Searching For The Best : Jamaican Book Review In "Searching for The Best," Hatcher takes snapshots of her life and biblical scripture and puts them into context to relate to the average reader, who must overcome his or her own hardship to achieve their goal. Although the book was written for people from all walks of life in any country
The Colour And Power Of Your Thoughts : Jamaican Book Review The inspirational genre is set to gain a talented and thoughtful newcomer in writer-thinker J.D. Gordon, who is scheduled to release his first, unique inspirational picture-and-quotations book. These thoughts are both witty and provocative and can be used by speechmakers and writers who need pertinent truths to illustrate their points or just to add ingredients to life.
Being One: High school, the next frontier. Volume 1 : Jamaican Book Review On Wednesday, September 4th, 1996, it is the first day of high school for Timberly, Barry, Stefania, Zaurah and Latrice in New York City. All come from various backgrounds that includes the regions of the Caribbean, Italy and the North Southern region of America that would add into the melting pot of their school. Yet, who said it would be easy? Stereotypes and prejudices arise even in one's family: Zaurah as a Rastafarian can attest to this. It may not be depicted now, but this book is the beginning of a Christian series. Under God's eyes, we are all one blood. .
No Name Just 216-513: Jamaican Book Review It is a sort of literary phenomenon when a Jamaican, or a person of any other nationality for that matter, has the inclination or literary aptitude or even the privilege to write a narrative for publication about his personal experiences as an inmate in a United States prison. The autobiographical account, “No Name Just 216-513”, is one such rarity.
Pirated : Jamaican Book Review This story is about an 11 year old boy who in hiding watched the brutal murder of his parents by prominent men of the town. Despite his testimony, these men were set free and he lost faith in the justice system. The 12 year old plotted, schemed and waited. If it is the last thing he did – he is going to avenge his parents’ death and everything they have pirated from him.
The First Black Britons : Review Making his first ever trip to the Caribbean, our presenter, British-born child of Jamaican parents, TV-Actor/Comedian, Gary Beadle, leads a journey to discover this amazing story: from the Haitian Revolution & Napoleonic Wars to Abolition of the slave trade; Emancipation and Apprenticeship System to the Morant Bay Rebellion and a struggle for equality; the grand Imperial age to the Ashanti Wars. He visits archives, museums and historical sites in Jamaica, Barbados, and the UK, revealing how Britain purchased thousands of slaves to defeat the French and their allies.
How to Raise Your Child Like A Jamaican : Jamaican Book Review How to Raise Your Child Like A Jamaican (Life lessons my parents taught me) is a funny island approach to childrearing. Through life lessons such as "I've Been Working Since My Eyes Were Down at My Knees" and "Fire De A Mus Mus Tail, Him Tink A Cool Breeze" Dahlia D. Welsh recounts the stories of how her parents
The Relocators : Jamaican Book Review The name of the book is "The Relocators". It tells the story of a company which is called "The Phoenix Contracting Company". This company employs people who have no relatives, or who has no one who really cares for them. They are sent on assignment from which they do not return. John Anderson, one of the main characters in this story, and who is also an employee of this company, realises what is happening, and with the help of two Jamaican cops, he brought an end to their scheme.
Grandpa Sydney’s Anancy Stories : Jamaican Book Review Jimmy Harrison loves school and his favorite subject is snack time! But when a new boy, Kevin, joins his class, he begins to bully Jimmy and the rest of the children. What's worse, he begins to take away Jimmy's snacks. Using the wisdom from his Grandpa Sydney's story about "Anancy, Snake, and Tiger," Jimmy overcomes the class bully. And for one Sunday, he reunites his family for dinner. Set in the multicultural environment of South Florida, Grandpa Sydney's Anancy Stories draws on the rich oral tradition of Anancy stories that are told and re-told in Jamaica and the Caribbean.
Hill-an’-Gully : Jamaican Book Review A funny and thought-provoking look at politics in a mythical Caribbean island, where bizarre events occur, love blooms and surprises abound.
She's Gone : Book Review She's Gone is the debut novel by Kwame Dawes the award-winning Ghanaian-born Jamaican poet. She's Gone explores the complex dynamics of two virtual strangers trying to negotiate the complicated terrain of cultural difference, class difference, and issues of gender.
Book Review - Let's Talk Africa and More Written by Jamaican, Joshua Spencer, Let’s Talk Africa and More is a compilation of original essays on Africa and other topics related to issues that pervade the lives of the ordinary peoples of our planet in Africa and other parts of the world, including North America and the Caribbean.
Book Review - Belladonna Belladonna is a story that spans several decades, following two of the wealthiest families on the island of Jamaica . The younger generation relays the tale of Melanie Henderson - rich with money and possessions but battling demons from her own family's past. It is a tale of incest, betrayal and murder, of the lingering effects of past abuses on future generations. Full of colorful and intriguing characters, you almost won't believe that it's based on true events.
Book Review - Legitimate Resistance This novel gives us a rare and exciting glimpse into the organized runnings of the underworld of the Jamaican Diaspora: the drug and gun trades, extortion rackets and their political connections. Susan Adjerlolo, a lovely girl from the country, goes to Kingston city to follow her dreams of becoming a singer.
Book Review - The Road To Damascus Road to Damascus is the story of Special Agent , Jamaican –born Bateman Carter Jr., who sets out to solve the riddle of his brother George’s murder in Jamaica.
