Alicia García Santana presents us with her new, very erudite, but simply and beautifully laid out book, which is accompanied by Julio Larramendi and Carlos Garcia’s excellent photographs. Over the three chapters of Volume I of The Spanish Models of the Cuban House, the author examines the legacy of different types of dwellings throughout history: […]
En este libro que ponemos a su disposición sobre la guerra de Cuba de 1868-1878, encontrará pasiones no tratadas por los historiadores como el pánico de los insurrectos. Conocerá el papel que tuvieron, en la resistencia contra las fuerzas coloniales, los niños llevados por sus padres indipendistas a los bosques de la isla donde vivieron […]
El libro que ponemos a disposición del lector es muy peculiar. En esencia son tres visiones en un mismo texto. Se refiere a uno de los acontecimientos mas apasionados del pasado de América Latina: la guerra de independencia de Cuba de 1868-1878. Muchos de los participantes, en ambos bandos, escribieron memorias sobre su participación en […]
136 pages, Spanish language, color illustrations El prodigio de las manos es un libro que trata del porqué de las cosas: de su importancia, de la creación y experiencia humana sostenida en el tiempo. Esas complicadas sincronías, al combinarse, forman rarezas y maravillas como la cera y la miel, el carbón, los vara en tierra, […]
168-pages, Spanish language, color illustrations. Noelvis Pérez Morales takes us into the world of crafts, revealing socio-cultural ties built over the five hundred and ten years of the former “Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa”, today known as Baracoa. Of particular interest are the testimonies. With them, the text acquires a voice and with […]
Ante el llamado de la UNESCO, se dio comienzo en Cuba al programa para la realización deInventarios del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial en Contextos Comunitarios. Se inició en Baracoa este trabajo desde la Casa de Cultura Municipal, empeño donde las alianzas marcarían las bases del trabajo. El apoyo estuvo en los promotores culturales delas diferentes zonas […]
A Comprehensive Field Guide – including West Indian endemics residing in Cuba by Nils Navarro. 168 pages (8.5″ x 5.5″) with original full color illustrations and photos by the author. Separate Spanish and English editions. Prologue by Dr. James W. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-9909419-1-0 Limited copies available through Amazon Author’s note: The Cuban avifauna includes […]
por Nils Navarro 168 paginas con fotos y ilustraciones originales. ISBN 978-0-9909419-1-0 Disponible en Amazon Cuba posee una riqueza de aves que sobrepasa las 370 especies, con un elevado nivel de endemismo a nivel local y regional. Considerando el valor primordial de los endemismos en la conservación de la diversidad biológica y a partir de […]
A famous coffee plantation, enigmatically named “Angerona” after the Roman goddess of secrecy, provides the magical surroundings for LA VIRTUD DEL SILENCIO: roble, café y amor by historian and geologist Reinaldo Barbón Rodríguez. Set in nineteenth century Cuba, the story evolves in the cultural and socio-economic setting of a country pulsing with new found wealth […]
In the far northeastern part of Cuba there is a place so extraordinary that in 2001 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In this precious jewel of nature, exuberant tropical forests are interwoven with thousands of unique and special animals and plants, remarkable landscapes, and people who love their surroundings. This is Alejandro […]
In the extreme northeastern part of Cuba lies such a unique area that in 2001 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In this precious jewel of nature, one can find exuberant tropical forests with thousands of unique species, outstanding scenery, and a population that loves their surroundings. The Alejandro de Humboldt National Park […]
Conocer a Rafael Mosqueda a través de sus poesías es tocar y sentir su alma y su amorosa ciudad. Baracoano legítimo, Mosqueda, esculpe y pinta su gente, sus calles, su añeja ciudad. Sabe mucho de su historia y refleja los mejores sentimientos de amor y fraternidad de sus coterráneos. No podemos reducirlo a pintor, cantor […]
An illustrated anthology of poetry from Baracoa complied by Liana López Terrero and Sandra Rubio Oliveros. 160 pages (6″ x 9″). Spanish language. Baracoa . . . la de siempre es un viejo anhelo que se materializa con la voluntad de un grupo de intelectuales liderados por dos de sus hijas: Liana López y […]
Una vez más nos sorprende María, esta vez con mini cuentos o pequeñas historietas que brotan de la cotidianidad baracoesa, con lo que pone a disposición del lector anécdotas transmisoras de enseñanzas enriquecedoras de la espiritualidad. La magnitud o grandeza de estos cuentos no radica en el volumen, sino en el modo de comunicarlo, con […]
Curandero recounts stories and anecdotes, seemingly fantastic at times, which form a part of the local collective imagination of Baracoa, Cuba. It includes a detailed a glossary of common ailments and their cures. This study, the fruit of 30 years of research, is perhaps the only written account of the historical evolution of Baracoan curanderismo […]
