Jacques de Sores was reluctantly impressed by the passionate defence of the Fuerza . He concluded that the furious fire from the fort could only mean that it contained something eminently worth defending . But he was reckoning without ...
Through Mark Kurlansky's multilayered and electrifying portrait, the long-elusive city of Havana comes stirringly to life.
Drive through the city in a 50s style vintage car on a Havana Day tour. Take a picturesque walk on one of the many places listed in this guide, hang out on 23rd Street and other amazing locations.
Havana's lust stand: the legendary shanghai theater once went as Far as You could go Havana “Señor, doscientos cinco Zanja, por favor. ... It conjured every- thing that '50s Havana, that Camelot ofthe libido, was famous for.
Now you can honor your tobacco with this smokers' journal. This makes a great gift for cigar smoker, aficionado, or those who love tabacco. This is perfect for those looking for a new diary, notebook, journal, notepad, or idea book.
In 1509 , Sebastián de Ocampo docked in what is now Havana Bay to repair his small fleet while circumnavigating the island . His expedition dispelled Columbus's contention that Cuba was a continent . However , he did not settle ...
“Inventar: Recent Struggles and Inventions in Housing in Two Cuban Cities.” Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum 15 ... Cuba beyond the Beach: Stories of Life in Havana. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2016.
Havana, once a city of austere revolutionary ideals, is now one of contrasts.
Through Mark Kurlansky's multilayered and electrifying portrait, the long-elusive city of Havana comes stirringly to life.
Havana, the legendary capital of Cuba, bears the traces of every stage of the island's rich history, from its indigenous traditions to the introduction of European culture in the late...
New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter takes beloved hero, Earl Swagger, into the lush world of 1950's Cuba to fight the American mobsters who control the Havana casinos.
Fat cigars, big cars, dirty money, vibrant music, intellectual ferment. Havana, since its creation in 1535, has long offered a unique, bewildering mix of the backward and the hip, the...
Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Challenging the boundaries of fiction, HAVANA: BETWEEN THE SKY AND HEAVEN takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey through Cuba in the 1990s, years that shook Havana...