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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
352 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Description
"Modern Cuba comes alive in a vibrant portrait of a group of families's varied journeys in one community over the last twenty years. Cubans today, most of whom have lived their entire lives under the Castro regime, are hesitantly embracing the future. In his new book, Anthony DePalma, a veteran reporter with years of experience in Cuba, focuses on a neighborhood across the harbor from Old Havana to dramatize the optimism as well as the enormous challenges...
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For Charlie Hillier, a posting to Cuba could be the perfect place to start his new life -- if he survives it. With his career stalled and the office abuzz about his soon-to-be-ex-wife's indiscretions, Ottawa bureaucrat Charlie Hillier is desperate for a change. So when the chance at a posting to the Canadian embassy in Havana comes up, he jumps at it, grateful to get as far away as he can from his ex and his dead-end job at Foreign Affairs headquarters....
3) Cuba
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.
Description
Introduces the geography, history, economy, government, culture, food, and people of Cuba.
4) Cuba
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Discusses the discovery, history, geography, people, and culture of Cuba, its strategic location and importance, and its significance in the world today.
5) Cuba
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Cuba"--Provided by publisher.
7) Cuba
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Description
Presents the geography, climate, wildlife, history, culture, economy, government, and people of Cuba.
8) Cuba
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Description
Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean region.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Description
A boy helps his father keep their very old car running as they make a trip to Havana for his newborn cousin's zero-year birthday. Includes author's note about cars in Cuba.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xi, 560 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of numbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Description
"In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raúl Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political future. In the United States, Barack Obama's opening to Cuba, the reversal of that policy during Donald Trump's administration, and Joseph Biden's apparent willingness to reinitiate open relations have made the nature of the historic relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. In both...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"In 1934, the ultimate vacation becomes a fight for survival as the secrets of two women's pasts collide aboard a luxury cruise liner on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton's page-turning new novel inspired by the true story of the tragedy of the SS Morro Castle. New York heiress Catherine Dohan seemingly has it all. There's only one problem. It's a lie. As soon as the Morro Castle leaves...
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Beautiful. Daring. Deadly. The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez--her family, her people, her country. Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro's inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life she lost. As the Cold War swells like a hurricane over the shores of the Florida Strait, Beatriz is caught between the clash...
15) Cuba: The land
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., 1 col. map ; 29 cm.
Description
Text and photographs portray Cuba's geography, wildlife, and climate, as well as its city and rural life, industry, and transportation.
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Description
"US Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise. Mac seems to have a pretty good life. At age thirty-five he's living in Key West, owner of a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat, The Maine. Mac served five years in the Army as an infantry officer with two tours in Afghanistan. He returned with the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, scars that don't tan, and a boat with a big...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 23
Description
"While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous--a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that...
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In this compelling, behind-the-scenes account, former top CIA officer and Cuba expert Brian Latell examines the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother, Raul. Exploring the brothers' remarkable relationship, he reveals how Fidel and Raul have collaborated, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than forty-six years-a challenge to the notion that the little-known Raul has...
20) Forest world
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous.
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