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Java Interview Guide - How to Build Confidence With a Solid Understanding of Core Java Principles (Paperback): Ayesha Khan,... Java Interview Guide - How to Build Confidence With a Solid Understanding of Core Java Principles (Paperback)
Ayesha Khan, Jonathan Hall; Anthony De Palma
R262 Discovery Miles 2 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Cubans - Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times (Paperback): Anthony De Palma The Cubans - Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times (Paperback)
Anthony De Palma
R289 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R25 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Moving and rich...overflowing with warmth and humanity' The Times In this pioneering work of life-writing and reportage, Anthony DePalma reconstructs the interwoven stories of five ordinary citizens and their families to bring the true story of the Cuban people to the world. From Castro's heyday, through the devastation of post-Soviet collapse, to the false dawn of recent years, we witness the hardships of life across six decades of socialist state control - where even today the government decides what work you can do and where you live; where food is rationed, and basic medicines are unavailable. The Cubans maps a country where the revolution that once inspired its people has since tested their faith with tragedy and disillusionment, revealing the daily acts of heroism and the endlessly adaptive resilience that are required of them to survive. 'Page-turning...revealing and unputdownable' Claire Boobbyer, Cuba travel expert 'A deeply reported...account of Cuba's bittersweet realities' Financial Times

The Cubans - Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times (Hardcover): Anthony De Palma The Cubans - Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times (Hardcover)
Anthony De Palma 1
R725 R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Save R149 (21%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Cubans is a revelatory account of life in one of the most restrictive, isolated and misunderstood places in the world. *A Sunday Telegraph Best Foreign Affairs Book 2020* In this pioneering work of life-writing and reportage, Anthony DePalma reconstructs the interwoven stories of five ordinary citizens and their families to bring the true story of the Cuban people the world. Through their extraordinary journeys, from Castro's heyday, through the devastation of post-Soviet collapse, to the false dawn of recent years, we witness the drama and hardships of life across six decades of socialist state control - where even today the government decides what work you can do and where you live; where food is rationed, basic medicines are unavailable, buildings collapse and rubbish goes uncollected; where millions break the law every day simply to get by. Many celebrate Cuba, one of the world's five remaining communist countries, for bravely holding out against the rampant capitalism of the West. The Cubans lays bare the more complex reality, showing how the revolution that once inspired its people has since tested their faith with tragedy and disillusionment, and revealing the daily acts of heroism and the endlessly adaptive resilience that are required of them to survive.

El Hombre Que Invento a Fidel. Cuba, Castro Y El New York Times (Spanish, Paperback): Anthony De Palma El Hombre Que Invento a Fidel. Cuba, Castro Y El New York Times (Spanish, Paperback)
Anthony De Palma
R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Anthony DePalma, escribe una fascinante y bien documentada biografa de Herbert L. Matthews, el destacado periodista del New York Times que adems de haber sido el autor de una histrica entrevista a Fidel Castro en 1957, fue corresponsal de guerra en la invasin de Abisinia por la Italia fascista y durante la guerra civil espaola. "Una vida tras las huellas de la verdad le haba enseado a Herbert Matthews que ninguna mentira es ms poderosa que los mitos, y que ninguna verdad es ms frgil que aquella que nadie quiere or. Estaba convencido de que un mito haba arruinado prcticamente sus cuarenta y cinco aos de carrera como editorialista, reportero, y corresponsal; uno de los corresponsales extranjeros ms influyentes y controvertidos del siglo XX. Culpaba a las verdades desagradables al odo por convertir su vida en un infierno. Matthews se haba internado en las impenetrables montaas cubanas, de las que haba emergido con una exclusiva sensacional para la portada de The New York Times: Fidel Castro, a quien se crea muerto haca ya meses, se encontraba vivo y saludable, y haba sido elegido para conducir la revolucin en Cuba. Su firma, arrancada de las notas de Matthews, apareca bajo una fotografa en la que se vea a Castro saliendo de los bosques con un rifle de mira telescpica y un rostro exento de malicia. La entrevista, llevada a cabo en el escondite de Castro en la Sierra, marc un momento decisivo en la historia de Cuba y, pasando el tiempo, tambin en la de los Estados Unidos, puesto que seal el primer escaln en el ascenso de Castro al poder. Por un tiempo, al menos, convirti a Matthews y a Castro en figuras heroicas." La red de relaciones entre Castro, Matthews y el New York Times descritas congran detalle por DePalma sirve de marco para apreciar los conflictos que enfrentan de manera cotidiana los medios de comunicacin, en particular los que surgen de la confusin entre informacin objetiva y opinin partidista. Anthony DePalma es un destacado periodista del New York Times donde escribe regularmente desde hace mas de 20 aos. Fue corresponsal y Jefe de la redaccin en Mxico y Canad y ha cubierto eventos importantes en todo el hemisferio, incluyendo Cuba. Tambin es autor del libro Here: A Biography of the New American Continent (PublicAffairs, 2001). DePalma vive en Montclair, NJ, con su esposa Miriam y sus tres hijos.

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