Haiti

In the middle decades of the nineteenth century Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. Cornelius Vanderbilt, America's first tycoon, came to respect, …

The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero Toussaint LouvertureThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of …

Haitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio-philosophical system such as Vodou in order to form new approaches with an African …

Praised by the New York Evening Post as "the best and most thrilling book of exploration," this 1929 volume offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. …

A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme circumstances.'Brave, compassionate and inspiring - it left …

International number one bestseller Mitch Albom's first work of non-fiction in ten years - his most personal story to date.

I Det uperfekte menneske - Director's cut har Jørgen Leth udvalgt yndlingstekster fra sine fire erindringsbøger, Det uperfekte menneske (2005), Guldet på havets bund (2007), Et hus …

During the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an …

Goes beyond the stereotypes to restore Vodou to its proper place as a powerful shamanic tradition - Provides practical exercises and techniques from the Vodou tradition that can be …

Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black …