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The War of 1898
The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
A century after the Cuban war for independence was fought, Louis Perez examines the meaning of the war of 1898 as represented in one hundred years of American historical writing. Offering both a critique of the conventional historiography and an alternate history of the war informed by Cuban sources,...
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XIII
The Caribbean Diaspora, 1921-1922, Volume 13
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Volume XIII of The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers covers the twelve months between the UNIA's second international convention in New York in August 1921 and the third convention in August 1922. It was a particularly tumultuous time for Garvey and the UNIA: Garvey’s...
The Great Game in Cuba
CIA and the Cuban Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Joan Mellen tells a brilliantly researched, meticulously supported, and compulsively readable tale that everyone concerned with how America operates should know.” -Samuel R. Delany, author of Dhalgren and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
This completely revised and newly updated...
Cuba - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Cuba is a land of contradictions that is easy to enjoy but difficult for first-time visitors to decipher. The largest island in the Caribbean, it is a tropical paradise that Christopher Columbus called "the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen." It is famous for the romantic...
CultureShock! Cuba
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
CultureShock! Cuba offers an insight into a highly contradictory country, where there are more grey areas than black and white. Here is a balanced account of Cubas current realities, a useful guide for people who wish to visit or do business in Cuba. Learn from the locals how they survive in Cuba with...
On Becoming Cuban
Identity, Nationality, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
With this masterful work, Louis A. Perez Jr. transforms the way we view Cuba and its relationship with the United States. On Becoming Cuban is a sweeping cultural history of the sustained encounter between the peoples of the two countries and of the ways that this encounter helped shape Cubans' identity,...
From Mango Cuba to Prickly Pear America
An American’s Journey to Castro’s Cuba and Back
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
In March 2014, award-winning journalist Melinda Voss headed to the Miami airport to travel to Cuba, a country that had fascinated her since she was a girl growing up amid animated dinner conversations about the Cuban revolution, Castro’s leadership, and the missile crisis. After her plane landed,...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Haiti Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected.
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Cilin Ii: a Solo Sailing Odyssey
The Closest Point to Heaven
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
In 1986, seventy-one-year-old Edgar Whitcomb faced a crossroads in his life; he needed a new direction. Th at venture became an epic journey, as this retired Indiana governor embarked on what would be a solo, 30,000-mile, six-year sailing trip. With virtually no previous sailing experience, he and...
by Holiday FM
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
This is the official Holiday FM Guide to Honolulu. This handy bitesize guide gives you everything you might want for the ideal trip to the big city. Background information about the history of the City will hopefully give you a better understanding of its origins and make your visit more enjoyable....
by Kenneth Coates
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Saint Lucia.
Saint Lucia is a British Commonwealth country that is an island in the Caribbean, off the coast of Central America. It lies between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago.
The twin Pitons...
by Stephen J Pavlidis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This edition is Part IV of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Windward Islands and covers St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Island Hopping Digital Guides are the digital versions of the world-famous cruising guides written by Stephen J. Pavlidis. Over the past 20 years, Stephen J. Pavlidis...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Saint Lucia Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
HAWAII BY CRUISE SHIP – 3rd Edition
The Complete Guide to Cruising the Hawaiian Islands. Includes Tahiti, Fanning Island and Mainland Ports.
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
This new edition covers all the islands and attractions that make Hawaii such a great cruising destination. Extensive shore excursion detail and cruise-and-stay options are included as are insider tips on selecting and preparing for your Hawaii cruise. Detailed maps show exactly where the ships dock...