In Santiago, the Dominican Republic,
Grupo León Jimenes
publishes beautiful books
about the Dominican Republic, its life and its culture, that presently are
not available from Amazon. Some of them can be
downloaded as PDFs.
In New York City, Dominican books are available at (the now virtual)
Librería
Calíope, on the sidewalk near
170 Dyckman Street (New York NY 10040) in
Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan, between Sherman
and Vermilyea Avenues, every day 1:00pm-6:00pm, weather permitting.
email:caliopehispanica@aol.com.
Here are some books in English with Dominican and related themes, plus a big
and highly detailed map of the Dominican Republic. These items can be
ordered and delivered to addresses in the USA, in
Canada
and in most countries of
Latin
America and the Caribbean.
The following novels and other works are by Dominican authors who write in
English. Some of them are also available in Spanish translations, along
with many other Dominican works that are available only in Spanish, which
you can find on the Spanish version of this
page.
And see Kindle, the
revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers,
magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display
that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.
Dominican films and movies about Dominicans in the USA (America).
Click on any DVD to read about the film and to see reviews.
Nueba Yol, Perico Ripiao, Sanky Panky,
and Negocios Son Negocios
are made in the Dominican Republic. Another excellent Dominican
film, Yuniol, is not available from Amazon. 60 Miles East
has not shown up in Amazon either.
Manito,
Washington Heights,
and Raising Victor Vargas,
are US independent
films about Dominican life in New York (Manhattan, Washington Heights).
In the Time of the Butterflies is a Hollywood adaption of the Julia
Álvarez novel about the Mirabal
sisters.
Arabian Nights is a Technicolor Hollywood
classic from 1942 starring the legendary Dominican actress
María Montez.
Sugar is a 2009 Hollywood movie about a Dominican who comes to the
USA to play baseball.
