Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738893
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The return of Mario Conde.
Havana Fever
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738893
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The return of Mario Conde.
Havana Syndrome
Author: Robert W. BalohPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030407462
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. While physicians treating victims have described it as a novel and perplexing condition that involves an array of complaints including brain damage, the authors present compelling evidence that mass psychogenic illness was the cause of “Havana Syndrome.” This mysterious condition that has baffled experts is explored across 11-chapters which offer insights by a prominent neurologist and an expert on psychogenic illness. A lively and enthralling read, the authors explore the history of similar scares from the 18th century belief that sounds from certain musical instruments were harmful to human health, to 19th century cases of “telephone shock,” and more contemporary panics involving people living near wind turbines that have been tied to a variety of health complaints. The authors provide dozens of examples of kindred episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, in addition to psychosomatic conditions and even the role of insects in triggering outbreaks. Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria is a scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness.
Havana Fever
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
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Havana Red
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A young transvestite found strangled in a Havana park. The stifling death of a beloved Cuba.
Havana Black
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. Second Conde mystery set in languid Havana.
Epidemic Invasions
Author: Mariola EspinosaPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226218139
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In the early fall of 1897, yellow fever shuttered businesses, paralyzed trade, and caused tens of thousand of people living in the southern United States to abandon their homes and flee for their lives. Originating in Cuba, the deadly plague inspired disease-control measures that not only protected U.S. trade interests but also justified the political and economic domination of the island nation from which the pestilence came. By focusing on yellow fever, Epidemic Invasions uncovers for the first time how the devastating power of this virus profoundly shaped the relationship between the two countries. Yellow fever in Cuba, Mariola Espinosa demonstrates, motivated the United States to declare war against Spain in 1898, and, after the war was won and the disease eradicated, the United States demanded that Cuba pledge in its new constitution to maintain the sanitation standards established during the occupation. By situating the history of the fight against yellow fever within its political, military, and economic context, Espinosa reveals that the U.S. program of sanitation and disease control in Cuba was not a charitable endeavor. Instead, she shows that it was an exercise in colonial public health that served to eliminate threats to the continued expansion of U.S. influence in the world.
Havana Blue
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The third in the Havana Quartet series.
Havana Gold
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The fourth of the Havana Quartet series.
Havana
Author: Mark KurlanskyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632863928
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A city of tropical heat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky. Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and Kurlansky's own pen-and-ink drawings throughout, Havana celebrates the city's singular music, literature, baseball, and food; its five centuries of outstanding, neglected architecture; and its extraordinary blend of cultures. Like all great cities, Havana has a rich history that informs the vibrant place it is today--from the native Taino to Columbus's landing, from Cuba's status as a U.S. protectorate to Batista's dictatorship and Castro's revolution, from Soviet presence to the welcoming of capitalist tourism. Havana is a place of extremes: a beautifully restored colonial city whose cobblestone streets pass through areas that have not been painted or repaired since long before the revolution. Kurlansky shows Havana through the eyes of Cuban writers, such as Alejo Carpentier and José Martí, and foreigners, including Graham Greene and Hemingway. He introduces us to Cuban baseball and its highly opinionated fans; the city's music scene, alive with the rhythm of son; its culinary legacy. Through Mark Kurlansky's multilayered and electrifying portrait, the long-elusive city of Havana comes stirringly to life.
Waiting For Snow In Havana
Author: Carlos EirePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147110835X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
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.