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	200 Conspicuous, Unusual, or Economically Important Tropical Plants of the Caribbean • John Kingsbury • FIELD GUIDE • A general purpose plant identification guide to Caribbean shores, also useful for subtropical Florida. Features color photographs and short plant descriptions. (CRB01, $20.00)
	Adios Hemingway • Leonardo Padura Fuentes • John King • MYSTERY • Following Padura's popular four-book series, Cuban detective Mario Conde returns in this literary novella to investigate a murder that occurred on Ernest Hemingway's estate over forty years before. (CBA100, $20.00)
	Amphibians and Reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Slope • Craig Guyer • Maureen A. Donnelly • FIELD GUIDE • This comprehensive guide covers the reptiles and amphibians of the Caribbean slope. (CRB177, $24.95)
	Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana • Stephanie Elizondo Griest • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The offbeat memoirs of a Texan who spent four years as a volunteer in Moscow, a propaganda officer in Beijing, and a belly dancer in Havana. (RUS242, $14.95)
	Art Cuba, The New Generation • Holly Block • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A collection of contemporary Cuban art. (CBA48, $49.50)
	A Brief History of the Caribbean, From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present • Jan Rogozinski • HISTORY • Written for a scholarly audience, this concise history presents the full sweep of Caribbean geography, culture and commerce from aboriginal inhabitants through European colonization and modern developments. (CRB38, $17.00)
	Caribbean Art • Veerle Poupeye • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A survey of art found throughout the Caribbean and created by artists of Caribbean descent, highlighting the multitude of influences from Africa, Europe, Asia and South America. (CRB76, $14.95)
	Communism, A History • Richard Pipes • HISTORY • A short, fiercely critical history of communism from the ideas of Karl Marx to the end of the 20th century. (GEN367, $13.95)
	Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara • Jorge G. Castaneda • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A masterful, scholarly portrait of the willful, passionate leader and his short, intense life. (CBA60, $16.95)
	The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises • Linda Coffman • GUIDEBOOK • (CRB186, $22.95)
	Cuba • David Alan Harvey • Elizabeth Newhouse • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portrait of Cuba by a veteran National Geographic photographer. (CBA65, $50.00)
	Cuba and the Night: A Novel • Pico Iyer • LITERATURE • A vivid first novel is about an American in contemporary Cuba who falls in love with a local girl. (CBA21, $14.95)
	Cuba in Mind, An Anthology • Maria Finn • LITERATURE • A wide-ranging collection of satisfyingly long excerpts from travel accounts and eyewitness reports. (CBA94, $14.00)
	Cuba Libre • Elmore Leonard • LITERATURE • A novel set against the backdrop of the Spanish-American War. (CBA24, $7.50)
	Cuba, A Traveler's Literary Companion • Ann Louise Bardach • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of mostly contemporary stories in the excellent series. (CBA58, $13.95)
	Cuba, Between Reform and Revolution • Louis A. Perez • HISTORY • A classic history of the island, and especially of the period leading up to the Cuban revolution. (CBA22, $28.95)
	Cuba, Going Back • Tony Mendoza • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An illustrated account of Tony Mendoza's trip back to Cuba after 36 years. (CBA61, $22.95)
	Cuba, The Contours of Change • Susan Kaufman Purcell • David J. Rothkopf • HISTORY • A snapshot of contemporary Cuba, its political and economic future, by a team of contributors. (CBA92, $16.95)
	Cubana, Contemporary Fiction by Cuban Women • Mirta Yanez • ANTHOLOGY • A highly regarded collection of short stories by 16 women writing in Cuba today. (CBA80, $20.00)
	Culture Smart! Cuba • Mandy Macdonald • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (CBA105, $9.95)
	Dancing with Cuba, A Memoir of the Revolution • Alma Guillermoprieto • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this lovely memoir, Guillermoprieto writes with her usual insight, wit and lucid prose. about teaching at the National School of Dance in Havana in the 1970s (CBA97, $13.95)
	Deep Cuba, The Inside Story of an American Oceanographic Expedition • Bill Belleville • EXPLORATION • (CBA99, $27.95)
	Dirty Havana Trilogy • Natasha Wimmer • Pedro Juan Gutierrez • LITERATURE • A novel of contemporary Havana's steamy underbelly, originally published in Spain -- and banned in the author's native Cuba. (CBA44, $14.95)
