"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...

In Bogotá, Columbia, young José eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbage collector, and take a book home to enjoy all week. Includes note about Gutiérrez's life and Bogotá.

A look inside the La Modelo prison in Bogota. Colombia. Called a "model" prison by Colombia officials the prison in reality is controlled more by the prisoners than the guards. With 5000 prisoners for 2400 spots, and not more than 150 security guards assigned to the prison. The prison is awash in violence, and drugs. Last year, 162 prisoners were killed there. The prison is controlled by three criminal groups: members of the guerrilla movement, paramilitary...

A man, his burros, and his books bring joy to children in remote Colombian villages in this inspiring book based on a true story by celebrated picture book creator Jeanette Winter. Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the perfect solution-a traveling library! He buys two donkeys-Alfa and Beto-and travels with them throughout the land, bringing books...

"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. Where else in the world can such a person go? All roads lead to Colombia, where the US, with its patented fusion of intelligence dominance and quick-striking...

"A Luis le encanta leer, pero pronto su casa en Colombia est̀ tan llena de libros que apenas hay espacio para la familia. ¿Qǔ hacer? Entonces se le ocurre la soluci̤n perfecta: ¡una biblioteca ambulante! Compra dos burros, Alfa y Beto. y viaja con ellos por todo el pa̕s, llevando libros y leyendo a los nįos de aldeas lejanas"-- $c Proporcionado por el editor.

From the Pacific coast to the snow-covered volcanoes of the Andes, from the plains of the Orinoco region deep into the rainforests of the Amazon, this documentary offers captivating insights into a natural paradise that, due to decades of civil war, remained largely inaccessible. Conditions are ideal for a wealth of flora and fauna, including jaguars, anacondas, condors and hammerhead sharks.

"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story."--SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street. 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...

"En Guayacanal, su obra más personal, William Ospina revive la historia de sus bisabuelos, de sus abuelos, de Padua -- el lugar donde nació --, de un tiempo lejano que si bien es el de su infancia, también podría ser el de su vida entera. Llena de alegría, de música, de personajes de una humanidad inverosímil, de fiestas, relatos, poesía, magia y naturaleza, así como también de mezquindades gratuitas, de hombres aviesos, de terribles crímenes,...

Visit the Pacific coast and the volcanoes of the Andes. Along the coast humpback whales give birth and fish crabs in the mangrove forests. The ascent into the Andes is like a journey to a different planet. Snow-capped, 13,000 feet high volcanoes known as the Los Nevados are surrounded by the Paramó, a magical landscape of giant flowers. Here we observe bears, condors and stunning hummingbirds.