From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492–1969 [1st Vintage Books edition] 0394715020, 9780394715025

From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492–1969 [1st edition] 0394715020, 9780394715025

From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean is about 30 million people scattered across an arc of islands -- J

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From Columbus to Castro : the history of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 [1st U.S. ed.] 9780060146689, 0060146680

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Modern Jamaica: The History of the Caribbean Island from Christopher Columbus to Today 4203693819

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Hispaniola: Caribbean chiefdoms in the age of Columbus 9780817304621, 9780817381004

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Making haste from Babylon: the Mayflower pilgrims and their world: a new history [1st Vintage books ed] 9780307386267, 0307386260

The Pilgrims were entrepreneurs as well as evangelicals, political radicals as well as Christian idealists. "Making

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Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina [Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only] 9781400852086

The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the

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The Fatal Shore: The epic of Australia's founding [1st Vintage books ed] 9780307815606, 0307815609

Harbor and the exiles -- Horse foaled by an acorn -- Geographical unconscious -- Starvation years -- Voyage -- Who were

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A History of Warfare [1st Vintage books ed] 9780307828576, 0307828573, 9781299047280, 1299047289

In this book, [the author] demolishes the famous dictum that war is the continuation of policy by other means. On Easter

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The gift: how the creative spirit transforms the world [Third Vintage Books Edition] 9780307567604, 9781984897787, 1984897780

A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time, The Gift is a brilliant, life-changing defense o

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Haiti: the tumultuous history--from pearl of the Caribbean to broken nation [1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed] 9780230106611, 0230106617

"In the aftermath of January's horrific earthquake, the world's attention is focused on Haiti. In this fu

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