	Divided Soul, A Journey Through the Secular and Religious in Hispanic Life • David Alan Harvey • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A culmination of a photographer's two decade quest to capture the global Hispanic spirit on film. (SPN191, $49.95)
	Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide • Coastal Cruise Tour Guides • A handy guide and booklet that unfolds to a six-foot-long full color map. It features historical background, visitor attractions and maps of all the islands from Puerto Rico to Trinidad. (CRB135, $15.95)
	Enduring Cuba • Zoe Bran • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Bran, who writes wonderfully, probes beneath the surface in this absorbing portrait, meeting locals, witnessing a Santeria ceremony and asking questions about politics. (CBA84, $14.99)
	Eyewitness Guide Cuba • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, illustrated guide with excellent neighborhood maps, hundreds of photographs and succinct listings. Features innovative 3-D diagrams of cathedrals, palaces and museums. (CBA67, $25.00)
	Footprint Cuba Handbook • Sarah Cameron • GUIDEBOOK • A detailed, comprehensive guide to travel in Cuba (CBA33, $21.95)
	Gay Cuban Nation • Emilio Bejel • LITERATURE • An in-depth, scholarly study of homoeroticism in Cuban liteerature, film and society. (CBA50, $22.00)
	The Ghost with Trembling Wings • Scott Weidensaul • NATURAL HISTORY • The search, sometimes successful, for lost species, worldwide including such island havens as Tasmania, Madagascar and Cuba. (CON24, $16.00)
	A Girl like Che Guevara • Teresa de la Caridad Doval • LITERATURE • A coming-of-age tale set in revolutionary Cuba. (CBA95, $13.00)
	A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean • Mark D. Spalding • Sylvia Earle • FIELD GUIDE • A diver's guide and atlas of coral reefs of the Caribbean (CRB176, $25.95)
	Havana Bay • Martin Cruz Smith • LITERATURE • The detective hero of Gorky Park here goes digging for answers with a female colleague in a wildly exotic, crumbling city. (CBA23, $15.00)
	Havana Black • Leonardo Padura • Peter R. Bush • MYSTERY • In the final Inspector Mario Conde book of the quartet series (the second of the books translated into English), Conde -- aka "The Count"-- resigns from office, but not before taking on the case of a brutally murdered Cuban defector in the wake of a torrential hurricane headed for Havana. (CBA104, $14.95)
	Havana Red • Peter R. Bush • Leonardo Padura • MYSTERY • The third book in Padura's Inspector Mario Conde series (and the first of the quartet series translated into English) finds a diplomat's son in the Havana Woods, strangled by a red ribbon and wearing a flashy red dress, Inspector Conde must unravel the controversial mystery under the eyes of the 1989 Communist Party. (CBA103, $13.95)
	Havana, Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis • Joseph Scarpaci • Roberto Segre • Mario Coyula • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The historical geography of the city by a team of authors, Cuban and American. (CBA91, $23.95)
	Hemingway in Cuba • Hilary Hemingway • Charlene Brennen • HISTORY • This sepia-toned tribute surveys the life and work of Hemingway from 1939-1960, (CBA81, $34.95)
	A High Wind in Jamaica • Richard Hughes • LITERATURE • The thrilling novel of a group of children who set off to England on a ship after their home in Jamaica is destroyed by a hurricane. (CRB57, $14.00)
	Islands in the Stream • Ernest Hemingway • LITERATURE • Hemingway's story of artist and adventurer Thomas Hudson in the Caribbean. (CRB71, $16.00)
	Jose Mart� Reader: Writings on the Americas • Jos� Mart� • Deborah Shnookal • LITERATURE • Here's Mart� -- political prisoner, freedom fighter, poet and revolutionary -- at his most eloquent. (CBA15, $19.95)
	Knopf Guide Cuba • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A handsomely illustrated guide to Cuba. (CBA34, $25.00)
	Knopf Mapguide, Havana • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps. (CBA106, $9.95)
	Last Dance in Havana, The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution • Eugene Robinson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A journalist's account of life in Cuba and especially the importance of music and dance. (CBA96, $25.00)
	Looking For History, Dispatches From Latin America • Alma Guillermoprieto • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A beautifully written, incisive collection of essays on contemporary Argentina, Columbia, Cuba, Peru and Mexico. (SAM60, $14.95)
