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1	Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy more books like this by Carlos Eire add to wishlist Carlos Eire remembers growing up privileged in 1950s Havana, an interlude that ends with Fidel Castro and the revolution. Eire delivers transcendent prose that details the Cuba he grew up with and the "many deaths" he experienced, including being airlifted out of Cuba in 1962 with his brother. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	North of Havana more books like this by Randy Wayne White add to wishlist Doc Ford is called to Havana to rescue a hippie friend named Tomlinson. But when Doc gets to Cuba, he finds his friend has disappeared, leaving Doc in a dangerous situation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Our Man in Havana more books like this by Graham Greene add to wishlist English expatriate Wormold, who sells vacuum cleaners in Havana, becomes entangled in British government affairs at the beginning of the story and is pressed into service as an operative of M.I.5. He agrees reluctantly, so as to earn some extra money for his 17-year-old daughter's education, but does not bother to engage in any actual espionage. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Murder in Havana more books like this by Margaret Truman add to wishlist Ex-CIA agent Max Pauling, now working freelance, travels to Cuba to investigate a suspicious German company that wants to invest in Cuban medical research. He soon gets wrapped up in dangerous intrigues. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba- And Then Lost It to the Revolution more books like this by T J English add to wishlist An award-winning journalist and historian offers the complete story of how the Mob infiltrated Havana in the 1950s, made a fortune--and lost it all to Fidel Castro. 16-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $3.93! new only from $8.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Man with the Golden Gun more books like this by Ian Fleming add to wishlist Struck by a case of amnesia, James Bond finds himself set up and falsely accused of treason. Scaramanga, a deadly killer with a gold-plated gun, is the maniacal villain, and Mary Goodnight the gorgeous Bond girl. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground more books like this by Peter Moruzzi add to wishlist Featuring hundreds of vintage photographs, postcards, brochures, and other materials evocative of time and place, "Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was America's Tropical Playground" documents how the city of Havana evolved from Prohibition haven and rich man's playground to a heady blend of glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, allnight bars ... see all copies from $13.59! new only from $18.98! \| first editions \| SVS
8	White Shadow more books like this by Ace Atkins add to wishlist Inspired by true events, this thriller tells the story of the murder of criminal kingpin Charlie Wall in Tampa, Florida, and those who benefited from his death. RA tour de force from one of the best crime writers at work today.S--Michael Connelly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment more books like this by Graham Greene add to wishlist Wormold, a vacuum-cleaner salesman, was short of money, so he accepted an offer of $300-plus a month and became M16's man in Havana. To keep his job, he files bogus reports and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start becoming disturbingly true. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.87! \| first editions
10	Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub more books like this by Rosa Lowinger, Ofelia Fox add to wishlist Of all Cuba's nightclubs and cabarets, Tropicana has always held place of honor. Part casino and part cabaret it was all Cuban: the only nightclub owned and run by Cubans rather than by the American mob. TROPICANA NIGHTS brings back the days and nights of its greatest glory, in the 1940s and 1950s, when Havana was one of the most sophisticated and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The History of Havana more books like this by Dick Cluster, Rafael Hernandez add to wishlist This book employs a conventional documentary, written and visual sources and a variety of testimonials from throughout the world to bring to life the complex portraits and challenges of contemporary Havana.It is the best book on Cuba for many years. It elicited outstanding reviews. It provides a great introduction to the subject.This is the first ... see all copies from $3.72! new only from $7.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis more books like this by Joseph L Scarpaci, Mario Coyula, Roberto Segre add to wishlist One of the oldest and most celebrated cities in the Western Hemisphere, Havana is a fascinating metropolis where history has left its handprint on every corner. Here, an international trio of well-known architects and planners assesses nearly five hundred years of development in the Cuban capital. They offer an insightful introduction to Havana's ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $18.06! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Havana Gold more books like this by Leonardo Padura, Peter Bush (Translator) add to wishlist Twenty-four year old Lissette Delgado was beaten, raped, and then strangled with a towel. Marijuana is found in her apartment and her wardrobe is suspiciously beyond the means of a high school teacher. Lieutenant Conde is pressured by "the highest authority" to conclude this investigation quickly when chance leads him into the arms of a beautiful ... see all copies from $3.12! new only from $9.13! \| SVS
