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Author : Libby Fischer Hellmann
Publisher : The Red Herrings Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781938733390
Author : T. J. English
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780061795589
In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars & flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar & often romanticized, but little understood. In Havana Nocturne, T.J. English offers a multifaceted true tale of organized crime, political corruption, roaring nightlife, revolution & international conflict that interweaves the dual stories of the Mob in Havana & the event that would overshadow it, the Cuban Revolution. As the Cuban people labored under a violently repressive regime throughout the 50s, Mob leaders Meyer Lansky & Charles "Lucky" Luciano turned their eye to Havana. To them, Cuba was the ultimate dream, the greatest hope for the future of the US Mob in the post-Prohibition years of intensified government crackdowns. But when it came time to make their move, it was Lansky, the brilliant Jewish mobster, who reigned supreme. Having cultivated strong ties with the Cuban government & in particular the brutal dictator Fulgencio Batista, Lansky brought key mobsters to Havana to put his ambitious business plans in motion. Before long, the Mob, with Batista's corrupt government in its pocket, owned the biggest luxury hotels & casinos in Havana, launching an unprecedented tourism boom complete with the most lavish entertainment, the world's biggest celebrities, the most beautiful women & gambling galore. But their dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara & others who would lead the country's disenfranchised to overthrow their corrupt government & its foreign partners—an epic cultural battle that English captures in all its sexy, decadent, ugly glory. Bringing together long-buried historical information with English's own research in Havana—including interviews with the era's key survivors—Havana Nocturne takes readers back to Cuba in the years when it was a veritable devil's playground for mob leaders. English deftly weaves together the parallel stories of the Havana Mob—featuring notorious criminals such as Santo Trafficante Jr & Albert Anastasia—& Castro's 26th of July Movement in a riveting, up-close look at how the Mob nearly attained its biggest dream in Havana—& how Fidel Castro trumped it all with the revolution.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Shipbuilding
ISBN : NYPL:33433069076853
Author : Leonardo Padura
Publisher : Bitter Lemon Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781904738879
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. Second Conde mystery set in languid Havana.
Author : Joseph L. Scarpaci,Roberto Segre,Mario Coyula
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0807853690
Newly revised and redesigned, this book assesses nearly 500 years of urban development and planning in Havana, paying particular attention to the city's rich blend of Spanish-Cuban-Latin American-North American architecture and design.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Merchant mariners
ISBN : HARVARD:AH6GNX
Author : Enrique Flores-Galbis
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429969673
When Julian's parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves. 90 Miles to Havana is a 2011 Pura Belpre Honor Book for Narrative and a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Author : Elena A. Schneider
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469645360
In 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26,000 soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of the wealthiest and most populous ports in the Americas. They met fierce resistance. Spanish soldiers and local militias in Cuba, along with enslaved Africans who were promised freedom, held off the enemy for six suspenseful weeks. In the end, the British prevailed, but more lives were lost in the invasion and subsequent eleven-month British occupation of Havana than during the entire Seven Years' War in North America. The Occupation of Havana offers a nuanced and poignantly human account of the British capture and Spanish recovery of this coveted Caribbean city. The book explores both the interconnected histories of the British and Spanish empires and the crucial role played by free people of color and the enslaved in the creation and defense of Havana. Tragically, these men and women would watch their promise of freedom and greater rights vanish in the face of massive slave importation and increased sugar production upon Cuba's return to Spanish rule. By linking imperial negotiations with events in Cuba and their consequences, Elena Schneider sheds new light on the relationship between slavery and empire at the dawn of the Age of Revolutions.
Author : Robert W. Baloh,Robert E. Bartholomew
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030407469
It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. While physicians treating victims have described it as a novel and perplexing condition that involves an array of complaints including brain damage, the authors present compelling evidence that mass psychogenic illness was the cause of “Havana Syndrome.” This mysterious condition that has baffled experts is explored across 11-chapters which offer insights by a prominent neurologist and an expert on psychogenic illness. A lively and enthralling read, the authors explore the history of similar scares from the 18th century belief that sounds from certain musical instruments were harmful to human health, to 19th century cases of “telephone shock,” and more contemporary panics involving people living near wind turbines that have been tied to a variety of health complaints. The authors provide dozens of examples of kindred episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, in addition to psychosomatic conditions and even the role of insects in triggering outbreaks. Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria is a scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness.
Author : USA Congress House of Representatives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1298 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11181333
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015030328895
Author : César Brioso
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780813059525
In February 1947, the most memorable season in the history of the Cuban League finished with a dramatic series win by Almendares against its rival, Habana. As the celebration spread through the streets of Havana and across Cuba, the Brooklyn Dodgers were beginning spring training on the island. One of the Dodgers' minor league players was Jackie Robinson. He was on the verge of making his major-league debut in the United States, an event that would fundamentally change sports--and America. To avoid harassment from the white crowds in Florida during this critical preseason, the Dodgers relocated their spring training to Cuba, where black and white teammates had played side by side since 1900. It was also during this time that Major League Baseball was trying its hardest to bring the "outlaw" Cuban League under the control of organized baseball. As the Cubans fought to stay independent, Robinson worked to earn a roster spot on the Dodgers in the face of discrimination from his future teammates. Havana Hardball captures the excitement of the Cuban League's greatest pennant race and the anticipation of the looming challenge to MLB's color barrier. Illuminating one of the sport's most pivotal seasons, veteran journalist César Brioso brings together a rich mix of worlds as the heyday of Latino baseball converged with one of the most socially meaningful events in U.S. history.
Author : Carlos Eire
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471108358
A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other-but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear-spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died-and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn.
Author : John W. Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Shipping
ISBN : UOM:39015076465908
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Merchant mariners
ISBN : HARVARD:AH6GND