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1) Jamaica
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Description
Beautiful. Colorful. Musical. Welcome to Jamaica! In this bright, exciting book, young readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they will learn all about Jamaicas cities, food, history, music, and wildlife. Theyll even learn how to speak a few words in Jamaican Patois! This 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction....
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"From the acclaimed writer of The Book of Night Women comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events and characters surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley during the political turmoil on Jamaica in the late 1970s"--
On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions in Kingston, seven gunmen...
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun ... but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devasting consequences of globalization.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Description
"Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread the gospel of reggae music around the globe. Bob's distinctive style and dedication to his Rastafari beliefs became a rallying cry for the poor and disenfranchised the world over and led to a hugely...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm.
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Description
"Shelly-Ann lives with her grandmother on the beautiful island of Jamaica, where the sun is always shining and the weather is sweet. One afternoon, Shelly-Ann becomes hungry, so she asks Granny for something to eat. Granny tells her, 'GYAL, YOU BETTA CAN COOK!' and teaches Shelly-Ann how to cook delicious Jamaican food."--
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When we first meet him, Chappie is a punked-out teenager living with his mother and abusive stepfather in an upstate New York trailer park. During this time, he slips into drugs and petty crime. Rejected by his parents, out of school and in trouble with the police, he claims for himself a new identity as a permanent outsider; he gets a crossed-bones tattoo on his arm, and takes the name "Bone." He finds dangerous refuge with a group of biker-thieves,...
9) Sprinter
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Jamaican teen who is burdened by an unstable father and an unruly older brother hopes a meteoric rise in track-and-field can reunite him with his mother, who has lived illegally in the U.S. for over a decade. Produced by Jada Pinkett and Will Smith.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Suffering from a cruel heartbreak, Lord Philip Hamilton has been driven to seek refuge from the painful memories haunting London, and his father's Jamaican sugar cane plantation provides just the escape he needs -- until a mysterious woman with no memory of her past appears and turns Philip's world upside down.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
"A biography in verse about the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley, offering an overview of key events and themes in his life, including his biracial heritage, Rastafarian beliefs, and love of music. End notes on poems provide further biographical information"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xiii, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
Singer, model, and actress Grace Jones offers a revealing account of her spectacular career and turbulent life, charting the development of a persona that has made her one of the world's most recognizable artists. Grace has consistently been an extreme, challenging presence in the entertainment world since her emergence as an international model in the 1970s. Celebrated for her audacious talent and trailblazing style, Grace became one of the most...
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