Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jamaica farewell Jamaica farewell Nancy Foner ix, 262 p. ; 23 cm OL12770090W
Satisfy my soul Satisfy my soul Colin Channer Playwright Carey McCullough is strangley drawn to Frances, but there is much more than chemistry involved. Carey discovers from a reader of the spirit world that he and Frances share a history that h… OL16068707W
The Last Warner Woman The Last Warner Woman Kei Miller Adamine Bustamante is born in one of Jamaica's last leper colonies. When Adamine grows up, she discovers she has the gift of "warning": the power to protect, inspire, and terrify. But when she is sen… OL16662658W
The marvellous equations of the dread The marvellous equations of the dread Marcia Douglas "The Marvellous Equations of the Dread tells the twin stories of Jamaica's nihilistic violence and its wondrously creative humanity and does truthful justic to both. It takes place in the worlds of t… OL19727532W
Patsy [large print] Patsy [large print] Sharon Gordon,Nicole Dennis-Benn Heralded for writing “deeply memorable . . . women” (Jennifer Senior, New York Times), Nicole Dennis-Benn introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine for our times: the eponymous Patsy, who leaves… OL20734565W
Rainbow Milk Rainbow Milk Paul Mendez Nominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award. An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples… OL21709777W
An honest house An honest house Cynthia Reyes "Cynthia Reyes has done it again." Picking up from the early days of her recovery from a car accident, as told in her first book, "A Good Home," she shares in this new book intensely lyrical stories … OL27713300W
Pilgrim state Pilgrim state Jacqueline Walker In the haunting opening pages, set in Pilgrim State mental facility in New York State in 1951, Dorothy has been forcibly sectioned and is battling to keep her children and her sanity. She will strugg… OL28602411W
White Teeth White Teeth Ana María de la Fuente Suárez,Zadie Smith,Jenny Sterlin One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, WHITE TEETH is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with frien… OL481143W
A man called Garvey A man called Garvey Paloma Mohamed Traces the life and contributions of Pan-African leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey. OL6031790W