A significant anthropological study by well known Cuban author Victor Oscar Perez on the myths, legends, magic, witchcraft, midwifery and popular remedies of the Baracoa region. His primary inspiration comes from healers that have passed away. Written in a universal language, Curandero presents us with stories that sometimes appear fantastical and anecdotal, but they are […]
Published in 2001, the book presents a unique view of the small, isolated town of Baracoa, located on the north-eastern coast of Cuba. It is a loving, poetic portrayal of the friendly people, the eclectic architecture, the vibrant art and the lush tropical environment as related by poet and historian Miguel Angel Castro Machado. Miguel […]
Interest in Baracoa, Cuba’s first colonial settlement, starts with the richness of its vernacular heritage, which is also curiously saturated with a Caribbean influence and the cultural mixture of native inhabitants with the Spanish, African and Creole, that which is essentially Baracoan and Cuban. The reader will not regret approaching this necessary book, in which […]
Finally, we have a comprehensive study of the outstanding artists of the magical town of Baracoa, the oldest colonial settlement on the island of Cuba. Established in 1511, Baracoa was Cuba’s first religious and administrative center. During its long history, a unique artistic tradition developed that is greatly influenced by the clash and eventual melding […]
Sabor de Baracoa: Su cocina tradicional, by Inalvis Gilbeaux (Taste of Baracoa) ISBN 9780971667587 © 2012 Printed in Canada by Transcontinental LIMITED Spanish language edition, 136 pages, 8 1/2″ x 11″, over 300 color illustrations. Sample pages (4.9MB PDF) Photography: Jehovanny Rodríguez Sanamé Additional photography: Julio Larramendi, Pepe Nieto. Paintings and illustrations: Luis Eliades Rodríguez, […]
compiled by Roberto Valcárcel Rojas and José Abreu Cardet 232 pages, (6″ x 9″) with black and white illustrations and photographs. Articles by Roberto Valcárcel Rojas, José Abreu Cardet, José Novoa Betancourt, Isaíris Rojas París, Margarita París Johnson, Iván Rodríguez López, Nury de los Ángeles Valcárcel Leyva, José Corella, Francisco Cuesta, Adisney Campos Suárez, Ramiro […]
Baracoa está llena de complejidades y polémica. Ella fue la primera ciudad y capital de Cuba, luego casi olvidada y relegada, quién sabes si debido a su posición geográfica en zona de difícil acceso. Al mismo tiempo, gracias quizás a esto último persisten allí tantas singularidades que la convierten en un territorio único, donde perduran […]
Por primera vez en la historiografía cubana se pone a disposición del lector una compilación de documentos de un escuadrón del ejército de la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista. Nos referimos al Escuadrón 17 del Regimiento 1 de la Guardia Rural. Esta unidad tenía en su jurisdicción al antiguo municipio Baracoa, una zona de bosques y […]
On the occasion of the celebration of the 495th anniversary of the founding of Baracoa, August 15, 2006, the St. Augustine-Baracoa Friendship Association is pleased to announce the publishing of the book, Baracoa: Apuntes sobre su Historia y su Banda de Musica, by Elexis Jesus Fernandez Rubio Navarro. This edition reflects the love and tenderness that […]
MAGUANA fue y seguirá siendo Baracoa porque sus contenidos se erigieron definitivamente en rostros de sus conciencias y calaron hondo en la sensibilidad de su grupo social; con esos esta nueva entrega salda una deuda de gratitud infinita. Esta edición especial de la Revista Maguana está concebida para resaltar los valores del centro histórico urbano […]
By Yvette García Gonzáles ISBN 978-0-9716675-7-0 Price $15 + $5 S/H.
The first of a series of Spanish language coloring books about Cuba’s endangered species. ISBN 978-987-23188-7-1 (Second Edition) Price: $10 + $5 S/H.
The third of a series of Spanish language coloring books about Cuba’s endangered species. ISBN 978-097-1667-51-8 SOLD OUT – Sorry
The fourth in a series of Spanish language coloring books about Cuba’s endangered species, it features a charming over-sized, friendly rodent who is as charming as he is delicious. ISBN 978-0-9716675-3-2 SOLD OUT – Sorry
The second of a series of Spanish language coloring books about Cuba’s endangered species. ISBN 978-987-1414-07-9 (Second Edition) Price: $10 + $5 S/H.
Two lovely coloring books about a family of Cuban parrots who run into serious problems, first of all with the housing shortage. In the second book of the series, crisis erupts when the young ones are captured by the bad hunter who tries to reduce them to spending the rest of their lives in a […]
Two lovely coloring books about a family of Cuban parrots who run into serious problems, first of all with the housing shortage. In the second book of the series, crisis erupts when the young ones are captured by the bad hunter who tries to reduce them to spending the rest of their lives in a […]
Miss Clancy – un evangelio vivo By Dr. Roberto I. Pun Jaimes SOLD OUT – sorry
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