Book Review - River Woman Set in an overlooked village in Jamaica, River Woman weaves an unforgettable tale of the consequences of abandoned promises - between a mother and a daughter and a government and its people.
Book Review - Twelve Poems and a Story for Christmas The poems describe the journey of a newlywed couple, Mary and Joseph, to their ancestral homeland where they are to be registered in a census decreed by a tyrant. Mary is pregnant and Joseph knows that the child she is carrying is not his.
Book Review - Dawn At Lover’s Leap Dawn at Lover’s Leap is regarded as the sequel to Horane Smith’s earlier novel, Lover’s Leap. The book is sub-titled, The Jamaican Legend Continues, and it picks up where the earlier novel ends with the two slave lovers leaping to their death from the Lover’s Leap cliffs.
Book Review - Yes, I Can 'Yes, I Can' is the children's book memoir of Three-time Olympian , Devon Harris, who is an original member of the Jamaican bobsled team.
Book Review - ‘Chocolate Flavored’, a Collection of Poems and Short Stories We’ve all been hurt before. We’ve all faced the challenge of healing. But men are often times viewed as ‘tough, without feelings, no emotions’. But men do hurt just as women do. Women are strong enough to become conquerors of their emotional battles. Children are people too and have a desire to be heard. ‘Chocolate Flavored’ is a collection of poems and short stories that uses words to express hidden thoughts .
Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley by Christopher John Farley On May 1, 2006, Amistad/Harper Collins will publish journalist Christopher John Farley’s new book BEFORE THE LEGEND: THE RISE OF BOB MARLEY, the first major biography of Bob Marley in more than two decades. For the book, Farley interviewed everyone who played a significant role in Marley’s life, including Bunny Wailer, Lee
“Scratch” Perry, Rita Marley, Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Chris Blackwell and others.
Book Review - The Fastest Ship Adventure awaits within "The Fastest Ship," where pirates get away with murder, for awhile, young women meet their very different fates, and more than one man's heart is torn asunder. Pirate stories offer a special romance, of the sea and of the mind. Larita Arnold's tale is an exciting escape into the past. See the book reviews of this book .
Book Review - Benjamin, My Son Benjamin, My Son combines the excitement of the fast-paced thriller, the literary satisfactions of its intertextual play and the bracing commentary of its portrayal of social issues which have filled the vacuum vacated by the collapse of the nationalist dream. See the reviews on Geoffrey Philp's new book .
Book Review - Hot Summer Jamaican Judy Powell has always been an avid reader of romance, but felt that there was a need for romance stories that would appeal to readers from the Caribbean. Check out the review of her contemporary romance novel "Hot Summer.
Book Review - Rosehall's White Witch The legend of Annie Palmer crafts the truths of slavery with the age-old stories of one of the most memorable characters in Jamaica's history -Annie Palmer.
Book Review - Anancy And Friends The book features eight cultural folk stories for children which captures the imagination and reels the child-like mind into a world of folklore and fantasy. The stories creatively adapt traditional Anancy stories and entice the reader with innovative storylines and characters.
Book Review - Gifts from a Jamaican Kitchen The food of Jamaica is reflective of the diverse culture of the country. Because the island is a sort of historical crossroads, the influences have been many, not just in cooking styles, but in the food and spices themselves. In choosing recipes for this book, we tried to include not only traditional dishes, but also some variations.
Book Review - Jamaican Words & Proverbs The LMH Official Dictionary of Jamaican Words & Proverbs explores colourful words and proverbs of Jamaican culture and everyday life. It also includes a taste of traditional proverbs and their meanings.
Book Review - A Jamaican Storyteller's A Jamaican Storyteller's Tale is a well-written story which…Jamaican children, and adults, would find intriguing.
Book Review - Juicebox & Scandal The stories in Juicebox & Scandal stimulate the imagination and promote the worldwide message of environmental conservation and preservation. Each story contains a distinct Caribbean flavour designed to attract children of varying ages, tastes and interests.
Book Review - Beautiful Jamaica Evon Blake's Beautiful Jamaica is a unique coffee-table book, full of information about Jamaica's past and present heroes, government, social structure, industries, food, outstanding citizens.....presenting Jamaicans as they see themselves.
Book Review - Bob Marley: The Man And His Music This lively collection of essays, coming out of the 1995 symposium held in Jamaica to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bob Marley's birth, is a distinctive contribution to the substantial body of knowledge on 'glocal' reggae that circulates in cyberspace and on the ground.
Book Review - Life 101 for the Young and Young at Heart Check out “Life 101 for the Young and Young at Heart,” Caren Adams, a Jamaican living in Canada. The book provides a fresh and revealing approach to many of life’s daily challenges.
Book Review - Indigo In Susan Miller's new book Jamaican Indigo Rosemartin is lured to America by the prospect of earning money to send home to Jamaica and provide advantages to her daughter, Louisa. So Indigo leaves behind her young daughter in the care of her disapproving mother. When the little girl is killed by a hit-and-run driver, Indigo is lost to grief and guilt, losing her bearings with her family and the family for whom she works.
Book Review - A Sea of Wisdom Ingrid Walter's new book A Sea of Wisdom is a collection popular Caribbean proverbs from Jamaica, the Bahamas, St. Lucia, Antigua, Barbados, Cuba and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Book Review - The Cries of Men O'Brien Dennis new book "The Cries of Men" deals with issues of masculinity, homophobia, rape, incest and abuse in Jamaica. The authors approach to the book is personal and his passion and confessional approach make much of the story instantly compelling to any literate, responsible reader.
