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Long Island: Hempstead, Roslyn, Oyster Bay, Great Neck - Nassau County's North Shore
Hunter Publishing 2012; US$ 7.99Even if I didn't already live here, this guide would make me want to hit the expressway and check it out. As I've come to know firsthand, there are many reasons to visit this stretch of land that runs east from Brooklyn and forks at the Atlantic Ocean. Silverman lists 10 of them, but she packs so much more helpful advice and fascinating information... more...
The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 22.00A provocative history of Haiti up to 1804, when Haitians became the first formerly enslaved people to overthrow a colonial slaveholding power. more...
Im Netz der Nachricht
Springer 2011; US$ 31.99Die beiden Kommunikationsprofis zeichnen in ihrem Roman ein Sittenbild der aktuellen Medienlandschaft und liefern zugleich ein Beispiel daf r, wie die Newsroom-Strategie in der Unternehmenskommunikation umgesetzt werden kann. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Nachricht als ltester und schwierigster Teil der menschlichen Massenkommunikation: knapp, schnell... more...
Caribbean Chemistry
HopeRoad 2012; US$ 11.65Ah, to be an embryo again. Christopher Vanier's story begins where we all do, conception. Set in 1940s and 1950s on the Caribbean island of St Kitts and beset by a troubled colonial legacy, both Christopher and his island yearn for independence. Vanier recalls the mischief of an island childhood: giving his baby brother to an ungrateful monkey,... more...
Travel Dominica
MobileReference 2012; US$ 4.99This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones, hours... more...
Haiti and the Americas
University Press of Mississippi 2013; US$ 150.00Haiti has long played an important role in global perception of the western hemisphere, but ideas about Haiti often appear paradoxical. Is it a land of tyranny and oppression or a beacon of freedom as site of the world's only successful slave revolution? A bastion of devilish practices or a devoutly religious island? Does its status as the second... more...
Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 23.00This book analyzes the triumphs and failures of the Castro regime in the area of race relations. This book challenges arguments that the regime eliminated racial inequality or that it was profoundly racist. Through interviews, historical materials, and survey research, Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba provides a balanced view. more...
The Peoples of the Caribbean
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 85.00This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the archaeology, folklore and mythology of the entire Caribbean region. Drawing on decades of study in the Caribbean and South America, it explores archaeological sites, like Caguana in Puerto Rico and plantation sites, like Jamaica's Drax hall. more...
Away Down South
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 17.99Chronicles nearly two centuries of how Southerners have answered the question of what it means to be Southern. more...
The Devil's Lane
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 49.99Land contested over by settlers in the early South was named "the devil's lane" with violence often befalling those who ventured there. These essays on sexuality, race and gender in the South from the 17th to 19th century, explore legal history through race, crime, punishment and slander. more...









