Barbadian/ct Books
A View From the Valley
Philip Hunte wrote this book as a gift to the people of Barbados. They provide an honest yet critical assessment of social and global issues that impact Barbados. The perspectives address diverse topics, and the reason for their publication is to provide another point of view for discussion.
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Barbados Dive Guide
This is an excellent guide to diving in Barbados, written in the style of the Lonely Planet diving guides by Lucy Agace, author of Diving and Snorkeling Cocos Islands.Lucy has dived all round the world and is an experienced underwater photographer. She has returned to dive in Barbados on extended visits over a number of years and her enthusiasm for this corner of the Caribbean shines through in her book.This compact, colourful and authoritative guide is the perfect companion to divers visiting Barbados. It is packed with tips appropriate to all levels of diver and is illustrated with over 100 underwater photographs. In addition to the broad selection of dive sites covered, the reader is also provided with information on marine conservation in Barbados, on dive centres, on technical back up to divers and background to the history and geology of the island.
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Barbados Most Wanted
Barbados' Most Wanted exposes the atmosphere and nature of the Barbadian criminal of yesteryear. It outlines the profiles of eleven of Barbados' most notorious criminals and the lives they lived. These men are Beulan 'Dr Rat' James, Sylverton 'Sandflies' Small, Simeon 'Buddy' Brathwaite, Mark Young, Alfred 'Al Capone' Harding, Winston Hall, David Oliver, Peter Bradshaw, Denzil Roberts, Sylvan 'Woggy' Clarke and Barry 'Barry Jack' Moore. Read the exciting accounts of these men whose very names struck terror in the hearts of Barbadians in the 1970s through the 1990s.
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Barbados Style: The World Wide Television Special
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Bengal To Barbados: A 100 Year History of East Indians in Barbados
In Bengal to Barbados Sabir Nakhuda traces the more than 100-year history of East Indians in Barbados. Bengal to Barbados looks at East Indian itinerant trading in Barbados, from its early small beginnings and eventual growth into many small and large scale businesses in Bridgetown.
Laced with humorous anecdotes and accounts of individual experiences Bengal to Barbados is delightful reading, reaching into the heart of East Indian life, religious beliefs, traditions and culture. It is recommended reading for students and scholars alike, and for all those interested in the history of East Indian migration to Barbados.
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Bones in the Alley
In this book, Viterose Van Huis shares her journey to self-awareness. She makes it clear that self-discovery is essential in the pursuit of happiness and meaning. The story portrays her strong, self-determined, unrelenting personality. The difficulties of her childhood in Barbados, the heroic years in America, her limited education and her uncertain circumstances, rather than hinder her, propelled her to a greater understanding. This is an inspiring account of one woman's spiritual growth. The book assures you that all the answers to life's challenges are within you.
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Celebrating the Unforgettables
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Chancellor, I Present....
Reader, I present . . . the humour, craft and eloquence of the University of the West Indies (Mona) Orator, Professor Edward Baugh! Our man of words at Mona is a distinguished poet and actor, a master of gesture, tone and tempo. It is his mission to write and perform the convocation citations to honorary graduates. This book is a spirited collection of speeches delivered between November 1985 and April 1998. The magic of the voice on the page conjures images and sounds in virtual reality.
Chancellor, I Present . . . is a public record of one of the most rewarding occasions in the University calender - the drama of convocation. The subject of this book - the honorary graduates - inspire the orator's artistry: singer, statesman, soldier, actor, politician, diplomat, cleric, educator, entrepreneur. The accomplishments of these exceptional men and women are lauded here in grand style.
The opportune publication of this book, much requested over the years, coincides with the extraordinary convocation to mark the University's fiftieth anniversary. It is a most fitting symbol of the intellectual vigour of our celebrated institution.
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Did You Know? Volume II: People, Places & Untold Stories of Historic Barbados
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Errol Walton Barrow and the Postwar Transformation of Barbados: The Independence Period, 1966-1976
This companion volume to Errol Walton Barrow and the Postwar Transformation of Barbados: The Late Colonial Period, which covered the social and political forces between the 1920s and 1966 that shaped the trajectory of working-class struggles in Barbados and led to its decolonization, addresses mainly the first two decades of Barbados's independence as a sovereign monarchy under Errol Barrow and the Democratic Labour Party.
"[An] incisive and rigorous left analysis of the conundrum facing a peripheral capitalist Caribbean society. Watson explains why Barbados, unable to break decisively with its colonial past and hamstrung by the deceit of the promise of sovereignty, is forced to make compromises with imperialism and its domestic representatives of capital."
