Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
James Bond series volume 6
Language
English
Description
British secret agent James Bond investigates the mysterious disappearance of an MI6 station chief in Jamaica, with the evidence pointing to the reclusive Dr. Julius No. Discovering the alluring Honeychile Rider, Bond runs afoul of the doctor's "no trespassing" policy and must survive a sadistic obstacle course.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A darkly comic novel of an Englishman in nineteenth-century Jamaica: “A powerful and deeply moving tour de force” (Library Journal).
The Family Mansion tells the story of Hartley Fudges, whose personal destiny unfolds against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Britain, a time when English society was based upon the strictest subordination and stratification of the classes. Hartley’s decision...
The Family Mansion tells the story of Hartley Fudges, whose personal destiny unfolds against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Britain, a time when English society was based upon the strictest subordination and stratification of the classes. Hartley’s decision...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being saved from a disastrous landslide by an extraordinary goat that blocks their usual way to school, twins Pollyread and Jackson, living with their parents high in the mountains of Jamaica, find the strange goat reappearing at crucial intervals as their day-to-day life is changed by series of mysterious events involving the return of a local troublemaker and secrets from their family's past.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village. Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis- Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a...
6) Once a rebel
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As Washington burns, Callista Brooke is trapped in the battle between her native England and her adopted homeland. She is on the verge of losing everything, including her life, when a handsome Englishman cuts through the violent crowd to claim that she is his. Callie falls into her protector's arms, recognizing that he is no stranger, but the boy she'd once loved, a lifetime ago. Lord George Gordon Audley had been Callie's best friend, and it was...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Darcy Owens leaves snowy New York for some Jamaican fun, the city planner isn't expecting to meet the hero of her fantasies. But on the first day she encounters York Ellis, an ex-cop who thinks she needs his protection and his passion. And when Darcy finds herself in peril, York the security expert finds himself in danger of losing both his life and his heart.
Author
Series
Bride series (Catherine Coulter) volume 2
Sherbrooke Bride volume 2
Brde triology volume 2
Sherbrooke volume 02
More Series...
Sherbrooke Bride volume 2
Brde triology volume 2
Sherbrooke volume 02
More Series...
Language
English
Description
Sophia has successfully controlled every man in her orbit until she meets Ryder Sherbrooke, a man she knows immediately is different from the others, a man she sees as one on hell's own sons. Ryder, confident as only a successful rake can be when it comes to knowing women, sets out to teach her who is in charge. It's said she already has three lovers. Is she indeed the outrageous tease she appears? A seductress? Or is she and innocent with an ugly...
9) Pirates!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates. For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals. Together...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler shored up on the coast of Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940's Hollywood converged with that of a small West Indian society. After a long and storied career on the silver screen, Errol Flynn spent much of the last years of his life on a small island off of Jamaica, throwing parties and sleeping with increasingly younger teenaged girls. Based on those years, The Pirate's...
11) Augustown
Author
Language
English
Description
"Possessing strong intuitive powers in spite of being unable to see, Ma Taffy comforts her stricken great-nephew while recalling a fantastical story with ties to Jamaican history, the birth of the Rastafari, and the human drive for a better life"--
12) Mad Morgan
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A riveting and action-packed novel of the life and times of Henry Morgan, MAD MORGAN is the legendary pirate's story told with swashbuckling romance, derring-do, and an edge as sharp as Spanish steel.
Born in the Welsh countryside in 1655, Henry Morgan is captured as a youth by Spanish raiders and carried off to Santiago de Cuba to a life of cruel servitude. Grown to manhood and unbowed by the slaver's whip, Morgan eventually escapes, stealing a...
Author
Series
Nick McIver time adventure volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Nick McIver travels to both 1940s England, where Nazis have invaded his homeland, and to America during the Revolution, where Nick must face Captain Billy Blood, who has kidnapped his sister in exchange for Nick's time machine.
15) Dangerous waters
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bound for Jamaica and an arranged marriage, Phoebe Dymond, trained herbalist and midwife, clashes with the ship's surgeon during the voyage. Upon reaching the Kingston, they find the town in the grip of a slave revolt and Phoebe's plans for her future undone.
16) Fit for a king
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
They were friends, neighbors and occasional confidants. Certainly nothing more. Now Kingston Roper needs a favor from Elissa Dean--he needs her to get caught in his bed. Elissa's sure she can help King out of an awkward situation caused by his rebounding sister-in-law's misplaced affection. After all, she might be the last American virgin, but she could definitely play the temptress...just to be neighborly, of course. But there's a problem with her...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his father disappears, Everton Dorril is sent to find him. When he does, he learns about a woman his father has been in love with for over three decades and is now on a cross-country journey to find her. Seeking his own reconcilliation with his estranged father, Everton continues with him, hoping to learn more about his father.
19) Deep blue
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"While investigating the recovery of sunken Spanish treasure in the Caribbean with former Navy SEAL Conner Reese, reporter Hope Sinclair is plunged into danger when passion and treachery run rampant as they get closer to finding a priceless Incan treasure."--NoveList.
Author
Language
English
Description
A Tall History of Sugar tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance. The narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule, and ends in the era...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request