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ocn893136589 |
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TZ-ArACH |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781416562504 |
| Qualifying information |
(electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
1416562508 |
| Qualifying information |
(electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9781416553281 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
1416553282 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9781416562337 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
1416562338 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
| System control number |
(OCoLC)893136589 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1081241796 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
| Original cataloging agency |
RECBK |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
TZ-ArACH |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
| Geographic area code |
nwcu--- |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
| Holding library |
TZAA |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
| Classification number |
F1788 |
| Item number |
.C37 2014 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Castro, Fidel, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1926-2016. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Fidel castro : |
| Remainder of title |
my life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Scribner, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
v; 723 pages |
| Other physical details |
Illustrated |
| Dimensions |
23 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
| General note |
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed October 13, 2014). |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
| Bibliography, etc |
Notes and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc |
Fidel Castro is perhaps the most charismatic and controversial head of state in modern times. A dictatorial pariah to some, he has become a hero and inspiration for many of the world's poor, defiantly charting an independent and revolutionary path for Cuba over nearly half a century. Numerous attempts have been made to get Castro to tell his own story. But only now, in the twilight of his years, has he been prepared to set out the details of his remarkable biography for the world to read. This book is nothing less than his living testament. As he told reporters, his desire to finish checking its text was the one thing that kept him going through his recent illness. He presented a copy of the book in its Spanish edition to his compadre President Hugo ChAvez of Venezuela. In these pages, Castro narrates a compelling chronicle that spans the harshness of his elementary school teachers; the early failures of the revolution; his intense comradeship with Che Guevara and their astonishing, against-all-odds victory over the dictator Batista; the Cuban perspective on the Bay of Pigs and the ensuing missile crisis; the active role of Cuba in African independence movements (especially its large military involvement in fighting apartheid South Africa in Angola); his relations with prominent public figures such as Boris Yeltsin, Pope John Paul II, and Saddam Hussein; and his dealings with no less than ten successive American presidents, from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. Castro talks proudly of increasing life expectancy in Cuba (now longer than in the United States); of the half million students in Cuban universities; and of the training of seventy thousand Cuban doctors nearly half of whom work abroad, assisting the poor in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He is confronted with a number of thorny issues, including democracy and human rights, discrimination toward homosexuals, and the continuing presence of the death penalty on Cuban statute books. Along the way he shares intimacies about more personal matters: the benevolent strictness of his father, his successful attempt to give up cigars, his love of Ernest Hemingway's novels, and his calculation that by not shaving he saves up to ten working days each year. Drawing on more than one hundred hours of interviews with Ignacio Ramonet, a knowledgeable and trusted interlocutor, this spoken autobiography will stand as the definitive record of an extraordinary life lived in turbulent times. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Castro, Fidel, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1926-2016 |
| Form subdivision |
Interviews. |
| 600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Castro, Fidel, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1926-2016 |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
| Chronological term |
Since 1933 |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Heads of state |
| Geographic subdivision |
Cuba |
| Form subdivision |
Interviews. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Heads of state |
| Geographic subdivision |
Cuba |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chefs d'Etat |
| Geographic subdivision |
Cuba |
| Form subdivision |
Entretiens. |
| 650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chefs d'Etat |
| Geographic subdivision |
Cuba |
| Form subdivision |
Biographies. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
| General subdivision |
Personal Memoirs. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Heads of state. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 9 (RLIN) |
17546 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Cuba |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
1959-1990. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Cuba |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
1990- |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Cuba |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
1933-1959. |
| 651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Cuba |
| General subdivision |
Histoire |
| Chronological subdivision |
1959-1990. |
| 651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Cuba |
| General subdivision |
Histoire |
| Chronological subdivision |
1990- |
| 651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Cuba |
| General subdivision |
Histoire |
| Chronological subdivision |
1933-1959. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Cuba. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
| Source of term |
fast |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9335 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
| Genre/form data or focus term |
History. |
| Source of term |
fast |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
| Genre/form data or focus term |
Interviews. |
| Source of term |
fast |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Ramonet, Ignacio. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
| Qualifying information |
Original |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781416553281 |
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1416553282 |
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9781416562337 |
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1416562338 |
| Record control number |
(OCoLC)406422849 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
| Materials specified |
OverDrive |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://rbdigital.oneclickdigital.com">http://rbdigital.oneclickdigital.com</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
| Materials specified |
Excerpt |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
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| Materials specified |
Excerpt |
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| Materials specified |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |