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Introduces young readers to the lives, ideas, exploits and achievements of a selection of personalities who in their individual styles have helped to "make” the Caribbean we know today. Organised around ten selected themes, the book recognizes the contributions of freedom fighters, politicians, visionaries and intellectuals, writers and performers, artists, musicians and sports people.

Today, more than ever, Cuba's rich and diverse culture exerts a strong influence on various forms of artistic expression in North America and the Caribbean, particularly in the areas of art, music and religion. Cuban Festivals, is an invaluable anthology of Afro-Cuban festivals and brings to life a variety of secular rituals and celebrations intrinsic to popular Cuban culture.

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Addresses conflict in the Caribbean and elsewhere, exploring the linkages between conflict and development. The book is divided into eight sections and offers diverse views on conflict, conflict resolution and governance.

Within the wider Latin American and Caribbean region, Jamaica has been a stable, functioning democracy, but it has faced a number of significant challenges. In this book, Amanda Sives examines one of those key difficulties: the relationship between politics and violence in the former British colony involving supporters of the two main rival political parties.

The famed 1992 report of the West India Commission, A Time for Action, recommended a deepening of CARICOM and a simultaneous widening of functional cooperation. The result was the creation of the Association of Caribbean States with potential membership of all the countries of the Caribbean Basin. Norman Girvan examines the issues and obstacles, challenges and opportunities presented by this functional cooperation.

Whilst a cure for HIV/AIDS continues to elude scientists, the number of HIV/AIDS cases continues to increase. Education becomes the key to curtailing the spread of the disease. Education and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean describes the impact of HIV/AIDS on education in both the global and Caribbean contexts and outlines the lessons to be learnt from the global experience.

First published in 1946, one year after the Spanish original Biografía del Caribe, Germán 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.

Examines the significance of the Caribbean in an increasingly globalised social world and draws attention to the contribution that scholarship in Caribbean Studies makes in coming to terms with a multi-cultural heritage. This compilation ranges in focus across periods, geographies, linguistic divisions and subject matter.

Utilises the debates in political science, international relations, international political economy, and development studies to create a framework of analysis to consider trends within the non-independent Caribbean. The book offers an interdisciplinary and international set of contributions providing an assessment of how these important territories are facing the challenges of globalisation.

At the turn of the 21st century, West Indies were knocked from the pinnacle of Test cricket to the basement. The collapse from "awesome to awful” is considered a mystery in the annals of modern sport. There is rage as experts seek reasons for the ruin. Professor Hilary Beckles measures the temperature of inflamed Caribbean emotions and assesses the turbulence caused by new global policy promotions.

Multiple constructions of India, as homeland, have been central to the shaping of Indo-Guyanese identity. An imagined India has continually woven into the Indo-Guyanese consciousness a rich, elevating perception of self. In Mother India's Shadow over El Dorado, Clem Seecharan reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the development of Indo-Guyanese nationalism.

A richly illustrated book on the career, on and off the track, of sprinting superstar Usain Bolt, from schoolboy prodigy to World and triple Olympic Champion and world record holder for 100 and 200 metres. This comprehensive new biography includes an exclusive farewell penned by the world champion himself and is a must-have for every Bolt fan and athletics enthusiast.

A magical collection of poems for children colourfully illustrated by children of the Caribbean. The poems capture the everyday sights and sounds of the people and life of this enchanting region. They will delight and spark the imagination of children and adults around the world.

These poems reflect a deep yearning for the self-worth that comes from pride both in ourselves, and in those things which are familiar and make us what we are. It Takes a Mighty Fire shares H.D. Carberry's work for the first time in an anthology which contains many poems never seen before.

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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.