	Loving Che, A Novel • Ana Menendez • LITERATURE • Menendez evokes the excitement and upheaval of Havana in the 1960's in this acclaimed, inventive debut novel. (CBA98, $13.00)
	Machos, Maricones and Gays: Cuba and Homosexuality • Ian Lumsden • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A history and analysis of homosexuality in Cuba, attitudes and issues. (CBA90, $30.95)
	The Messenger • Mayra Montero • Edith Grossman • LITERATURE • A richly imagined tale of a frightened Enrico Caruso at large (and in love) in Havana in 1920. (CBA55, $13.00)
	Mi Moto Fidel, Motorcycling through Castro's Cuba • Christopher P. Baker • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A lively account of a three-month tour through Cuba on a big, red BMW motorcycle. (CBA41, $14.00)
	Murder in Havana • Margaret Truman • MYSTERY • The 18th in the wildly popular series of crime novels. (CBA70, $7.99)
	Musica! The Rhythm of Latin America: Salsa, Rumba, Merengue, and More • Sue Steward • MUSIC • This exuberant, marvelously illustrated book traces diverse Latin American musical styles from their origins in Cuba to Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Columbia, Miami and New York. With a focus on musicians and an excellent discography. (CBA87, $22.95)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermu • C. Lavett Smith • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic guide to coral reef fishes found in the Caribbean, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda. This portable, pocket-size book features 417 excellent color photographs, each with a range map and description. (FG24, $19.95)
	Odyssey Guide Cuba • Andrew Coe • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, handsomely illustrated guide. (CBA63, $19.95)
	Paradiso • Jos� Lezama Lima • Gregory Rabassa • LITERATURE • A baroque masterpiece by Cuba's greatest poet. (CRB128, $14.50)
	A Photographic Guide to Birds of the West Indies • Allan Sander • G. Michael Flieg • FIELD GUIDE • A compact shirt-pocket guide. With a map of the islands and 300 color photographs. (CRB127, $15.95)
	Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century • Mar�a de los Reyes Castillo Bueno • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The story of a warm, dignified and frank woman in Cuba (1902-1997) as told to her daughter. (CBA86, $19.95)
	Santeria Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion • David H. Brown • RELIGION • A scholarly overview of the symbols, rituals, and institutions of religious practice in Cuba. (CBA85, $38.00)
	A Simple Habana Melody, From When the World Was Good • Oscar Hijuelos • LITERATURE • An unlikely love story and lyrical tribute to Latin music by the author of Mambo Kings. (CBA72, $13.95)
	Singing from the Well • Reinaldo Arenas • LITERATURE • A poignant novel of coming of age in rural Cuba. (CBA51, $15.00)
	Strawberry and Chocolate • Juan Carlos Tabio • Tomas Guti�rrez • LITERATURE • The heartwarming story of three neighbors, daily life and intellectual seduction in contemporary Havana. (CBA68, $19.99)
	Streetwise Cuba Map • Streetwise • A laminated, folded map of Cuba. (CBA66, $7.95)
	Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes and Golden Sharks: Travels of a Water-Bound Adventurer • Bill Belleville • EXPLORATION • (CRB184, $29.95)
	Tango for a Torturer • Daniel Chavarr�a • MYSTERY • (CBA108, $15.95)
	Telex from Cuba • Rachel Kushner • LITERATURE • Kushner re-imagines the world of her mother, who grew up in the American enclave in Cuba's Oriente Province, in this astonishingly wise, ambitious and riveting first novel set in Cuba during the years leading to Castro's revolution. Nominated for the National Book Award. (CBA111, $25.00)
	A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf • John Muir • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A botanical expedition through the post-Civil War South. (FLA09, $11.95)
	Time Out Havana, And The Best Of Cuba • Ismay Atkins • GUIDEBOOK • An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (CBA101, $19.95)
	Top 10 Cuba • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions. (CBA110, $12.00)
	A Traveller's History of the Caribbean • James Ferguson • HISTORY • A concise history of the Caribbean Islands, beginning with a description of the islands' formation and geologic attributes and carrying through the first civilizations in the region all the way up to the modern tourism boom. (CRB42, $14.95)
	Waiting for Fidel • Christopher Hunt • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A camp but vivid portrait of daily life in a place where they're continuously making up their own rules. (CBA01, $13.00)

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