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1	Texaco more books like this by Patrick Chamoiseau add to wishlist Winner of the Prix Goncourt, this novel tells the story of 150 years of Caribbean history via the remembrances of Sophie Laborieux, an aging freedom-fighter and the daughter of a slave. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.19! \| first editions \| SVS
2	La Catastrophe: The Eruption of Mount Pelee, the Worst Volcanic Disaster of the 20th Century more books like this by Dr. Alwyn Scarth add to wishlist On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pelee loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. In minutes, it killed 27,000 people and leveled the city of Saint-Pierre. In La Catastrophe, Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of this devastating eruption, based ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Black Shack Alley: La Rue Cases-Negres more books like this by Jospeh Zobel, Joseph Zobel, Keith Q Warner (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.80! new only from $19.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Creole Folktales more books like this by Patrick Chamoiseau, Linda Coverdale (Translator) add to wishlist A stunning retelling of folklore from the French Caribbean by the prize-winning novelist Patrick Chamoiseau. Creole Folktales recreates in truly magical language the stories Chamoiseau heard as a child. These stories are told in a language as savory as the spicy food so lovingly evoked within these pages. see all copies from $3.31! new only from $7.08! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Notebook of a Return to the Native Land more books like this by Aime Cesaire, Clayton Eshleman (Translator), Annette Gail Smith, R.N. (Translator) add to wishlist Cesaire's masterpiece that reaches the powerful and overlooked aspects of black culture. see all copies from $8.31! new only from $13.08! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Island: Martinique more books like this by John Edgar Wideman add to wishlist In a narrative that strikes a balance between prose and poetry, John Edgar Wideman writes about three weeks on the island of Martinique, including not only its present-day sights but its history and bits of Wideman's own life experiences. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Faithful Friend more books like this by Robert D San Souci, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is a richly-illustrated tale from Martinique of black magic overcome with the help of a faithful friend. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Une Enfance Creole more books like this by Patrick Chamoiseau add to wishlist see all copies from $5.25! new only from $9.86!
9	Phantasm more books like this by Phaedra Weldon add to wishlist The newest work in a series that's part paranormal whodunit, part urban fantasy ("Publishers Weekly") by the author of "Wraith" and "Spectre." see all copies from $6.00! new only from $6.00! \| SVS
10	The Day the World Ended more books like this by Gordon Thomas, W. Max Morgan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $52.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Solibo Magnificent more books like this by Patrick Chamoiseau add to wishlist Chamoiseau's early novel, like his Prix Goncourt-winning later book "Texaco", is an exploration of the effects of the French language and culture on Martinique's Creole inhabitants. Solibo Magnificent is a local storyteller who is found dead, possibly by poisoning; the police investigation, including an interrogation of 14 witnesses (one of whom ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Last of the African Kings more books like this by Maryse Conde, Richard Philcox (Translator), Leah D Hewitt (Afterword by) add to wishlist "The Last of the African Kings" (Les derniers rois mages) follows the wayward fortunes of a noble African family. It begins with the regal Behanzin, an African king who opposed French colonialism and was exiled to distant Martinique. In the course of this brilliant novel, Maryse Conde tells of Behanzin's scattered offspring and their lives in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	Creole Economics: Caribbean Cunning Under the French Flag more books like this by Katherine E Browne add to wishlist What do the trickster Rabbit, slave descendants, off-the-books economies, and French citizens have to do with each other? Plenty, says Katherine Browne in her anthropological investigation of the informal economy in the Caribbean island of Martinique. She begins with a question: why, after more than three hundred years as colonial subjects of ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Convict and the Colonel: A Story of Colonialism and Resistance in the Caribbean more books like this by Richard Price add to wishlist This work brings together an election day massacre in colonial Martinique; a "mad" artist who lives in a cave; a satirical wooden bust of a white colonel; the artist's banishment to the Devil's Island penal colony for "impertinence"; and a young anthropologist who arrives in Martinique in 1962, on the eve of massive modernization. In a stunning ... see all copies from $11.70! new only from $27.30! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives more books like this by Prof. Ernest Zebrowski, Jr., Jr Zebrowski add to wishlist On May 8th, 1902, Mont Pelee on the island of Martinique exploded. A deadly cloud of steam and ash churned through plantations and villages, flattened the grand city of St Pierre, then thundered into the bay where it sank 18 ships and hundreds of smaller craft. Within a minute or two, nearly 30,000 people had died. The rubble of their homes and ... see all copies from $3.62! new only from $64.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	Two Years in the French West Indies more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist In October 1887 the writer and translator Lafcadio Hearn sailed from New York to Martinique, where he tell under the spell of the island and its people. Intending to stay only a few months, he remained there for two years, immersed in Martinique's vibrant culture and tropical beauty. The result was one of the most detailed and poetic accounts of ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows more books like this by Patrick Chamoiseau, Linda Coverdale (Afterword by), Edouard Glissant (Foreword by) add to wishlist Chamoiseau's first novel is a lively tale, set on the island of Martinique, with an amoral hero: Pipi Soleil, whose adventures range from a farcical wheelbarrow race to an encounter with a zombie. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Convict & the Colonel more books like this by Richard Price add to wishlist The life of Medard Aribot of Martinique--artist, convict, madman, legend--spans much of the twentieth century. With an exciting combination of scholarship and storytelling, award-winning anthropologist Richard Price takes readers on a search for the real Medard, using Martinique's transition from colonial society to modern society as a backdrop to ... see all copies from $4.32! new only from $7.70! \| first editions
19 view cover	Mystery of the Island Jewels more books like this by Joyce A Stengel add to wishlist Cassie Hartt is on a cruise with her family when she meets an interesting boy named Charles. He is in search of treasure and invites Cassie to join him, little knowing that others are hot on the dangerous treasure trail as well. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Mt. Pelee Redemption more books like this by Stephen Hawley Martin add to wishlist The story of Claire, her father, his lover, and the volcano. A perilous spiritual adventure set in the Caribbean, spiced with adventure and romance, out-of-body experiences, and shamanic ritual. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diary of Pierre Dessalles, Planter in Martinique, 1808-1856 more books like this by Pierre Dessalles, Professor Pierre Dasalles, Robert Forster (Editor) add to wishlist This exploration of the role of the book and book industry in early modern France moves from the new technology of printing to look at the political implications of publishing in the reign of Francis I, including such topics as the founding of royal and university libraries, the role of church-state relations, Richelieu's cultural programme, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.22! \| SVS
22 view cover	Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Songs, Music, and Culture more books like this by Brenda F Berrian add to wishlist The fast-paced zouk of Kassav', the romantic biguine of Malavoi, the jazz of Fal Frett, the ballads of Mona, and reggae of Kali and Poglo are all part of the burgeoning popular music scene in the French Caribbean. In this lively book, Brenda F. Berrian chronicles the rise of this music, which has captivated the minds and bodies of the Francophone ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $22.83! \| first editions
23	Morne-Paysan: Peasant Village in Martinique more books like this by Michael Horowitz add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.64! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Charlotte: Bronte Revelations: The Final Journeys of Jane Eyre more books like this by D M Thomas add to wishlist What happened to Jane Eyre after Charlotte Bronte? This fictional account follows Jane Eyre by deconstructing the Victorian novel and injecting a modern twist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Poetics of Relation more books like this by Edouard Glissant, Ms. Betsy Wing (Translator) add to wishlist A major work by this prominent Caribbean author and philosopher, available for the first time in English see all copies from $14.96! new only from $19.95! \| SVS

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