Search Results: Guyana from Books of the World

Georgetown, Guyana: Stabroek News, 2000. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Binding secure. Covers clean. Not from a library. 112 pages. A collection of political cartoons by Hawley Harris published in the Stabroek News newspaper during the 1990s and 2000.

San Juan, Trinidad & Tobago: Chakra Publishing House, 2005. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. xvi + 452 pages.
Against the Grain chronicles the involvement of Balram Singh Rai in colonial-era Guyanese politics offering valuable insights into modern Guyanese political history. The involvement of Balram Singh Rai in the political life of the nation dates to the pre-independence period. Rai's most significant impact took place during the late 1950s and early 1960s when he joined the People's Progressive Party (PPP) in the struggle for an independent Guyana. Between 1959 and 1961 he was the Minister of Community Development and Education and between 1961 and 1962, he was the Minister of Home Affairs. His role in government allowed him to support and promote many reforms, including policies that led to an Indian-African balance in the police force. Rai is remembered for his fairness and his ability to get things done. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Rai's views were… Read More

Lenoir City, Tennessee: Synergy South, December 1999. Hardcover. Commemorative Edition. Originally published as Jungle Cowboy. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 310 pages. For years, Stan Brock was a regular fixture in America's living rooms as co-host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. All the Cowboys Were Indians is Brock's account of his coming-of-age on the Dadanawa, the world's largest cattle ranch, in Guyana, South America. You will meet Brock as a fugitive schoolboy from England, longing to become a cowboy. You will agonize with him as he learns bone-crushing lessons the hard way. You will share his triumph as he tames a killer horse. You will fall in love with Leemo, his pet mountain lion, and all the other four-footed and feathered friends he acquires during his days on the Dadanawa.

Georgetown, Guyana: Red Thread Women's Press, 1993. Staple-bound paperback. Revised Edition. Good. Ex-Library. Text block unmarked. Binding secure. Covers clean. 74 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Rare! Georgetown, Guyana: Ministry of Education, Social Development and Culture, 1982. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Securely bound with two staples. Corners sharp. Covers clean but slightly rubbed. Not from a library. 32 pages. Illustrated with color photographs.

New York: Dell, 1949. Mass Market Paperback. Dell 321. Very Good. Tanned. Spine creased. Covers clean and bright. No ownership markings. Not from a library. 240 pages.

Beltsville, Maryland: Demerara Press, May 1997. Paperback. First Edition. Fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 223 pages. Black-Water Women explores the tensions between men and women in the Guyanese culture of the 40's, 50's and 60's as well as the tensions among immigrants transplanted to the United States. The stories are told from the point of view of Sara and her mother Cleo, Tina, and Sanka, who live beside the Demerara River whose waters, black and mysterious, threaten to engulf their bodies and souls. The reader can empathize with these women whose triumphs and tragedies mirror those of women the world over. This novel also gives the reader the opportunity to explore Guyana's unique culture of the period and laugh at the characters' idiosyncrasies while sympathizing with their predicaments.

London: Nelson Caribbean, 1982. Paperback. First Edition. Near Fine. Library stamp to title page. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased.Dust stains to edges. Covers clean and bright. Light shelf wear. Appears unread. 147 pages.
Bright Road to El Dorado captures a moment in Trinidad's history. It is a fictional account of Sir Walter Raleigh's exploits in Trinidad in 1595. On his way from England to search for El Dorado, Raleigh called at Trinidad where he had an old score to settle with its Spanish Governor, Antonio de Berrio. The story deals with the conflict between these two men. It also highlights the aspect which both sides, the English and the Spanish, ignored the points of view of Trinidad's native people.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, October 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Very Good- jacket. First Edition. Black paper over boards with bright gilt titles to spine. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound, tail bumped. Jacket clipped with chipping and several one inch closed tears, mostly along hinges, spine faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark.
This is an expedition book. Mount Roraima, at the border of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil, is a tepui--a table-top mountain. One of the oldest geologic formations on Earth it is Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost World". Roraima's 25-square-mile summit rises abruptly from the surrounding jungles 5000 feet below and is bounded on all sides by sheer towering cliffs. Sir Walter Raleigh described Roraima during his 1595 expedition, but it took nearly three centuries before the first European found a path to Roraima's summit. Nine decades after that, in 1973, another team of Europeans conquered Roraima's Grand Prow, a sheer overhanging sandstone wall on the Guyana side… Read More

