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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Crichton's ultimate adventure."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action....A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure."
—USA Today
"Riveting....Great entertainment....The pages and minutes fly by."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
#1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton ("One of the great storytellers
...Author
Series
Bride series (Catherine Coulter) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fall in love again—with the second novel in the Bride saga.
Sophia has successfully controlled every man in her orbit until she meets Ryder Sherbrooke, a man she senses is different from the others—a man she sees as one of hell's own sons.
Sophia has successfully controlled every man in her orbit until she meets Ryder Sherbrooke, a man she senses is different from the others—a man she sees as one of hell's own sons.
4) Jamaica
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Third edition.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the acclaimed writer of The Book of Night Women comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events and characters surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley during the political turmoil on Jamaica in the late 1970s"--
6) Cocktail
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
1988
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Tom Cruise plays Brian Flanagan, a young confident and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro, becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist, their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life.
Author
Series
Rocket says volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While visiting her grandparents, who run whale-watching tours in Jamaica, Rocket sees first-hand how plastic is harming ocean creatures, and organizes a crew to clean up the local beach.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 and disenfranchised the world over and led to a hugely...
Author
Publisher
[Olive Collins]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"1821: After the landlord of Lugdale Estate in Kerry is assassinated, young Art O'Neill's innocent father is hanged and Art is deported to the cane fields of Jamaica as an indentured servant. On Mangrove Plantation he gradually acclimates to the exotic country and unfamiliar customs of the African slaves, and achieves a kind of contentment. Then the new plantation heirs arrive. His new owner is Colonel Stratford-Rice from Lugdale Estate, the man who...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suffering from a cruel heartbreak, Lord Philip Hamilton has been driven to seek refuge from the painful memories haunting London, and his father's Jamaican sugar cane plantation provides just the escape he needs -- until a mysterious woman with no memory of her past appears and turns Philip's world upside down.
Author
Series
Nick McIver time adventure volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
As the Channel Islands brace for the coming German invasion, 12-year-old Nick’s sister is kidnapped by a time-traveling pirate, and Nick’s pursuit turns the plot back to colonial America, where the Revolutionary War is brewing.
12) 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...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
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 interviews with the people that knew him best.
14) Songs of Irie
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
During the political turmoil in 1976 Jamaica, Irie and Jilly must navigate their opposing upbringings as they fall in love and choose between the futures decided for them and the futures they desire.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Honors Mary Seacole's life, from her childhood in Kingston, Jamaica, and her encounters with racist Americans to her treatment of cholera patients in Panama and her bitter run-in with Florence Nightingale, who declined to work with her in Crimea becauseshe wasn't white. But Mary Seacole knew that the sick and wounded needed her compassion and care, and despite all obstacles, she answered the call to help them"--
16) Cool runnings
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The comedy hit inspired by the true story of Jamaica's first Olympic bobsled team.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bad weather diverts Tom and Laura Jane from their Bahamas dream wedding. So with friends, parents, and Laura's protective big brother in tow, they land at a mystery hotel in Jamaica, which turns out to be a swingers resort! Can the innocent couple avoid the nonstop booze, weed, naked bodies, and lusty dolphins long enough to make it to the altar?
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Lilith was born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they--and she--will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age and reveals the extent of her power, they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings...
Author
Series
Buccaneers volume 1
Publisher
Christian Family Book Club
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
As the Caribbean Sea teems with piracy and privateering,Captain Baret "Foxworth" Buckington searches for his father. Though declared legally dead, Baret is certain his father is alive, perhaps being held prisoner. Willing tojeopardize his title, his inheritance, and his life in order to find his father, he sets sail and swears vengeance upon Spain.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Skyhorse Publishing edition.
Language
English
Description
"A compelling new account of history's most famous pirate. The Pirate King is the compelling true story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. The inspiration for dozens of fictionalized pirates in film, television, and literature--as well the namesake of one of the world's most popular rum brands--Captain Sir Henry Morgan was matchless among pirates and privateers. Unlike most of his contemporaries,...
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