In Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, author of The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, found a sense of serenity and enrichment he couldn't find anywhere else. Here through more than a hundred color photographs and accompanying text, is a look at the Cuba he loved. Photographer Robert Wheeler takes us through the streets and near the water's edge of Havana, and closer to the relationship Hemingway shared with the Cuban people, their landscape, their politics, and their c...
A Trip to the Beach (Nova Audio Books)
by Melinda Blanchard and Robert Blanchard
Set on a beautiful Caribbean island, this is a story filled with calamities and comedy, culinary disasters and triumphs and indelible portraits of the people who live and work there. The story begins when Bob and Melinda Blanchard sell their successful Vermont food business and decide, perhaps impulsively, to get away from it all. Why not open a beach bar and grill on Anguilla, their favourite Caribbean island? One thing leads to another and the little grill turns into an enchanting restaurant t...
Top 10 Puerto Rico (DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)
by Christopher Baker
Insiders' Guide to Bermuda 2nd (Insiders' Guide to Bermuda)
by Liz Jones and James Ziral
Whether looking to sip a rum sizzle on a secluded beach or a Dark 'n' Stormy in a backstreet bar; whether you seek resort-class respite or the comfort of cottage colonies; whether you're eager to shop 'til you drop or look for shells on the beach all day -- the updated edition of The Insiders' Guide RM to Bermuda is the only guidebook that can show you Bermuda's culture, style and charisma through the eyes of local authors.
Dive Sites of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao (Dive Sites of) (Dive Sites of the World)
by Jack Jackson
Yachtsman's Guide to the Bahamas, 1987
by Inc Staff Tropic Isle Publishers
Covering 20 islands and their culture, this book surveys history, geography, and current situation of each island. It offers excerpts from novels, short stories, poems, and travel writing. Including 175 extracts by Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Derek Walcott, Martha Gellhorn, V.S. Naipaul, and others, plus author biographies and bibliographies.
The relationship between medieval animal symbolism and the iconography of animals in the Renaissance has scarcely been studied. Filling a gap in this significant field of Renaissance culture, in general, and its art, in particular, this book demonstrates the continuity and tenacity of medieval animal interpretations and symbolism, disguised under the veil of genre, religious or mythological narrative and scientific naturalism. An extensive introduction, dealing with relevant medieval and early R...
St Lucia Insight Compact Guide (Insight Compact Guides)
by Lesley Gordon
This 120-page, small pocket-sized book tells you all you need to know about St. Lucia's attractions, from its spectacular rainforest to its fine beaches, from towns shaped by pretty squares and French-colonial architecture to colourful underwater treasures around pristine reefs. An introductory chapter details its history and culture; and a comprehensive information section at the back of the book is packed with hotel and restaurant listings, essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus dozens...