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Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xvii, 428 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
An on-the-ground history of American empire
Say the word "Guantánamo" and orange jumpsuits, chain-link fences, torture, and indefinite detention come to mind. To critics the world over, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is a striking symbol of American hypocrisy. But the prison isn't the whole story. For more than two centuries, Guantánamo has been at the center of American imperial ambition, first as an object of desire then as a convenient staging ground.
In...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raaul Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political future. In the United States, Barack Obama's opening to Cuba, the reversal of that policy during Donald Trump'sadministration, and Joseph Biden's apparent willingness to reinitiate open relations have made the nature of the historic relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. In both...
4) Barrio Cuba
Publisher
Laguna Productions
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Esta es la histora de seres que buscan su pedazo de felicidad en La Habana. Seres que apuran la vida, que se rebelan contra un destino incierto y se empen?an una y otra vez en encontrar una salida. La realidad les golpea, pero ellos nunca pierden la esperanza de un futuro mejor, de recuperar un amor, de conseguirlo, de superarse...
The leading characters live life to its fullest, propelling themselves over and over against an uncertain fate, searching...
5) Cuba
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Description
A basic overview of the history, geography, climate, and culture of Cuba.
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Revolutionary forces of Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara prepare to move in on the city of Havana. The owner of a nightclub struggles to hold together his family and the love of a woman. The culture vanishes and the people are transformed.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now, in 1939, the streets of Berlin are draped with red, white, and black flags; her family's fine possessions are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in the places that once felt like home. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact: whatever the future has in store for them, they'll meet it together. Hope appears in the form of the SS St. Louis, a transatlantic...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
368 pages
Description
"Modern Cuba comes alive in a vibrant portrait of a group of families's varied journeys in one community over the last twenty years. Cubans today, most of whom have lived their entire lives under the Castro regime, are hesitantly embracing the future. Inhis new book, Anthony DePalma, a veteran reporter with years of experience in Cuba, focuses on a neighborhood across the harbor from Old Havana to dramatize the optimism as well as the enormous challenges...
Author
Publisher
Rough Guides
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
496 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
This practical travel guide to Cuba features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things tosee and do will make it a perfect companion both, ahead of your trip and on the ground. This Cuba guide book is packed full of details on how to get there and around, pre-departure information and...
11) I am Cuba
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A dramatization of the decadence of Batista's Havana and the poverty that fueled the Cuban Revolution. A series of vignettes illustrates the extremes of wealth and poverty, the exploitation, and the passions that led to the Cuban Revolution.
14) Cuba
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
xix, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white photographs ; 22 cm.
Description
The story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cuba's unspoiled tropical terrain, closed for decades by a U.S. trade embargo, escaped the commercialization of its Caribbean island neighbors. A title wave of hotels, asphalt, and pollution may be just ahead, if tourism experts are right. Look inside the long-closed paradise to see what the future holds for Cuba's unusual species of amphibians, reptiles, and fresh water fish.
17) Cuba
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Robert Dapes is a cynical mercenary who comes to Cuba at the request of one of Batista's most corrupt functionaries, General Bello. Surrounded by volatile guerilla fighters and the human vultures present at all coups, he must come to terms with himself and his shifting views.
Author
Publisher
Tusquets Editores
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
442 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"La Habana, Cuba, 2016. Barack Obama's visit, which people are calling the 'Cuban thaw', is the first official visit of a US president since 1928 and, along with a Rolling Stones concert and a Chanel fashion show, has turned the island's rhythm upside down. That is why, when an ex Cuban government leader is found assassinated in his apartment, the police call upon detective Mario Conde to help out with the investigation. Days later a second body is...
20) Guantanamera
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's embrace. Joining Yoyita's funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political nonconformity, and her husband Adolfo, a tasteless...
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