caribbean area

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caribbean area

Cendrillon

a Caribbean Cinderella
1998
A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.

Timothy of the cay

1993
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.

My island and I

the nature of the Caribbean
2002
Alexis and Alfonso explore the beauty of the Caribbean Islands.

A Caribbean counting book

1996
A collection of rhymes from various Caribbean countries that are chanted as songs and in games.

Junius over far

1985
After his grandfather leaves his family and returns to a dangerous situation on his home island in the Caribbean, fourteen-year-old Junius decides to follow him in search of his lost heritage.

Skipping Christmas

2001
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.

Pirates of the Caribbean #3: At World's End

2007
After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow, who is trapped in Davy Jones' Locker, they must face their foes. Lord Cutler Beckett, now has control of Jones' heart and forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, together. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her. The Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. All pirates will stand together and make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

Latin America and the Caribbean

2008
Describes the music types, musical styles, sounds, and instruments characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses the role of music in the culture and religion of the regions, and looks at how new technologies, as well outside influences, have changed Latin American and Caribbean music.

A voice for the people

the life and work of Harold Courlander
1997
A biography of the folklorist and novelist who recorded the traditional songs and stories of the people of Haiti, the Hopi Indians, and black communities in the South, connecting the African-American traditions to the cultures of Africa.

Fatal tide

2003
Marine researcher Melis Nemid uncovers a shocking secret in the deep sea, and soon finds herself running from a savage killer who wants to keep the past buried, forcing Melis to rely on a dangerous man with a mysterious past.

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