-Linden Lewis, Professor of Sociology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
"[A] masterful exploration of Barbados's political development. . . . [Watson] offers a skilful critique of Barbados's quest for 'development', ever unable to be pro-working class, in the shadows of colonialism and the spectre of the United States. . . . A must-read for anyone seeking a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of Barbados, the Caribbean and world politics, not only between 1966 and 1976 but in the present.
-Kristina Hinds, Senior Lecturer in Political Science (International Relations), the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados
"Meticulously researched and brilliantly written. . . . All of the major influences that helped to fashion the young state are carefully catalogued, analysed and associated with their relevant theoretical underpinnings. . . . Watson lays bare the intricacies and contradictions that made the [independence] period and its main actors so important to the shaping of modern Barbados."
-Harold Codrington, Deputy Governor (retired), Central Bank of Barbados
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Errol Walton Barrow and the Postwar Transformation of Barbados: The Late Colonial Period (Volume I)
Beginning in the 1920s, Barbadians and other British West Indians began organizing politically in an international environment that was marked by a severe capitalist economic and financial crisis that intensified in the 1930s. The response in the British Caribbean during the 1930s was in the form of rebellions that demanded colonial reform. The ensuing struggles resulted in constitutional and political changes that led to decolonization and independence. In Errol Walton Barrow and the Postwar Transformation of Barbados: The Late Colonial Period, Hilbourne Watson examines the contradictory process through the lens of political economy and class analysis, informed by an internationalist historical perspective that centres the concerns and interests of the working class.
Britain freed the colonies in ways that reflected its own subordination to US hegemony under the rubric of the Cold War, which served as the geopolitical strategy for liberal internationalism. Watson's analysis concentrates on the roles played by the labour movement, political parties, capitalist interests, and working-class and other popular organizations in Barbados and the British Caribbean, with support from Caribbean-American groups in New York that forged alliances with those black American organizations which saw their freedom struggles in an international context. Practically all the decolonizing (nationalist) elites in Barbados and other British Caribbean territories endorsed a British and American prescription for decolonization and self-government based on territorial primacy and at the expense of a strong West Indian federation that prioritized the working class. This move sidelined the working class and its interests also set back the struggle for self-determination, liberty and sovereignty.
Watson situates the role Errol Barrow played in the transformation of Barbados in the wider Caribbean and international context. His study draws on archival records from Britain and Barbados, interviews and other sources, and he pays close attention to how the racialization of social life around nature, culture, history, the state, class, gender, politics, poverty and other factors conditioned the colonial experience.
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Established In Barbados Vol. 2 - 2013 Book
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Frank Worrell Hall Yearbook 2006-2007
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Historic Churches of Barbados
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Historic Houses of Barbados
Apart from the fifty plus historic churches of Barbados, the hundreds of estate buildings, warehouses, ancient school and other civic buildings such as the Parliament buildings, there are hundreds of plantations houses of between 100 and 350 years old, hundreds of chattel houses in respectable condition, and hundreds of suburban houses characterising the unique features of Barbadian vernacular or traditional architecture
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History of St. Philip's Parish Church 1640-2016
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Lara: The England Chronicles
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Living Intentionally
From an early age, we are influenced by many different voices that constantly suggest how to be more beautiful, healthy, and wealthy, making it challenging for us to set clear intentions for ourselves. Living intentionally means living a life of knowing who we are. We don't have a life; we are life. All we need to do is trust our intentions and the enabling force that powers our intentions. In an inspiring guide, Elaine Van Huis shares insight into a multitude of life experiences both in Barbados and the United States as she learned the value of setting intentions and maintaining a positive mindset to achieve her goals-even during challenging times. As she reveals how she transformed into a wife, mother, and more, Elaine leads others through her lessons learned on her evolutionary journey as she attempted to stay present, visualize the best possible outcome to every situation, intentionally grow old, and move away from misguided and negative intentions. Living Intentionally shares the personal experiences of a lifelong learner who has navigated the twists and turns of life with purpose, grace, and peace to help others do the same. "This easily digested read is so important since it makes clear how this power we have in our own minds answers our collective human failure to reduce conflict and achieve more harmony in our world today." -Richard Harrison
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Modern Cruise Ships & Some Eventful Centuries Since Dugout Canoes
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Mona Past and Present
Founded in 1948, the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies is located in Kingston, Jamaica. This publication investigates the historical ruins on the campus, which include the wooden barracks of Gibraltar Camp, which housed during World War II Jewish refugees, Gibraltarian evacuees, and interned Germans and Italians.
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National symbols of St. Martin
history, culture, environmental conservation, profiles of historical figures of the Caribbean island of St. Martin. Numerous illustrations, maps, photographs. Extensive bibliography. Size: 11
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