Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag27 reviews Armando Valladares Encounter Books, 2001 Makes Shawshank seem like a Club Med + Does more for freedom and faith in God than all the books by intellectuals + It Will Change You, For Sure + One of the saddest and most horrifying memoirs I've read! + Cuban paradise             Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis37 reviews Robert F. Kennedy W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 AS WE APPROACH IN HALF A YEAR THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FBI ASSASSINATION LET US RECALL WHEN WISDOM AND DIPLOMACY RULED + Essential study material for all who aspire to be U. S. president + We were in the middle of it + On the precipice of annihilation + Inside look at critical inclusive decision making             cuba cocina: The Tantalizing World of Cuban Cooking-Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow6 reviews Joyce Lafray William Morrow Cookbooks, 2005 An excellent cookbook from one of Floridas top food critics + The best Cuban recipes I have tested in a long time!! + This is it--best Cuban recipes!!!!!!!!! + All of Cuba in a cookbook.             Storming the Court: How a Band of Yale Law Students Sued the President--and Won12 reviews Brandt Goldstein Scribner, 2005 Wonderful book for lawyers or laymen! + An Uplifting ribute to a Very Good Soldier + Fabulous! + Give Grisham a rest             Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana27 reviews Isadora Tattlin Broadway, 2003 A Reader's Escape to Cuba + Simple, funny, effective, informative and very readable I recently re-read Isadora Tattlin's "Cuba Diaries" to see if the magic of the first reading still held true. It does. This is an extraordinary book. Travel essay literature succeeds or fails by whether the author opens a doorway to discovery for a reader, or darkens that doorway with his or her ...             Metro Girl (Alex Barnaby Series #1)244 reviews Janet Evanovich HarperCollins, 2004 Comedy Romance + I really enjoyed this book... + Cute! + Light, fun reading             The Old Man and The Sea686 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 1995 The sea giveth...and the sea taketh away + Well, he nailed the title . . . + the super old man "The Old Man and the Sea" was Ernest Hemingway's last important work. Written in Cuba in 1951 and when published, it became one of his most recognize pieces. The work won him the Pulitzer prize in 1953 and the Nobel prize in literature in 1954. *SPOILER* This is ...             After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader27 reviews Brian Latell Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 Insights into Fidel + Good book with a great look into the future of Cuba + After Fidel + Not much about Raul             The Man With The Golden Gun (James Bond Novels)16 reviews Ian Fleming Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 The last of the Bond novels + Solid Story + Super Reader They say that all good things must come to an end. In the case of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, that end is with The Man with the Golden Gun. After this, there would only be a short story collection (Octopussy & The Living Daylights) to wrap up the set. Posthumously released (and supposedly ...             Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy71 reviews Carlos Eire Free Press, 2004 An Excellent Read + Memorble and Endearing + Escaping Cuba + Vivid portrayal of pre-Revolutionary Cuba             Cuba: From Columbus to Castro and Beyond, Fifth Edition Rev.9 reviews Jaime Suchlicki Potomac Books Inc., 2002 Commies and Racists would disagree + Awsome Illiterate racists might suggest that "what should be done they should look to their future in America or else renounce their American citizenship and go back to the Cuba." Others who are pro-leftist/socialist/communist might venture into the realm of suggesting that Professor Suchlicki "descends ...             Fidel Castro: Biografía a dos voces11 reviews Ignacio Ramonet Debate, 2006 Castro Revelations + a journey into the mind + Fast shipping! + Fidel Castro: a hero of the twentieth century + Cuba through Fidel Castro's eyes             Before Night Falls: A Memoir42 reviews Reinaldo Arenas Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994 Cuba Libre! + Beutiful, Glorious + A life of rebellion at the intersection of sex and literature + it aint pretty + real people with dirt on their feet             Revolucion!: Cuban Poster Art4 reviews Lincoln Cushing Chronicle Books, 2003 Silkscreen the Revolution! + Excellent Cuban revolutionary art... + Colorful, Interesting, Excellent + Just a Review             Shanghai Legacy3 reviews Marion Cuba Booklocker.com, 2006 A little-known chapter in Jewish history intertwined in a worthy novel + I WISH I COULD READ IT AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME + There is a Good Story Here Author Cuba takes a little-known chapter in Jewish history and writes a very worthy novel. The device is a diary; Maya finds the diary of her mysterious mother Hannah after Hannah dies. Now some of the mystery of Hannah's life unfolds for Maya, and she learns of her mother's struggles, bravery and ...             Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub12 reviews Rosa Lowinger, Ofelia Fox Harcourt, 2005 Seeing early Cuba through two women's eyes + SUPERB ! + Everything about the Tropicana and much more + "A Paradise Under the Stars" + While Waiting for the Movie, read this book!             A Taste of Old Cuba: More Than 150 Recipes for Delicious, Authentic, and Traditional Dishes16 reviews Maria Josefa O'higgins William Morrow Cookbooks, 1994 Marrying into a cuban family + Solid and authentic + Divine + Miami Expatriot -- This keeps me sane!             Lonely Planet Cuba28 reviews Conner Gorry, David Stanley Lonely Planet Publications, 2004 my impressions after one week in havana sep 05 In the LP, the layout for Havana/suburbs/outlying areas is very difficult to follow. maps aren't consecutive, and the division of restaurants vs paladars divided by neighborhood and separated by pages of other stuff is hard to manage when you just want to know "where to eat". However, if you're ...             Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean2 reviews Dan Perry Basic Books, 2006 Sand on the Decks + Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean Writing a whole book exclusively about Blackbeard would require a good deal more material than currently exists. The author does an excellent job of collecting together a good deal of the material available and organizing it in a chronological fashion. However, that is probably at most half of the ...             Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant40 reviews Humberto Fontova Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005 Hooray for Humberto for having the guts to write this book + Not all liberals are stupid + Ask a Cuban! I love this book and cannot wait for Humberto's next book on Che. I find his information very well researched and reflective of his extensive and informed studies in Latin American History in which he has his Masters degree from Tulane University. I am a first generation American. My mother ...