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He is the most terrifying of killers: and what Rico Chavez wants most is Elena Kyler--and he wants her dead. Trained as an assassin, Elena didn?t need anyone to survive. But now she finds herself on the run from one dangerous man and turning for help to another. Sean Galen was a man without illusions. He knew it was only desperation that caused Elena to accept his help--a mother?s desperation to save her young son from a psychopath father who would...

When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana's excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the Biblioburro to return. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a note on the true story of Columbia's Biblioburro and mobile libraries in other countries. Ana ama las historias. Pero en su pequeño pueblo, hay pocos libros y ella ya los ha leído todos. Una mañana, Ana...

This book was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Connecticut State Library. Multicultural Grant.

To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all--the Madremonte.

Mark Iverson is a Mormon bishop and an FBI agent. He has just received a new assignment working a covert operation in which he is to rescue a young woman from a powerful drug lord. However, once Mark arrives in Colombia, it doesn't take him long to realize that he has not been told the complete truth about his dangerous mission. He soon realizes that his wife and children may well be in great danger. Now, despite chilling odds and...

"Larry regresa al país doce años después de la desaparición de su padre, un mafioso cercano a Pablo Escobar. A su llegada a Medellín lo espera Pedro, su amigo de infancia, para sumergirlo en la celebración de la Alborada, una estruendosa fiesta popular. El encuentro de Larry con su pasado familiar y el redescubrimiento de una ciduad en donde aún se perciben los rezagos de la época más oscura de la historia de Colombia son algunas de las capas...

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.

Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotá with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a LOT of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can't help wishing things would go back to the...

"En el año 2014, Carlos Carballo es arrestado por intentar robar el traje de paño de Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, líder político asesinado en Bogotá en 1948. Carballo es un hombre atormentado que busca señales para desentrañar los misterios de un pasado que lo obesesiona. Pero nadie, ni siquiera sus amigos más cercanos, sospecho las razones profundas de su obsesión. ¿Qué conecta los asesinatos de Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, cuya muerta partió en...

Now in paperback, Douglas Galbraith's The Rising Sun is an extraordinary tour de force of historical fiction in the tradition of Caleb Carr's The Alienist and David Liss's A Conspiracy of Paper. A widespread critical favorite in hardcover, it was hailed by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best novels of the past decade, and established its author as a major new talent. In 1698, five vessels led by the flagship Rising Sun embarked on a perilous voyage...