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The Mafia in Havana
A Caribbean mob story
Enrique Cirules
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Here is a vibrant picture of the Mafia’s Caribbean empire when Havana was the playground of the rich and infamous. With a novelistic eye for detail and drama, prize-winning author Enrique Cirules presents a shockingly glamorous and fantastically seedy picture of the world of Sinatra and the showgirls, mambo and marijuana, corrupt cops and politicians, run by shady characters like “Lucky” Luciano and Meyer Lansky.
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Travelers' Tales of Old Cuba
From Treasure Island to Mafia den
Edited by John Jenkins
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Few places are as fascinating as Cuba, which has drawn travelers ever since it was “discovered” by Columbus in 1492. Magnificently evoking the romance and drama as well as darker episodes of slavery and tyranny, this selection of journal entries, essays and guidebook commentaries begins in the days when Havana sheltered Caribbean pirate treasure ships and was the gateway to the Spanish empire in the New World.
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Cuban Revolution Reader
A documentary history of Fidel Castro's Revolution
Edited by Julio García Luis
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A timely new book documenting 50 years of the Cuban revolution.
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Fidel Castro Reader
Edited by David Deutschmann and Deborah Shnookal
Foreword by Felipe Pérez Roque
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At last, a comprehensive anthology of one of the 20th century's most influential political figures and outstanding orators, Fidel Castro.
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Latin America at the Crossroads
Domination, crisis, popular movements and political alternatives
Roberto Regalado
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As tension between Latin America and the United States spills on to the world stage, Roberto Regalado provides an incisive analysis of the issues underlying the conflict.
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JFK: The Cuba Files
The untold story of the plot to kill Kennedy
Fabián Escalante
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Amid continuing speculation over Cuban involvement in the most famous political crime of the 20th century, this book reveals for the first time Cuba's own report into the Kennedy assassination. With compelling logic, Fabián Escalante describes the conspiracy uncovered by Cuba's investigation, which reviewed declassified US files and reports from Cuban intelligence units that had infiltrated anti-Castro groups in Miami.
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Executive Action
634 ways to kill Fidel Castro
Fabián Escalante
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In a highly readable and informative style, Fabián Escalante reviews over four decades of attempts to kill Fidel Castro—involving weapons which ranged from exploding cigars and poison pens to grenades and bazookas.
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Fidel and Religion
Fidel Castro in Conversation with Frei Betto on Marxism and Liberation Theology
Fidel Castro and Frei Betto
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The product of an intimate 23-hour dialogue between Fidel Castro and Brazilian liberation theologist Frei Betto, this book represents an extraordinary reconciliation of revolution with religion.
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Cuba by Korda
Alberto Korda
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If you don't know his name, you know his photograph—Che staring into the distance like a prophet—that has been reproduced on millions of T-shirts and posters around the world. This book gives an overview of Korda's extraordinary camerawork, including alternative versions of the famous image of Che and other somewhat quirky and less well-known photographs, such as Fidel Castro warily eyeing a tiger at the Bronx zoo and Che playing golf.
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Cuba and Venezuela
An insight into two revolutions
Germán Sánchez
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Is Venezuela the new Cuba? What are the similarities and differences between these two revolutionary processes? With Latin America becoming more volatile than it has been for decades, this book addresses the question everyone, both friend and foe of President Chávez, is asking: Is Venezuela taking the Cuban road?
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