{"title":"Guyana Books","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore Guyana's Rich Literary and Cultural Heritage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover our curated collection of books celebrating Guyana's diverse cultural tapestry, literary excellence, and unique South American-Caribbean identity. From the rainforests of the interior to Georgetown's vibrant streets, this collection showcases Guyanese voices, history, and the nation's remarkable multicultural heritage blending African, Indian, Indigenous, and European influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks by acclaimed Guyanese authors and poets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese cultural narratives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonial history, independence, and nation-building stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndigenous peoples and Amazonian rainforest studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAward-winning Caribbean and South American literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContemporary works exploring Guyanese identity and diaspora\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"road-to-jonestown-jim-jones-and-peoples-temple","title":"Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Edgar Award Finalist for Best Fact Crime\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e)--the definitive story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, the largest murder-suicide in American history, by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eManson\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially mixed, and he was a leader in the early civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California, where he got involved in electoral politics and became a prominent Bay Area leader. But underneath the surface lurked a terrible darkness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this riveting narrative, Jeff Guinn examines Jones's life, from his early days as an idealistic minister to a secret life of extramarital affairs, drug use, and fraudulent faith healing, before the fateful decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South America. Guinn provides stunning new details of the events leading to the fatal day in November, 1978 when more than nine hundred people died--including almost three hundred infants and children--after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Guinn examined thousands of pages of FBI files on the case, including material released during the course of his research. He traveled to Jones's Indiana hometown, where he spoke to people never previously interviewed, and uncovered fresh information from Jonestown survivors. He even visited the Jonestown site with the same pilot who flew there the day that Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered on Jones's orders. \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Jonestown\u003c\/i\u003e is \"the most complete picture to date of this tragic saga, and of the man who engineered it...The result is a disturbing portrait of evil--and a compassionate memorial to those taken in by Jones's malign charisma\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284009173044,"sku":"9781476763835","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/8638\/5972\/files\/imageloader_37b276ad-9beb-45d2-9956-7092cbdc618c.jpg?v=1764153174"},{"product_id":"kipling-plass","title":"Kipling Plass","description":"Moving, shocking, lyrical and sometimes grimly funny, Kipling Plass must survive as teenager abandoned by his mother after her mental breakdown. 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A heartbreaking story of family trauma, sexuality, friendship and growing up, Kipling Plass is an epic portrayal of 1980s Guyana that is rarely seen in fiction.","brand":"Peepal Tree Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284009238580,"sku":"9781845235925","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/8638\/5972\/files\/imageloader_c50368bc-60ab-4fed-b7df-ebb87d9cd3e5.jpg?v=1764153176"},{"product_id":"tom-clancy-line-of-demarcation-1","title":"Tom Clancy Line of Demarcation","description":"\"It starts with the destruction of a US Coast Guard cutter and the loss of her entire crew. But the USCG Claiborne was on an innocuous mission to open a sea lane between an oil field off the coast of Guyana and the refineries of southern Louisiana. The destruction of the ship, tragic as it is, won't stop that mission from continuing. So who would sacrifice twenty-two men and women just to slow down the plan? That's the question plaguing Jack Ryan Jr. He's in Guyana to work a deal to get his company, Hendley Associates, in on the ground floor of this new discovery, but the destruction of the Claiborne and the kidnapping of the Guyanese Interior Minister make it clear that there's a malignant force working to destroy Guyana's oil industry. It's up to Jack to identify the killers before they draw a bead on him, but how can he do that when the line of demarcation between friend and foe is constantly shifting?\"--","brand":"Thorndike Press Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284009304116,"sku":"9781420519341","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"back-to-the-world-a-life-after-jonestown","title":"Back to the World: A Life After Jonestown","description":"Eugene Smith lost his mother, wife, and infant son in the mass murder-suicide at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. 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And how a few members, Jones' own son included, stood up to him... but not before it was too late.","brand":"Anne Schwartz Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284009435188,"sku":"9780593480076","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/8638\/5972\/files\/imageloader_958c031a-1f69-4091-a27d-35d63606dab4.jpg?v=1764153181"},{"product_id":"thousand-lives-the-untold-story-of-jonestown","title":"Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping account of how decent people can be taken in by a charismatic and crazed tyrant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1954, a past or named Jim Jones \u003c\/b\u003eopened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. 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Vividly written and impossible to forget, \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Lives \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of blind loyalty and daring escapes, of corrupted ideals and senseless, haunting loss.","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284009500724,"sku":"9781416596400","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/8638\/5972\/files\/imageloader_13ce7203-7428-4200-bf31-0ff1da29ca49.jpg?v=1764153182"},{"product_id":"blood-on-the-river-a-chronicle-of-mutiny-and-freedom-on-the-wild-coast","title":"Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize and the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR\u003cbr\u003e\"An epic history. . . . 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