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Marcovitz, Hal.

Summary: Tells the story of the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, beginning in 1510 when he snuck on board a ship bound for Central America, through his discovery, for Spain, of the South Sea, now known as the Pacific Ocean.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2002

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB BALBOA MAR

McAnuff, Craig

Summary: Craig and Shaun McAnuff are two brothers born and bred in Britain, but with Jamaica in their hearts and souls. Follow them on their journey to the birthplace of their grandparents to discover the recipes that inspired generations - but with their own vibrant modern twist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59729 MCA

Summary: "Compiled by Hugo Mendez, co-founder of the globe-trotting Sofrito record label, and Emile Omar, DJ at Paris' Radio Nova, Disques Debs collects works from the Guadeloupe label's first decade-plus of existence starting in the late '50s. The styles range from early biguine and bolero to zouk and reggae, and the artists include big band orchestras, local fixtures, touring bands and younger cats...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Strut 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIS

Johansen, Iris.

Summary: Determined to protect herself from the horrors of her childhood, a young woman finds her remote island refuge terrorized by ruthless mercenaries and heads to the open seas in a perilous race against time to find the site of a lost city.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOH

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JOH

Malam, John

Summary: Describes what it would be like to be a ship captain captured by priates during the 1700s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2013

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.164 MAL

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Set You 364.16 Malam

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MAL (BASKET)

Contents: Super Combo: Moin Domi Dérhô(7:25 min) -- Les Vikings (Guadeloupe): Ambiance : Guhe Huiamo(2:24 min) -- Typical Combo: Piensalo Bien(3:39 min) -- Guadafrica Combo: Moin Ce Roi Roi(5:35 min) -- Galaxy (Guadeloupe): Disco Funk(4:55 min) -- Koumbit: Lagé Yo(3:40 min) -- Smoke (Guadeloupe): Lina Femm' Foll(3:45 min) -- Les Rapaces: Music Passe Partout(5:13 min) -- H.W.T. Band: Good Trip(6:04 min)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: K7 Music 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN DIS

Summary: Finn is looking for a lost Spanish galleon in the Caribbean. He believes he has found the galleon and has marked the location with his own sunken boat. He enlists the help of his ex-wife, Tess, who is intrigued until she finds he has no real proof of the Spanish ship's location. Fate has put the two together again, this time onboard the boat of multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt and his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Fool's 2008

Renton, Alex

Summary: When British Caribbean slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833, it was not the newly liberated who received compensation, but the tens of thousands of enslavers who were paid millions of pounds in government money. The descendants of some of those slave owners are among the wealthiest and most powerful people in Britain today. Alex Renton explores what inheritance -...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 REN

Kretschmer, John.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.124 KRE

Spurgin, Timothy.

Summary: Examines the wonderful feeling of engaging with a novel or short story on all levels and learning how artful readers think about and approach the works they read.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 ART
Call number: DVD 808 ART

Summary: Recently-arrived DI Jack Mooney leads his experienced team in investigating eight mystifying murders on the isle of Saint Marie.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DEA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV De 7

Sandler, Martin W

Summary: Describes what happened when a slave ship packed with plunder was captured by pirates in 1717 then sunk by a brutal storm. Tells the story of the 1984 expedition to locate the wreck and what was uncovered.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 910 SAN

Atwood, Margaret

Summary: "A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, Bodily Harm is the story of Rennie Wilford, a young journalist whose life has begun to shatter around the edges. Rennie flies to the Caribbean to recuperate, and on the tiny island of St. Antoine she is confronted by a world where her rules for survival no longer apply. By turns comic, satiric, relentless, and terrifying, Margaret Atwood's Bodily...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books/Doubleday 1998

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATW

Ortiz, Paul

Summary: "Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Scholar and activist Paul Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress as exalted by widely taught formulations such as "manifest destiny" and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 ORT

Summary: Cruise the islands of the western Caribbean including Aruba, Belize, Cancun, Cozumel, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Bonaire, Roatan, Trinidad and Tobago.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.2 CRU

Shearer, Eleanor

Summary: "Rare. Moving. Powerful. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHE

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHE

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SHE

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Shearer

Morgan, Nina.

Summary: Covers the geography, climate, resources, and history of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Learning 1996

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 917.2 MOR

Sides, Hampton

34 holds on 5 copies

Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SID

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SID

Summary: With a new team firmly in place, DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall, Love Actually) is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie. Feeling as though something is still missing from his life, Goodman enlists DS Florence Cassell (Josephine Jobert, Summer Crush) to help him crack the complexities of the dating world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DEA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV De 5

Contents: Makoomba (Nuspirit Helsinki) -- Leroy (The Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble, Tony Allen V. Tweak) -- Do your best (Femi Kuti) -- Africa (Meitz) -- Berimbau de osahna (Easydelics) -- Felicidade (Suba) -- Going out (Antenna) -- Samba olympo (Butti 49) -- Blue lagoon (Louise Vertigo) -- Un regard, un sourire (Tom Y Joyce).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Guidance Recordings 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MUN

Adzich-Brander, Laura

Summary: "Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of the Caribbean, including Anguilla's powdery white beaches, Grand Cayman's colorful coral reefs, and the scenic beauty of Jamaica's Blue Mountains. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it's your first trip or your fifth,"--page [4] of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL CARIBBEAN

Balfour, Amy C.

Summary: Showcasing 50 of the Americas' greatest road trips across North and South America as well as the Caribbean, you'll discover classic drives including the Pacific Coast Highway, Gaspesie Loop in Canada and the Hana Highway in Hawaii, plus lesser-known routes. We cover a huge variety of themes and experiences across drives that range from a few hours to a week or more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.304 BAL

Dixon, Franklin W.

Summary: "It's finally summer vacation, and the Hardy family is headed on a cruise to the Caribbean. As they board the ship with their parents, Frank and Joe can't believe all the fun that's in store for them. There are three-story slides, playgrounds, ball pits, four pools, and an arcade. There are concerts and magic shows at night, while jugglers and clowns wander the deck during the day. In addition...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Books 2014

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Estefan, Gloria.

Contents: Por un beso = For a kiss -- Punto de referencia = Point of reference -- Dame otra oportunidad = Give me another chance -- Como me duele perderte = How it hurts to lose you -- Te tango a ti = If I have you -- Tres gotas de agua bendita = Three drops of holy water -- Nuestra felicidad = Our happiness -- La flor y tu amor = The flower and your love -- Me voy = I'm leaving -- Solo por tu amor =...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Records 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN EST

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