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I was very impressed with the work that Mr. Fennell has put into on this book. His anthropological analysis is thoughtful, logical, and all-encompassing; highlighted by a deep historic and cultural understanding of the regions to which he applies his theories. This collection is well written and enjoyable, and easily accessible to many different levels of anthropological understanding. In my studies of Afro-Caribbean religious legacies, I have been greatly aided by this work and by the extremely straightforward and delightful Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santeria to Obeah and Espiritismo (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity); both of which offer, in my view, an understanding, fair, and well-researched look into an area that has not been given a great deal of honest study during the modern era of anthropology. Now if only the pricetag were a bit lower, I could enjoy both books on my own dime!

You cannot find a better cruising guide. Mr. Young has done great research.

I can not believe that John and Pat Rains could beat theinformation in all of there other guide books but here it is. I justfinished the 1999 book and have been cruising in many of the areas they cover over the last three years. I sure wish I would have had this book. The informaiton that is between the covers is local knowledge and inside information that would have taken me forever to find out on my own. One of the greatest improvements over previous copies of the older versions 1,2,& 3, (this is 4) is humor. Yes John and Pat even have found humor after what must be one million miles on the high seas. I can recommend this as "essential" safety gear for any boater, power or sail, cruising in the grounds that that are covered, and that is a lot of ground. If you are going to Baja, Mexico, Central America or making the big canal trip you better have this next to the nav table. Truely a life jacket for every cruiser and great entertainment for the arm chair captains of the world. I never have recommended any book so highly to all of my fellow masters out on the high seas. Capt. Steve Olsen, a twenty five year master mariner currently cruising in Honduras.

REALLY GOOD BOOK. I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. NOTHING MORE TO SAY BUT GET IT NOW.

The book is a very useful collection of essays by various American academics on Cuba's relations with other countries. William LeoGrande writes about Cuba's relations with the USA, Nicola Miller about relations with Russia, Chris McGillion about relations with Europe and Japan, Peter McKenna and John Kirk about relations with Canada, Morris Morley about relations with Latin America and Michael Erisman about relations with China and Africa.

The most important, because most threatening, of Cuba's relationships is with the US state, a relationship that reveals the US state's true nature. Ever since the Cuban revolution, the US state, whether staffed by the Republican or the Democrat wing of the capitalist party, has tried to enforce counter-revolution. It has used terror tactics - the USA still harbours the terrorists who have launched their murderous attacks on Cuba from the USA, killing 3,478 Cubans in total. And Bush's appointee to the UN, John Bolton, has said that Cuba "remains a terrorist and BW [biological weapons] threat to the United States" and such states, he said, "can expect to become our targets."

The US state has also used sanctions - it maintains its severest sanctions, including on medicines and food, against Cuba. Blair's crony Clinton signed the 1996 Helms-Burton act into law, an illegal imposition of US domestic law onto non-US countries and companies.

It has also used its allies. In April 2003 the EU condemned Cuba for imprisoning 75 dissidents for receiving US support. EU leaders were acting as Washington's pawns, as Castro said. British citizens who in World War Two accepted financial and other support from Hitler got short shrift too.

But all the US state's efforts to isolate Cuba have backfired - it is the USA that is isolated, thus its unilateralism, its contempt for international law and treaties, its illegal threats of force, and its failed efforts to implicate Cuba in the `axis of evil'. By contrast, Cuba has been elected to chair the 115-member Non-Aligned Movement for 2006, where it will continue to wage its battle of ideas, for nations' sovereignty and independence, against empire.

An excellent book that explores an area of the Cuban arts that remains somewhat clouded - the painters of Cuba's first avant-garde movement. The book is well-written and easy to read without being boring or esoteric and the selection of artwork is perfect for the content. Martinez shows a lot of care and research in this topic.

The Cuban Revolution: Years Of Promise is an insightfully co-authored historical documentation of Cuba's revolutionary strive for independence from an undesired government by Teo A Babùn (frequent guest commentator with CBS, CNN, CNBC, CBN, the BBC, and the German Television Network. National executive director of ECHO-Cuba) & Victor Andrès Triay (Cuban-American Historian at Middlesex Community College and acclaimed author). Delving deep into the previously unseen terrain of the Cuban revolutionaries, The Cuban Revolution reveals sights and insights never before released for an eye-opening and educational affect. The Cuban Revolution is very highly recommended to all non-specialist general readers, particularly though to readers with an interest in the firsthand happenings of the Cuban Revolution.

A vigorously researched work of science, but at the same time an exciting adventure story (A handful of little green guys set out to create a new life in a new land!), and a mystery story (Who is responsible for the green tide that changed Florida forever?), a rip roaring sex romp (And where did you think that all theses things come from?), a thriller of a story (Surviving the most deadly force of nature, the dreaded hurricane, alone and unprotected!) as well as a heart warming story of how a handful of Cuban refugees fleeing the repression of Castro's Communism created a successful life for their descendents in the free land of America.

This is a study that was done in the 1960's in Miami about the Cuban exile community there. It is very detailed and it contains survey results on things like: when and why they decided to leave Cuba, how they first felt about Fidel Castro and the Revolution, and things of that nature. This book is very good for Cuban Americans and for anyone else who is curious about where we (the Cuban Americans that came during the first wave of the exile) come from.

Beckerman and Valentine have collected a series of anthropological essays that call into question the generally-accepted view of human sexuality, which they call The Standard Model. Essentially, the accounts presented here show that there are many cultures -- with no contact between them -- that believe a baby is composed of accumulated semen. Consequently, their babies can have several different fathers (partible paternity), if several men had sex with the mother. These accounts offer first-hand anthropological accounts of cultures in which sperm competition is ubiquitous and sexual monogamy is discouraged or even prohibited. They are essential reading for anyone who seeks evidence for questioning the standard "humans are monogamous" Darwinian line. Quite overpriced for such a slim volume; get your library to order a copy.