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Book To Morrow in Cuba  Classic Reprint

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  • Author : Charles Melville Pepper
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-12-06
  • ISBN : 9780260891976
  • Pages : 390 pages

Download or read book To Morrow in Cuba Classic Reprint written by Charles Melville Pepper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from To-Morrow in Cuba MY profession as a newspaper correspondent took me to Cuba ln the Spring of 1897. With the exception of a short intermission passed with the American army and navy outside the island, it kept me there in the midst of the events shaping the destiny of the Antilles. Impressions of these events as they appeared to me were published in various j ournals. They were record ed from time to time as they were caught up at the moment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Dawn of a To Morrow  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Dawn of a To Morrow Classic Reprint written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dawn of a to-Morrow A man - he had given his name to the people of the house as Antony Dart awakened in a third-story bedroom in a lodging-house in a poor street in London, and as his conscious ness returned to him, its slow and reluctant movings confronted the second point of view - marked by enormous differences. He had not slept two consecutive hours through the night, and when he had slept he had been tormented by dreary dreams, which were more full of misery be cause of their elusive vagueness, which kept his tortured brain on a wearying strain of effort to reach some definite understanding of them. Yet when he awakened the consciousness of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Little I Saw of Cuba  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Little I Saw of Cuba Classic Reprint written by Burr McIntosh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Little I Saw of Cuba A study of the condition of the railroad track proved an absolutely criminal congestion. An ofi'icer, high in the counsels, told me that night, during a search for clothing for a certain regiment the previous day, twenty-six cars were either unlocked or broken into before the desired articles were found. The cars were opened because there were no distin guishing labels upon them. Many contained perishable goods, and were, at that time, in a very bad condition. Furthermore, they had been there for days, and probably would remain for some time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Cuba Today and Tomorrow

Download or read book Cuba Today and Tomorrow written by Max Azicri and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the turbulent period of the 1990s, this book examines such issues as the impact on Cuba of the Soviet Union's collapse, the country's social malaise under economic scarcity, the reorganization of its economy, changes in its political system, problems in its relations with the United States, and the renaissance of Cuban religious life in the aftermath of the pope's visit. Azicri offers an objectively researched study that addresses many of the assumptions made by partisan participants. Demonstrating how Cuba's ongoing reform process has allowed it to avoid the fate of other Soviet bloc regimes, he maintains that Havana has continually reinvented the nature of Cuban socialism. Drawing on original sources and scholarly studies from Cuba, the United States, and elsewhere, he argues that a more restrained and limited socialism is suitable to today's Cuba and explains why such a system probably will prevail beyond Castro.

Book Havana Nocturne

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  • Author : T. J. English
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2009-10-13
  • ISBN : 0061795585
  • Pages : 422 pages

Download or read book Havana Nocturne written by T. J. English and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars & flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar & often romanticized, but little understood. In Havana Nocturne, T.J. English offers a multifaceted true tale of organized crime, political corruption, roaring nightlife, revolution & international conflict that interweaves the dual stories of the Mob in Havana & the event that would overshadow it, the Cuban Revolution. As the Cuban people labored under a violently repressive regime throughout the 50s, Mob leaders Meyer Lansky & Charles "Lucky" Luciano turned their eye to Havana. To them, Cuba was the ultimate dream, the greatest hope for the future of the US Mob in the post-Prohibition years of intensified government crackdowns. But when it came time to make their move, it was Lansky, the brilliant Jewish mobster, who reigned supreme. Having cultivated strong ties with the Cuban government & in particular the brutal dictator Fulgencio Batista, Lansky brought key mobsters to Havana to put his ambitious business plans in motion. Before long, the Mob, with Batista's corrupt government in its pocket, owned the biggest luxury hotels & casinos in Havana, launching an unprecedented tourism boom complete with the most lavish entertainment, the world's biggest celebrities, the most beautiful women & gambling galore. But their dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara & others who would lead the country's disenfranchised to overthrow their corrupt government & its foreign partners—an epic cultural battle that English captures in all its sexy, decadent, ugly glory. Bringing together long-buried historical information with English's own research in Havana—including interviews with the era's key survivors—Havana Nocturne takes readers back to Cuba in the years when it was a veritable devil's playground for mob leaders. English deftly weaves together the parallel stories of the Havana Mob—featuring notorious criminals such as Santo Trafficante Jr & Albert Anastasia—& Castro's 26th of July Movement in a riveting, up-close look at how the Mob nearly attained its biggest dream in Havana—& how Fidel Castro trumped it all with the revolution.

