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Castro's Secrets

Cuban Intelligence, the CIA, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

By: Brian Latell

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Castro's Secrets

Cuban Intelligence, the CIA, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

By: Brian Latell

In this riveting Cold War history, highly acclaimed author Brian Latell offers us a new and surprising look at Fidel Castro. Latell draws his narrative on personal interviews with high level defectors from Cuba's intelligence, many of whom have not spoken out for over nearly five decades. The result is a vivid and revelatory account that revises our understanding of how Fidel operated, what his goals were, and how he imagined the future for his tiny island nation. Latell takes us from from the crimes Fidel allegedly committed as a youth in the anti-Battista movement, to how quickly he built up an intelligence system that rivaled the Soviet Union's KGB and Britain's M15 in effectiveness, and how that translated into a feud with JFK's administration and the CIA, and the ultimate confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crises that brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust"--

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305

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Macmillan

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ISBN 10

1137278412

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9781137278418

Dear Mr. President

Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives

By: Dwight Young,Brian Williams

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Dear Mr. President

Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives

By: Dwight Young,Brian Williams

Selected letters to presidents with contextual commentary.

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196

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National Geographic Books

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ISBN 10

142620020X

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9781426200205

Chinese Postman

By: Brian Castro

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Chinese Postman

By: Brian Castro

Abraham Quin is in his mid-seventies, a migrant, thrice-divorced, a one-time postman and professor, a writer now living alone in the Adelaide Hills. In The Chinese Postman he reflects on his life with what he calls ‘the mannered and meditative inaction of age’, offering up memories and anxieties, obsessions and opinions, his thoughts on solitude, writing, friendship and time. He ranges widely, with curiosity and feeling, digressing and changing direction as suits his experience, and his role as a collector of fragments and a surveyor of ruins. He becomes increasingly engaged in an epistolary correspondence with Iryna Zarebina, a woman seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine. As the correspondence opens him to others, the elaboration of his memories tempers his melancholy with a playful enjoyment in the richness of language, and a renewed appreciation of the small events in nature. This understanding of the experience of old age is something new and important in our literature. As Quin comments, ‘In Australia, the old made way for the young. It guaranteed a juvenile legacy.’

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291

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Giramondo Publishing

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ISBN 10

1923106236

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9781923106239

Road to Disaster

A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam

By: Brian VanDeMark

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Road to Disaster

A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam

By: Brian VanDeMark

The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and painful decisions that shaped this history. The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that led to so much suffering."—Robert Dallek Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite millions of words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to explain why such decent, brilliant, and previously successful men stumbled so badly. That changes with Road to Disaster. Historian Brian VanDeMark draws upon decades of archival research, his own interviews with many of those involved, and a wealth of previously unheard recordings by Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford, who served as Defense Secretaries for Kennedy and Johnson. Yet beyond that, Road to Disaster is also the first history of the war to look at the cataclysmic decisions of those in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations through the prism of recent research in cognitive science, psychology, and organizational theory to explain why the "Best and the Brightest" became trapped in situations that suffocated creative thinking and willingness to dissent, why they found change so hard, and why they were so blind to their own errors. An epic history of America’s march to quagmire, Road to Disaster is a landmark in scholarship and a book of immense importance.

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992

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HarperCollins

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ISBN 10

0062449761

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9780062449764

Tell Them to Get Lost

Travels With the Lonely Planet Guide Book That Started it All

By: Brian Thacker

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Tell Them to Get Lost

Travels With the Lonely Planet Guide Book That Started it All

By: Brian Thacker

Travels with the Lonely Planet guidebook that started it all. When Tony Wheeler wrote Lonely Planet's first-ever shoestring guidebook, South-East Asia offered 'cheap and interesting travel without the constantly oppressing misery of some of the less fortunate parts of Asia'. Certain 'hotspots' in the region attracted the tourist crowds, but there were many 'untouched places' too. So have Tony's recommendations stood the test of time? Just how much has South-East Asia changed since the Wheelers ambled through the region in flared pants? Brian Thacker decides to retrace Tony and Maureen's footsteps through Portuguese Timor, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Burma using the original 1975 South east Asia on a Shoestring as his only guidebook. Along the way Brian meets a cast of folk from the old guidebook who are still manning hotel desks and serving in restaurants. He also encounters mishap and adventure at every step of the Banana Pancake Trail - breaking bread with a gang of ravenous rats; swimming with a hungry goat-and-possibly-also-human-eating crocodile; crashing his scooter (twice); being wanted by the police and propositioned by Gary who likes 'pens', and getting lost everywhere . . .

