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  Papillon

  by Henri Charrière

  Henri Charrière, called Papillon, for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 for a murder he did not commit. When he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, one thought obsessed him: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, Papillon was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a... (more)
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  Wild Coast

  Travels on South America's Untamed Edge

  by John Gimlette

  As he did for Paraguay in At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig (“a raucous blend of history, travelogue, and guide”— Condé Nast Traveler), John Gimlette now does for South America’s far-flung Guianese coast. Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are among the least-known places in South America and, in John Gimlette’s hands, among the most wildly intriguing. He takes us deep into this remote edge of the world,... (more)
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  Seductive Poison

  A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the People's Temple

  by Deborah Layton

  Told by a former high-level member of the Peoples Temple and Jonestown survivor, Seductive Poison is the "truly unforgettable" ( Kirkus Review ) story of how one woman was seduced by one of the most notorious cults in recent memory and how she found her way back to sanity. From Waco to Heaven's Gate, the past decade has seen its share of cult tragedies. But none has been quite so dramatic or compelling as the... (more)
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  Reader's Digest Natural Wonders Of The World

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  A Journey of Promise: May you be inspired
  And find light at the end of the tunnel.

  by Holly Nurse

  A Journey of Promise is a fictitious story about a young woman called Gillian Honey. Having outgrown her rural life experiences in Promise, she seeks development elsewhere. Her journey, focused around a nursing career, takes her from the rural suburbs of Guyana to urban city life in Georgetown, and thereon to London. The story shows the rich and diverse community of Promise and a young woman up against... (more)
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  The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha

  by Andrea Gunraj

  Andrea Gunraj makes an extremely confident and accomplished debut with her sweeping novel of love, rivalry, family, corruption, magic and friendship. This is the start of a dazzling career. This incredible story begins in the first minutes following a mother’s discovery that her three-year-old daughter has been abducted. These early pages launch us into the mother’s story. Headstrong, defiant, and troubled, Neela... (more)
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  Gender Ethnicity and Place: Women and Identity in Guyana

  by Linda Peake

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  My Bones and My Flute (Longman Caribbean Writers)

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  Turner: New and Selected Poems

  by David Dabydeen

  David Dabydeen's Turner is a long narrative poem written in response to J. M. W. Turner's celebrated poem "Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying." Dabydeen's poem focuses on what is hidden in Turner's painting, the submerged head of the drowning African. In inventing a biography and the drowned man's unspoken desires, the poem brings into confrontation the wish for renewal and the inescapable stains of... (more)
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  Slave Song

  by David Dabydeen

  Songs of frustration and defiance from African slaves and displaced Indian laborers are expressed in a harsh and lyrical Guyanese Creole far removed from contemporary English in these provocative Caribbean poems. An insightful critical apparatus of English translations surrounds these lyrics, shedding light on their meaning, while at the same time cleverly commenting on the impossibility of translating Creole and... (more)
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  Disappearance

  by David Dabydeen

  This novel that echoes the styles of Joseph Conrad and V. S. Naipaul follows a young Guyanese engineer appointed to help save and shore up a Kent coastal village's sea defenses, and his relationship with the old woman with whom he lodges. Learning more about the village's history through his relationship with Mrs. Rutherford, the narrator discovers that underlying the village's Englishness is a latent violence... (more)
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  Water Rat of Wanchai: An Ava Lee Novel

  by Ian Hamilton

  Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who specializes in recovering massive debts. Ava works for an elderly Hong Kong-based “Uncle,” who may or may not have ties to the Triads. At 5’3″ and 115 lbs., she hardly seems a threat. But her razor-sharp intelligence and unorthodox rules of engagement allow her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.In The Water Rat of Wanchai Ava is... (more)
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  Across the Caribbean

  West Indian Short Stories

  by Kimberly Badloo, Lyndon Baptiste

  Across the Caribbean is the result of a short story competition held for aspiring authors in the Caribbean. There was one winner with 2 stories and fifteen other finalists. This book showcases the writing, imaginative talent that Caribbean people have.
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  Path to Freedom: My Story of Perseverance

  by Conrad Taylor

  Little about Conrad Taylor’s primitive upbringing, in a remote mining town carved into the upper reaches of the Amazon jungle, prepared him for a first-of-a-kind scholarship to the United States Military Academy during Age-of-Aquarius America. An extraordinary opportunity for most, West Point was a life-changer for him. Culture shock hardened the ensuing experience. Third World politics tested it -... (more)
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  Manni: From a World Beyond Stars

  by Benrali

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  The February 23rd Coup

  by Chaitram Singh

• Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the PresentBasdeo Mangru

  

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  Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present

  by Basdeo Mangru

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  Shape-Shifter

  by Pauline Melville

  In this startling debut collection, which won England's prestigious Guardian Prize, hard-luck Londoners and Caribs find themselves and their environs in a state of metamorphosis. In "The Conversion of Millicent Vernon," a West Indian teenager abandons Christianity after an per web obeah man recommends tree worship to save her rotting teeth; the protagonist of "The Truth Is in the Clothes" discovers that the back... (more)