Kurlansky, Mark

Summary: "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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9 KUR

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2002

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 972.92 INS

Summary: Geoffrey Baer is the viewer's guide on a walking tour of Havana, meeting singers, dancers, chefs, and more, and focusing on people, architecture, culture, and history of the Cuba just re-opened to Americans.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.2 WEE
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Estrada, Alfredo José.

Summary: Takes readers from the Plaza de Armas, the tree-lined square where Havana was founded by Spanish conquistadors in 1519, to the Malecon, the elegant boulevard along the shore where Fidel Castro rode a Soviet tank in triumph. Estrada reveals the essence of his native city through the events that shaped its fascinating history and the people who left their stamp on its cobblestoned streets.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.91 EST