Caribbean
Sun-drenched islands, turbulent histories, and resilient cultures converge in this rich collection spanning the Caribbean's many worlds — from Jamaica and Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic and beyond. Here you'll find stories and explorations of colonialism, identity, folklore, love, and survival, all shaped by the rhythms of a region where the beauty of the sea meets the weight of the past.
Caribbean Shrnutí knih
Wide Sargasso Sea
A Creole heiress marries an English stranger only to watch her name and her sanity dissolve.
Klasika
Literární fikce
Historická fikce
Historické
Literatura
Wide Sargasso Sea
A Creole heiress marries an English stranger only to watch her name and her sanity dissolve.
Klasika
Literární fikce
Historická fikce
Historické
Literatura
Black Cake
After her death, a mother's recording reveals a Caribbean escape, a hidden identity, and a sister.
Historická fikce
Současná literatura
Literární fikce
Detektivky
Pro dospělé
Black Cake
After her death, a mother's recording reveals a Caribbean escape, a hidden identity, and a sister.
Historická fikce
Současná literatura
Literární fikce
Detektivky
Pro dospělé
Láska za časů cholery
A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.
Klasika
Literární fikce
Romantika
Historická fikce
Magický realismus
Láska za časů cholery
A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.
Klasika
Literární fikce
Romantika
Historická fikce
Magický realismus
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.
Spiritualita
Náboženství
Afrika
Antropologie
Historie
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.
Spiritualita
Náboženství
Afrika
Antropologie
Historie
The Golden Age of Piracy
No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.
Historie
Skutečné zločiny
Caribbean
Sailing
Sea
The Golden Age of Piracy
No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.
Historie
Skutečné zločiny
Caribbean
Sailing
Sea
Aftershocks of Disaster
After Maria, Puerto Ricans found the worst disaster wasn't the storm. It was colonial rule.
Historie
Politika
Colonialism
Sociální spravedlnost
Sociologie
Aftershocks of Disaster
After Maria, Puerto Ricans found the worst disaster wasn't the storm. It was colonial rule.
Historie
Politika
Colonialism
Sociální spravedlnost
Sociologie
Krátký podivuhodný život Oscara Waa
Oscar de León just wants a girlfriend. His family's generational curse has other plans.
Literární fikce
Magický realismus
Historická fikce
Současná literatura
Rodina
Krátký podivuhodný život Oscara Waa
Oscar de León just wants a girlfriend. His family's generational curse has other plans.
Literární fikce
Magický realismus
Historická fikce
Současná literatura
Rodina
The Battle for Paradise
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
Politika
Historie
Ekonomie
Životní prostředí
Sociální spravedlnost
The Battle for Paradise
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
Politika
Historie
Ekonomie
Životní prostředí
Sociální spravedlnost
The Cry of the Halidon
A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.
Thriller
Napětí
Spy
Detektivky
Dobrodružství
The Cry of the Halidon
A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.
Thriller
Napětí
Spy
Detektivky
Dobrodružství
A House for Miss Pauline
At ninety-nine, a Jamaican woman hears her stone house groan. The ruin wants its secret back.
Historická fikce
Literární fikce
Knižní klub
Caribbean
Magický realismus
A House for Miss Pauline
At ninety-nine, a Jamaican woman hears her stone house groan. The ruin wants its secret back.
Historická fikce
Literární fikce
Knižní klub
Caribbean
Magický realismus
Aniana del Mar Jumps In
A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.
Pro starší děti
Poezie
Verse
Současná literatura
Sport
Aniana del Mar Jumps In
A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.
Pro starší děti
Poezie
Verse
Současná literatura
Sport
101 Montunos
Master Afro-Caribbean piano through 101 patterns, grounded in clave and built for the bandstand.
Hudba
Vzdělávání
Referenční
Historie
Latin America
101 Montunos
Master Afro-Caribbean piano through 101 patterns, grounded in clave and built for the bandstand.
Hudba
Vzdělávání
Referenční
Historie
Latin America
The Dew Breaker
A Haitian-American sculptor learns her gentle barber father was once a prison torturer in Haiti.
Povídky
Literární fikce
Historická fikce
Caribbean
Romány
The Dew Breaker
A Haitian-American sculptor learns her gentle barber father was once a prison torturer in Haiti.
Povídky
Literární fikce
Historická fikce
Caribbean
Romány
The Black Jacobins
The slaves who built France's wealth took the French Revolution's ideals and destroyed an empire.
Historie
Politika
Rasa
Biografie
Filozofie
The Black Jacobins
The slaves who built France's wealth took the French Revolution's ideals and destroyed an empire.
Historie
Politika
Rasa
Biografie
Filozofie
