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Learn Haitian Creole For Beginners & In Your Car is perfect for people who have no other time to learn a new language! It contains over 2500 common Creole phrases and vocabulary words, that will help you in everyday life! Each phrase is pronounced slowly and multiple times, so that you can really learn the correct pronunciation! Each phrase's equivalent English translation is also provided!

Step into the life of the author as he chases his dream of ditching his life on land and embracing that of a nomadic cruising sailor. After selling his house and getting rid of everything else that won't come aboard, the author buys an old sailboat and embarks on a solo mission to live a simple nomadic life, surrounded by nature, on the water. Come along for the ride: sailing offshore, alone, and through the Bahamas.

Dive into the untold story of the Taíno people, the original inhabitants of Puerto Rico. "Echoes of the Taíno" transports listeners to an era before colonization, where rich traditions, spirituality, and resilient culture thrived in the heart of the Caribbean. Through vivid storytelling, this book unravels the profound connection between the Taíno people and the lush, breathtaking island of Borikén.

Chris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions - poetry and fly-fishing; two children, one of them in utero; and an income hovering perilously close to zero. Enter, at this particularly challenging moment, a miraculous email: can't go, it's all paid for, just book a flight to Miami. Thus began a journey that would lead to the Bahamas and to David Pinder, a legendary bonefishing guide.

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than 30 years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes throughout, Havana celebrates the city's singular music, literature, baseball and food; its five centuries of outstanding neglected architecture; and its extraordinary blend of cultures.

Ever thought of ditching your conventional life to buy a sailboat and go traveling the world as a modern-day sea nomad? Half Fast is the true story of a married couple in their thirties who do just that—a move some of their family and friends consider to be a 'half-assed scheme' at best. With little money and even even less nautical experience they leave their small-town home in Arkansas to embark on an adventure they hope will last for a year or two but which evolves into a quarter-century voyage of discovery spanning half the world. Come along with Randy and Cheryl as they cruise their ...

A SIMPLE, DEADLY SCAM—GETTING RICH IN THE REHAB BIZ… In his riveting fourth adventure, intrepid reporter Will Harper faces a deadly scam thriving in the rehab business. Living the dream on his yacht with his love, Callie, a rehab center social worker, Harper's perfect life shatters when Callie discovers shady sober homes entangled in a dangerous game of lives for kickbacks. As Will delves into the dark secrets, he uncovers a sinister underworld of Miami gangs, sex trafficking, and murder. When Callie disappears, Harper's personal and professional worlds collide, thrusting him into the ...

Based on Zora Neale Hurston’s personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during her visits in the 1930s, this travelogue into a dark world paints a vividly authentic picture of the ceremonies, customs, and superstitions of voodoo.

Learn Conversational Haitian Creole, Vol. 1 is an audio course for beginners or for anyone who struggles with becoming fluent in Haitian Creole. The focus of this course is to practice speaking conversational Haitian Creole from the very first lesson. The course is divided into 30 lessons, 6 review lessons, and 3 listening comprehension lessons. Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic.

Cubans today, most of whom have lived their entire lives under the Castro regime, are hesitantly embracing the future. In his new book, Anthony DePalma, a veteran reporter with years of experience in Cuba, focuses on a neighborhood across the harbor from Old Havana to dramatize the optimism as well as the enormous challenges that Cubans face: a moving snapshot of Cuba with all its contradictions as the new regime opens the gate to the capitalism that Fidel railed against for so long.

🌴Have you ever dreamed of escaping to a Caribbean paradise, where white sandy beaches meet crystal-clear turquoise waters? 🏝️Are you eager to uncover Aruba’s hidden gems, from secluded coves to colorful Dutch-Caribbean towns? 🌞Would you like to experience the island’s authentic culture, thrilling adventures, and unforgettable local flavors? 🌴 If you answered YES, then pack your bags—MAGICAL EXPERIENCES AWAIT! Picture yourself on Eagle Beach, feeling the warm Caribbean breeze as the turquoise waves gently lap the shore. This guide will help you transform your trip into a ...

