBinge-watched Normal People and Love is Blind and now looking to escape into another suitably steamy love story? Look no further… TWO WRITERS, ONE HOLIDAY. A ROMCOM WAITING TO HAPPEN…January is
A Beauty That Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala
Though a 1996 peace accord brought a formal end to a conflict that had lasted for thirty-six years, Guatemala`s violent past continues to scar its troubled present and seems destined to haunt its uncertain future. George Lovell brings to this revised and expanded edition of A Beauty That Hurts decades of fieldwork throughout Guatemala, as
The High Window
`He lay crumpled on his back. Very lonely, very dead.The safe door was wide open. A metal drawer was pulled out. It was empty now. There may have been money in it once.` Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe`s on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants
โ€Gladwell`s most enjoyable book so far. It is a feel-good extravaganza, nourishing both heart and mindโ€. (Financial Times). โ€I devoured in a single readingโ€. (Richard E. Grant). โ€When you read it, you feel like you can topple giantsโ€. (Jon Ronson). What if everything we thought about power was wrong? What if, in the ancient story
