Jackson, Angeline
Summary: "The inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica's oppression of queer youth to demand recognition and justice. When Angeline Jackson was a child, she wondered if there was something wrong with her for wanting to kiss the other girls. But as her sexuality blossomed in her teens, she knew she wouldn't "grow out of it" and that her attraction to girls wasn't against God. In fact,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 JACCarby, Hazel V.
Summary: "A haunting and evocative history of British empire, told through one woman's family story 'Where are you from?' Hazel Carby was continually asked as a girl, at a time when being Black and being British was understood to be an impossibility. To answer that question properly, eminent scholar Hazel Carby finds she needs to trace not just the family history of her Jamaican father and her Welsh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 CARZoellner, Tom
Summary: "For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses smoking ruins. By the time British troops had put down the rebels, more than a thousand Jamaicans lay dead from summary executions and extrajudicial murder. While the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326.8 ZOEHowell, Bill
Summary: A fascinating first-person origin story of the Rastafari ideology, culture, and philosophy, capturing a crucial and little-known chapter in Jamaican history .
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.676 HOWEllison, Katie
Summary: "Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread the gospel of reggae music around the globe. Bob's distinctive style and dedication to his Rastafari beliefs became a rallying cry for the poor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET MARLEYPollard, Velma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canoe Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427.9729 POLSummary: Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun ... but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devasting consequences of globalization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFBrown, Vincent
Summary: "Tacky's revolt, in modern-day Jamaica, was the largest slave uprising in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic. A strikingly modern guerilla conflict, the revolt inspired both fear of and sympathy toward black lives. Vincent Brown offers a gripping account of the fighting and its reverberations across an interconnected world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BRORedgrave, Naida
Summary: Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People SeacoleSpanier, Kristine
Summary: "In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Jamaica. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around All JamSummary: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARAllah, Khalik
Summary: Part film, part baptism, director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BLASummary: An electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones's bold aesthetic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GRASheehan, Sean
Summary: "Jamaica is a popular tourist destination, but what is life like for the people who live on this Caribbean island? Readers find out as they explore chapters devoted to this nation's geography, government, religious and ethnic groups, leisure activities, and more. Vibrant photographs highlight the beauty of the Jamaican landscape and people, and maps provide an additional visual element....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.92 SHESteffens, Roger
Summary: Draws on forty years of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers, and confidants, many speaking publicly for the first time, to offer an oral history depicting the reggae icon's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARLEY, BOB MARHurston, Zora Neale.
Summary: The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.675 HURKaminski, Anna
Summary: Lonely Planet's Jamaica is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Dance to the island's reggae soundtrack, go snorkelling at delicate Lime Cay, or swim in the cool mountain pools of Reach Falls; all with your trusted travel companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.292 JAMAICA KAMContents: Introduction -- Negril -- Montego Bay -- Black River and Treasure Beach -- Mandeville -- Nine Miles -- St. Anne's Bay -- Port Antonio -- Kingston.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Escapi 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.292 JAMTrump, Mary L.
Summary: "Who Could Ever Love You is an intimate, heartbreaking memoir of a father, a mother, and a family's exile. Mary Trump grew up in a family divided by its patriarch's relentless drive for money and power. The daughter of Freddy Trump, the highly accomplished, dashing eldest son of wealthy real estate developer Fred Trump, and Linda Clapp, a flight attendant from a working-class family, Mary lived...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEBarrow, Steve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.646 BARCapek, Michael.
Summary: Examines the geography, history, economy, society, people, and culture of Jamaica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Pub. Co. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.92 CAPTrump, Fred C. (Frederick Crist)
Summary: "For the record...Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless headlines. A hijacked last name. The heat-seeking uncle, rising from real estate scion to gossip column fixture to The Apprentice host to President of the United States. Fred just wanted a happy life and a satisfying career. But a fight for his son's health and safety forced him onto a center stage that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TRUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TRUGaet's
Summary: "In the middle of a depressing youth in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley sees only one way out: music. And that music will be what Jamaica made of rock and pop locally that had hardly been heard anywhere else: reggae! It is Marley who brings the unmistakable beat of reggae to the entire world. From small stages in Jamaica, his partners of the Wailers accompany him all the way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2019