On a pleasure trip to Barbados, David and Robyne befriend a stray beach dog and Robyne decides he must come and live with her in America. Thus opens the story of the adventures of this “local” dog as he waits for the day when he can fly to Chicago and live with Robyne and David. Learn how he got his name—Bajan. Meet Basker-Ville Bajan’s worst enemy. Among Bajan’s local “friends” are Deedra Dread and Jeb the Kennel Master. Fly with Bajan and his companion Richard the Roach. You will enjoy meeting Tyler—and Jezebel, Bajan’s brother and sister. And live with the ache and pains of illness, the joys of a three dog family and the incredible magnetism of “just a beach dog” from Barbados. Enjoy the recognition Bajan receives from friends and organizations. Most of all feel the warmth and love and gratefulness of a lovely dog toward his parents and friends. He never forgets that he is a lucky dog!

Barbados, a small island in the Caribbean, has a rich and vibrant culture influenced by the almost 350 years it spent as a colony of England and by its West African roots stemming from the slave trade. Once dominated by the sugarcane industry and the white-owned plantations that supported it, today Barbados is a popular tourist destination and a hub for manufacturing. Barbadians, or Bajans as they refer to themselves, take pride in their home, even long after they move away. This book explores the sometimes murky history of this country, its fight for independence from England, how it continues to struggle against economic setbacks today, and the incredible music, food, festivals, sports, and landmarks that make Barbados unique.

Bajan Baby What Do You See will captivate young readers as they go on a colourful Barbadian adventure with Bajan Baby- a curious little girl who explores the scenery, cuisine and culture of her country Barbados. Children from birth to 8 will enjoy reading with Bajan Baby.

This book traces the precise origin of the early English lexical and lexico-phonetic influences in Sranan, an English-based creole spoken in Suriname. Sranan contains "fossilised" linguistic remnants of an early English colonial period. The book discusses whether Sranan’s English influence(s) originated from a single dialect from the general London area, as proposed by Norval Smith in 1987, or whether we are dealing with a composite of dialectal features from all over England. The book introduces a novel replicable methodology for linguistic reconstructions, which combines statistics (in the form of binomial probability), English dialect geography (via use of Orton’s et. al., 1962–1971, Survey of English Dialects, which focuses on traditional regional English dialects across England and Wales), and 17th-century English migration history (compiled from The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607–1660,The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654–1686, Virtual Jamestown, Virginia Center for Digital History, and Colonial State Papers secured from the British History Online databases, among other relevant historical sources).

Musings of a Vegetarian Traveller is the opening story in this collection of tales, told by a woman whose appetite for life and travel took her on innumerable journeys. One of the most notable-her journey from meat eater to vegetarian-provides a deeply personal and sometimes very funny look into the worlds she encountered. But as Maureen says, The story of my transformation from a meat-eating to vegetarian traveller is not about food, but rather, it is about the interesting, diverting, amusing, distressing, provocative, and irritating things that have happened to me as a vegetarian traveller. For adventurers and armchair travellers alike, sociologist Maureen Stone offers a different perspective on travel writing. From the Caribbean to Europe, India, Asia, Africa, and South America, readers will experience a new look at familiar landscapes with her musings and reflections on personal, political, social, and contemporary issues. About the Author: Maureen Stone was originally trained as a social worker and then as a sociologist. She was born in Barbados, and educated in India and the United Kingdom.After a brief career in social work, she moved into academic life as a university teacher and Independent Research Consultant. Maureen is a full-time writer/traveller. She is best known for her academic work, The Education of the Black Child in Britain (1983) and for her social work publications, most notably Child Protection Work - A Professional Guide (1990), and Child Protection - A Model for Risk Assessment (1993). In 2002, she moved away from academic and research publications with her book, Black Woman Walking - A Different Experience of World Travel. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/MusingsOfAVegetarian Traveller.htm

Walter Clarke comes to Minton to research in a library collection of 19th century glass-plate photographs. The evening he arrives he is invited to a party for bajans. He knows not why, but a party is a party. There he meets a variety of people, including a couple who leave following a guide. From a window he observes them gallop off into a landscape that cannot lie within the city. Later, while reviewing the library’s holdings he finds a similar scene. Puzzled, and as a result careless of time, he finds himself locked in the library basement. He tries a fire door and falls onto a riverbank, where, to his confusion, a mail-box directs him to catch up with the others. What others? Along the way he finds accommodation has been arranged for him at a series of inns, but is unsettled by their strange architecture. He is commissioned to help protect the new earth he has been taken to from unauthorized intruders. As he travels he is captured by an indigenous group, hunted, aided by some and hindered by others, comes across some strange steles, and sees an enigmatic ritual. He does find congenial companions, but will he have enough time? In the ancient Scottish universities a bajan is a first-year student …