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Che's Afterlife
Che's Afterlife
Written by Michael Casey
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307279309
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Che's Afterlife
The Legacy of an Image
Written by Michael Casey


Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $15.95

In 1960, Cuban photographer Alberto Korda captured fabled revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in what has become history's most reproduced photo. Now Michael Casey tells the remarkable story of this image, detailing its evolution from a casual snapshot to an omnipresent graphic—plastered on everything from T-shirts to vodka to condoms—and into a... Read more >
The Boys from Dolores
The Boys from Dolores
Written by Patrick Symmes
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400076444
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The Boys from Dolores
Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile
Written by Patrick Symmes


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $15.95

From the author of Chasing Che, here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. Chosen in the 1940s from among the most affluent and ambitious families in eastern Cuba, they were groomed at the elite Colegio de Dolores for achievement... Read more >
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Cuba Confidential
Cuba Confidential
Written by Ann Louise Bardach
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307425423
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Cuba Confidential
Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
Written by Ann Louise Bardach


Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.95

From America’s number one Cuba reporter, PEN award–winning investigative journalist Ann Louise Bardach, comes the big book on Cuba we’ve all been waiting for. An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth century’s wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring... Read more >
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Dancing with Cuba
Dancing with Cuba
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307425447
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Dancing with Cuba
A Memoir of the Revolution
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95

A vivid and mesmerizing memoir of the six months the author spent in Cuba in 1970, a time when she began to develop her own fervent political conscience.

Alma Guillermoprieto—an award–winning journalist and arguably our most clear-eyed observer of Latin America—now turns her keen powers of observation onto her own, younger self... Read more >
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Saving the Americas: The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What The U.S. Must Do
Saving the Americas: The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What The U.S. Must Do
Written by Andres Oppenheimer
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307391650
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Saving the Americas: The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What The U.S. Must Do

Written by Andres Oppenheimer


Format: Hardcover, 300 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $24.95

“Once again, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Andres
Oppenheimer shows his deep understanding of the dramatic
changes in Latin America, and the impact of America’s ongoing
indifference to the region. For anyone seeking to understand Latin
America’s re-emerging populism and the effects of this
administration’s disastrous foreign policy in the region, this book
is a must read. Oppenheimer gives...
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The Boys from Dolores
The Boys from Dolores
Written by Patrick Symmes
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375422836
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The Boys from Dolores
Fidel Castro's Classmates from Revolution to Exile
Written by Patrick Symmes


Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $26.95

From the author of Chasing Che, the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. The Boys from Dolores illuminates the elite island society from which Fidel Castro and his brother Raul emerged.
The Colegio de Dolores was a Jesuit boarding school in Santiago... Read more >
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The Boys from Dolores
The Boys from Dolores
Written by Patrick Symmes
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375425189
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The Boys from Dolores
Fidel Castro's Classmates from Revolution to Exile
Written by Patrick Symmes


Format: eBook, 300 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $15.95

From the author of Chasing Che, the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. The Boys from Dolores illuminates the elite island society from which Fidel Castro and his brother Raul emerged.
The Colegio de Dolores was a Jesuit boarding school in Santiago... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Los amos de las guerras
Los amos de las guerras
Written by Clara Nieto
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307376787
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Los amos de las guerras

Written by Clara Nieto


Format: Trade Paperback, 670 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $16.95

Una obra impresionante por los detalles y el material con el que Clara Nieto analiza y relata las diversas intervenciones norteamericanas en Latinoamérica durante buena parte del siglo XX, especialmente a partir de la revolución cubana. La autora nos conduce a través de la Revolución Cubana, los golpes de estado y... Read more >
Mi amigo el Che
Mi amigo el Che
Written by Ricardo Rojo
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307355249
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Mi amigo el Che

Written by Ricardo Rojo


Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: July 4, 2006
Price: $7.95

Publicado por primera vez en 1968 y traducido a once idiomas, Mi amigo el Che fue el primer testimonio directo que se escribió sobre Ernesto Guevara. El libro, que lleva vendidos más de medio millón de ejemplares, revela aspectos desconocidos del comandante guerrillero y descubre al hombre antes de que fuera... Read more >
La vida sentimental de Eva Peron
La vida sentimental de Eva Peron
Written by Marta M. Succarat
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307355218
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La vida sentimental de Eva Peron

Written by Marta M. Succarat


Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: July 4, 2006
Price: $12.95

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Dancing with Cuba
Dancing with Cuba
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375725814
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Dancing with Cuba
A Memoir of the Revolution
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2005
Price: $13.95

In 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cuba’s National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the... Read more >
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Cuentos Folkloricos Latinoamericanos
Cuentos Folkloricos Latinoamericanos
Edited by John Bierhorst
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375713972
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Cuentos Folkloricos Latinoamericanos
Fábulas de las tradiciones hispanas e indígenas
Edited by John Bierhorst


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2003
Price: $16.00

Extendiendo a veinte países y quinientos años, desde los mitos coloniales más tempranos hasta los cuentos orales coleccionados en el siglo veinte desde el sur de California, Florida, Texas y Nuevo México, EE.UU., Cuentos Folklóricos Latinoamericanos es la primera antología publicada en español representante de la tradición folklórico de América hispanohablante... Read more >
Cuba Confidential
Cuba Confidential
Written by Ann Louise Bardach
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385720526
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Cuba Confidential
Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
Written by Ann Louise Bardach


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $16.95

From America’s number one Cuba reporter, PEN award–winning investigative journalist Ann Louise Bardach, comes the big book on Cuba we’ve all been waiting for. An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth century’s wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
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