caribbean region

One sunny afternoon while everyone is resting, Flamboyan, a young girl named after the tree whose red blossoms are the same color as her hair, dreamily flies over her Caribbean Island home.

Examines the connections between twentieth-century English author Jane Rhys's life and works, discussing her short stories and such novels as "Quartet, " "After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, " "Good Morning, Midnight, " and "Wide Sargasso Sea.".

Provides tools for examining Caribbean folklore of various incarnations, such as tales, music, material culture, and religion, discussing classification, presenting folklore examples with commentary, exploring its study, covering theories and techniques, and describing its impact on mainstream and literary Caribbean culture, and provides a glossary, a bibliography, and an annotated list of Web sites.

Luther and Nora Krank decide to opt out of Christmas, choosing instead to set sail on a Caribbean cruise on December 25, but they learn there are consequences to pay for trying to ignore the holiday frenzy.

A collection of fifty-two short stories by authors from the Caribbean area.

Contains a range of Caribbean recipes from easy to difficult, an overview of Caribbean food, information about authentic ingredients, and safety tips.

"Describes the geography, history, industries, education, government, and cultures of the Caribbean Islands, including Jamaica, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. Includes maps, charts, and graphs"--Provided by publisher.