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Haitian Creole for English Speakers

Mandaly Claude Louis Charles Paperback, 2010, 216 pages Publisher: lulu.com ISBN-10: 0557349737 This book is to help English speakers learn the basics of the Haitian Creole language. Plenty of grammar exercise...
Louisiana

Louisiana: A History

Light Townsend Cummins, Judith Kelleher Schafer, Edward F. Haas, Michael L. Kurtz, Bennett H Wall, John C. Rodrigue Paperback, 2014, 552 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 6th Revised edition edition ISBN-...
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Haiti: A Slave Revolution: 200 Years After 1804

Gregory Dunkel (Editor), Sara Flounders (Editor), Pat Chin (Editor) (Foreword) Paperback, 2004, 233 pages Publisher: International Action Center; Upd Rev Ex edition ISBN-10: 0974752142 Drawing from a wide rang...
Bust of american author John Steinbeck located in Monterey, California. Many of Steinbeck's novels take place in and around the Monterey area.

Great Writers of the 20th Century: John Steinbeck

In a way, each of Steinbeck’s novels is similar to a great painting that emotionally overwhelms the viewer. When the viewer moves closer and examines the brush-strokes, the painting is just a lot of colourful s...
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Island People – The Caribbean and the World

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Hardcover, 2017, 464 pages Publisher: Canongate Books; Main edition ISBN-10: 1782115587 Clustered together in azure-blue waters are a collection of little islands whose culture, histor...
Creole Belle

Book Review – Creole Belle

James Lee Burke Hardcover, 2012, 400 pages Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN-10: 1409108996 This is a novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, acclaimed as 'one of the wonders of American crime fiction' (MAIL ON Sund...
Beloved Outcast

Book Review – Beloved Outcast

Lorena Dureau Paperback, 1987, 429 pages Publisher: Paperjacks ISBN-10: 0770105084 Beautiful Nicole D’Arecenaux is unjustly accused of killing a gendarme and is sentenced to death by hanging. But her senten...