Antilles Books Sampling

The Pearl of the Antilles by Andrea O'Reilly Herrera (Paperback - February 1, 2001).
THE PEARL OF THE ANTILLES chronicles the lives of several generations of Cuban women. The story focuses on Margarita, an exile in the United States, who struggles to come to terms with her divided identity, a past she has suppressed, and her failure to share her heritage with her children. The novel explores the ways in which culture and tradition have been preserved and passed down to Cuban Americans and portrays the cultural fragmentation and deep sense of loss that Cubans living in exile and their children (who may never have set foot on Cuban soil) continue to experience.

Women and Slavery in the French Antilles, 1635-1848 by Bernard Moitt (Paperback - November 15, 2001).
Gender had a profound effect on the slave plantation system in the French Antilles. In Women and Slavery in the French Antilles, 1635-1848, Bernard Moitt advances this argument by detailing and analyzing the social condition of enslaved black women in the plantation societies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Dominque (now Haiti), and French Guiana from 1635 to the abolition of slavery in the French colonial empire in 1848.

Antilles Netherlands Business Law Handbook by USA International Business Publications (Paperback - February 2003).
This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulations affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking.

The Dream Antilles by David Seth Michaels (Paperback - June 28, 2005).
David Seth Michaels’s magical, utopian novel The Dream Antilles explores desde Desdemona, a secret Caribbean island that submerges at each high tide. For decades, the locals have lived on the island in tree houses. With humor, wit, compassion, and spirit, they ward off repeated threats to their privacy from the outside world, even as they integrate two newcomers into their community who themselves could easily betray the island’s secrets. The island’s treasures are many. Its existence, location, and massive disinformation campaign, combined with its long and mysterious connections with a pod of dolphins and the Great Mother turtle, make desde Desdemona vulnerable to destruction if discovered. The island also has an unusual relationship with time. But it is the community of traditional plant healers and the magical teachings of Swamiji, its trickster spiritual teacher, that truly must be safeguarded. The Dream Antilles stands in delightful and hopeful contrast to the blandness and predictability of the everyday world. You will return to the island of desde Desdemona for refreshment over and over again.