Böcker utgivna av Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica

In 1975, Nanny was declared the first and, is to date, the only female National Hero in Jamaica. Using an ethnohistorical approach, anthropologist Werner Zips takes Nanny's key role in the Maroon societies to probe into the African political, legal, social and religious experiences throughout the periods of slavery, colonial rule and postcolonial nation building.

An autobiography of one of the Caribbean's most multifaceted personalities records Edric Connor's early life from the idyllic setting of Peter Hill, Mayaro to his migration to Port of Spain and his departure to England where he was able to carve out successful careers as singer, stage and screen actor, radio broadcaster and film-maker.

For decades Jamaicans - and West Indians more broadly - have migrated, at first to Britain and then to North America. Jamaican Hands Across The Atlantic outlines the pain and pleasure of migration showing how members of the same families migrated to different continents yet succeeded in maintaining a network of contact and mutual supporting that included those left behind.

The Manns family returned home to Macca Tree without much fanfare in the middle of the night. When the community realised they had returned, they were upset that the Manns would ever set foot in Macca Tree again after what they had done. This is a Jamaican novel masterfully injected with humour, authenticity and vivid imagery, and marks Addeah Palmer's first venture into mainstream writing.

In post-colonial societies like Jamaica, the issue of cultural identity is as important as political independence and economic self-sufficiency. Rex Nettleford goes further by declaring that cultural identity is as fundamental a reality as food, shelter, clothing and job opportunities and is not a mere abstract preoccupation.

Captures both the fear and the pleasure of one teacher in unchartered territory; and the hope and trust sustaining her students. The story of their journey together will make you cry and make you smile, but most of all, it will remind you of the enduring power of faith and love.

In this work of painstaking scholarship, Denis William has integrated a wide variety of evidence from original research with previously published archaelogical, geological, ecological, ethnographic, climatic and even nutritional data to develop the first major synthesis of the prehistory of Guyana. Prehistoric Guiana includes over 250 sketches, photographs, maps and tables.

Chronicles the evolution of business in Barbados from the era when sugar cane cultivation and its processing dominated the economic, political and social life of the country through to the present time. The book shows how the decline of the sugar industry created opportunities for the emergence of a new merchant class which included a significant number of Black business entrepreneurs.

In a panoramic survey, Professor Benn has succeeded in systematising the elements that may be said to constitute the intellectual tradition of the Caribbean from the end of the 18th century to the present. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history of political thought in the Caribbean and is suitable for both academics and students of Political Thought and Comparative Politics.

Lizards are ugly! Or are they? Croaking Johnny didn't have any friends, for after all, who would want to be friends with a lizard! Then he meets Dizzy Lizzy and discovers there's a lot more to life than sitting on a branch. Do lizards really dance? Share with Beenybud her very own favourite story and find out.

Throughout its 130+year history, Devon House has captured the imagination of Jamaicans. It is a history that has been colourful, at times shrouded in mystery, tragic and controversial. The story of this "house of dreams" is being fully told for the first time in this book by Enid Shields through the lives of the families who owned and lived in Devon House.

This is one of the first specialised treatments of an Anglophone Caribbean port-town by a contemporary historian. Having adeptly mined the existing archival data and statistics on Bridgetown, Pedro Welch shares with readers information that contributes immensely to our understanding of the way slave societies functioned in the Caribbean.

First published in 1946, one year after the Spanish original Biografia del Caribe, German Arciniegas's Caribbean Sea of the New World has been described as "a breathtaking and magisterial work, encompassing four centuries of history of the Caribbean basin in its broad sweep." Today, the book remains a genuine literary and historiographical classic of the Americas.

Celebrates the lives of 17 Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout the world. The figures covered include Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie, Paul Robeson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Patrice Lumumba, Malcolm X and Nelson Madela.

Presents an anthology of previously published works, newly commissioned pieces and substantially revised or updated articles which examine the Caribbean popular - an idea that has been an important and contested terrain for exploring the dynamic and oftentimes subversive cultural expressions of the region.

Demonstrates the need to reframe policy and practice across the Caribbean to harness the potential of an ageing population as a new human capital resource. Connecting the Dots provides a new perspective on ageing and the economic growth potential to be realised from harnessing and tapping into the "ageing dividend".

Explores what carnaival masks signify, what wearing them represents, their relation to character costumes and movement, on the one hand, and the celebratory traditions from which they emerge, on the other hand, their presumed metaphorical and discursive characteristics, and most importantly, who makes masks and how.

Looking beyond sun, sand and sea, Medical and Wellness Tourism in Jamaica delves into the world of health and wellness tourism in the Caribbean. Drawing on relevant and current statistics and data, the global state of the health and wellness tourism industry is presented and the future prospects for the Caribbean discussed and analysed.

Michael Manley is perhaps the most written about and the best-chronicled leader of any Caribbean nation of the modern era. This book presents the transcribed text of three years of taped interviews conducted by his wife Glynne between 1993 and 1996. In them he reveals his most intimate thoughts and feelings, recollections and experience.

An honest, unflinching look at Jamaican politics, Chris Tufton's grounded, accessible account of his first-hand experience in competitive party politics and in democratic governance offers a view of Jamaican politics that is rarely seen.

Provides a surprising, vivacious account of the West Indian influence in the United States, beginning in the 17th century. From renowned West Indians such as Alexander Hamilton, Marcus Garvey, Oscar de la Renta, Bob Marley and Sidney Poitier, to famous Americans such as George Washington, John Hancock and Oliver Perry, stories of island power emerge.

A stirring collection of poetry paying tribute to the greatest attributes of life's journey from a Caribbean, moreso Jamaican, perspective.

Across the Caribbean, crime is arguably the leading social problem facing the small tourism and foreign exchange dependent countries that make up the region. In Crime and Security in Trinidad and Tobago Drs Seepersad and Williams, both criminologists, offer an in-depth and comprehensive examination of crime in the twin island republic.