The Virgin Islands Dictionary
The Virgin Islands Dictionary

Author: Kareem-Nelson Hull

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2018-05-18

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1546226109

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The Virgin Islands Dictionary is a collection of words and phrases used frequently, naturally and enjoyably by the people who call the Virgin Islands home. Dont get it wrong; most Virgin Islanders speak English well. A growing majority speak English and Spanish making that set bilingual, while a super special set speak English and a well organized and brilliant dialect too and that makes them VIlingual! Through the collection of words and phrases captured here, you get a sense of many things about the people of the islands: that they are sometimes curt, very funny, and insolently mischievous at times. The words coupled with the way Virgin Islanders dramatically speak; make for a good time and hours of fun. This Dictionary will also do that, provide hours of fun and an easy tool for cultural exchange and pride and is THE BEST GUIDE for a newbie to learn the ins and outs of the Virgin Islands language.

Winter in Paradise
Winter in Paradise

Author: Elin Hilderbrand

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2018-10-09

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0316435503

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A husband's secret life, a wife's new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes. But as she rings in the new year one cold and snowy night, everything she thought she knew falls to pieces with a shocking phone call: her beloved husband, away on business, has been killed in a helicopter crash. Before Irene can even process the news, she must first confront the perplexing details of her husband's death on the distant Caribbean island of St. John. After Irene and her sons arrive at this faraway paradise, they make yet another shocking discovery: her husband had been living a secret life. As Irene untangles a web of intrigue and deceit, and as she and her sons find themselves drawn into the vibrant island culture, they have to face the truth about their family, and about their own futures. Rich with the lush beauty of the tropics and the drama, romance, and intrigue only Elin Hilderbrand can deliver, Winter in Paradise is a truly transporting novel, and the exciting start to a new series. "I will just say that, 24 hours after I started this book, I purchased its sequel, What Happens in Paradise, and I did not leave either book to be enjoyed by strangers at the end of my vacation." —Elisabeth Egan, New York Times

Land of Love and Drowning
Land of Love and Drowning

Author: Tiphanie Yanique

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0698168801

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Recipient of the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award A major debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author’s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.

Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands
Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands

Author: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff

Publisher: Fodor

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0679009639

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Offers recommendations for hotels, restaurants, sightseeing, nightlife, outdoor activities, and shopping.

Minimum Wages for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Minimum Wages for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor

Publisher:

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13:

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Considers impact of Fair Labor Standards Act on employment and industrial development in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Dec. 1 and 2 hearings were held in San Juan, P.R.; and Dec. 5 hearing was held in Charlotte Amalie, V.I.

Nomination for Governor of the Virgin Islands
Nomination for Governor of the Virgin Islands

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13:

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Considers nomination of Raphael M. Paiewonsky to be Governor of Virgin Islands. Also considers the economic development, taxation policies, and government of the Virgin Islands.