Educational Entertainment...Need a new book?

A few folks have asked us for a list of books to read we could recommend about the DR, andmovies to suggest...these resources touch on the culture we are immersed in, the population weare working with and the history of the region we live in...this is a work in progress:

Fiction...

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alverez

The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Dantica

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junet Diaz (Crude language and a lot of Spanglishbut very realistic)

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracey Kidder

Non-Fiction...

The Eastern Stars by Mark Kurlansky

The Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic by StevenGregory

Why the Cocks Fight Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola by Michele Wucker

Movies...

Road to the Big Leagues Starring David Ortiz and Vladimir Guerrero 2008

Sugar Starring Algenis Perez Soto and Andre Holland 2009

The Price of Sugar Narrarated by Paul Newman

Enjoy!