Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid is the author of many books, including Annie John, A Small Place, and Lucy. Long out of print in America, Alexandre Dumas's most daring narrative is now available in this major new translation by Tina A. Kover. Filled with ... [... more]
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Roti bread
Variations on roti are popular throughout the Caribbean and parts of South America, including Guyana and Jamaica. The curry filling can be a potato vegetable curry (like the following recipe which is one of my favorites). In a big bowl, mix ... [... more]
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Daphne Du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are Jamaica Inn, The Scapegoat, Rebecca, and the short story "The Birds," all of which were ... [... more]
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Christopher Farley
Christopher John Farley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Brockport, New York. He is a graduate of Harvard University and a former editor of the Harvard Lampoon. He is the author of the bestselling biography Aaliyah: More Than a Woman ... [... more]
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Floyd H. Flake
Rev. Dr. Floyd Flake is the senior pastor of the more than 15,000-member Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, Queens, and is also the president of Wilberforce Univeristy in Ohio. Flake is also the founder of the Allen Christian ... [... more]
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Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin was born in Jamaica, Queens. He was awarded the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. His bestselling and critically acclaimed books include The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight; Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?; The ... [... more]
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Lorna Goodison
Lorna Goodison is an internationally recognized poet who has published eight books of poetry and two collections of short stories. In 1999 she received the Musgrave Gold Medal from Jamaica, and her work has been widely translated and anthologized ... [... more]
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Jamaica Coffee
Pour rum and coffee liqueur into decorative glasses. Fill glass with hot coffee. Top with a dollop of whipped cream and garnish with a coffee bean. 11/2 nips (45ml) dark rum 11/2 nips (45ml) coffee flavored liqueur 2 tablespoons whipped cream 2 ... [... more]
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Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Margaret Cezair-Thompson was born in Jamaica, West Indies. She came to the United States at the age of nineteen to attend Barnard College, and then went on to earn a PhD in English from the City University of New York. She is the author of two ... [... more]
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Vicky Stone
Welcome to Jamaica, the cultural crossroads of the Caribbean. Venture into the heartland of Jamaica, and discover a verdant wonderland of tropical fauna and flora. Get in the groove of reggae, the rocksteady rhythm that conquered the music world. ... [... more]
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Edward Kritzler
EDWARD KRITZLER is a historian and a former New York-based reporter. He lives in Kingston, Jamaica. How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge At the ... [... more]
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Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes's celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the ... [... more]
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