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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.
4) 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...
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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,...
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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...
7) 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.
8) Colombia
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Explores the people, culture, history, geography, environment, economy, and government of Colombia.
9) 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...
10) Colombia
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Describes the geography, history, government, economy, and culture of Colombia.
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"The award winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, and ethnographer--a longtime Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society--recounts an enthralling journey down Colombia's Magdalena River that illuminates the country's rebirth after decades of political violence, drug cartels, and guerrilla warfare"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Colombia
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Provides information about Colombia, with emphasis on its geography, culture, history, economy, and government.
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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...
16) 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,...
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"A sweeping tale of conspiracy theories, assassinations, and twisted obsessions -- the much anticipated masterpiece from Juan Gabriel Vasquez. The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. A man is arrested at a museum in Colombia for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of an assassin. The incident barely makes the news though the political murder this assassin committed years before...
18) Colores
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Balvin continues to change Latin music on his own terms while staying true to his Colombian roots and reggaeton essence.
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Un espléndido e inspirador álbum ilustrado acerca de la vida de José Alberto Gutiérrez, un recolector de basura de Bogotá, Colombia, que creó una biblioteca a partir de un libro que rescató de la basura mientras realizaba su ruta. En la ciudad de Bogotá, en el barrio La Nueva Gloria, viven dos Josés. Uno es un niño que sueña con los sábados, día en que él y otros niños del barrio visitan el Paraíso, la biblioteca. El...
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