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Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is ruthlessly determined to shield Thandi from the same fate. When plans for a new hotel threaten their village,...
3) Jamaica
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
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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....
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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310 pages ; 22 cm.
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After his father disappears, Everton Dorril is sent to find him. When he does, he learns about a woman his father has been in love with for over three decades and is now on a cross-country journey to find her. Seeking his own reconcilliation with his estranged father, Everton continues with him, hoping to learn more about his father.
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James Bond series volume 6
Pub. Date
2002
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233 p. ; 20 cm.
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When James Bond is attacked on the island of Jamaica, he suspects the man behind it is Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands.
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An all-expense-paid week at a luxury villa in Jamaica-- it's the invitation of a lifetime for a group of old college friends. All four women are desperate not just for a reunion, but for an escape: Tina is drowning under the demands of mothering four young children. Allie is shattered by the news that a genetic illness runs in her family. Savannah is carrying the secret of her husband's infidelity. And, finally, there's Pauline, who spares no expense...
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2014.
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"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...
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"[This novel] tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance. The narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule, and ends in the era of what Forbes...
11) Jamaica me dead
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Zachary Chasteen mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
291 p. ; 25 cm.
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Marie Santora comes from an eccentric Italian family. When she inherits her grandmother's estate and everyone turns nice and caring, Marie knows it's time to hit the road to Los Angeles, but not before one final family vacation.
In Jamaica, Marie finally meets a woman who could change her life, but will she even talk to Marie after her family tells one too many of Marie's secrets? Don't miss this hilarious tale of love and family togetherness run...
13) Hurricane summer
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"Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and returns to his true home: the island of Jamaica. When Tilla's mother tells her she'll be spending the summer on the island, Tilla dreads the idea of seeing him again, but longs to discover what life in Jamaica has always held for him. In an unexpected turn of events, Tilla is forced to face the storm that unravels in her own life as...
14) Once a rebel
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Rogues redeemed volume 2
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Lord George Gordon Audley had been Callista Brooke's best friend, and it was to Gordon she turned in desperation to avoid a loathsome arranged marriage. The repercussions of his gallant attempt ended with Callie in Jamaica, and Gordon on a one way trip to the penal colony of Australia. Now it's 1814, and Callie is in Washington, trapped in the battle between her native England and her adopted homeland. She is on the verge of losing everything, including...
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"Centers on Abel and Vera Paisley, a working-class Jamaican couple striving to build a better life for their children. Abel travels to London in the early 1960s in search of fortune. Instead, he sees an opportunity to escape the drudgery of his life by faking his death and assuming a new identity. Vera, now a widow, is racked with guilt over her husband's "death" and takes out her grief on her children, Irene and Vincent. The effects of Abel's decision...
17) Granny's kitchen
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Pub. Date
2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm.
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"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."--
19) Songs of Irie
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Pub. Date
2023.
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384 pages ; 22 cm.
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It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is from the heart of Kingston, where fighting in the streets is common. Jilly is from the hills, where mansions nestled within lush gardens remain safe behind gates. But the two bond through a shared love...
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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,...
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