Dr. Warner-Lewis has long been known for her pioneering application of linguistics to the history of African cultural retentions in the Caribbean. This, her first book, shows the impact of Yoruba and other African cultures on Trinidad's music, language, religion and lifestyle. Dr. Warner-Lewis is associate professor of English at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
The bestselling author of Brief History of Everyday Objects explores the animals we love, the ones we make use of, and the ones that make use of us in this hilarious, informative mix of storytelling and factbook.
An intimate graphic memoir by a New York Times bestselling writer about his semester abroad in Beirut as he grows close to a crowd of mostly LGBTQ students, and suffers a mental breakdown while the city erupts into revolution.