Bridgetown, Barbados: Carib Research & Publications, 1987. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Text pristine. Tanning to edges and first and last pages. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Shelf and reading wear to covers. Errata slip. xxii + 299 pages. Illustrated, maps, photos.

Turkeyen, Guyana: University of Guyana History Society, January 1991. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 12 pages.

Rare. Richmond Hill, Ontario: Island Rich Enterprise, July 2003. Perfect Bound Paperback. First Edition (Stated). As New. Pristine inside and out. 75 pages. Lavishly illustrated in color.

Rare! Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press, 2000. Paperback. First Edition. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 52 pages. A collection of short stories set mainly in Guyana which feature brave, ingenious, kindly, and sometimes mischievous animals and children.

Turkeyen, Guyana: University of Guyana History Society, April 1991. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Uniondale, New York: Global Communications Publishing, October 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. xix + 143 pages.

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, August 1996. Hardcover. Department of State Publication 10318. First Edition. Burgundy cloth over boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and Department of State seal blind-stamped to front board. Near Fine / No jacket as published. Light dust stains to edges. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 945 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 x 2.2 inches. 3.2 pounds.
Contents include:
Alliance for Progress (Documents 1-72)Latin American Security (Documents 73-108)The Cuban Question in Latin America (Documents 109-171)Argentina (Documents 172-202)Brazil (Documents 203-240)British Guiana (Documents 241-299)The Dominican Republic (Documents 300-363)Haiti (Documents 364-391)Panama (Documents 392-411)Peru (Documents 412-434)

Leeds, Yorkshire, England: Peepal Tree Press, March 2004. Trade Paperback. First Edition. New. Pristine inside and out. No remainder mark. 112 pages.
The lyrical yet unsentimental stories in this collection offer a portrait of the postcolonial experience of Guyanese citizens. Four decades of history, from the 1960s to the present, are covered through the experiences of the different characters, including Harold, who celebrates the triumph of his Indian-supported political party; Chuni, who encounters the revolutionary rise of a new black middle class; and Sylvia, who confronts her Guyanese roots during an exile in England. A sensitivity to psychological undertones and a poetic sense of the Guyanese worldview allow these stories to resonate with the metaphysical and mundane transformations of the characters.

New York: Dover Publications, 1989. Trade Paperback. Unabridged and unaltered republication of the first American edition, published in 1904. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with slight reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 315 pages. Laid-in book review from Washington Post Book World. The curious call of an unseen bird lures a young explorer deeper and deeper into the jungle, where he encounters the source of the siren song - a lovely, half-wild girl with mysterious powers. Thus begins the romance between Abel, a Venezuelan revolutionary hiding among an Indian tribe in the uncharted rain forest of British Guiana, and Rima, who speaks the languages of birds and longs to return to the land of her birth to be reunited with others of her kind. As Abel chases after his secret admirer, she leads him further and further into her invisible trap of love. Then the secret begins to unfold. William Henry Hudson was an English… Read More

Georgetown, Guyana: Prime Time Advertising, 1996. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Original bookseller's price to first page, otherwise unmarked. Securely bound with two staples. Covers clean. Not from a library. 60 pages.

Guyana: Mike Charles Productions, 2009. DVD. Two hours of video taken by the late Lt. Col. Mike Charles during helicopter flights around Guyana. With soundtrack by Dave Martins and the Tradewinds. No DVD Region code listed.