Search Results for ‘Caribbean (West Indies)’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 23 matches found

A State of Independence

A British West Indian returns to the Caribbean to witness the end of colonial rule, however his visit turns sour as he finds himself an outsider in a place he thought was home.
"Phillips skilfully...

Far Tortuga

Fantastic story of pirates, fishermen and sailors written in a style which forces you to read it in creole.
"The stuff of which great books are made. Far Tortuga is about the sea and sailors and change...

Seeking Robinson Crusoe

Tim Severin discovers that the Scots sailor stranded for 4 years on an island off the coast of Chile and long been accepted as Crusoe¿s prototype, is a flawed model.
Seeking the ¿real¿ Robinson Crusoe...

The Middle Passage

V. S. Naipaul's first published travel narrative records his impressions of the Caribbean and South America, following a journey from London to Trinidad in the 1950s. The main themes are colonialism...

Treasure Islands

Pamela Stephenson (psychoanalyst, ex-comedienne, wife of Billy Connolly) follows in the intrepid footsteps of Fanny Stevenson, maverick wife of the even more maverick Robert Louis. They have much in...

Sea of Lentils

A rousing novel re-creating the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean in four interwoven narratives. The first explores the amibtions (and disappointments) of Philip II as he lies on his death-bed; another...

A House for Mr.Biswas

A House for Mr.Biswas is V.S. Naipaul's unforgettable third novel.
Born the "wrong way" and thrust into a world that greeted him with little more than a bad omen, Mohun Biswas has spent his 46 years...

Bad Lands

Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet, travelled through some of the world’s most repressive and dangerous regimes. Wheeler says, “When Mr Bush produced his ‘Axis of Evil’ list, my first thought was...

Cuba Confidential

An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth century's wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring personalities that...

Cuba - The Land of Miracles

Stephen Smith ponders the paradox that is Cuba. His aim is an interview with Fidel Castro, but the path to this is a long and meandering one. After settling into a small flat in Havana he sets out to...

Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures)

It's the early 1990s and three young people, working for the UN and Red Cross in Cambodia, become friends in the heady atmosphere of the country's first democratic elections. All of them have been attracted...

Cuba A New History

“Cuba: A New History” is a compelling and insightful read, shining new light on forgotten corners of Cuba’s history, not only those surrounding a certain cigar-chomping leader; events in Fidel Castro...

Cuba in Focus

Cuba is in crisis. After 35 years of one-party rule, the island stands on the brink of dramatic change. Its economy destroyed by the collapse of the eastern bloc, its people suffering increasing hardship...

Dirty Havana Trilogy

“Dirty Havana Trilogy” tells the story of Pedro Juan, an ex-radio journalist who wanders from one odd job to the next, half-disgusted and half-fascinated by his predicament. Working as a garbage-man...

Havana Red

WINNER OF THE HAMMETT PRIZE
“Havana Red” is the first of Leonardo Padura’s awesome Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde; making Padura a Caribbean Ellroy if you will. And like the best of...

My Life

Officially culled from a series of revealing interviews with Ignacio Ramonet, “My Life” is Fidel Castro's biography 'in his own words'.
Such a book was always going to be a book widely read, an opportunity...

Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World

Densely populated, with a distressed economy and limited political freedom, the author of this book argues that the decolonisation of Puerto Rico should begin immediately.
"A pithy account of Puerto...

The Old Man and the Sea

Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. Here, is a perfectly crafted story, a...

A High Wind in Jamaica

First published in 1929 this is the story of how an idyllic life in the Caribbean ends when a hurricane hits and the four protagonists of this tale are sent to boarding school in England. On route their...

Libète: A Haiti Anthology

A collection of enlightening essays and extracts from historians, anthropologists and novelists on various themes: Colonialism and revolution, poverty and urban life, Religion and culture, literature...