10 books in History - Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba
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Cuban Counterpoint
Written by Random House
Format: eBook, 312 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2012
Price: $22.99
Tobacco and sugar have made the history, the character, and the economy of Cuba. In this entertaining book, packed with fascinating lore, scholarship in its most humane form, and the flavor of Fernando Ortiz’s exceedingly civilized and humorous personality, the two important crops are seen from many points of view. Their... Read more >
Written by Random House
Format: eBook, 312 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2012
Price: $22.99
Tobacco and sugar have made the history, the character, and the economy of Cuba. In this entertaining book, packed with fascinating lore, scholarship in its most humane form, and the flavor of Fernando Ortiz’s exceedingly civilized and humorous personality, the two important crops are seen from many points of view. Their... Read more >
El manana
Memorias de un exodo cubano
Written by Mirta Ojito
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2011
Price: $9.99
En esta memoria sobre una niña, dos culturas y una lucha por la libertad, la periodista Mirta Ojito, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, vuelve al evento en su adolescencia que cambió su vida para siempre: el éxodo en el 1980 de más de 125.000 cubanos, mejor conocido como el puente marítimo del... Read more >
Memorias de un exodo cubano
Written by Mirta Ojito
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2011
Price: $9.99
En esta memoria sobre una niña, dos culturas y una lucha por la libertad, la periodista Mirta Ojito, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, vuelve al evento en su adolescencia que cambió su vida para siempre: el éxodo en el 1980 de más de 125.000 cubanos, mejor conocido como el puente marítimo del... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Havana Real
One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today
Written by Yoani Sanchez
Translated by M. J. Porter
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.95
She's been kidnapped and beaten, lives under surveillance, and can only get online—in disguise—at tourist hotspots. She's a blogger, she's a Cuban, and she's a worldwide sensation.
Yoani Sánchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about... Read more >
One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today
Written by Yoani Sanchez
Translated by M. J. Porter
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.95
She's been kidnapped and beaten, lives under surveillance, and can only get online—in disguise—at tourist hotspots. She's a blogger, she's a Cuban, and she's a worldwide sensation.
Yoani Sánchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Havana Real
One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today
Written by Yoani Sanchez
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.95
She's been kidnapped and beaten, lives under surveillance, and can only get online—in disguise—at tourist hotspots. She's a blogger, she's a Cuban, and she's a worldwide sensation.
Yoani Sánchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about... Read more >
One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today
Written by Yoani Sanchez
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.95
She's been kidnapped and beaten, lives under surveillance, and can only get online—in disguise—at tourist hotspots. She's a blogger, she's a Cuban, and she's a worldwide sensation.
Yoani Sánchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Un asunto sensible
Tres historias cubanas de crimen y traición
Written by Miguel Barroso
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $19.95
A Sensible Affair is based upon the assassination of four communist students in Cuba during the Batista era. Barroso takes us through the political intrigue, secrecy, and violence of the Fidel Castro regime and a high profile trial for dark, political reasons. Read more >
Tres historias cubanas de crimen y traición
Written by Miguel Barroso
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $19.95
A Sensible Affair is based upon the assassination of four communist students in Cuba during the Batista era. Barroso takes us through the political intrigue, secrecy, and violence of the Fidel Castro regime and a high profile trial for dark, political reasons. Read more >
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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: $9.99
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 >
Fidel Castro's Classmates from Revolution to Exile
Written by Patrick Symmes
Format: eBook, 300 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $9.99
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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El manana
Memorias de un éxodo cubano
Written by Mirta Ojito
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $14.95
En esta memoria sobre una niña, dos culturas y una lucha por la libertad, la periodista Mirta Ojito, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, vuelve al evento en su adolescencia que cambió su vida para siempre: el éxodo en el 1980 de más de 125.000 cubanos, mejor conocido como el puente marítimo del... Read more >
Memorias de un éxodo cubano
Written by Mirta Ojito
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $14.95
En esta memoria sobre una niña, dos culturas y una lucha por la libertad, la periodista Mirta Ojito, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, vuelve al evento en su adolescencia que cambió su vida para siempre: el éxodo en el 1980 de más de 125.000 cubanos, mejor conocido como el puente marítimo del... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Lost Apple
Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Better Future
Written by Maria Torres
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
On Sale: August 15, 2004
Price: $27.00
From 1960 to 1962, 14,048 Cuban minors arrived in Miami. María de los Angeles Torres was six years old when she took part in this massive airlift-now known as Operation Pedro Pan-in which parents, terrified that the new communist government would ship their children to Soviet work camps, sent them instead... Read more >
Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Better Future
Written by Maria Torres
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
On Sale: August 15, 2004
Price: $27.00
From 1960 to 1962, 14,048 Cuban minors arrived in Miami. María de los Angeles Torres was six years old when she took part in this massive airlift-now known as Operation Pedro Pan-in which parents, terrified that the new communist government would ship their children to Soviet work camps, sent them instead... Read more >
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Faces of Salsa
A Spoken History of the Music
Written by Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Translated by Stephen J. Clark
Format: Trade Paperback, 236 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2003
Price: $16.95
In this collection of masterfully crafted interviews with some of the most famous creators of the music we call Salsa, prizewining Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura Fuentes explores the genesis of the music, its rise in popularity, its social context, and its artistic legacy. Filled with personal revelations by the musicians, historical... Read more >
A Spoken History of the Music
Written by Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Translated by Stephen J. Clark
Format: Trade Paperback, 236 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2003
Price: $16.95
In this collection of masterfully crafted interviews with some of the most famous creators of the music we call Salsa, prizewining Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura Fuentes explores the genesis of the music, its rise in popularity, its social context, and its artistic legacy. Filled with personal revelations by the musicians, historical... Read more >
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Cubano Be, Cubano Bop
One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba
Written by Leonardo Acosta
Translated by Daniel Whitesell
Foreword by Paquito D'Rivera
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2003
Price: $29.95
Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimony of scores of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience as a prominent jazz musician, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop is destined to take its place among the classics of jazz history. The work pays tribute not only to a distinguished lineage of... Read more >
One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba
Written by Leonardo Acosta
Translated by Daniel Whitesell
Foreword by Paquito D'Rivera
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2003
Price: $29.95
Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimony of scores of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience as a prominent jazz musician, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop is destined to take its place among the classics of jazz history. The work pays tribute not only to a distinguished lineage of... Read more >
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