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Lizards are ugly! Or are they? Croaking Johnny didn't have any friends, for after all, who would want to be friends with a lizard! Then he meets Dizzy Lizzy and discovers there's a lot more to life than sitting on a branch. Do lizards really dance? Share with Beenybud her very own favourite story and find out.

This wide ranging collection of original essays covering themes of education, colonial politics, Caribbean regionalism and the Caribbean in the Atlantic World was prepared as a tribute to educator and historian Roy Augier. The 28 chapters reflect the principal areas of Augier's academic and professional activities.

Explores the economic, social, political and cultural implications of new technologies, especially as they relate to the Caribbean area. The editor uses an interdisciplinary approach to reflect the extensive reach of new technologies into all sectors of the global economy and society. Discussion of the central issues of globalization and communication technology is supplemented by case studies.

Examines Jock Campbell's role in the shaping of British Guiana (Guyana) towards the end of Empire. Campbell, the head of the Booker Company which owned most of the sugar plantations in colonial Guyana was a reformer whose Fabian socialist beliefs drove him to secure major benefits for sugar workers in the 1950s and '60s.

This novel is a captivating read. Barbara Chase's vivid descriptions highlight the many misconceptions about HIV/AIDS which are not limited to geography, age or gender. Whilst the situations are geared toward a teenage audience, the novel invites a wide readership.

A collection of essays by a number of outstanding women of the Caribbean on the situation of women in the region, in the period since the Beijing Conference of 1995. Examining a range of issues including education, poverty, decision-making, and violence, the authors expose continuing burdens and disadvantages faced by women.

"The idea that the Caribbean could be devolving downward in wealth, function and sovereignty has become a recurrent theme in both academic and popular literature. By focusing on some of the current issues facing Caribbean nation states, the editors and contributors to this volume hope to inform and contribute to the ongoing debate on the broad themes of Sovereignty and Development and the prospects for survival of Caribbean nation states in a globalised world.While some of the papers seek to describe and analyse the range and complexity of the challenge to national sovereignty and public policy autonomy, others focus on issues relating to small country size, gender and ethnic tensions, security, constitutional reform and regional integration. The result is a balanced perspective; the contributors do not gloss over the problem faced by the region. At the same time they do not present a hyper-pessimistic picture of Caribbean development prospects.What gives the collection a particular dynamism is the way in which the authors have challenged the terrain of political possibilities traditionally defined for small peripheral socities."

This is one of the first specialised treatments of an Anglophone Caribbean port-town by a contemporary historian. Having adeptly mined the existing archival data and statistics on Bridgetown, Pedro Welch shares with readers information that contributes immensely to our understanding of the way slave societies functioned in the Caribbean.

First published in 1946, one year after the Spanish original Biografia del Caribe, German Arciniegas's Caribbean Sea of the New World has been described as "a breathtaking and magisterial work, encompassing four centuries of history of the Caribbean basin in its broad sweep." Today, the book remains a genuine literary and historiographical classic of the Americas.

This collection of Cuban legends, compiled by Salvador Bueno, brings readers the best of a time-honoured tradition of story-telling in Cuba. These tales, passed on from generation to generation throughout the island, are here retold by a diverse group of prominent Cuban literary figures. The stories embrace a broad spectrum of Cuban history from the remote past to the modern era.

An introductory text for students of Caribbean Politics. It provides a broad historical sweep from the slave era to the contemporary period, characterised by issues of structural adjustments and globalisation, and in between, the years of worker revolt and protest. The text is structured and presented around a number of core concepts used to analyse Caribbean politics and political systems.

Recounts the tale of Catherine, the slave concubine of a cruel white overseer. This young beauty's adventures begin with her flight from the estate where she finds refuge with friends who eventually smuggle her off the island to England. Her story continues with her travels and experiences in England, and culminates in her return to Jamaica where she delivers a final act of love.

Introduces a selection of Rastafarian artists from Jamaica. The collection is accompanied by photographs that depict everyday life among Rastas and scenes from the environment in which the artists live. In addition, there are interviews with a number of the artists, a chronology of events in the development of the Rastafarian movement and Rastafarian art.

Today, more than ever, Cuba's rich and diverse culture exerts a strong influence on various forms of artistic expression in North America and the Caribbean, particularly in the areas of art, music and religion. Cuban Festivals, is an invaluable anthology of Afro-Cuban festivals and brings to life a variety of secular rituals and celebrations intrinsic to popular Cuban culture.

Examines Jock Campbell's role in the shaping of British Guiana towards the end of Empire. Campbell was a reformer whose Fabian social beliefs drove him to secure major benifits for sugar workers in the 1950s and `60s. Clem Seecharan explores the fascinating interplay between Campbell's programme of reforms and the doctrinaire Marxism of Guyana's charismatic politician, Cheddi Jagan.

Introduces young readers to the lives, ideas, exploits and achievements of a selection of personalities who in their individual styles have helped to "make" the Caribbean we know today. Organised around ten selected themes, the book recognizes the contributions of freedom fighters, politicians, visionaries and intellectuals, writers and performers, artists, musicians and sports people.

A guide to Caribbean diet and nutrition that presents practical advice on choosing, preparing and cooking healthy versions of Caribbean favourites. From salads and soups to main meals and side dishes, vegetarian meals to desserts and drinks, Joys offers simple guidelines and helpful hints to reduce fat calories without sacrificing flavour and taste.

These poems reflect a deep yearning for the self-worth that comes from pride both in ourselves, and in those things which are familiar and make us what we are. It Takes a Mighty Fire shares H.D. Carberry's work for the first time in an anthology which contains many poems never seen before.

Originally published in various sources between 1907 and 1999.

The remaking of colonial Barbados as a postmodern nation state has its political roots buried deep within the past. In Chattel House Blues, Hilary Beckles sets out to rewrite modern Barbadian history by centring the evolution of the nation in centuries of grassroots struggle.

"World War One, 'The Great War', had major social, economic, psychological and political implications for colonial peoples. Throughout the colonial world, people were called upon and many eagerly volunteered to defend the very nations and institutions which kept them in subjugation and robbed them of their identities. Glenford Howe presents the incredible and ironically triumphant story of the West Indian soldiers in World War One - a story which had previously remained largely untold through the intentional design of the early British colonial historians and by efforts to belittle the contribution of West Indians as that of misguided patriots lacking any sense of race and class consciousness. The focus of the study is the examination of the processes and politics surrounding the participation of Blacks in the war. This gripping account reveals the daily problems of army life for West Indian recruits, the internal intricacies of army administration, the functions performed by West Indian soldiers and their difficult experiences after the war. But in so doing, Dr Howe discovers a series of fascinating contexts within which to examine the larger issues of slavery, race and class, culture, gender and social structure as well as the social psychology of colonialism. "