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Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South ...
Maria Cristina GarciaMaría Cristina García—a Cuban refugee raised in Miami—has experienced firsthand many of the developments she describes, and has written the most comprehensive and revealing account of the postrevolutionary Cuban migration to date.
Cuban Music from A to Z
Helio OrovioThe life’s work of Cuban historian and musician Helio Orovio, Cuban Music from A to Z presents the people, genres, and history of Cuban music.
Debating Cuban Exceptionalism
PreviewSee Jatar-Hausmann, The Cuban Way; Ted Henken, “Condemned to Informality: Cuba's Experiments with Self-Employment During the Special Period (The Case of the Bed and Breakfasts),” in Lisandro Pérez, Cuban Studies 33 (Pittsburgh, ...
Structure of Cuban History: Meanings and Purpose of the Past
Louis A. PérezTeresa Bevin, Havana Split (Houston, 1998), p. 194. 153. “Maria Antonia Carrillo: Afro—Cuban Dance Troupe Directorand Artist,” in Voices of Resistance: Testimonies of Cuban and Chilean Women, ed. Judy Maloof (Lexington, 1999), p . 67.
Cuban Music from A to Z
Helio OrovioDIVThe definitive guide to the composers, artists, bands, musical instruments, dances, and institutions of Cuban music./div "Helio Orovio's book is a basic reference tool for any serious researcher, or any fan, of Cuban music.
Memories of a Cuban Kitchen: More Than 200 Classic Recipes
Mary Urrutia RandelmanThis beautiful book is a memory piece as much as a cookbook."—The Washington Times "Memories of a Cuban Kitchen will be an added treasure in any cook's library and a must in the kitchen of any American of Cuban heritage or anyone who's ...
In Larry's Name, Amen
Steve MarshallYou see, the Apocalypse is coming in three days and it's up to Larry to deal with it. Should be a snap for the Son of Man, right? Tell that to Larry Feingold. IN LARRY'S NAME, AMEN is proof positive that God has a sense of humor.
Afro-Cuban Bass Grooves
Manny PatiñoThis book will help any musician unlock the secrets of the Afro-Cuban rhythmic feel.
MONCADA: A Cuban Story
PAUL WEBSTER HAREMoncada is one of the first words young Cuban biologist Felipe Triana learned as he was growing up.
An International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A ...
David Gioe1 James G. Blight, Joseph S. Nye and David A. Welch, 'The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited', Foreign Affairs, 66/1 (Fall 1987) 188. 2 James G. Blight and David A. Welch, 'Risking “The Destruction of Nations”: Lessons of the Cuban Missile ...
Symbolism 16
PreviewIn Cuban Artists Across the Diaspora: Setting the Tent Against the House, Andrea O'Reilly Herrera suggests an alternate model for understanding the work of Cuban-American artists, especially those of the one-and-a-half generation.
The Blackboard and the Bottom Line
Larry CUBAN... "Corporations and Classrooms: A Critical Examination of the Business Agenda for Urban School Reform," in Karen McClafferty, Carlos Torres, and Theodore Mitchell, eds., Challenges of Urban Education: Sociological Perspectives for the ...
Understanding Elián: The Politics of Childhood in Miami and ...
Anita Casavantes BradfordThis dissertation examines the centrality of symbolic and actual children to the transnational processes that propelled the 1959 Cuban Revolution and the subsequent formation of the US resident Cuban exile community.
King of Cuba: A Novel
Cristina GarciaA tale told from the alternating viewpoints of an aging Cuban dictator and an octogenarian Cuban exile in Miami obsessed with avenging himself against the dictator traces the impact of a six-decade revolution on their lives.
Intelligence and the Cuban missile crisis
More editionsThis is the first study to examine throughly the role of US, Soviet and Cuban Intelligence in the nuclear crisis of 1962 - the closest the world has come to Armageddon.
Our Lady of the Exile: Diasporic Religion at a Cuban ...
Thomas A. Tweed" While the book focuses on Cuban exiles in Miami, it moves beyond case study as it explores larger issues concerning religion, identity, and place. How do migrants relate to heir homeland?
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban ...
More editionsTapes recorded during the Cuban Missile Crisis reveal the work of President Kennedy and the National Security Council to come up with an effective response. Reprint.
The Fourteenth Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban ...
David ColemanDescribes what was going on in the Oval Office as the highly-charged events leading up the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded, as well as the immediate aftermath, based on secret recordings made by President Kennedy. 20,000 first printing.
Mindsets and Missiles: A Firsthand Account of the Cuban ...
Kenneth Michael AbsherThis chronology provides details and analysis of the intelligence failures and successes of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and suggests the applicability of lessons learned to the collection, analysis, and use of intelligence in strategic ...
Larry Larsen's Guide to South Florida Bass Waters
Larry LarsenLarry Larsen. Larry Larsen's Guide to South Florida Bass Waters by Larry Larsen Book III in the Bass Waters Series by Larsen's Outdoor Publishing Copyright © 1992 by Larry Larsen All rights reserved. No Title Page.
Happenstance: the husband's story
Carol ShieldsChapter Twelve B ERNIE ASKED: 'WHAT'S LARRY CARPENTER LIKE, ANYWAY?' What was he like? Jack hesitated, thinking of Larry's successful, intelligent face and narrow late-thirties body. He liked Larry well enough when they were ...
Listening in Detail: Performances of Cuban Music
Alexandra T. VazquezListening in Detail is an original and impassioned take on the intellectual and sensory bounty of Cuban music as it circulates between the island, the United States, and other locations.
José Martí, Cuban Apostle: A Dialogue
Cintio VitierJosé Martí suffered persecution and early imprisonment for his convictions, and in consequence is often referred to as the 'Cuban Apostle'.
Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography
Emily MaguireSingling out the work of Lydia Cabrera as emblematic of the experimentation with genre that characterized the age, Maguire constructs a series of counterpoints that place Cabrera's work in dialogue with that of her Cuban contemporaries.
The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Critical Reappraisal
PreviewThis volume brings together a collection of leading international experts to revisit and review our understanding of the Cuban Missile Crisis, via a critical reappraisal of some of the key texts.
The Best of Larry Niven
Larry NivenWhether this is your first time in Known Space or you're visiting old friends in Draco's Tavern, The Best of Larry Niven is unforgettable.
READER'S DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS VOLUME 5 1989
More editions"After you picked out Larry Moody in the lineup — from looking at his back — did the men in the lineup turn around?" "Yes, sir, they did." "Was that the first time you saw Larry Moody 's face?" "Yes, sir, it was." Will turned to Larry. "Larry, remove ...
Last of the True Irish
Larry HoeflingLarry Hoefling. A Novel LAIT OF TH€ ,1, TRVE 1% IRISH LARRY J. HOEFLINC LAST OF THE TRUE IRISH Larry J. Hoefling iUniverse, Inc. Front Cover.
Cuban Artists Across the Diaspora: Setting the Tent Against ...
Andrea O’Reilly HerreraIn Cuban Artists Across the Diaspora, Andrea O'Reilly Herrera focuses on the CAFÉ project to explore Cuba's long and turbulent history of movement and rupture from the perspective of its visual arts and to meditate upon the manner in which ...
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