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In 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cuba’s National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the midst of chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval, Guillermoprieto found in Cuba a people whose sense of purpose touched her forever....
4) Cuba
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Take a tour of Cuba to learn about its history and culture and find out what it is like to live there."--Provided by publisher.
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Dover Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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At age 29, naturalist John Muir hiked alone through the rural South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. This volume chronicles his path from Indiana across Kentucy, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He sketched plants and recorded his encounters with botanical wonders. Occasionally he encountered people including former Confederate soldiers and freed slaves.
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Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"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...
9) Suite Habana
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Film House
Pub. Date
[2004]
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Español
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Un día simple en la vida de diez habaneros comunes. No hay entrevistas, ni diálogos ni narración: sólo imágenes, sonidos y música para expresar cinematográficamente el día a día de una realidad peculiar y única. Cada uno de los personajes representa la curiosa diversidad de los grupos sociales que se mueven en la ciudad. Porque no hay una sola Habana: hay muchas Habanas invisibles y distintas para vivir.
Shows a simple day in the life of...
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
agosto 2019.
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Español
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"Un viaje al corazón de la Cuba contemporánea que convoca a los fantasmas del oscuro pasado revolucionario de la isla. Por escribir un poema a los dieciocho años en Cuba, Néstor Díaz de Villegas fue acusado por la Seguridad del Estado de ser un "diversionista ideológico" y condenado a seis años en un campo de trabajos forzados, de donde saldrá en 1979 rumbo a Miami. Treinta y siete años después, el autor regresa a la isla con la perspicacia...
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Kuperard, an imprint of Bravo Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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An illuminating and practical guide to Cuban culture and society. Whether you're there for business or pleasure, Macdonald and Maddicks help make your visit a memorable and enriching experience with information on the history, customs, business practices and taboos of our island neighbor.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"To most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never been more uncertain. Yet those who look closely enough may recognize that signs of the next revolution are etched in plain view. [This book] is a true story that begins in the summer of 2009 when a young American photojournalist is offered the chance of a lifetime--a two-year assignment in Havana. For David Ariosto, the island is an intriguing new world, unmoored from the one he left behind. From neighboring...
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