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The Return
For the Childhood Memories Event, a recollection of my mother's of Havana, Cuba. When my mother died suddenly in 2001, I found among her things a "treasure trove" of memorabilia from her childhood. My mother, Jeanne Crossman, had the ... [... more]
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Gigi Anders
Author of the hilarious memoir Be Pretty, Get Married, and Always Drink TaB, Washington Post special correspondent Gigi Anders and her parents were born Jewish in Havana, Cuba. The trio fled Castro's regime for the United States in 1961. After ... [... more]
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Jose Canseco
Jose Canseco was born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to Miami in the 1970s. After being drafted by the Oakland Athletics, he went on to win Rookie of the Year, the American League MVP Award, and a World Series ring. In all, he played for seven ... [... more]
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Berta Platas
Born in Havana, Cuba, Berta Platas has four kids, three-fourths of them are boys. She has lived in Miami, Pittsburgh, New York, Charlotte, and Atlanta, in that order, and is currently living just north of Atlanta, Georgia. Despite her success, ... [... more]
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Two Shoes
From Amazon.com: For six guys from Melbourne, Australia, to travel half the world to record their second record indicates titanic success for their first. And that's what led the jazzed-up, funked-out popsters Cat Empire to a studio in Havana, Cuba, to [... more]
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Whole Wide World
From Amazon.com: If there is any justice, the excellent conspiracy thriller Whole Wide World will vault award-winning author Paul McAuley into the front rank of bestselling authors. In the wake of a virulent "information war," England has [... more]
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On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture
On becoming russian: after 1959: This book helped me very much as a source of data on events that happened way before my time, mainly because in Castro's Cuba most of this has been distorted, or in many cases, access has been totally impossible. I found [... more]
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Cuba--Going Back
Wanting to Go Back: Like Tony I am a cuban american who left Cuba in the early 60s for political freedom to study in the States. I came from a successful middle class family and a history of political successes and upheaval. I have always wanted to go [... more]
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Mis Mejores Canciones: 19 Super Exitos
Soft, suave and Spanish Nat King Cole: Unlike most of the other reviewers of this disc who came by way of exposure to "In The Mood For Love" I can actually remember listening to these songs as a child. I was thrilled to see this compilation of [... more]
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The Duke of Havana: Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for ...
The Duke of Havana: As one would expect of a book written by newspaper journalists, this books holds the readers attention from cover to cover. Although this is the well-known, true story of Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, Cuban exile turned [... more]
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Back From Havana (Cuba)
From Amazon.com: Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo helped build an awareness of Afro-Cuban music back in the 1940s and '50s, recording albums on his own and as a featured sideman with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, and Cal [... more]
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Christmas in Havana, Cuba
Artist: Various Artists Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0824536010629 Format: Import Format: Compilation MPN: 601062 Original Release Date: 2001-01-01 Release Date: 2006-11-14 UPC: 824536010629 Tracks: Feliz Navidad (Intro) Jingle Bells White Christmas Burrito [... more]
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