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370

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Random House Australia

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ISBN 10

1742751962

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9781742751962

The Bath Fugues

By: Brian Castro

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The Bath Fugues

By: Brian Castro

From one of Australia's most lauded writers, comes a wonderfully wrought work, melding intrigue, romance, comedy and deception. A melancholy sadness which courts by never surrenders to depair. Taking the form of three interwoven novellas: the first centred on an aging art forger; the second on a Portuguese poet, opium addict and art collector, the third on a mysteriously well connected doctor who has built an art gallery in tropical Queensland. A must for all good bookstores.

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187

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Giramondo Publishing

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ISBN 10

1920882553

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9781920882556

Insight Pocket Guide Cuba

By: Brian Bell

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Insight Pocket Guide Cuba

By: Brian Bell

Offers an experts guide to Cuba, with 12 itineraries and tours to help guests make the most of their visit. The itineraries cover the entire island, beginning with three walking tours of Havana, and then beyond to explore the country's lush interior and unspoilt beaches. Also includes a chapter detailing Cuba's history and culture.

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108

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Insight Pocket Guides

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ISBN 10

9812580441

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9789812580443

Landscapes of Algarve

By: Brian Anderson

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Landscapes of Algarve

By: Brian Anderson

A travel guide to the Algarve offering 65 long and short walks, five car tours and 20 picnic suggestions. This revised edition includes a fold-out touring and walking map.

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140

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Hunter Publishing (NJ)

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ISBN 10

1856911454

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9781856911450

Hutchinson Pocket Encyclopedia

By: Brian Hutchinson,Hutchinson Staff

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Hutchinson Pocket Encyclopedia

By: Brian Hutchinson,Hutchinson Staff

Arranged in a unique topic-by-topic order, the Hutchinson Pocket Encyclopedia from ancient history to sporting facts and figures. Compiled by over 25 expert consultants, it gives a clear outline for each subject, including chronologies, biographies, and common terms, together with over 200 maps, tables, and diagrams.

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626

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Random House Canada

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0091742242

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9780091742249

Street to Street

By: Brian Castro

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Street to Street

By: Brian Castro

Street to Street is one of Brian CastroOCOs best books yet, a comic-tragic enactment of the anxieties of the writing life, in which the early twentieth-century Sydney poet Christopher Brennan plays a major role. A legendary figure, with a commanding knowledge of classical and European poetry, Brennan wrote some of the most powerful poems in Australian literature. He died an impoverished alcoholic at the age of sixty-one. CastroOCOs double portrait of the poet and his biographer, the writer-academic Brendan Costa, plays on the disappointment, the guilt, the lack of recognition, which troubles those who live by their imaginations. The novella is the perfect form for CastroOCOs purpose, its compression heightening the wit and energy of his prose, and his remarkable feel for the embarrassments of character.

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161

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Giramondo Publishing

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1922146250

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9781922146250

Hanging Out in Spain

The Complete Guide to the Hottest Cities, Scenes & Parties

By: Amanda Buttinger,Will Lloyd,Brian Frank,Arianna Martinez,Mike Livermore

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Hanging Out in Spain

The Complete Guide to the Hottest Cities, Scenes & Parties

By: Amanda Buttinger,Will Lloyd,Brian Frank,Arianna Martinez,Mike Livermore

This is a new breed of travel guides, the first student guides to satisfy the real needs and interests of a college-age crowd. The tone: fresh, sarcastic, irreverent, intrepid, but not anti-intellectual. This complete guide covers Spain's hottest party towns and resorts, most gorgeous (and challenging) outdoor spots, and secluded towns where you can lay low and mingle with the locals. We highlight everything a hip, young crowd wants: the club and music scene, the best bars, hanging out, retro shopping, cheap eats and sleeps, the gay and lesbian scene, a fresh take on all the cultural sights, and more! Hanging Out in Spain covers Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and much more, all with dozens of maps.

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788

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*Frommers

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0764562452

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9780764562457

Book's by Brian Castro

Castro's Secrets

Castro's Secrets

Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President

Chinese Postman

Chinese Postman

Road to Disaster

Road to Disaster

Tell Them to Get Lost

Tell Them to Get Lost

The Bath Fugues

The Bath Fugues

Insight Pocket Guide Cuba

Insight Pocket Guide Cuba

Landscapes of Algarve

Landscapes of Algarve

Hutchinson Pocket Encyclopedia

Hutchinson Pocket Encyclopedia

Street to Street

Street to Street

Hanging Out in Spain

Hanging Out in Spain

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