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21) The rising sun
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
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...
22) Breaking creed
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Ryder Creed and his dogs have been making national headlines. They've intercepted several major drug stashes being smuggled through Atlanta's airport. But their newfound celebrity has also garnered some unwanted attention. When Creed and one of his dogs are called in to search a commercial fishing vessel, they discover a secret compartment. But the Colombian cartels' latest shipment isn't drugs. This time, its cargo is human. To make matters worse,...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ava Gabriela is excited to celebrate the New Year with her extended family in Colombia, but being around her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes her shy and quiet. Includes author's note and glossary of Spanish words.
24) The deceivers
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The Russians don't just want to influence American elections--they want it all. Former CIA agent John Wells confronts a plot of astonishing audacity as New York Times-bestselling author Alex Berenson goes beyond today's headlines to tomorrow's all-too-real threats. It was supposed to be a terrorist sting. The guns were supposed to be disabled. Then why was there so much blood? The target was the American Airlines Center, the home of the Dallas Mavericks....
26) Missionaries
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"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. Where can such a person go next? All roads lead to Colombia, where the United States has partnered with local government to keep predatory narco gangs at bay. Juan Pablo, a Colombian officer, must juggle managing the Americans'...
27) Tumaco
Author
Publisher
Rey Naranjo Editores
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Dicen que existe un lugar mágico donde se puede patear a la pobreza como si fuera una pelota vieja de trapo. Hay quien dice que ese lugar está a la orilla del mar, debajo del sol ardiente.
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Language
English
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A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar for dishonoring their sister. Yet if everyone knew...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Colombia, 2003: a teenager hides alone in her family's mansion until she hears a knock at the door. Her teacher is kidnapped by guerrillas and teaches Shakespeare in the jungle to a class of sticks, leaves, and stones. New York, 2008: another classmate, now a young woman, is unable to forget the past without the help of the little bags of powder she carries with her. As years overlap and lives intersect in often unexpected ways, they provide a lens...
30) Hostage
Author
Publisher
Bookcraft
Pub. Date
c1988.
Language
English
Description
Ry Fender is called on a mission. But his widowed mother owes a considerable debt, and unless Ry's horse wins his small town's annual race, she is certain to lose the farm. Fourteen-year-old Ben will ride for Ry, but his ruthless rival Fetch Rhal is determined to win despite all of this. Meanwhile, Elder Fender and his companion have been kidnapped and are being held hostage in Colombia. Their race demands patience, prayer and faith. And how can Ben...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Un niño es testigo de un violento enfrentamiento en una carretera perdida en el departamento del Cauca, en Colombia. Ese mismo día alguien limpia las huellas del desastre para que no quede el menor rastro. Nadie en el pueblo más cercano dice haber oído nada, y sin embargo, una denuncia anónima pone en marcha una peligrosa investigación que desemboca en el universo oscuro de las iglesias cristianas que hoy están presentes en toda América Latina....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Dolores Madrigal has the amazing ability to hear things that are very far away, from across the whole Encanto she calls home. But one morning when she wakes up, she doesn't hear something she usually does. But what? To find out, join Dolores and her magical Madrigal family as they team up to solve a mystery in this sweet and silly story set in the world of Disney Encanto!
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
A collection of ten haunting short stories linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.
Author
Publisher
Bruguera
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
"Un hombre regresa al pueblo donde ocurrió un asesinato desconcertante 27 años atrás, con la determinación de descubrir la verdad. Todos parecen estar de acuerdo en que Bayardo San Román, sólo unas horas después de su matrimonio con la bella Angela Vicario, la devuelve por deshonrada a la casa paterna. La atribulada familia fuerza a la novia a revelar el nombre de su primer amante; y los hermanos gemelos de ella anuncian su intención de matar...
Author
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
The First English Edition of This Classic Verne Adventure -- with a Unique Feminist Twist. This Wesleyan edition features notes and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as reproductions of all the illustrations from the original French edition. Written in 1898 and part of Jules Verne's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the...
36) Juana y Lucas
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
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Description
A Juana le gustan muchas cosas: dibujar, comer repollitas y vivir en Bogotá, Colombia. Pero más que nada, adora a su perro, Lucas. Lucas es su mejor amigo, absolutamente sin la más mínima duda. A Juana no le gusta su uniforme del colegio, que le pica mucho. Tampoco le gustan problemas de matemáticas, ni las clases de baile. Sobre todo, a Juana NO le gusta aprender inglés. Todas las TH de ese idioma inoportuno le hacen cosquillas en la lengua,...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
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 Untied 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 family...
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Español
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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 de entonces...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family that lives in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed region called Encanto-a wondrous place whose magic becomes threatened and whose rescue depends on the only member of the Madrigal family who doesn't possess magical gifts.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Disney Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal--every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides...
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