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Here are some of our favorite guides and literature on the Caribbean that we have previously featured on our home page.

Antigua & Barbuda Island Guide
Christopher Beale
( Other Places, paperback, $14.95)

It is a rare guidebook that charts the corruption of the ruling family on one page, points out the country's most recognized, though illegal, brothel on another, before discussing a turtle habitat restoration project. Author Christopher Beale worked for two years in the Peace Corps on Antigua before writing Antigua & Barbuda Island Guide. Maybe not the cleverest title for a book, but clearly written by someone who knows of which he writes. En route to pointing out his favorite beaches, Beale manages to include a private beach owned by a member of parliament; Liberta, the first town of free blacks; or Oprah Winfrey's little part of paradise. It's like sharing a ride with a local who gives some context and history to pretty much everything you see. It is what guidebook writing should aspire to.
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