Office of
Haitian Ministries
Diocese of Norwich
Bishop Flanagan
Ministry Center
1595 Norwich-
New London Turnpike
Uncasville, CT
06382-1319
860/848-2237 ext. 206
e-mail
haiti.ministry@snet.net
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Book Store
Welcome to Haitian Ministries Book Store. We have set up this page to make it easy to purchase the wide variety of books and music pertaining to Haiti as well as other materials you may wish to consider once you arrive at amazon.com's site.
Haitian Ministries will receive a portion of the proceeds from any purchase made when you follow a link from our site to theirs.
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All Souls' Rising
by Madison Smartt Bell
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Acclaimed novel dealing with the successful slave revolution in Haiti. This historical novel was nominated for the National Book Award and the Pen/Faulkner award.
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Bones Become Flowers
by Jeff Mowry
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"A novel that is so compelling and so sensuous, so visionary and authentic, that the deeper you get into it the clearer you see how skillfully Mowry balances its tenderness with its brutality, its compassion..."
Publisher's Review
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Non-fiction
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The Immaculate Invasion
by Bob Shacochis
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"...Bob Shacochis, winner of the 1985 National Book Award ...tells the story of Operation Uphold Democracy, the United States government's official name for its 1994 occupation of Haiti..."
Editor's Review
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AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame
by Paul Farmer
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Paul Farmer has "...doctorates in both medicine and social anthropology, he conducts his research and medical practice in Haiti."
About the Author, Amazon.com
Farmer "...carefully postulates a trajectory of AIDS in the United States, Haiti, and the Caribbean, revealing the intimate economic and political links..."
Guitele Nicoleau, Harvard Educational Review
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Haiti: Dangerous Crossroads
edited by McFadyen, Deidre Laramee, Pierre with Mark Fried, Magazine Nacla
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This volume is a series of essays, most of which first appeared in the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). The book "...places current events in the wider context of nineteenth and twentieth century Haitian history..."
(Editor's introduction)
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In the Parish of the Poor: Writings from Haiti
by Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Writings and sermons of Fr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the popular priest and skillful orator, who went on to become the first democratically elected President of Haiti.
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The Neglected and Abused: A Physician's Year in Haiti
by Joseph F. Bentivegna M.D.
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"A diary of a physician's experiences in Haiti... opened my eyes to the pain and despair in the everyday life of a Haitian. ...This book is must reading for anyone who is interested in Haiti, Third World socioeconomic conditions, or the marvels of basic physician techniques. ...Gripping in it's details about everyday life in Haiti..."
A Reader's Review on Amazon.com
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Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People 1492-1995
by Robert Debs, Jr Heinl, Nancy Gordon Heinl, Michael Heinl
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This comprehensive history of Haiti and the Haitian people (899 pages) was updated from 1950's to the early 1990's by the son of Robert Debs, Jr.
"Excellent, thorough history of Haitian politics. A must read for anyone truly interested in the history of Haiti. ...one of the best historical books that I have read..."
A Reader's Review on Amazon.com
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Scholarly Works on Voodoo
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The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
by Leslie G. Desmangles
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Analyzes the beliefs and rituals of Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti. Explores vodou as a merging of Roman Catholicism and West African religions, and traces the effects on Haiti today.
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Voodoo in Haiti
by Alfred Metraux
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"One of the first, if not the very first serious scholarly work on the voodoo religion in Haiti... an excellent anthropological text."
A Reader's Review on Amazon.com
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