THE STORY OF THE ARAWAKS IN ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

By Desmond V. Nicholson

37 pp. 8 x11 inches.

This publication is attractively printed on light brown paper in two colours. The reading is easy for all ages, telling the story of the first inhabitants of our native land. Sections include where the Amerindians lived in Antigua and Barbuda, their language and beliefs, and other aspects of lifestyle. There are many pictures of their artifacts from Antigua.

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: A HISTORICAL SKETCH

By Desmond V. Nicholson

34 pp. Size 8 x11 inches.

Illustrated with many line drawings and maps.

This simple outline of the history of the  three island state of Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda includes the geology, prehistory and the road to independence in 1981.

THE WAY WE TALK and Other Antiguan Folkways

By Joy Lawrence

42 pp. Size 5 x 8 inches.

Illustrated with many photographs.

This fine little book on the island's lore will be of interest to residents and visitors alike. It is another building block in the recording and preservation of our heritage, helping us to make us more aware of our own unique character and presenting it for future generations.

By Joy Lawrence

65 pp. Size 7 x 8.5 inches.

This book has assembled interesting details of the linguistic status in Antigua and compares with other territories of the Caribbean.

The collection of Creole lexical items has added the interest of pointing out contrasts. This new book on Caribbean folkways will hold your interest!

By Desmond V. Nicholson

40 pp. Size 8x10 inches

Many illustrations.

We learn here the stories of the places on which we live, and this makes us more aware of Antigua and Barbudan  heritage. Origins of the names of the island's places are given. The book is both interesting and educational.

HERITAGE LANDMARKS OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

By Desmond V. Nicholson

92 pp. Size 8x10 inches.

This publication is packed with minute details of forty-six of Antigua and Barbuda’s heritage sites both natural and historical.

Ten different heritage categories are covered, including the People’s, City, Domestic, Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Prehistoric, Sugar, Barbuda and several others.

BETTY’S HOPE: AN ANTIGUAN SUGAR PLANTATION

By Birgit Carstensen

24 pp. Size 5 x 8 inches.

Illustrations on every page.

This interesting guide tells the story of Antigua’s leading historical sugar plantation, 1650’s - 1972. It includes settlement, the Codrington story, the sugar process and many other topics. It is a must for any  visitor to this famous open-air museum.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

By Desmond V. Nicholson.

15 pp. Size 6 x 8 inches.

This summary of the islands’    archaeology is based on theories of the early peopling of the West Indies as suggested in the Yale publication of Professor Rouse’s  book “The Tainos: Rise & Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus”.  Included is a summary of interesting research that took place in our island before 1994. A list of excavations (49) with a list of carbon dates (57) is included.

THE STORY OF ENGLISH HARBOUR

By Desmond V. Nicholson

16 pp.  Size 8 x11 inches.

The history of this famous harbour is outlined by presenting a series of short passages from original sources. Nothing better can describe conditions and way of life at the Antigua Navy Yard, 1725-1889. Sections include: Prehistory, The Yard’s Heyday, the Role of the Enslaved Africans, Peace and Decline, Famous People, and ends with Restoration and Development. A must for all interested in Antigua’s history.

THE KING’S NEGROES: THE JOURNAL OF BOATSWAIN FOX, ANTIGUA NAVY YARD, 1820-1823.

By Desmond V. Nicholson

9 pp. Size 8 x10 inches.

This work is dedicated to the enslaved Africans that built the Dockyard.

With a foreword by Professor Buckley of the University of Connecticut, it is an amazing record of the day to day operation and interior economy of a naval station of the West Indies not long before emancipation. It demonstrates the valuable skills of the Africans as artisans, which were, indeed, the underpinnings of the colonial presence in the West Indies.

SCRATCH & TELL: SAILOR’S GRAFFITI

FROM ENGLISH HARBOUR

By Desmond Nicholson

26 pp. Size 5x8 inches.

Around about the Dockyard at English Harbour there is much graffiti made by personnel of the old naval yard. Warship names are mentioned  as well as the home villages of the sailors. The research carried out in London’s Public Record Office helps elucidate the duties of ships on the station.

MUD & BLOOD: ARTIFACTS FROM DREDGING ENGLISH        HARBOUR AND THE NAVAL HOSPITAL

by Desmond V. Nicholson

24 pp. Size 7x8 inches.

This is a paper delivered at a Caribbean Archaeology Congress in Puerto Rico in 1993. It covers salvage operations to save artifacts from the dredged mud of English Harbour and from bulldozing during the clearing of a building site on English Harbour.

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA:

SHIPWRECKS & OTHER MARINE DISASTERS

By Desmond V. Nicholson

82 pp. Size 8x11 inches.

This book is the result of over 25 years of research on shipwrecks around the coasts of Antigua and Barbuda. Information for the research was obtained from various archives, record offices, maritime museums and later orally with elderly people, as well as with those of first-hand experience.

The time period extends from 1572 until 2000 and covers 365 marine  disasters. It is interesting and sometimes horrific reading!

ANTIGUA REEFS, ROCKS & HIGHROADS TO HISTORY

By H.G. Multer, M.P. Weiss & D.V. Nicholson

107 pp. Size 8 x11 inches.

This publication gives a first view of the geological and human history of Antigua & Barbuda. The book describes the origin, bedrock and reefs of Antigua as well as the  island’s human occupation. A guide to the common rocks and corals are included. There are aerial photos, drawings, maps and diagrams.

NAUTICAL TERMS IN EVERYDAY USE

By Desmond V. Nicholson,  8 pp. 5 x8 inches.

SHIVER MY TIMBERS! This POSH booklet is CHOCK-A-BLOCK full of nautical terms used in everyday speech and other SCUTTLEBUT. Being WELL SET UP, it’s the REAL McCOY. It has come OUT OF THE BLUE after an interview on ABS Radio before Sailing Week. BY & LARGE people are saying they like the CUT OF ITS JIB, so I will EAT MY HAT if it does not make a CLEAN SWEEP!

Buy this booklet to learn the origin of these phrases. We hope you will be TAKEN ABACK - DOWN THE HATCH!

ON THE TRAIL OF THE ARAWAKS

By Dr. Fred Olsen

408 pp. Size 6x9 inches.

This is the story of how a Mill Reefer found an Arawak Amerindian village site and how he went about researching the find.  He later persuaded a Yale professor to help the Mill Reef Club members excavate it.

INDIAN CREEK  34 pp. Size 5x8 ins.

This hardback is also by Dr. Olsen and is the story of the well known Yale excavation made in 1973.