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1) El comandante del pueblo: una novela basada en la vida de Camilo Cienfuegos y su misteriosa muerte
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xiii, 317 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Camilo Cienfuegos fue un carismático revolucionario que se hizo amigo de Fidel Castro cuando empezaron las protestas para derrocar la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista. Siempre fiel a los ideales de la Revolución, Cienfuegos luchó al lado de Fidel, Raúl y el Che Guevara, y llegó a ganarse la simpatía del pueblo cubano gracias a su humildad y franqueza. Tras ganar varias batallas, la rivalidad entre Camilo y Fidel se fue acentuando y sus ideales...
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In 1960, twelve-year-old Victoria's family leaves Cuba and seeks refuge in Miami, and when Victoria's best friend and cousin Jackie makes the trip alone, the reunited girls attempt to bring the rest of their family to safety.
"Basada en las experiencias reales de la madre de Alexandra Diaz como una refugiada cubana en los Estados Unidos, una historia oportuna y conmovedora de la familia, la amistad, y la lucha por un futuro mejor. A Victoria le encanta...
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"A stunning graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, coming to America on the Mariel boatlift, and a defense of democracy, here and there. Hailed for his iconic art on the cover of Time and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. Now for the first time, he draws his own life, revisiting his childhood in Cuba and his family's passage on the infamous Mariel boatlift. When Edel was nine,...
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328 pages ; 22 cm
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"Victoria loves everything about her home in Cuba. The beautiful land, the delicious food, her best friend and cousin, Jackie, and her big, loving family. But it's 1960 in Cuba, and as the political situation grows more and more dangerous, Victoria, her parents, and her two younger siblings are forced to seek refuge in America with nothing more than two changes of clothes and five dollars. Worse, they're forced to leave the rest of their family, including...
6) History of Havana: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Capital of Cuba, Starting From Christop
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Explore the Captivating History of HavanaThe story of Havana has all the elements of a great epic. It has tragic heroes and cunning villains, dramatic battles and fine culture, explosions, killings, horrible murders, rousing speeches, and courageous displays of determination. The history of Cuba's capital is about more than just one city. It's about the astounding resilience of the Cuban people, a people that has been through so much and yet continues...
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Get the Summary of Ada Ferrer's Cuba in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Ada Ferrer's "Cuba" is a comprehensive history that intertwines the island's past with American history, starting from Columbus's arrival in 1492. The book details the violent colonization of Hispaniola and Cuba, the establishment of settlements, and the resistance of indigenous peoples like Hatuey. It explores the strategic importance of Havana,...
8) History of Cuba: A Captivating Guide to Cuban History, Starting From Christopher Columbus' Arrival
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If you want to discover the remarkable history of Cuba then keep reading...The themes of the history of Cuba are as vast as they are inspiring. Cuba has stared death in the face throughout its rocky history, and most of the time it has gazed into the eyes of death and smiled.Over and over, oppressors have attempted to seize this island and its riches for their own selfish purposes. And over and over, revolutions have risen up to conquer in an attempt...
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323 pages ; 24 cm.
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Forced from her home in postwar Paris, aspiring young writer Delphine Auber embarks on a journey to New York's Harlem, and then to Havana and Key West, in search of her father, whom she believes is famed luminary Ernest Hemingway.
"When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, from her home in postwar Paris, she seizes the opportunity to embark on the journey she's long dreamed of: finding the father she has never...
10) The Cuban Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Armed Revolt That Changed the Course of Cuba, Inclu
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If you want to discover the remarkable history of an effort that should never have succeeded, then keep reading...Cuba had only just gained its independence when the country found itself in a brutal tug-of-war between dictator after dictator.The Americans that had been so intensely involved in liberating it from the grasp of the Spanish quickly began to exploit it using the Platt Amendment; even after the amendment was abrogated, Cuban presidents...
11) Fidel Castro: A Captivating Guide to a Cuban Communist Revolutionary Who Served as the President of
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Explore the Captivating History of Fidel CastroFidel Castro. Depending on whom you ask, the name can inspire revulsion, hatred, admiration, incredulity, awe, fear, or even love. His story is one that has changed the course of the history of the world and the face of the island of Cuba.Castro was more than just a politician. His is a story that involves heroic voyages through turbulent oceans, affairs with young women from all over the world, spies,...
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Cuba and the Cuban diaspora, racism and big data, Guantánamo and reggaeton, soccer and baseball, Obama and the Rolling Stones, Europe and Donald Trump-Iván de la Nuez approaches his criticism with singularity of purpose. In Cubanthropy he does not set out to explain Cuba to the world, but rather to put the world into a Cuban context. In these sparkling essays, filled with erudition and humor, de la Nuez confronts the thicket of Cuban geopolitics,...
13) Pigs, Missiles and the CIA, Volume 2: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro and the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
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In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War the Western Allies – led by the US – soon found themselves at odds with the Communist Bloc dominated by the Soviet Union. In the well-known phrase coined by Winston Churchill, an 'Iron Curtain' had descended across Europe. In the shadow of this Iron Curtain a conflict of ideologies erupted, known as the Cold War.
Halfway across the globe, in the Caribbean, the island of Cuba had become a playground...
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In "The Rise and Fall of Fidel Castro," we embark on a journey through the extraordinary life and complex legacy of one of the most iconic and controversial figures of the 20th century. Fidel Castro's impact on Cuba, the Americas, and global politics is the subject of intense debate, and this book delves into the multifaceted dimensions of his leadership, from revolutionary heroism to political controversy.From his early years as a rebellious law...
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Did African-American soldiers participate in the Indian Wars and invasion of Cuba?
In 1899, African-American author Herschel Vivian Cashin (1854-1924) published a book of collected testimonies of the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry and the 9th Cavalry, detailing their heroic acts in the Indian Wars and the invasion of Cuba. This book, "Under Fire with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry," of one of few contemporary histories of the Buffalo Soldiers.
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