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Author
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution ... Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest--until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...
2) Camila
Author
Publisher
Syco Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello releases her highly anticipated solo album, which includes the hit single Havana, featuring Young Thug, as well as the new single Never Be the Same.
3) Refugee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
In Havana, Cuba an up-and-coming singer searches for confidence, a young woman in love longs for motherhood and a veteran of the Revolution comes to terms with the death of her husband. Three women, united by blindness and a desire for independence, guide us through Cuba's current economic and social landscape while pursuing their dreams and breaking through personal and societal limitations. Jennifer Redfearn gained intimate access to her subjects...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling...
Author
Language
English
Description
"US Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise. Daniel Graham MacCormick--Mac for short--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,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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...
11) Habana requiem
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Three members of the National Revolutionary Police Force unit in Old Havana navigate social changes in their district while working to investigate an apparent suicide, a serial rapist, and a dead body tied up with designer drugs.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A vibrant and meticulously constructed debut novel about familial and cultural breakdown. A powerful, unsettling portrait of family life in Cuba, Carlos Manuel Álvarez's first novel is a masterful portrayal of a society in free fall. Diego, the son, is disillusioned and bitter about the limited freedoms his country offers him as he endures compulsory military service. Mariana, the mother, is unwell, prone to mysterious seizures, and forced to relinquish...
13) Cuba
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump! Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Cuba. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry"--
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Offers multiple perspectives on momentous events. This volume introduces and provides a brief overview of the major factors that contributed to the revolutionary actions taken in the 1950s by Fidel Castro, and US relations with Cuba over the years.
16) Havana storm
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 23
Language
English
Formats
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...
17) A look at Cuba
Author
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs depict the land, animals, and people of Cuba.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and Kurlansky's own pen-and-ink drawings throughout, Havana celebrates the city's singular music, literature, baseball, and food; its five centuries of outstanding, neglected architecture; and its extraordinary blend...
19) Murder in Havana
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
Retired CIA operative Max Pauling is hired by a former colleague to fly medical supplies to Havana. The covert reason for the mission is to discover the secret behind Cuba's top-notch cancer research.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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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