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Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Columbia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north. How this...
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This haunting thriller, pushes the limits of love, passion and betrayal to the extreme. The relationship between a handsome conductor and his jealous girlfriend takes a wicked turn when she tests his fidelity by hiding inside a secret room in their house, but the results are more terrifying than she could have imagined.
3) Loco de amor
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Creatively charged from his MTV Unplugged Tour, Juanes returned to the studio alongside famed rock producer Steve Lillywhite for a brand new album. Included is the hit single La Luz.
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A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both. Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug...
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"Una colección excepcional que reúne todos los cuentos de Gabriel García Márquez, ganador del Premio Nobel. El lector encontrará los primeros relatos que García Márquez publicó en Ojos de perro azul, incluyendo el "Monólogo de Isabel viendo llover en Macondo", primera referencia al lugar imaginario que se convertiría en el espacio literario más reconocido de nuestro tiempo tras la publicación de Cien años de soledad. A partir...
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Fernando, un hombre maduro, regresa a su ciudad natal, Medellín, después de 30 años de ausencia. Allí entabla una relació sentimental con un adolescente, Alexis del que pronto descubre que es un sicario de las comunas populares de Medellín. Fernando se encuentra entonces inmerso en la atmósfera de violencia y homicidio causada por las guerras urbanas del narcotráfico.
Fernando, a man in his fifties, returns to his hometown, Medellin,...
8) Reputations
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An influential political cartoonist is paid an unexpected visit by a young woman who upends his sense of personal history and forces him to reevaluate his life, work, and position in the world.
9) Colombia
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Provides information about Colombia, with emphasis on its geography, culture, history, economy, and government.
10) Colombia
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Explores the people, culture, history, geography, environment, economy, and government of Colombia.
11) The farm
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Pilar, Eva, and Antonio ℓngel are the last heirs of La Oculta, a farm hidden in the mountains of Colombia. The land has survived several generations. It is the landscape of their happiest memories but it is also where they have had to face the siege of violence and terror, restlessness and flight. In The Farm, Hčtor Abad illuminates the vicissitudes of a family and of a people, as well as of the voices of these three siblings, recounting their...
12) Colombia
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"Colombia is a beautiful country in South America with lots of wildlife and dynamic landscapes like the Andes Mountains, vast grasslands, and the Amazon River basin. Through quick facts, fun sidebars, and detailed photographs, this book introduces curious young readers to Colombia's rich culture. From religious traditions and festivals of all kinds, to its food, sports, music, and Colombia's role in the world economy as a producer of goods like coffee...
13) Los divinos
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"A girl's body is found floating in the water in what seems to be a ritual. At the heart of this episode is the superficial world of some rich, successful young men who have an evil lifelong bond and are a world apart from the victim: poor, and a survivor of the violence of her homeland"--Amazon.com
14) Colombia
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Describes the geography, history, government, economy, and culture of Colombia.
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"An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, the heart of Colombia. This is Gabriel García Márquez's territory--rumor has it Macondo was partly inspired by the port town of Mompox--as much as that of the Middle Eastern immigrants who run fabric stores by its banks. Following the river from its source high in the Andes to its mouth on the...
16) Neverforgotten
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"Fabio flies through the streets of Bogotá on his bicycle, the children of his neighborhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right--where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again" -- Jacket flap.
"Fabio vuela por las calles de Bogotá en us bicicleta, seguido por los niños de su barrio. Es allí donde la vida...
17) Missionaries
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Neither Mason, a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, nor Lisette, a foreign correspondent, has emerged from America's long post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unscathed. Yet war also exerts a terrible draw that neither can shake: the noble calling, the camaraderie, the life-and-death stakes. Mason, now a liaison to the Colombian military, is ready for the good war against predatory narco gangs, and Lisette is more than ready to cover it. Juan Pablo,...
18) Juana & Lucas
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A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
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"The Madrigal family loves the Encanto they call home! But one day, all the fruits, veggies, and flowers in the town stop growing. It's up to Antonio, the youngest Madrigal, to use his magical power to communicate with animals to discover what is wrong and bring the plants back to bloom! Kids ages 2 to 5 who loved Disney Encanto will want to read this Little Golden Book featuring a story of friendship and courage again and again!"--Provided by publisher....
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