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.I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection
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by: Kevin Kwan

October 11, 2007
Fantastic collectionn of photos that take you to another place in another time. Beautifully sequenced and with great essays. I hope Mr. Fernandez has more books in him. Give this a sixth star. And a seventh.
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.Cuba (Country Guide)
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by: Brendan Sainsbury

November 01, 2006
I had used Lonely Planet on several trips where some of them were disappointing and not so much "guiding". Yet, this Cuba guide made our trip to visit the "real" Cuba our most memorable with sufficient information on each major and minor city.

From Havana to the far end of Baracoa, the guide has useful information on what to do and up to date info on traveling between cities

If any of the 8 cities i visited there was a major or minor event/attraction, Lonely planet had it listed and all you needed to do is choose what to go for.

A lot of detail, very friendly to read, and a nice/light take on history and politics of the Socialist nation
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.Moon Cuba (Moon Handbooks)
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by: Christopher P. Baker

October 09, 2006
In general this is a good book and it seems up to date. For Havana this book is better than the Lonely Planet and has better maps and more information about things and places to see. The downside is the size. For me the Lonely Planet book could have done the job alone and it was only half the size of the this one.
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.Havana Then and Now (Then & Now)
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by: Llilian Llanes

August 23, 2004
It was wonderful to see Habana in the days of my grandparents and parents.I remember so much of my short [8yrs] in Habana.I left in 1960 and returned for a visit in 1991. It was great to see the comparisons of the pictures in the book so artfully done. Very much like the comparisons in my mind when I went back. The only thing missing was pictures of greater Habana.All the surounding suburbs also have their story.
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.Cuban Elegance
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by: Michael Connors

April 01, 2004
This is a beautiful book with gorgeous photos of Cuban architecture and furniture of the Cuba I left behind many, many years ago. I gave it to all of my siblings for Christmas and it was an instant hit! Its ovely pictures bring both smiles and tears. A must for those of us who want to keep a collection of what once was our life in Cuba before our exile.
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.An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba
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by: Ruth Behar

2007-10
Dr. Ruth Behar has written an insightful book about the Jews of Cuba and personal memories of the island passed down to her from family members who left Cuba after Fidel Castro's revolution. Although Dr. Behar was only a child when she left Cuba with her family and had no personal memories of the events that happend during her childhood, her many trips to Cuba as an anthropologist have allowed her to recreate that period of history and update it to the current time. Her emotional interviews with Jews still living in Cuba have allowed her to document how Jewish lives and the practice of Judaism have evolved through three time periods; 1)Prior to the revolution, 2) During Cuba's officially atheistic period, 1959-1992, and 3) During its secular period, ... Read More:
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.The History of Cuba (Palgrave Essential Histories)
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by: Clifford L. Staten

August 11, 2005
I walked into this book knowing virtually nothing about Cuba, and this book did an excellent job of providing a short overview of modern Cuba. The history begins with the war for independence from Spain, and proceeds through all of the revolutionary movements, through to Castro's takeover, the Soviet relationship with Cuba, and Castro's changing policies. I found it very enlightening, a quick read, and well worth an afternoon! I would have given it a higher rating if it had more unique information, but it keeps the readers interest, and gives a reasonable overview of the politics and economics of the country.
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.The Rough Guide to Cuba 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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by: Rough Guides

October 15, 2007
I used this Rough Guide for Cuba on a recent trip to the island. After using LP guides for several European destinations, I grew weary of their maps (that don't label streets where you most need them) and catty editorializing. The Cuba guide had lots of information on restaurants at all price points that were not in my friend's LP guidebook. The asides on local culture were relevant and almost always addressed something I had seen and wondered about. In short, an excellent guidebook.
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.Robert Polidori: Havana
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from: Steidl

August 02, 2001
There are two principal cities in the world where time seems to stand still. One is Pripyat' Ukraine which was abandoned following the Chernobyl disaster in April, 198. In that unfortunate time literally all the people left within 24 hours. The other is Havana whose middle and upper classes departed over several decades following the Cuban Revolution mainly to live in the United States.

Unlike Pripyat' where vegetation and wildlife replaced human inhabitants, the City of Havana lives on despite its painful decay.

Robert Polidori's Havana depicts several days in the life of the city in the early years of the new century. Probably by chance, the period he photographed represented simultaneously the zenith and nadir of the Revolution. ... Read More:
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.Bicycling Cuba: Fifty Days of Detailed Rides from Havana to Pinar Del Rio and the Oriente
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by: Wally Smith, Barbara Smith

2002-11
As I said, this book is a good help for plan our trip to Cuba next August.
There are a lot of details, descrpctions, not only about the kilometeres between the villages, as the places we can eat something or the places we can buy something... Than you, and I have a nice live!!

Recuerdos a Enrique
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