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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington (more)

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—the old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars, and flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar and (more)

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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A unique history of Cuba, captured in the life and times of the famous rum dynastyThe Bacardis of Cuba, builders of a rum distillery and a worldwide brand, came of age with their nation and helped define (more)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition forced many Jews to flee the country. The most adventurous among them took to the high seas as freewheeling outlaws. In ships bearing names (more)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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Featuring hundreds of vintage photographs, postcards, brochures, and other materials evocative of time and place, Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground documents how the city of Havana (more)

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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Zoe Valdes, La reconocida escritora cubana, traza una apasionada declaracion contra el regimen comunista cubano . . . Un retrato de Fidel Castro contado desde su punto de vista desenfrenado y tenaz "A (more)


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The unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its (more)

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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A groundbreaking new reporting of the historical drama linking the Kennedys and the Castros that sheds new light on the JFK assassination.Using breakthrough reporting and interviews with long-silent sources, (more)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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A May 2007 Book Sense Pick“Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. . . . A pleasure to read from bow to stern. —Entertainment (more)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT


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Welcome to the Pirate Republic—the early-eighteenth-century home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates—former (more)