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Bahamas Handbook 2000 by Etienne Dupuch Jr. Publications Ltd.   Softback:   $32.95 Hardback:   $39.95 Current Availability Ships within 24 hours of payment. All The Bahamas in one book!! 752 pages of fascinating articles, colourful photos and maps. Complete Blue Pages information section. This is the most complete book available on living and doing business in The Bahamas. • Clear aqua waters lapping against long stretches of white sand beach have been drawing visitors to The Bahamas since the turn of the century. But there’s much more to see. Blossoms in vibrant hues of red, purple, orange and white set against the bright wooden shutters of island homes, the brilliant greens and blues of a Bahama parrot, the orange-pink cast of a spectacular sunset and the bright, scrubbed faces of school children in pristine uniforms combine to create a rich vista of island life and culture.   • The tiny island, now connected to Nassau by two bridges, and known primarily for its prime occupant, Sun International’s Atlantis, wasn’t always the glamorous tourist area it is today. Its humble beginnings can be traced back hundreds of years. • Despite images created by movies like Jaws, sharks now attract people to the open waters rather than chase them away. Shark dives mean big business for The Bahamas, but one expert warns that the consequences could be disastrous. (top)   • The 2000 issue marks the 40th anniversary of the Bahamas Handbook. An exclusive story looks at the publication, the company and the family behind what has become the definitive guide to The Bahamas. • The modern-day Bahamas has emerged over the century out of sisal plantations and sponge fishing. Learn about the social change and modern advances that have made The Bahamas a thriving tourism destination and financial centre. • From government by the few to government for the people, politics has come a long way in 300 years. The Handbook looks at the country’s early political journey. (top)   • Red Bays, Andros, is a tiny settlement like many others in The Bahamas, with the exception of its residents. Red Bays is thought to be the Seminole black people’s largest settlement in The Bahamas. The Handbook examines the history of these black Indians. • Birds may have saved Christopher Columbus’ expedition more than 500 years ago. A huge flock of land birds caused Columbus to change his course, and led him to his first landfall at San Salvador in the southern Bahamas. (top)   • The giant industrialized countries of the world are taking aim at tax havens in a battle to wipe them out by 2005. The Bahamas has much to lose, but may also have something to gain. • Investing in insurance is becoming an increasingly attractive way to tap the benefits of the offshore market. The Handbook looks at this small but growing industry. • In December 1994, the Bahamian Prime Minister, along the heads of 33 other countries, signed a commitment to complete negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The FTAA is expected to create a thriving economic zone in one of the fastest growing regions of the world, but at what cost to The Bahamas? (top)   • Grand Bahama, once a pine barren, has endured times of boom and bust, and emerged as a thriving business and tourism centre. With more improvements in transportation and accommodation on the horizon, the island is set to enter a new era. • When Freeport was first founded in the 1950s, the only bank in town was reliant on a plane arriving regularly with a bag full of money. In the 1960s, a surge in industry and population brought the total number of banks to eight, but a recession in the 70s chased some out. With new investment being drawn to Freeport, the banking industry is in a prime position to grow.(top)   • Find out how the government works and meet the people who run the country. • Everyone from the Governor-General and Prime Minister to Ambassadors, Parliamentary Secretaries and Honorary Consuls is listed here, along with office locations and phone numbers. • Detailed maps take the guesswork out of where to find government offices, departments and public utilities. (top)   • Information on everything – from the cost of living and agriculture to voting, the constitution and wildlife preserves – can be found in the blue pages. These sections of the Handbook – one for Nassau and The Bahamas, and one relating just to Freeport/Lucaya – are more than 200 pages in total and contain the most current, comprehensive and concise data available on living, travelling and investing in The Bahamas. It's all compiled in an encyclopaedic format for quick and easy reference. (top)

Editorial Review       The 2000 edition of the Bahamas Handbook is a collector’s item. It celebrates the beginning of a new century and the 40th anniversary of this publication. This 752-page book includes an extra feature on the development of the Handbook, with historical photographs and unique insight into a family business that has become a symbol of success in Bahamian publishing. The lead feature looks at the country over the past century – the economic and social change, the mysteries and scandals of its high-profile residents and the modern advances that have created The Bahamas of today. Historical features also cover Bahamian tourism, banking and politics and the development of Paradise Island. Other articles examine issues surrounding the shark feeding industry, and profiles of recording industry giant Chris Blackwell and the flamboyant Standard Oil heiress Marion “Joe” Carstairs, both of whom lived in The Bahamas. Business stories delve into the battles between the industrialized nations and the so-called tax havens, the challenges posed by the impending FTAA and the latest developments in construction and real estate. As always, the blue pages contain all the Bahamas information you need (and even some you don’t). History buffs and those with an interest in The Bahamas will find this edition to be fascinating reading and an essential part of any home library.

