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I am a promise

"An inspiring children's picture book about the indomitable spirit of Jamaican six-time Olympic medal winner Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce."--.

Cane warriors

"Jamaica, 1760. Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, has only ever known life on the Frontier sugarcane plantation. Awoken in the middle of the night, he hears that the rebel revolt will begin on Easter Sunday. They will fight for freedom, for themselves and other enslaved people in the nearby plantation. Before they can escape Moa and his friend Keverton must face their first task: kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson"--OCLC.

Marley and me

the real Bob Marley story
Biography written by Marley's manager looking at the singer's childhood, musical career, relationships, and untimely death by assassination.
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Anansi

Presents two Jamaican folk tales featuring Anansi the spider and the tricks he played on others.
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Bob Marley

spirit dancer
Presents a photographic chronicle of the life of reggae musician Bob Marley, accompanied by text tracing his life from his youth in Jamaica to his death at age thirty-six.
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The Bolt supremacy

inside Jamaica's sprint factory
2017
Explores the Caribbean island of Jamaica's domination in sprinting, namely the role Olympic runner Usain Bolt has played in opening the door for others worldwide.
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Who was Bob Marley?

2017
An illustrated biography of reggae singer and musician Bob Marley.

A brief history of seven killings

2015
"A novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events and characters surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley during the political turmoil in Jamaica in the late 1970s"--Provided by publisher.

Usain Bolt

2017
Biography of Usain Bolt, a runner from Jamaica who competed in the 2008 and 2012, and won in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Usain Bolt

Olympic sprinter
A biography of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, winner of nine gold medals in the Olympics.

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