Search Results for ‘Cuba’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 11 matches found

Bad Lands

Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet, travelled through some of the world’s most repressive and dangerous regimes. Wheeler says, “When Mr Bush produced his ‘Axis of Evil’ list, my first thought was...

Cuba Confidential

An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth century's wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring personalities that...

Cuba - The Land of Miracles

Stephen Smith ponders the paradox that is Cuba. His aim is an interview with Fidel Castro, but the path to this is a long and meandering one. After settling into a small flat in Havana he sets out to...

Cuba A New History

“Cuba: A New History” is a compelling and insightful read, shining new light on forgotten corners of Cuba’s history, not only those surrounding a certain cigar-chomping leader; events in Fidel Castro...

Cuba in Focus

Cuba is in crisis. After 35 years of one-party rule, the island stands on the brink of dramatic change. Its economy destroyed by the collapse of the eastern bloc, its people suffering increasing hardship...

My Life

Officially culled from a series of revealing interviews with Ignacio Ramonet, “My Life” is Fidel Castro's biography 'in his own words'.
Such a book was always going to be a book widely read, an opportunity...

The Old Man and the Sea

Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. Here, is a perfectly crafted story, a...

The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics

For students, travellers, and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of Florida, “The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics” is an invaluable introduction...

Dirty Havana Trilogy

“Dirty Havana Trilogy” tells the story of Pedro Juan, an ex-radio journalist who wanders from one odd job to the next, half-disgusted and half-fascinated by his predicament. Working as a garbage-man...

Havana Red

WINNER OF THE HAMMETT PRIZE
“Havana Red” is the first of Leonardo Padura’s awesome Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde; making Padura a Caribbean Ellroy if you will. And like the best of...

Our Man in Havana

One of Graham Greene’s most popular books, “Our Man in Havana” has all the usual trademarks of a Greene novel (foreign locale, one man, a higher power and the perversion thereof), except instead of...