Christopher P. BakerMoon Cuba2015, PAPER, 600 PAGES, $24.99A practical guide in the Moon series, packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history and destinations throughout Cuba. (Item CBA04)

Borch MapsCuba Map2015, MAP, PAGES, $11.95A detailed, double-sided laminated map at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Includes insets of Havana and Santiago de Cuba. (Item CBA20)

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Mandy MacdonaldCulture Smart! Cuba2006, PAPER, 168 PAGES, $9.95A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (Item CBA105)

Aviva Chomsky (Editor), Barry Carr (Editor), Pamela Maria Smorkaloff (Editor)The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics2004, PAPER, 723 PAGES, $29.95Organized chronologically, this multi-faceted portrait of a nation, with most of the selections by Cuban writers, includes not only history, journalism and literature but also songs, paintings, poems, cartoons and speeches. (Item CBA93)

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Julia SweigCuba, What Everyone Needs to Know2013, PAPER, 336 PAGES, $16.95Director for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, Julia Sweig traces the geography, history and identity of Cuba in this admirably succinct portrait of the island nation and its role in world affairs. (Item CBA126)

Ann Louise BardachCuba, A Traveler’s Literary Companion2002, PAPER, 234 PAGES, $14.95Bardach (Without Fidel) samples terrific contemporary writers for this anthology, organized geographically. (Item CBA58)

Pierre Hausherr (Photographer), Francois MissenCuba2010, PAPER, 272 PAGES, $24.95With full-page photographs, introductory essays on history, architecture, music, food and more, this oversized, illustrated paperback by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Francois Missen and photographer Pierre Hausherr captures the spirit of Cuba, its people, nature and culture. (Item CBA143)

Graham GreeneOur Man in Havana2007, PAPER, 240 PAGES, $16.00The classic story of a British vacuum cleaner salesman who gets accidentally drawn into Cold War espionage with disastrous results. (Item CBA19)

READING GUIDE

CUBA

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Cristina GarciaDreaming in Cuban1993, PAPER, 244 PAGES, $16.00A short, poetic novel of three generations of Cuban women, their reactions to the revolution and the complex relations between those who remained in Cuba and those who settled in the United States. (Item CBA18)

Ernest HemingwayThe Old Man and the Sea1995, PAPER, 127 PAGES, $12.99Hemingway’s brief story of a fisherman who, after 84 days with no luck, finally makes a big catch. It’s an affectionate portrait of life in Cuba and winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (Item CBA02)

Orlando Garrido, Arturo Kirkconnell, Lester Short (Introduction)Birds of Cuba2000, PAPER, 253 PAGES, $29.95A compact field guide to the birds of Cuba, featuring 51 color plates, detailed species accounts and 144 local maps. The authors are curators at the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba. (Item CBA28)

Alfonso Silva LeeNatural Cuba1997, PAPER, 173 PAGES, $24.95A natural history of the Caribbean’s largest tropical island. (Item CBA25)

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Tom GjeltenBacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba2009, PAPER, 432 PAGES, $18.00Gjelten chronicles the rich intersection of power and politics, community and exile in contemporary Cuba through the saga of the Bacardi family. A fixture in making 1920s Havana a playground for the rich and famous in the Prohibition era, Bacardi famously left Cuba for Puerto Rico during the revolution. (Item CBA117)

Marc FrankCuban Revelations2015, PAPER, 344 PAGES, $19.95Travelogue, ode to Cuban soul and society and clear-eyed report on the economic reforms that are sweeping the island nation, Marc Frank’s colorful chronicle shows daily life in contemporary Cuba from the inside. Frank weaves his own story -- and the stories of his many friends and acquaintances -- into this indispensable first-hand report from the field. (Item CBA204)

Clifford L. StatenThe History of Cuba2005, PAPER, 162 PAGES, $17.99Staten covers the sweep of Cuba’s history from its earliest days as a Spanish colony through the 20th century -- all in under 200 pages. Highlights include the Cold War and the Special Period, when Cuba fell into crisis after the breakup of the Soviet Union. A Palgrave Essential History. (Item CBA195)

Lorne ResnickCuba, This Moment, Exactly So2015, HARD COVER, 320 PAGES, $75.00This deluxe coffee table book organizes 250 black-and-white photographs around micro-stories that immerse readers in the heat and culture of Cuba, the “Pearl of the Antilles.” Includes a foreword by the great travel writer Pico Iyer. (Item CBA261)

Tom MillerTrading with the Enemy2008, PAPER, 352 PAGES, $18.00Miller captures the openness, sensuality and pride of Cuba and the Cubans in this eloquent account of entertaining travels in Fidel’s Cuba. (Item CBA11)

Rachel KushnerTelex from Cuba2009, PAPER, 336 PAGES, $16.00Kushner re-imagines the world of her mother in this astonishingly wise first novel set in the American enclave in 1950s Cuba. Riveting. (Item CBA111)