Havana Youth
Title | Havana Youth PDF eBook |
Author | Ariana Hernandez-Reguant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 9781943948123 |
In Havana Youth, Greg Kahn explores Cubans born after 1989, who have only known a time after the USSR dissolved and left the Caribbean nation with few resources and a growth-crippling, US-led economic embargo. Those kids, born during what is called "The Special Period", are now in their twenties and developing a sense of individuality in a society that was historically focused on collectivism. This is their cultural counter-revolution, and they are redefining what it means to be Cuban.
Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!
Title | Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York! PDF eBook |
Author | Edie Colon |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2011-08-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442434848 |
“Lush, evocative.” —School Library Journal “Raul Colón’s art…has a sweetness that’s sometimes tinged with anxiety, sometimes with hope. A fine addition to books about the immigrant experience.” —Booklist “This gentle look back at an important time will also speak to contemporary children whose families are starting anew in the United States.” —Publishers Weekly When five year old Gabriella hears talk of Castro and something called revolution in her home in Cuba, she doesn't understand. Then when her parents leave suddenly and she remains with her grandparents, life isn't the same. Soon the day comes when she goes to live with her parents in a new place called the Bronx. It isn't warm like Havana, and there is traffic not the ocean outside her window. Their life is different—it snows in the winter and the food at school is hot dogs and macaroni. What will it take for the Bronx to feel like home?
All the Way to Havana
Title | All the Way to Havana PDF eBook |
Author | Margarita Engle |
Publisher | Henry Holt Books For Young Readers |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2017-08-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1627796428 |
Showcasing the colorful buildings and iconic classic cars of Havana, this verse picture book follows a Cuban boy and his family on their road trip into the city.
Havana
Title | Havana PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Lightfoot |
Publisher | Signal Books |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781902669328 |
An exploration of Havana's history and its paradoxes: a city where architectural treasures survive among the crumbling tenements; where a vibrant street life takes place amidst shortages; and where revolutionary politics, machismo and a thriving black market co-exist.
Adrienneand's Youth
Title | Adrienneand's Youth PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Wharton |
Publisher | Page Publishing Inc |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2020-09-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1642985430 |
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Waiting For Snow In Havana
Title | Waiting For Snow In Havana PDF eBook |
Author | Carlos Eire |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 579 |
Release | 2012-12-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 147110835X |
A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other-but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear-spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died-and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn.
The Revolution is for the Children
Title | The Revolution is for the Children PDF eBook |
Author | Anita Casavantes Bradford |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 146961152X |
Revolution Is for the Children: The Politics of Childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962