Jamaican English

Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and a militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, was obsessed with the ever-present threat of the corrupting evils of the Western world outside their home, and worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure. For him, a woman’s highest virtue was her obedience.

Jamaican Patois: An Easy Guide to Patwah Words, Phrases, & Proverbs teaches you the language of Jamaica. It teaches Jamaican everyday Patois words, phrases, and proverbs.

Discover Jamaica’s Journey: From Ancient Tribes to the Fight for Freedom.

When the stones of her house begin to rattle and shift and call out mysterious messages to her in the middle of the night, Pauline Sinclair, age ninety-nine, knows she will not make it to her one-hundredth birthday. She has lived a modest life in Mason Hall, a rural Jamaican village, educating herself with stolen books, raising her two children, surviving by becoming a successful ganja farmers in the area, and experiencing both deep passion and true loss with her beloved baby father, Clive. Behind this seemingly benign façade, however, Miss Pauline has buried many secrets.

Jamaican Patois is a beautiful language that is spoken by millions around the world! It is hard to find time to learn a new language however! Language courses at schools and colleges are routine and boring!

Jamaica has one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the world. In the three decades from the 1970s, gun crimes and murders threatened to destroy the political system if not the island. The fatality rate of police in the line of duty was among the highest in the world, as was the number of civilians killed by the police. Into this melee came a young police officer called Isaiah Laing. During the height of his period in the Force, he had the dubious reputation of fatally wounding more criminals in the line of duty than any other officer. With his good looks, designer clothes, and flamboyant...

Growing up, Jazir was taught that if he maintained good grades and did the right things, he would be able to live his dream life. He decided to follow the advice path––no sex before marriage, never breaking any laws, no drinking, no smoking–– a dedicated straight-A student. After graduating college, however, he failed to land a job and ended up homeless–– living in a tent on the streets of Los Angeles with his wife and son. Tragedy strikes in their tent–– he loses his wife to sickness, and his son––Jalob, is kidnapped right in the middle of his grieving. The kidnapping...

Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Preaching fire and brimstone, her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Babylon, the immoral, corrupting influence of the Western world just beyond their gate. To protect the purity of the women in their family he forbade almost everything: no friends but this family and no future but this path.

Riko's a very angry young man; just having discovered that he was brought into this world as a result of his mother being raped by her boss when she was sixteen years old. As a young teenager, Riko develops into a very prolific singer and songwriter, but being neglected by his mother - an aspiring model now turned chronic alcoholic, he begins hanging out with a group of Rastafarian musicians. His extraordinary talent quickly impresses the group, who promotes him to lead singer. After a couple of impressive local performances, the group records their first single for gangster producer ...

Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and returns to his true home: the island of Jamaica. When Tilla’s mother tells her she’ll be spending the summer on the island, Tilla dreads the idea of seeing him again, but longs to discover what life in Jamaica has always held for him. In an unexpected turn of events, Tilla is forced to face the storm that unravels in her own life as she learns about the dark secrets that lie beyond the veil of paradise - all in the midst of an impending hurricane.

The most improbable approach toward American civil rights for Black citizens blended the beliefs of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, and it was spearheaded by global activist Marcus Aurelius Garvey. The Jamaican began his career as an activist with a devotion to Washington’s path, but he subsequently leaned to the alternative and beyond. Beyond the worldview of both colleagues, Marcus Garvey’s bigger-than-life scheme was to establish a Black-owned and managed shipping line to transport much of America’s Black population back to Africa.

A very unlikely love story between a terrorist suicide bomber and a beautiful Jamaican girl, that plays itself out in New York City, even as the terrorists plan a deadly attack on the city, to mark the first anniversary of bin Laden’s death. When beautiful but rebellious American born Jamaican teenager, Chandra Clemens finally migrates to New York City, after living all her life in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, she couldn’t have had the slightest idea just how much her life was going to change in just two short years. Chandra, in her wildest dreams could never have even imagined that ...

Jerk Chicken, Hawaiian Meals. Welcome to the Tropics. The Easy Tropical Cooking is a collection of over 50 Authentic Tropical Recipes. Real Tropical Cooking is a mix of Tropical, Asian, and Caribbean cuisines. And you will learn them all in this cookbook! No one can dislike good Tropical food. Dishes like Caribbean rices, spicy chicken, fried fish, and savory stews are Tropical classics you will learn in this cookbook. The key to authentic Tropical cooking is in the preparation of your meals and the use of spices. This cookbook will teach you an effortless style of Tropical cooking that ...

Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from its enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, at seventeen, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight. She’s a legend to her people and a nuisance to her neighbors. When she’s forced to attend an international peace summit, Faron expects that she will perform tricks like a trained pet and then go home. She doesn’t expect her older sister, Elara, forming an unprecedented bond with an enemy dragon.

Elizabeth Wilson is a broken woman. In fact, she had spent a whole year running away from her heartbreak and the man she thought she would spend her life with. Elizabeth had run to Jamaica to heal her heart. But no matter how far she went, she couldn’t escape her life in London or her childhood nemesis, George Douglas, who followed. After her year of self-imposed exile, she returns home to London and as fate would have it she was led to George’s door, and when George is injured, she battles with her profession over her passion as she nurses him back to health. But Elizabeth couldn’t ...

Stacy left Jamaica for London in search of a better lifestyle. Her hopes for a fulfilling that life with the man she loved were dashed when she caught him being unfaithful. With only a few months left on her visa before returning to Jamaica, the last thing she needed was an affair with the police officer who rescued her from her abusive ex-boyfriend. Can she take this chance to be with him despite the cultural and racial differences between them, especially when it feels as if every move she makes is being watched by those in her community?

The main character of this novel is from Jamaica. Eason receives a full ride scholarship to a university located in Illinois. During his journey in Illinois, Eason will come across many woman that enjoy his erotic ways. But, he remains focus because his main goal is to become a professional soccer player. This novel is a another perspective through Eason's new chapter in life.

A collection of short stories selected from over three hundred entries in the Author Pete's Young Adult Writing Competition. The stories, although fictional, are very relatable and speak of everyday occurrences in society. Readers will be left, motivated and inspired by the perseverance and fortitude of the young protagonists. There is indeed a light at the end of the tunnel!

It is 1865, post-slavery Jamaica, and its eastern town of Morant Bay, is on the verge of anarchy. A Baptist deacon leads the struggle to lift former slaves out of poverty, but he has a battle on his hands with dozens of his followers already killed, and an insensitive Governor about to declare martial law. Andrew Campbell, son of a white woman and a former slave, who committed suicide with another slave at the now infamous and legendary beauty spot Lover’s Leap, on the southern coast thirty-five years earlier, vowed to his father to pursue the fight for the freedom he never enjoyed – ...

SUCCESS LESSONS FROM A YOUTUBE STAR-CHEF WITH OVER 1.5 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS How does one move from growing up poor in Jamaica to becoming a celebrated and successful chef amassing more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube? In this inspirational memoir, Chef Ricardo shares his journey to becoming an accomplished chef despite the odds. He discloses his losses and pains such as losing his parents at an early age; his failures, his victories and his triumphs along the way. He also shares the secrets that have made him a success and the key strategies that anyone can use to transform their ...