Caribbean West Indian category: 313 books

Cover of Cortadito
by Enrique Fernández
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018

AN EXILE AND THE FLAVORS OF HIS NATIVE LAND In the sprawling Cortadito, Enrique Fernández explores Cuban cuisine through memories of growing up on the pre-revolutionary island.  In his sensual journey through the origin and evolution of staples of Cuban food, Fernández wonders what shapes...
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by Berta Isabel Arias
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016

Set in Cuba and Chicago, Mango Rain is a flawlessly told story of intrigue, love, separation and hope.  It is a family story.  The author’s descriptions of the luscious, tropical island are delicious. Readers will savor the flavor of the Cuba so few people know. Dr. Arias’ personal history...
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The Golden Leaf

How Tobacco Shaped Cuba and the Atlantic World

by Charlotte Cosner
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015

Through the rise and fall of empires, ideologies, and economies, tobacco grown on the tiny island of Cuba has remained an enduring symbol of pleasure and extravagance. Cultivated as one of the first reliable commodities for those inhabitants who remained after conquistadors moved on in search of a...
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by Fabián Escalante Font
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 3, 2018

El texto cubre un período de más de tres décadas y comprende los primeros momentos en que los gobiernos imperialistas de los Estados Unidos tratan de sofocar y ahogar al nuevo proceso revolucionario que se abría, para esperanza de los pueblos oprimidos del planeta, aquella ya lejana mañana del...
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El mañana

Memorias de un exodo cubano

by Mirta Ojito
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 17, 2011

En esta memoria sobre una niña, dos culturas y una lucha por la libertad, la periodista Mirta Ojito, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, vuelve al evento en su adolescencia que cambió su vida para siempre: el éxodo en el 1980 de más de 125.000 cubanos, mejor conocido como el puente marítimo del Mariel....
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José Martí

A Revolutionary Life

by Alfred J. López
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014

José Martí (1853–1895) was the founding hero of Cuban independence. In all of modern Latin American history, arguably only the "Great Liberator" Simón Bolívar rivals Martí in stature and legacy. Beyond his accomplishments as a revolutionary and political thinker, Martí was a giant of Latin American...
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Comandante Che

Biografische Skizze

by Eberhard Panitz
Language: German
Release Date: August 17, 2018

Biografische Skizze des Lebens Ernesto Che Guevaras vom Schriftsteller Eberherd Panitz - in revolutionärer Verbundenheit.
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Controverse cubaine entre le tabac et le sucre

Leurs contrastes agraires, économiques, historique et sociaux, leur ethnographie et leur trnsculturation

by Fernando Ortiz, Jérôme Poinsot
Language: French
Release Date: December 6, 2013

Avec Controverse cubaine entre le tabac et le sucre, Don Fernando Ortiz offre le grand livre de Cuba publié pour la première fois en français. Il a parfois été salué comme un pionnier des études africanistes, mais il a été plus que ça : il a été le Maître. Plus qu’un grand homme de...
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Pugni e socialismo

Storia popolare della boxe a Cuba

by Giuni Ligabue, Chiara Gregoris
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 21, 2015

Radicato nella società che lo produce offrendolo alle masse sotto forma di intrattenimento, lo sport è solo un lavoro come un altro: una merce obbligata a rispondere alla legge del mercato e non certo ai valori di cui la pratica sportiva dovrebbe o potrebbe farsi portatrice. Ma ciò che in gran...
Cover of Todas las constituciones cubanas
by Autores varios
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Este es un compendio de todas las constituciones cubanas desde el siglo XIX hasta el presente.
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by Fernand Hibbert
Language: French
Release Date: September 28, 2013

En 1883, quatre-vingt-dix exilés politiques conduits par Boyer Bazelais, chef du Parti Libéral, débarquent à Miragoâne avec l’espoir de soulever le pays et de renverser le Président Salomon. S’ensuit un siège de dix mois au cours duquel les deux tiers d’entre eux, ainsi qu’une grande...
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by Pétrone
Language: French
Release Date: May 22, 2015

II y a bien longtemps que je vous promets le récit de mes aventures ; je veux tenir aujourd’hui ma parole. Puisque nous voici réunis, moins pour nous livrer à des dissertations savantes, que pour ranimer par des contes plaisants la gaieté de nos entretiens,...
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by Frédéric Marcelin
Language: French
Release Date: May 2, 2017

Dans ce texte — qui n'est pas un traité de gériatrie — Marcelin fait l'apologie des grands Ancêtres ainsi que celle du gouvernement civil.
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by José Martí
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 23, 2018

José Martí es uno de los latinoamericanos más destacados y universales de todos los tiempos. Este libro es testimonio y a la vez homenaje para el poeta y mártir de la independencia de Cuba.
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