What readers have said about the 2000 BAHAMAS HANDBOOK   January 17, 2000 The Millennium Edition is most impressive and we are grateful to have such a handy reference guide.  Lisa M. Knowles in the office of Tobin Prior, Sun International, Nassau, The Bahamas   January 14, 2000 Thanks very very much for the Bahamas Handbook. As usual it is an outstanding publication. I do believe it ranks with the best in the world. I have set out to try and read this one from cover to cover!  Peter Phillips   December 30, 1999 This years publication is indeed special and is a most fitting tribute to forty years of unmatched documentation of the development of our nation.  Janet G. Bostwick, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nassau, The Bahamas   December 28, 1999 Thank you for the 40th anniversary Bahamas Handbook. It is indeed a very handsome work, and I am very pleased to have contributed to it.  Howard M. Liebman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Brussels   December 16, 1999 Once again you have excelled and produced an outstanding product. Congratulations on a first class job.  Earl D Deveaux, MP, Nassau, The Bahamas   December 13, 1999 This particular publication is indeed impressive. I also congratulate you on the celebration of your 40th anniversary. It is obviously an occasion of which you can all be very proud.  J. Barrie Farrington, CBE, Sun International, Nassau, The Bahamas   December 10, 1999 It (of the Bahamas Handbook special millennium edition) is indeed ‘special² and comprehensive. You and your staff have done a fine job in melding business, culture, history and politics in an enormously attractive volume.  D. Gail Saunders (Ph.D), Director of Archives, Nassau, The Bahamas   December 10, 1999 I should like to congratulate you on a beautifully produced work. I wish you every success and happy holidays.  Lynden Pindling, Pindling & Co. Nassau, The Bahamas   November 25, 1999 I have just seen the 2000 edition of the Bahamas handbook which is a fabulous collectorÃs edition. I was extremely impressed with the cover, the quality of photos and the interesting and informative articles. As we enter the new millennium, it was so appropriate to reflect on our history Ì from politics to culture to birds to tourism. And to think that the Bahamas Handbook has played such an important role in our history over the past forty years! I am taking the Handbook with me as I travel this weekend so that I can leisurely read the feature stories. As always, I will keep this handbook close at hand as my primary reference tool on any subject.  Angela Cleare, Director – Business Development & Ecotourism, Ministry of Tourism Nassau, The Bahamas   January 27, 1999 As always a great job and a valuable tool for us in our work over here.  Sir Arthur A. Foulkes, former High Commissioner in London, Nassau, The Bahamas

What the Press and others have said about previous editions   “Virtually every Bahama topic from yachting and fish catching to the art of setting up a multi-million dollar tax free corporation is packed into the new Bahamas Handbook…”  - The Miami Herald   “…contains more information on The Bahamas than any other book we know.”  - Boston Globe   “…enough information to make you an expert…”  - The Financial Post (Canada)   “…A slickly packaged kaleidoscope of colourful and irresistible reading, a must for residents of and visitors to The Bahamas - and a compelling invitation to those unfortunates who are neither.”  - The New Haven Register   “Occasionally a book comes along that combines business with pleasure, thus making it doubly interesting. Such a book is the Bahamas Handbook…”  - The Christian Science Monitor   “For fun and profit start reading the Bahamas Handbook…”  - Esquire Magazine   “…interesting almost beyond belief.”  - Hamilton Spectator (Canada)   “The Bahamas Handbook is not only interesting and informative, but one of the most respected publications in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas…”  - Governor-General Sir Milo B. Butler   “The quality of your publication continues to amaze me…no other nation has such a book coming out yearly with such excellent information. Even the ads are living history of The Bahamas.”  - Mr. John H. Bounds, Department of Geography, Sam Houston State Library; Huntsville, Texas   “The language of the Handbook is simple, lucid and flawless and I sincerely commend it.”  - Governor-General, Sir Gerald Cash, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., O.B.E., J.P.   “…helpful to people from all walks of life…In fact, the information that is given each year makes it one of the most valuable publications produced in this country.”  - Governor-General, Sir Henry Taylor, Kt., J.P.   “…the Handbook has played a vital part in the phenomenal development of this area. In fact, we have relied on the Handbook more than any other publicity vehicle in bringing big money into Freeport/Lucaya and, ultimately, into the pockets of every licensee. The Bahamas Handbook is a proven medium for promoting the Freeport area.”  - Sir Jack A. Hayward, The Grand Bahama Port Authority   “Many a one has been given ‘a knighthood’ for doing far less than you have. I am certain that the Historian a century from now, will bless your name. You are actually producing ‘Living History’ for those who shall follow you.”  - Sir Alvin Braynen

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