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'There is no looking glass here and I don't know what I am like now ... Now they have taken everything away. What am I doing in this place and who am I?'. If Antoinette Cosway, a spirited Creole heiress, could have foreseen the terrible future that awaited her, she would not have married the young Englishman. Initially drawn to her beauty and sensuality, he becomes increasingly frustrated by his inability to reach into her soul. He forces Antoinette...
4) Sea grapes
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Derek Walcott was aptly described by Laurence Liberman in The Yale Review as "one of the handful of brilliant historic mythologists of our day." Sea Grapes deepens with this major poet's search for true images of the post-Adamic "new world"--especially those of his native Caribbean culture. Walcott's rich and vital naming of the forms of island life is complemented by poems set in America and England, by inward-turning meditations, and by invocations...
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Historian Matthew Parker discusses the history behind one of the greatest power struggles of the 17th to 19th centuries as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar--a commodity so lucrative it became known as "white gold"--In the tiny Caribbean islands of Barbados, Jamaica, and the Leeward Islands.
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A history of the Caribbean from 1492 to the present by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. This book sets the record straight by collecting all existing knowledge of the Caribbean in relation to the rest of the world, and to provide, through greater awareness of its heritage of exploitation and neglect, a sure foundation for the economic integration of the region. Countries in the Caribbean Sea include Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, the Dominican...
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First published in 1973, Another Life by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott is one of the most highly praised long autobiographical poems in English. This volume presents the text of the poem, along with extensive annotations. In a critical essay, editors Baugh (U. of the West Indies) and Nepaulsingh (U. of Albany) provide background information on Walcott's life, his influences, and the poetic structure of his work. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland,...
14) The bounty
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The Bounty opens with the title poem, a memorable elegy to Walcott's mother. It also contains a haunting series of poems evoking the poet's native ground, the island of St. Lucia.
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"In-depth study examines buildings designed by Antonin Nechodoma in Puerto Rico and the influence of the Prairie School on his work. Includes chapters on Nechodoma's training in Chicago and residence in the Dominican Republic, as well as extended assessments of his building designs in Puerto Rico"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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