DescriptionIt was one of America's most colossal political and military miscalculations: the 1961 Bay of Pigs incident, in which 1, 400 anti-Castro Cubans attempted to invade Cuba - with support from the CIA - and failed. It marked the first foreign policy defeat for the new Kennedy administration and was the first CIA covert operation to be exposed to public scrutiny.
DescriptionThis island was once a clearinghouse for importing slaves into the New World. It later became one of the world's few remaining bastions of Marxism, proclaiming socio-economic equality. In both forms, Cuba has played a unique and dramatic role in American affairs. This presentation focuses on Cuba's economic and social upheaval, with special attention to how this has affected the United States.
DescriptionTake an insider's tour of San Francisco's famous neighborhoods and landmarks with this original production from Antenna Audio. Get your hair cut in Chinatown's Ross Alley; take a cable car to Grace Cathedral; view murals in the Mission's Balmy Alley; or s…
DescriptionHere at last is the eagerly awaited new novel from New York Times best-selling author Gail Godwin. Queen of the Underworld is sweeping and sultry literary fiction, featuring a memorable young heroine and engaging characters whose intimate dr…
DescriptionMany writers have highlighted South Florida's colorful characters, but John Deal is a remarkably normal man, put in extraordinary situations. Deal has spent much of his adult life trying to rebuild the Miami construction firm that his late father ruined. Cuba has just normalized relations with the United States, and when the possibility of a major project there arises, he can't help being intrigued - only to find that he has been lured to Havana for another, far more dangerous purpose: to help spring an American prisoner from a Castro jail. Deal wants nothing to do with it, until he discovers the identity of the prisoner: a man closer to him than he could have possibly imagined, and the holder of secrets many groups would kill for...
