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Cardinal Creeper
This vigorous and attractive flowering vine is native to the West Indies. The genus name, Ipomoea, is from the Greek, meaning 'worm like'. It is interesting that both parts of the scientific name of this plant contain diphthongs, that is the ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Xanadu
Our first Plant of the Week for 2004 is Philodendron 'Xanadu'. Philodendrons originate in tropical USA, the West Indies and South America, and are popular for their lush foliage and dramatically lobed leaves. Many are climbers, and do well as ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
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]
Random House |
Paul Vincent
Set against the backdrop of the Dutch East Indies and Nazi-occupied Holland, this luminous novel delivers epic themes filtered through the rich imagination of a young girl. Living with her parents on the island of Java in the late 1930s, ... [... more]
Random House |
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies in 1757, the illegitimate child of a Scottish merchant. He came to the American colonies to study at King's College (now Columbia University), and became an early and ardent supporter of the ... [... more]
Random House |
Nicholas Shakespeare
Thirty years' worth of Evelyn Waugh's inimitable travel writings have been gathered together for the first time in one volume. Waugh's accounts of his travels-spanning the years from 1929 to 1958-describe journeys through the West Indies, Mexico, ... [... more]
Random House |
Caryl Phillips
Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies. Brought up in England, he has written for television, radio, theater, and film. He is the author of four books of nonfiction and seven novels. His most recent book, Commentary by H.L. Mencken, ... [... more]
Random House |
Harry Gailey
In March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur faced an enemy who, in the space of a few months, captured Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and, from their base at Raubaul in New Britain, threaten Australia. Upon his retreat to ... [... more]
Random House |
Alexander Exquemelin
Alexander Exquemelin was born about 1645, probably in France. In 1666 he went with the French West India Company to Tortuga in the West Indies. He eventually joined the buccaneers based there, with whom be served as a ship surgeon until 1674, ... [... more]
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