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Los guerreros de la libertad    by Ernesto Panama
Price: $6.00 USD. 64860 words. Published by Ernesto Panamá  on September 21, 2009. .

Historia de El Salvador 1932-2008 Primer relato histórico desde un punto de diferente a lo antes escrito. Resulta profético al anunciar la derrota de ARENA.Genero testimonial y analítico,relata hechos inéditos,de nuestra realidad. El contenido es de fácil lectura, mantiene al lector en la trama. Esta es la 2a. Edición.
Cuba Rising: An American Insider's Perspective    by Jonathan  Showe
Price: $9.99 USD. 109340 words. Published on May 13, 2010. .

Cuba is a kaleidoscope of facets explaining her wild ride through global geopolitics and her future path. She has been a Spanish colony, a poster child of American neocolonialism and a Soviet client state. From those harsh experiences a new self-reliance is emerging. Where will it lead? Cuba Rising reveals those forces, as diverse as her rich culture, unique geography and millions of divid
Freelancing in Paradise:The Story of Two American Reporters Who Supported Their Family by Covering Turbulent Times in the Caribbean, 1958-1963    by John Hlavacek
Price: $5.95 USD. 129890 words. Agented by Concierge Publishing Services  on January 5, 2011. .

After living and working in India during the first years of their marriage, John and Pegge Hlavacek moved their children and Indian nanny to New York when John accepted a fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations. When the fellowship ended, the Hlavaceks moved to Jamaica and supported the family by providing news and photography services to print, radio, and TV.
Mama Eu Quero    by Richard Daybell
Price: Free! 3560 words. Published on May 20, 2011. .

A young woman is plucked from the American Midwest and whisked into a wild and wicked Oz called Havana during the early days of the Cuban Revolution, there to find first love and Carmen Miranda.
Lunch with Fellini, Dinner with Fidel    by Deena Stryker
Price: $4.99 USD. 102270 words. Published by Girlebooks  on July 9, 2011. .

An American Woman's Journey from the Cold War to the Arab Spring. Highlights include her stint as Fellini's press officer during the shooting of the film 8 1/2, journalistic adventures in Cuba where she held informal conversations with all the members of government including Fidel, Raul and Che. Stryker's memoir is not only a professional journey but a deeply personal exploration.
Killing Castro: An EJE Original    by Edward  Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 24210 words. Published on August 7, 2011. .

Edward Jay Epstein did ground breaking interviews with members of the Warren Commission for his undergraduate thesis on how the government seeks truth (later published as the best-seller Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth.). What no one knew then was that on the day of the assassination on November 22,1963 the CIA was sponsoring its own jackal to kill Castro.
Los Desengaños    by Angela Tischler
Price: $2.99 USD. 113710 words. Published on August 14, 2011. .

Cuba to 1959 - This is not the Cuba of Havana tourists, politicians and prostitutes. This is a candid first person account of life as it was on the other end of the island. Of life on a cattle ranch, the tradition bound city of Camaguey, and later, the mining town of Nicaro in Oriente province. The author describes living with political unrest in the background that exploded into a revolution.
Preámbulo para un suicida    by Alberto Acosta Brito
Price: $1.99 USD. 17870 words. Published on October 12, 2011. .

La ambiguedad social de los años sesenta reflejada en los niños de una familia acosada por la sociedad y la miseria, el relato más extenso publicado sobre un héroe casi ignorado, el renacer de la nueva sociedad cubana pos soviética vista desde la angustia de un obrero vanguardia, una breve pasada a los años 80, las visicitudes de un pueblo asfixiado entre dos aguas.
A Deadly Path To Treasure    by Robert C. Moran
Price: $4.99 USD. 66040 words. Published on October 20, 2011. .

This is the true story of the incredible adventures of one man that led him to be part of the richest Spanish treasure finds in the history of the New World. It's estimated that the total value of the 1715 and the 1622 Spanish Fleet treasure recoveries could approach $800 million dollars and more is still being found by the divers today. (Includes over 130 photos.)
Rum Socialism: A Travel Diary of Communist Cuba    by Kris Romaniuk
Price: $2.99 USD. 48150 words. Published on November 7, 2011. .

Rum Socialism follows author Kris Romaniuk off the resort and onto the streets of Cuba where he meets street hustlers, witch doctors, corrupt cops, foreign operatives, and host of other colorful characters. The result is a week-long bender of booze, satire and insight into Cuban Communism, a system that is trying desperately to reinvent itself in the face of modern economic realities.