Here are some suggestions for books about life in Barbados.

Island Memoirs:

1 - Growing Up Stupid under the Union Jack. 

-Pigtails and Breadfruit stories and recipes.

- Polished Hoe.

By Austin Clarke .

2- In The Castle Of My Skin .

By George Lamming

Information About Barbados :

1- Cadogan Guide to The Caribbean and Bahamas .

  -Caribbean Gardens.

 By James Henderson

2- Historic Churches of Barbados .

By H.Fraser and B.Hill.

3 -A - Z Of Barbados Heritage .

By S Carrington, H. Fraser and J. Gilmore.

4- Barbados.

By Roger Labrucherie.

5 - Parish Behind God's Back - a changing rural culture in Barbados.

By G Gmelch and S Gmelch.

Should you have any academic interest in reading about  the history of Barbados then look at  the following for general background  and specfic material

- Richard Dunn " Sugar and Slaves."

-Parry and Sherlock " Caribbean History " .

Also there are a few  publications about   "  The History of Barbados  "  these authors listed here have written   over hundreds of years on this topic

- Ronald Tree .

- Richard Ligon .

- Richard Schomburgk.

and the latest " History of Barbados" by Professor Hilary Beckles .

Ins and Outs of Barbados - An online magazine with an enormous amount of information about Barbados.  It will answer your many questions about what to see & do in Barbados

Other:

"The Barbadian Rum Shop"- by Peter Laurie

 ARTS DIRECTORY BARBADOS  

FREE online book of over 300 pages of art, artists and galleries. With direct links to email and websites. Marvellous reference book which encompasses many art forms: Art, photography, sculpture, installations, pottery, craft work, original handcrafted jewellery and more.

For desktop, laptops etc click on

http://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/art...

For ipad/iphone click on

http://en.calameo.com/read/001050992a...