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1) I am Cuba
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Four vignettes in Batista's Cuba dramatize the need for revolution; long mobile shots tell almost wordless stories.
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Boxing is a national sport of Cuba, rivaling baseball as the country s best-loved pastime and with an equally rich history. In the backyards and beaten alleyways of Havana, boys emulate hometown fighters on the international stage. And though Cuban boxers are prohibited from competing professionally, the country has consistently produced world-class boxers admired for their technical perfection and speed. For Boxing Cuba, photographer Katharina Alt...
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"In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raúl 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's administration, 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...
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Professor Von Dracula, a vampire scientist, leaves Transylvania for Cuba, and invents "Vampisol," a potion that allows vampires to survive in sunlight. When the Professor announces his intention to donate the formula free of charge to vampires all over the world, the Vampire Mafia from Chicago and the European Group of Vampires from Dusseldorf Germany try to muscle in and steal the formula. The action escalates crazily as an assortment of bad guys,...
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One of Cuba's most imaginative young writers presents this tale of one woman's spiritual and sexual reawakening, and a devastating portrayal of the Castro regime. In sensuous language, Valds renders day-to-day life in both urban and rural Cuba, while at the same time exploring the universal themes of love and loss.
8) Top 10 Cuba
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Provides background information on Cuba; recommends the 10 best restaurants, nightlife, entertainment, hotels, and local attractions.
10) Bach In Havana
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Selections based on or inspired by the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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When the Soviet Union dissolved, so did the easy credit, cheap oil, and subsidies it had provided to Cuba. The bottom fell out of the Cuban economy, and many expected that Castro's revolution--the one that had inspired the Left throughout Latin America and elsewhere--would soon be gone as well. More than a decade later, the revolution lives on, albeit in a modified form. Following the collapse of Soviet communism, Castro legalized the dollar, opened...
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"My grandfather knocked down Ernest Hemingway, or so I was told ..." So begins an intriguing journey of discovery to Cuba. Many years ago, Javier Lopez Angulo met the celebrated writer in Prohibition-era Havana. Now, his grandson returns to the island to find out why their friendship ended so abruptly. The result is a richly detailed historical novel. which brings to life the Golden Age of Havana in the 1930s and presents a fresh portrait of Hemingway...
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Nowhere else on the planet does the past inform the present, and the future embrace our past with the emotional power of today's Cuba. Raul Malo explores Havana's streets and cultural in an intoxicating musical journey showcasing the US/Cuba collaborative in the thriving tropical kaleidoscope that is Havana's soul.
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Suchliki (director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the U. of Miami) presents the new edition of his stridently anti-Castro textbook on Cuban history. Nearly half of the text focuses on the Castro regime, with some preceding material on Cuba's history as a Spanish colony, its fight for independence, and the years of the Batista dictatorship. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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