Cuba

The Korticos are from a well-endowed pygmy tribe in West Africa; the Mandingas are descended from a tribe of tall Ghanaians. Both families have been brought to Cuba as slaves....

During this event, Chomsky, along with Bernie Dwyer, a journalist and film maker, and Father Geoffrey Bottoms, a peace and justice activist from England, answers questions from the audience....

From Cuba to Tibet is a refreshing novel about the life of a courageous woman, Adolfina Olleres. She defies all the conventions of her time and ...

Guillermo Vicente Vidal's memoir chronicles his journey from Castro's Cuba to the United States - a tapestry of his coming of age, a broken family, and disorientation of political unrest....

Her plans to save her small town didn't include a pig playing cupid…or falling for the enemy. Superstition Springs native Havana Nixon is ...

Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, the hero of Flight of the Intruder, returns as the United States and Cuba engage in a terrifying game of brinkmanship....

My Favorite Girlfriend Was a French Bulldog is a novel told in 15 stories, linked by the same protagonist, our narrator, who - in her own voice and channeling the voices of others - creates an unsparing, multigenerational portrait of her native Cuba....

A Time magazine story once called my great-grandfather, who was president of Cuba from 1925 to 1933, the Mussolini of the Caribbean. My mother worshiped him and believed he was the president who did the most for Cuba. But in 1960, Fidel Castro declared himself a Marxist-Leninist....

Matt Branson went to West Point Military Academy and just knew he would be a cavalry officer after he graduated. The Army had other ideas about his military future....

By the author of the award-winning book “Waiting on Zapote Street.” In 1968, a day before his sixteenth birthday, Rodolfo Hernandez’s mother ...

In this fifth volume of the Jonathan Kinkaid series, our intrepid captain is given command of America's premier warship, one of the finest ships ...

Neil and Gauri have made it big and are enjoying life with their doting daughter, Neilakshi. Holidaying in Cuba, little do they know that the selfie they send back to their daughter in India will be their last, as they are attacked by mysterious men....

Agustin Blazquez's THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR, a novel about an artist's escape from Cuba into a dream-world of art and movies, illustrates Braque's insight....

Cuba occupies a place of undisputed fascination in the American psyche....

Welcome to Cuba! Hear the strong dance beat of salsa music. Walk city streets lined with colorful buildings. Learn about the people, places, and traditions of this hot island country....

On July 26, 2003, the 50th anniversary of the Moncada Army Barracks raid in Santiago de Cuba, something unexpected happens....

Lieutenant Charlie Parnell grinds through his daily routine in Army Intelligence at Arlington Hall Station, Virginia. He tracks Cuban movements through Havana newspapers and Cuban radio, but what he’s counting are the dreary days until his military discharge.

Robert Dallek offers here a look at the life of William Dodd, an American diplomat stationed in Nazi Germany....

When Don Carter flies to Santiago de Cuba, his plans are to rendezvous with his new connect, Vicente. He never expected to meet the beautiful and vestal virgin Maria - Vicente's daughter....

When young president Kennedy came to power in 1961, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was eager to test his mettle from the start....