Название: A Far-Flung Gamble ISBN: 1846039878 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846039874 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 15830.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book aims to shed light on the reasons why offenders cease to commit crime. Drawing on a variety of methods, including in-depth interviews with repeat offenders and their probation officers, police records, and psychometric scores, the book explores and describes the shifts that occur in desisters` minds and lives as they make the often turbulent transition to a crime-free life.
Last Seasons in Havana explores the intersection between Cuba and America’s pastime from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, when Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. César Brioso takes the reader through the triumph of the revolution in 1959 and its impact on professional baseball in the seasons immediately following Castro’s rise to power.
Baseball in pre?Castro Cuba was enjoying a golden age. The Cuban League, which had been founded in 1878, just two years after the formation of the National League, was thriving under the auspices of organized baseball. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, players from the Major Leagues, Minor Leagues, and Negro Leagues had come to Cuba to play in the country’s wholly integrated winter baseball league. Cuban teams had come to dominate the annual Caribbean Series tournament, and Havana had joined the highest levels of Minor League Baseball, fielding the Havana Sugar Kings of the Class AAA International League. Confidence was high that Havana might one day have a Major League team of its own.
But professional baseball became one of the many victims of Castro’s Communist revolution. American players stopped participating in the Cuban League, and Cuban teams moved to an amateur, state?sponsored model. Focusing on the final three seasons of the Cuban League (1958–61) and the final two seasons of the Havana Sugar Kings (1959–60), Last Seasons in Havana explores how Castro’s rise to power forever altered Cuba and the course of a sport that had become ingrained in the island’s culture over the course of almost a century.
Автор: Valle Amir Название: Havana Babylonia: Or Prostitutes in Cuba ISBN: 1981508244 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781981508242 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 20690.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Anonymous Название: A Winter in the West Indies and Florida ... with a Particular Description of St. Croix, Trinidad de Cuba, Havana, Key West and St. Augustine, as Place ISBN: 1297022866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781297022869 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 30350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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Название: Our Woman in Havana: Reporting Castroas Cuba ISBN: 1786075806 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786075802 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A BBC correspondent`s insight into a nation on the brink of change
Автор: Martinez, Hope Bastian Название: Everyday adjustments in havana ISBN: 1498571093 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498571098 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 119680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: By comparing the current reform process under President Raul Castro to Cuba`s opening to market capitalism during the 1990s Special Period crisis, this book highlights the differences and continuities between adjustments in both periods and their social impacts.
Spanning politics and art, music and baseball, Cuba on the Verge is a timely look at a society's profound transformation--from inside and out
Change looms in Cuba.
Just ninety miles from United States shores yet inaccessible to most Americans until recently, Cuba fascinates as much as it confounds. Images of the Buena Vista Social Club, wild nights at the Tropicana, classic cars, and bearded rebels clinching cigars only scrape the surface of Cuba's complex history and legacy. As the US and Cuba move toward the normalization of diplomatic relations after an epic fifty-six-year standoff, we find ourselves face-to-face with one of the few places in the world that has been off limits to most Americans. We know that Cuba is changing, but from what and into what? And what does this change mean for the Cuban people as well as for the rest of the world?
Standing on both sides of the divide, twelve of our most celebrated writers investigate this period of momentous transition in Cuba on the Verge. These essays span the spectrum, from Carlos Manuel lvarez's story of being among the last generation of Cubans to be raised under Fidel Castro to Patricia Engel's look at how Cuba's capital has changed through her years of riding across it with her taxi driver friend; from The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson (who traveled with President Obama on the first trip to Cuba by an American president since the twenties) on being a foreigner in Cuba during the Special Period to Francisco Goldman on the Tropicana, then and now, to Leonardo Padura on the religion that is Cuban baseball.
Cuba on the Verge is the definitive account of--and a unique glimpse at--a moment of upheaval and reinvention whose effects promise to reverberate across years and nations.
--Justin Torres, author of We the Animals
Автор: Arellano Robert Название: Havana Libre ISBN: 1617756563 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781617756566 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 30300.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
" An] exquisitely made thriller...A remarkably powerful narrative. The interrogation scene repulses while it grips...but readers are advised to stay with it for a rich reading experience." --Booklist, Starred Review
"This potent noir sheds light on Cuban life in the post-Soviet era...Building to an explosive ending, this atmospheric mix of proletarian literature and Graham Greene-style espionage informs as it entertains." --Publishers Weekly
"At the behest of Castro's government, a Cuban doctor is sent to Miami in 1997 to find out who has been sponsoring a series of terrorist bombings in Havana in this new novel by Arellano...This novel is rich in atmosphere and political critique." --Kirkus Reviews
"The book is a vehicle for Arellano to express his newfound understanding of and love for the Cuban people and their charm, curiosity and welcoming warmth for strangers--which is what Arellano found on his first trip there, starting in 1992." --Ashland Daily Tidings
"The intrinsically linked politics and culture of Cuba and Miami combine for an unusual spy novel in Robert Arellano's second novel about Havana pediatrician Mano Rodriguez...A bit of paean to the old-fashioned spy novel." --South Florida
"Bombs, terrorists, and spies populate the new book, which is set in the Cuba of 20 years ago." --The Jefferson Exchange, NPR
"Amidst the action, the quiet star of Havana Lunar and Havana Libre is Arellano's rich landscapes of daily life in Cuba during the special period, including blackouts, food shortages, the intricacies of conversation under an authoritarian government, and the craftiness of locals who offer guided tours to tourists for money--all details from over a decade of Arellano's journals from his trips in the '90s." --Miami New Times
"If you like political thrillers, then this is the novel for you. It's explosive, intriguing, a true page turner filled with many twists and turns. It is the story of a Cuban doctor sent to Miami with to uncover a series of terrorist bombing taking place in Havana. The time is 1997. Definitely one to put on your reading list. You won't be disappointed." --The Latino Author, One of the Top Ten Best Fiction Books for 2017
"Havana Libre takes us on a journey of political intrigue and espionage, with twists and turns until the very end...Havana Libre is an enticing novel that is a must-read for those who enjoy political history and intrigue mixed with diverse culture." --Underrated Reads
In this explosive follow-up to Havana Lunar, Dr. Mano Rodriguez takes an undercover assignment to the most dangerous city in Latin America: Miami.
During the summer of 1997, a series of bombings terrorize Havana hotels. The targets are tourists, and the terrorists are exiles seeking to cripple Cuban tourism and kill the Revolution. After Mano finds himself helpless to save one of the victims, his nemesis Colonel Emilio P rez of the National Revolutionary Police recruits him into Havana's top-secret Wasp Network of spies for a job that only he can perform--but for reasons he never would have believed or expected.
Автор: Rainsford Sarah Название: Our Woman in Havana: Reporting Castro`s Cuba ISBN: 1786073994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786073990 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 25070.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A BBC correspondent`s insight into a nation on the brink of change
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