cuba

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cuba

Fantastic flight to freedom

1980
Relates the experiences of two teenage boys who decide to escape from Castro's Cuba by stowing away in the landing gear of an airplane.

Castro

2009
Chronicles the life of the controversial Cuban leader, and describes the various assassination attempts against him, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the relationship between Cuba and Venezuela in the twenty-first century, the Helms Burton Act, and other related topics.

Cuba

a global studies handbook
2008
Explores the history, culture, people, political system, economy, and geography of Cuba; and includes maps, photographs, and a glossary.

Letters to my mother

2006
A novel in letters, in which a young Cuban girl writes to her dead mother, describing life with her aunt and cousins, who want her to try to look more like a white person.

The land and people of Cuba

1973
The history of Cuba from its discovery in the fifteenth century by early explorers to the present day.

Six days in Havana

1989
Text and photos record James Michener's and John King's impressions of Havana thirty years after the Revolution.

Cuba

2002
An introduction to the history, geography, plants and animals, government, economy, cities and transportation, people, and social life and customs of Cuba, the largest island in the West Indies.

Cuba

2007
Presents an overview of the customs and etiquette of Cuba designed for people traveling there and for expatriates and long-term visitors living in Cuba.

Fidel Castro

leader of communist Cuba
2006
A biography of Communist dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro describing his childhood and rise to power in 1959 following the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista, political and economic changes in Cuba, and Cuban Missile Crisis.

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