Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage
by Olive Senior 580 pages
7 x 10 ins (17.75 x 25.5 cm)
Who is BIG BOY? TACKY? MADAM FATE? MARY SEACOLE?
What is the difference between ARAWAKS and TAINOS?
Why MOKO? CATTA? Or Wedding BESSY?
When would you dance DINKI MINI, GERREH or KUMINA?
What does HOSAY celebrate?
Where is FORT NUGENT or GOOD HOPE?
Why do Jamaican children fear CASTOR OIL?
Whose FOLLY was it?
Does PASSION FRUIT make you passionate?
Do you know how to run DUPPY or play MOONSHINE BABY?
When was EMANCIPATION?
What did COLUMBUS discover in 1494?
How many Jamaican soldiers served in the first WORLD WAR?
This unique sourcebook runs the gamut from ABENG to ZOMBI with nearly 1000 entries and more than 700 illustrations as it explores the various strands of Jamaican Heritage: PEOPLE from all the ethnic and racial groups including the pre-Columbian. The world of NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT — the landscape and geography, historic sites, beauty and recreational spots. PLANTS and ANIMALS. CEREMONIES, CELEBRATIONS — SPORTS, GAMES AND PASTIMES. DOMESTIC and ECONOMIC activities. FOOD, CRAFTS, TRADES and OCCUPATIONS. RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL and CULTURAL activities and institutions. FOLKLORE, MYTHS and LEGENDS. TALES, PROVERBS and SAYINGS. HISTORIC PEOPLE, PLACES and EVENTS.
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A Generation Apart
By Ivor Courtney Conolley & Bridget St V. Conolley
A book of poems, verses and other rhythmical writings by mother and son. A very warm and sensitive book – ideal for meditation.
ISBN 976-610-066-7
67 pp; 3.5 x 5.25 inches
Soft cover: (US$7)
Lawyer Manley – First Time Up (Volume 1)
By Jackie Ranston
The Rt. Excellent Norman Washington Manley QC, MM, Politician, Parliamentarian and Jamaica’s National Hero. First Time Up, written in narrative style from a courtroom perspective. Lawyers and lay persons alike can join Manley to witness his courtroom performance in these pure Jamaican courtroom dramas.
ISBN 976-640-050-4
207 pp; 6 x 9 inches
Soft cover: (US$20)
Hard cover: (US$30)
The Best of Bustamante - Selected Quotations 1935-74 By Jackie Ranston
The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, Leader, Politician, Parliamentarian and Jamaica’s National Hero. On these pages we have attempted no comment and have tried to paint no picture of the man. It is pure Bustamante in his own words, and in his own way. The relevance of his remarks and the clarity of his comment are for the reader to judge – an entertaining book.
111 pp; 6 x 8.5 inches
Soft cover: (US$7.00)
Ballads of Jamaica
By Alma Norman
These ballads provide lively and entertaining reading for children, as well as adults. The ballads are based on Jamaican history and legend and are best used with the teaching of West Indian or Jamaican history, or independently to provide verse with a Jamaican flavour. A book that teachers and parents can also read and enjoy with younger children.
ISBN 976-8007-10-9
37 pp; 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Soft cover: (US$10)
Bearing Witness - The best of the Observer Arts Magazine 2000
Edited by Wayne Brown
Bearing Witness is a collection of the best poems and stories to have appeared in the Observer Arts Magazine 2000.
ISBN 976-610-332-1
206 pp; 6 X 9 inches
Soft cover: (US16)
Landscape With Heron
By Wayne Brown
“Landscape with Heron is an engaging, perceptive, beautifully written book. These narratives, both fictional and factual, of life in Trinidad, and then Jamaica, in the last decades of the 20th Century are an illuminating pleasure to read.” – Mervin Morris
ISBN 976-610-354-2
422 pp; 6 x 9 inches
Soft cover: (US$22)