Wealthy New York socialite and housewife Brooke has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a gorgeous apartment, a busy social life full of fancy friends, and an even fuller closet. But the best part is her yearly tradition: a one-month trip to her happy place, St Barth, where she owns her dream house, paid for with her trust fund. But Brooke has a secret: her picture-perfect marriage has been failing. As her tiny plane makes its precarious descent towards Saint Barths' Gustavia airport runway, Brooke's world crumbles when she gets confirmation that her husband has not only been unfaithful, ...

This audio guide focuses on the Spanish dialect as spoken in Puerto Rico and also includes an overview of Puerto Rican culture as expressed through its language. Content is organized into more than 10 simple sessions, including the opportunity to review content later in the course. Topics covered include vocabulary that you can put to use daily, such as food, numbers, places, and many others. Before you know it, you will build an intermediate understanding of Puerto Rican Spanish through this course, including an understanding of some of the nuances of Puerto Rican linguistics and culture.

An unassuming man coerces his way onto the island with AJ's involuntary assistance. Could he be as harmless as he seems, or capable of something far more sinister? When AJ encounters a stranger on a suspicious boat after her morning dives, she finds herself caught in a bizarre game of cat and mouse while she leads an unlikely villain all over the island.

The Real Death in Paradise is cosy crime...in the sun, recounting the idyllic two years ex-DCI Richard Preston spent as one of the twelve young police officers sent to the tropical paradise and infamous tax-haven of the Cayman Islands. But when faced with the reality of life in the Caribbean - including foiling a turtle egg kidnap, a rum smuggling ring and corrupt police officers - Richard soon found out that the truth was far more interesting than he ever could have imagined.

Follow Ernest Hemingway's exploits on the Bahamian island of Bimini from 1935 to 1937, the very moment in time when the International Game Fish Association (under the author's co-leadership) was emerging. Covers Hemingway's role in the formation of the IGFA, his underappreciated seminal writing about competitive saltwater angling when the sport was still in its infancy, the amazing fishing he enjoyed on the island, and the way all of these experiences translated into the composition of his posthumous novel Islands in the Stream.

“Lally Brown has written yet another entertaining book about life on an island most people only dream about. Read it and be transported into another world.” Terry Waite CBE It was the stuff of dreams. A job offer to the idyllic Caribbean paradise playground of the Turks and Caicos Islands. But there were complications. As a family we were well established in our little Sussex village. Between us, hubby and I were on all the local committees and involved in every aspect of village life. We had a pony and a flock of sheep. Was it right to uproot the family and jet off to the Caribbean for...

The story is told beginning with the vision and desire to sail on the ocean, through the training and education, buying a boat, gaining experience, and finally embarking on a 1000nm journey to bring the boat home, singlehanded. An immersive nonfiction adventure story, Becoming a Sailor captures the scene as one would experience it. Becoming a Sailor also goes into technical detail about the repairs and additions to Sobrius, a 1972 Dufour Arpege, as well as the techniques the author had to learn in order to sail singlehanded on multiday passages.

The acclaimed, award-winning novelist takes us on some of his most memorable journeys in this revelatory collection of travel essays that spans the globe, from the Caribbean to Scotland to the Himalayas. Now in his mid-70s, Russell Banks has indulged his wanderlust for more than half a century. "Since childhood, I've longed for escape, for rejuvenation, for wealth untold, for erotic and narcotic and sybaritic fresh starts, for high romance, mystery, and intrigue," he writes in this compelling anthology.

At age 40, Parker surrendered to her Swept Away meets Swiss Family Robinson fantasy of owning an inn in Latin America, far from her home in the Pacific Northwest. For the next 20-plus years Parker ran La Finca Caribe, an eco-lodge in Vieques, Puerto Rico. What started as a “half-baked duct-taped dream” grew into an acclaimed, rustic inn, frequented by guests from around the world. Sketchbook in hand, Parker chronicled her daily adventures in getting to know the land, culture and herself.