Nonfiction » History » Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba

True Paranormal Mystery From Haunted Islands    by Damien Rollins
Price: $2.99 USD. 5950 words. Language: English. Published by LL Pub on March 12, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.

Most people think of sun, sand, and endless parties when they hear the word ‘Caribbean’. In some cases all of that’s true, which is why the Caribbean islands remain one of the premier destinations for sun worshippers and party goers worldwide. Here’s a not so hidden secret though: the history of the Caribbean is much darker than many people realize.
Cordon of Steel: The U.S. Navy and the Cuban Missile Crisis - President John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Admiral Dennison, U-2, Fidel Castro, SS-4 Sandal and SS-5 Skean Soviet Missiles    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 64950 words. Language: English. Published on February 11, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.

In the fall of 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Hoping to correct what he saw as a strategic imbalance with the United States, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev began secretly deploying medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM) and intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM) to Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Pirates of Cayman    by Marina Carter
Price: $1.99 USD. 42220 words. Language: English. Published by Pink Pigeon Press on September 18, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.

Pirates of Cayman by Marina Carter is the only book available about piracy and privateering in the Cayman Islands. Some of history’s most famous mariners visited these islands. Among these were Sir Francis Drake, Sir Henry Morgan and the pirate/naturalist William Dampier. European seafarers turned the Cayman Islands into an important pirate and privateering base in the Caribbean
Mantua a Cuba    by Enrique Pertierra Serra
Price: $4.60 USD. 29080 words. Language: Italian. Published by El Barco Ebrio Editorial on July 15, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.

Ci troviamo di fronte ad un saggio su un tema storico e letterario, un tentativo di avvicinarci alla verità su un fatto – si presume - avvenuto circa trecento anni fa. Furono i naufraghi italiani a fondare la piccola città di Mantua nella rustica campagna cubana al principio del XVII secolo?
Mantua en Cuba    by Enrique Pertierra Serra
Price: $4.55 USD. 30720 words. Language: Spanish. Published by El Barco Ebrio Editorial on July 15, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.

Estamos ante un ensayo de tema histórico y literario, un intento de acercarnos a la verdad sobre un hecho presuntamente ocurrido hace trescientos años. ¿Fundaron náufragos italianos la pequeña villa de Mantua en la campiña cubana de principios del siglo XVII?