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Author Desi Sanchez, a native of Cuba, was twenty-two years old when the Bay of Pigs incident took place there in 1961. He had made the decision to side against Fidel Castro long before the confrontation and served as a merchant marine in the SS Houston during the invasion. In 2010, Desi Sanchez received...

José Agustín Quintero (1829-1885) was a Cuban American from New Orleans, Louisiana who skillfully and energetically represented the Confederacy in northeastern Mexico during the Civil War. This dynamic multilingual leader helped coordinate the defensive plans necessary to protect the Texas border and...

"A significant contribution in Caribbean archaeology. Singleton weaves archaeological and documentary evidence into a compelling narrative of the lives of the enslaved at Santa Ana de Biajacas."--Patricia Samford, author of Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia...

This cookbook contains the traditional cooking you would find in the Himalayas region of Nepal. Spicy vegetarian and meat dishes served with rice and chutney.

Yoani Sánchez escreve um dos blogs mais visitados do mundo, Generación Y, com vários milhões de acessos mensais, mas quase não consegue ser lida em Cuba, onde mora com seu marido Reinaldo Escobar e seu filho adolescente Teo. Quando eleita pela revista Time uma das mulheres mais influentes do...

Asian Cuisine is known for its flavour and taste, for it includes various oriental spices and herbs. The aroma wafting from the Asian dishes can very easily lure anyone.The mouthwatering dishes from Asia, especially India, are savored by millions of people all over the world.In this...

New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War—and the Cuban Revolution. Fighting over Fidel brings this turbulent cultural moment to life by telling the story of the New York intellectuals who...

According to the New York Times, Cuba is at an historic turning point. As Cuba catches up with political and economic changes, baseball will inevitably catch up and change as well. In Cuba Loves Baseball, photographer Ira Block, who has spent the past three years photographing the culture of Cuba...

The stellar play and fascinating backstories of exiled Cuban sluggers and hurlers in Major League Baseball (MLB) has become one of the biggest headlines in America's national pastime. On-field exploits by colorful Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, American League rookie-of-the-year José Abreu, home...

Louis A. Perez Jr.'s new history of nineteenth-century Cuba chronicles in fascinating detail the emergence of an urban middle class that was imbued with new knowledge and moral systems. Fostering innovative skills and technologies, these Cubans became deeply implicated in an expanding market culture...

In her new book, Exporting Revolution, Margaret Randall explores the Cuban Revolution's impact on the outside world, tracing Cuba's international outreach in health care, disaster relief, education, literature, art, liberation struggles, and sports. Randall combines personal observations and interviews...

Take an evocative journey into the heart of the real Sri Lanka with intrepid photographer and writer, Bree Hutchins. With a voracious appetite for all things culinary and an undaunting spirit of adventure, Bree ventures into areas where most foreigners don't go, seeking out the hidden kitchens of...

Jay Rai's Kitchen in this publication travels to Kerala the southern sunshine state famous for golden beaches and its truly irresistible cuisine. Like Goa this part of India has a tropical influence to its dishes and is reflected in the abundance of traditional healthy vegetarian and fish curries. In...

Jay Rai's Kitchen - Sri Lankan Cuisine. All through the islands history other cultures have been in contact with Sri Lanka to obtain the spices that grow there. Cinnamon, cloves and other spices are indigenous to Sri Lanka. The traders who arrived also left some of their culinary practices as well....