Lord Invader
Contents: Me one alone -- As long as it born in my house -- Beautiful Belgic -- My experience on the raper band -- Auf Wiedersehen -- Crisis in Arkansas -- Fidel Castro -- Carnival -- Te we -- Beway -- Cat-o-nine tails -- Steel band war -- Women trying to rule.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN LORFrancis-Sharma, Lauren.
Summary: "An epic saga about a Trinidadian family spanning WWII to the early Sixties. Told in alternating voices, the author recounts the story of Marcia, our fierce heroine, who leaves her island home in order to protect the man she's loved for years, and finds herself isolated in a strange land but with the determination to survive and rebuild" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAYong, Jui Lin
Summary: "Trinidad and Tobago are two tropical islands located off the northern coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea, but together they make one nation. Both are home to a vibrant culture. Through this detailed text, readers explore many aspects of this country, such as its history, geography, lifestyle, language, festivals, and food. In addition, informative sidebars; comprehensive maps; a detailed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.983 YONDass, Sarah
Summary: "She's destined to be a great Trinidadian Carnival costume designer like her renowned uncle, Russel Messina, and will one day inherit leadership of the family's masquerade band, Grandeur. Her classmate, the popular social media influencer, Brandon Richards, is the bane of her existence. Everything about him irks her, from his annoying nickname for Tess ("Boop") to his association with David,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: "After following her mother to the US at a young age to pursue economic opportunities, one woman must come to terms with the ways in which systematic racism and resultant trauma keep the American Dream inaccessible to Black people. In the early '90s, young Tiffanie Drayton and her siblings left Trinidad and Tobago to join their mother in New Jersey, where she'd been making her way as a domestic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DRAYTON, TIFFANIE DRAAdam, Claire
Summary: A family tries to survive in rural Trinidad, when one thirteen year old twin boy walks into the bush one evening and does not come home. Clyde, the father, is forced to go looking and when he learnes his son's fate, his world is shattered.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: SJP for Hogarth 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ADAPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: "It's Spring Break! During Carnival, Ana & Andrew travel to visit their family on the island of Trinidad. They love watching the parade and dancing to the music. This year, they learn how their ancestors helped create the holiday!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLAPersaud, Ingrid
Summary: "After Betty Ramdin's abusive husband dies, she invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo, as their lodger. Over time, these three form an unconventional family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one a fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in Mr. Chetan and learns a secret that plunges him into torment. Ultimately sends him...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: "It's Spring Break! During Carnival, Ana & Andrew travel to visit their family on the island of Trinidad. They love watching the parade and dancing to the music. This year, they learn how their ancestors helped create the holiday!"--Title page verso.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH PLASummary: Local leaders launched a crusade to end the slaughter of Trinidad's thousand-pound leatherback turtles. 10,000 visitors a year come to the now famous Matura Beach, and local villages make a good living from the tourism. Trinidad's beaches support about 6,000 nesting females a year.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Steel Band (Musical group)
Contents: Calypso non stop (21:16) -- T. et T.C. (7:20) -- National (4:15) -- Soulful Calypso (3:25) -- Panorama (4:50) -- Indes jump (4:50) -- Flamingoes (3:20).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playasound 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/CARIBBEAN STENaipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred Knopf 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 NAIBanwo, Ayanna Lloyd
Summary: In the old house on a hill, where the city meets the rain forest, Yejide's mother is dying. She is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: one St. Bernard woman in every generation must shepherd the city's souls into the afterlife. But after years of suffering her mother's neglect and bitterness, Yejide is looking for a way out. Raised in the countryside by a devout Rastafarian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANLawrence, Patrice
Summary: "When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn't feel that she fits in. But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years... Join Tante Janet and her inquisitive niece as they share the story of how her family came to the Caribbean, through the dark days of colonization and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Cat Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAWDass, Sarah
Summary: Presents a romantic, mesmerizing story of first love and second chances, all to the tunes of sweet soca music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DASCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DASNaipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad)
Summary: Owning a small portion of the Trinidad earth and a respectable house is the dream and the reality sustaining Mohun Biswas through a life of frustration and despair.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NAIContents: Calypso be / Young Tiger (2:56) -- Yolanda / Ambrose Campbell (3:14) -- Calypso blues / Mona Baptiste (2:58) -- Adura / West African Rhythm Brothers (2:53) -- My wife's nightie / Lord Kitchener (2:36) -- Ominira / West African Rhythm Brothers (3:12) -- Eroya / West African Rhythm Brothers (2:53) -- General election / Lord Beginner (2:48) -- Kalenda march / The Lion (3:04) -- Omonike / Tunji...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Honest Jon's Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT LONAbdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Summary: When his fiancée abruptly departs for Trinidad after hearing disturbing news, Mycroft Holmes and his best friend Cyrus Douglas follow and find themselves drawn in to a treacherous investigation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2015