Book Carita

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  • Author : Louis Pendleton
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-12-07
  • ISBN : 9780332522463
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Carita written by Louis Pendleton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Carita: A Cuban Romance But an inextinguishable beauty remained as a part of this scene of desolation. The long avenue of royal palms leading from the plantation gates to the old residencia, the great, umbrella-like ceiba trees, the delicate foliage of the tamarinds, the yel low jasmine and the morning-glory clam bering over tottering coral-rock fences and hedges of aloe and Spanish bayonet, the flamboyant whose gorgeous blossoms lay along the ground like sheeted flame, - all this was a continuing joy to the eye under that soft morning atmosphere and brilliant purple sky. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Classical Weekly

Download or read book The Classical Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mambi Land  Or Adventures of a Herald Correspondent in Cuba  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Mambi Land Or Adventures of a Herald Correspondent in Cuba Classic Reprint written by James J. O'Kelly and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mambi-Land, or Adventures of a Herald Correspondent in Cuba Return to Santiago de Cuba - Interview with Morales de los Rios - Conditional Promise - Threat to shoot me as a Spy The Cuban Laborantes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book His Cuban Sweetheart

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  • Author : Richard Henry Savage
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2018-02-06
  • ISBN : 9780267944859
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book His Cuban Sweetheart written by Richard Henry Savage and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from His Cuban Sweetheart: A Novel I hope there is nothing wrong in your own family, Frank! Earnestly rejoined Doctor Jim, with an air of startled interest. In truth James Nixon, M.D., had been secretly speculating upon the possible development of the Miss Legs and Arms, of these four years of rose bud formation, into a shining wonder, wearing a real train. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Cuba Libre

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  • Author : John R. Musick
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2018-01-23
  • ISBN : 9780483760097
  • Pages : 502 pages

Download or read book Cuba Libre written by John R. Musick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cuba Libre: The Age of Expansion The preceding twelve volumes of the real america m romance brought the history of the United States down to the close of the Civil War and through the period of Reconstruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Cuba Style

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  • Author : Vicki Gold Levi
  • Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
  • Release : 2002-10
  • ISBN : 9781568983608
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Cuba Style written by Vicki Gold Levi and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touring the commercial graphic culture of pre-Castro Cuba, photography curator Levi and senior art director for The New York Times Heller present color reproductions of postcards, tourism advertisements, cigar boxes, music poster, hotel advertisements, and other items that combined graphic styles from the United States with a distinctive Cuban style. A brief introductory essay extols the virtue of this "golden age" of graphic design, noting that Cuba was portrayed as a "paradise" (for wealthy Americans and Europeans). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Books in Print Supplement

Download or read book Books in Print Supplement written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Classical World

Download or read book The Classical World written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Dawn of a To morrow

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  • Author : Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-03-08
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book The Dawn of a To morrow written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades in its original form. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Book A Taste of Old Cuba

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  • Author : Maria Josefa O'Higgins
  • Publisher : William Morrow Cookbooks
  • Release : 1994-09-17
  • ISBN : 9780060169640
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book A Taste of Old Cuba written by Maria Josefa O'Higgins and published by William Morrow Cookbooks. This book was released on 1994-09-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative feast for all the senses, A Taste of Old Cuba combines a Cuban expatriate's charming and vivid memories of a childhood on the idyllic island before Castro's revolution with more than 150 recipes for delicious, authentic, and traditional Cuban dishes.

Book Dreaming in Cuban

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  • Author : Cristina García
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2011-06-08
  • ISBN : 0307798003
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Dreaming in Cuban written by Cristina García and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Impressive . . . [Cristina García’s] story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the ‘sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond,’ as rhythmic as the music of Beny Moré.”—Time Cristina García’s acclaimed book is the haunting, bittersweet story of a family experiencing a country’s revolution and the revelations that follow. The lives of Celia del Pino and her husband, daughters, and grandchildren mirror the magical realism of Cuba itself, a landscape of beauty and poverty, idealism and corruption. Dreaming in Cuban is “a work that possesses both the intimacy of a Chekov story and the hallucinatory magic of a novel by Gabriel García Márquez” (The New York Times). In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the novel’s original publication, this edition features a new introduction by the author. Praise for Dreaming in Cuban “Remarkable . . . an intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . evocative and lush.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Captures the pain, the distance, the frustrations and the dreams of these family dramas with a vivid, poetic prose.”—The Washington Post “Brilliant . . . With tremendous skill, passion and humor, García just may have written the definitive story of Cuban exiles and some of those they left behind.”—The Denver Post

Book The Corporation

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  • Author : T. J. English
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2018-03-20
  • ISBN : 0062568973
  • Pages : 592 pages

Download or read book The Corporation written by T. J. English and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A mob saga that has it all—brotherhood and betrayal, swaggering power and glittering success, and a Godfather whose reach seems utterly unrivaled. What a relentless, irresistible read.” —Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Border A fascinating, cinematic, multigenerational history of the Cuban mob in the US from "America’s top chronicler of organized crime"* and New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne. By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob. Known on both sides of the law as "the Corporation," the Cuban mob’s power stemmed from a criminal culture embedded in south Florida’s exile community—those who had been chased from the island by Castro’s revolution and planned to overthrow the Marxist dictator and reclaim their nation. An epic story of gangsters, drugs, violence, sex, and murder rooted in the streets, The Corporation reveals how an entire generation of political exiles, refugees, racketeers, corrupt cops, hitmen, and their wives and girlfriends became caught up in an American saga of desperation and empire building. T. J. English interweaves the voices of insiders speaking openly for the first time with a trove of investigative material he has gathered over many decades to tell the story of this successful criminal enterprise, setting it against the larger backdrop of revolution, exile, and ethnicity that makes it one of the great American gangster stories that has been overlooked—until now. Drawing on the detailed reporting and impressive volume of evidence that drive his bestselling works, English offers a riveting, in-depth look at this powerful and sordid crime organization and its hold in the US.