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|  | | Cuba Unspun
Cultural and political insights into 21st Century Cuba by a woman who has spent 15 years exploring the island's nuances.
i>Cuba Unspun/i>i> /i>introduces readers to Cubans in all walks of life, people whom she has met during travels round the island by bike, bus, plane, train, truck, and car. Familiar places like Havana and Varadero are viewed from unfamiliar angles and serve as starting points for adventures that begain in 1996 and continue into the future.
Jordan has camped in a military compound, spent a rainy night in the jungle without a tent, cycled through hurricane-devastated coastal towns, picked up hundreds of hitchhikers, come face to face with Fidel, and much more. Hers is a trip throu | |  | | Cuba's Best Beaches
Guide to facilities, activities, quality and how to get to Cuba's 30 best beaches.
Picking a "best beach" from the thousands Cuba has to offer is not easy. This guide not only narrows it down to about 30 of the island's best, but further breaks them into three categories: best resort beaches, best beaches for a cultural experience, and best get-away-from-it-all beaches. The guide describes not only the quality of each beach, but list accomodations, activities on offer on and off the water, and how to get there by bus, car, or bike. Up to date information from an author who has personally spent time at every beautiful beach in Cuba (and a lot mo | |  | | Dangerous Places
Author's two decades of travel from California to Chile via various Latin American war zones.
The odyssey of a woman less concerned about personal safety than most of us simply because she believes tht danger is an inherent part of life, and contributes to our understanding of the world. Jordan's willingness to venture "beyond predictability" leads to encounters that push back the frontiers of our understanding of people, places, and politics. This fast-paced autobiographical adventure lures the reder into the fascinating, beautiful terrain of Mexico, Cuba, Guyana, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru--and California.
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This is the story of 25-year-old Mary Bryant who led the most daring escape ever from Australian prison colony known as Botany Bay.
Mary's escape from Botany Bay closely follows known historical details, but no one really knows how a young uneducated woman with a todlar and infant in arms convinced eight men to go with her, let alone how they successfully sailed 3,500 miles in an open boat to a Dutch colony in Indonesia--which they actually did. I have attempted to show Mary as a woman with a practical nature, able to plan and acquire what was needed to succeed at such a risky venture, and with finely honed instincts that the men who joined her in the escape apparently trusted. Her thoughts and feelings, unr | |  | | The Woman She Was
Modern Cuba through the eyes of a Havana doctor as she copes with the attentions of two polar-opposite brothers and at the same time, tries to integrate her nation's historic past with her own unsettled present.
Celia Cantu, a pedetrician in Havana, is trying to live a regular life in today's Cuba. Her engagement to childhood friend Luis Lago, a high-level government official, is disrupted by the return of Luis' younger brother Joe, to whom Celia was engaged ten years earlier, prior to Jose moving to Miami. Meanwhile, Celia is trying to keep up with the worrisome activities of Liliana, the16-year-old niece who lives with her. Joe's arrival and Liliana's adolescent restlessness force Celia to examine the discrepancy between her country's revolutionary ideas and its reality.
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