14 view cover	Lonely Planet Havana more books like this by Brendan Sainsbury add to wishlist Travellers are flocking to Havana to experience its idiosyncrasies and charms before the floodgates are opened to American travellers and things change forever. This guide features the most comprehensive language section available. It offers more coverage of language schools and volunteer opportunities for those keen to learn and return something ... see all copies from $10.44! new only from $13.66! \| SVS
15 view cover	Havana Then and Now more books like this by Llilian Llanes add to wishlist Dozens of archival photographs from Havana's mid-20th-century heyday as a posh vacation spot are featured opposite contemporary photographs, portraying a beautiful city undergoing restoration and struggling to regain its glory days. see all copies from $8.27! new only from $11.06! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Six days in Havana more books like this by James A Michener add to wishlist This account of a trip to Cuba was jointly written by James A. Michener and his longtime assistant, John Kings, who also took the photographs for the book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.28! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Havana Mob: Gangsters, Gamblers, Showgirls and Revolutionaries in 1950s Cuba more books like this by T J English add to wishlist Throughout the 1950s, as the Cuban people laboured under a violently repressive regime, the Mob-financed revelry in Havana never stopped. Tourists from around the world flooded in to gamble, go to the racetrack, see an elaborate floorshow at the Tropicana, hear some of the hottest music around and perhaps partake in the kinky sexual activities ... see all copies from $30.16! new only from $30.16! \| first editions
18 view cover	Reader's Companion to Cuba more books like this by Alan Ryan (Editor), Christa Malone (Editor) add to wishlist A gathering of some of the best travel writing ever about the most intriguing hot spot in the Caribbean, this book includes work by Hemingway, Langston Hughes, Thomas Merton, Anais Nin, Frederic Remington, James Michener, Tommy Lasorda, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Havana: History and Architecture of a Romantic City more books like this by Maria Luisa Lobo Montalvo, Maria Luisa Lobo Montalvo, Lorna S Fox (Translator) add to wishlist Havana, the legendary capital of Cuba, bears the traces of every stage of the island's rich history, from its indigenous traditions to the introduction of European culture in the late fifteenth century to the development of the unique amalgam of these influences that is unmistakably Cuban. In this exquisite volume, author Maria Luisa Lobo Montalvo ... see all copies from $31.52! new only from $53.62!
20 view cover	Cuba and the Night more books like this by Pico Iyer add to wishlist This is the first novel by noted essayist and travel writer Pico Iyer. "Cuba and the Night" is a love story about an American photojournalist and young Cuban woman. Their story is set against the disintegration of Cuban society which has been occurring since the fall of the Iron Curtain. The city of Havana and the lives of its inhabitants have a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	A Simple Habana Melody more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist Israel Levis, born in Habana, is musically gifted both as a composer and performer. When he writes a hit for the singer Rita Valledares--the love of his life--he is internationally acclaimed but still unable to express his love for the beautiful Rita. Set in Habana and Paris, the action moves between Israel's birth in 1890 to his heartbroken ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Tres Tristes Tigres by Guillermo Cabrera Infante, G Cabrera Infante add to wishlist see all copies from $2.95! new only from $26.55!
23 view cover	Havana Run more books like this by Les Standiford add to wishlist John Deal is trying to rebuild the Miami construction firm that his late father ruined. When the possibility of a major project in Cuba arises, he's intrigued--only to discover he's being lured to Havana to spring an American prisoner from Castro's jail. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Havana: The Making of Cuban Culture more books like this by Antoni Kapcia add to wishlist This book features: fat cigars, big cars, dirty money, vibrant music, intellectual ferment. Havana, since its creation in 1535, has long offered a unique, bewildering mix of the backward and the hip, the seedy and the sophisticated. In many respects, it shares the characteristics of other colonial or post-colonial cities of the Caribbean and Latin ... see all copies from $12.90! new only from $23.25! \| SVS
25 view cover	Havana Lunar more books like this by Robert Arellano add to wishlist Inspired by fifty years of Cuban literary noir, from "Cold Tales "by Virgilio PiAera to Reinaldo Arenas' "Before Night Falls," Robert Arellano's "Havana Lunar "intertwines an insider testimony on the collapse of socialist Cuba with a psychological mystery. Robert Arellano's parents fled Havana in 1960. He has been working on "Havana Lunar "since ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $9.13! \| SVS

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