Perez, Luis Eladio Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia Political prisoners, Colombia, Biography Spanish language, Readers Colombia, History, 20th century.

"Tres hombres de orígenes muy diversos se encuentran sin saberlo en un punto que cambiará sus vidas para siempre. Todo ocurre en Colombia, en mitad de la guerra, en esta época problemática que nos hemos habituado a llamar violenta, como si la violencia hubiera cesado alguna vez en este país."-- Dust jacket flap.

"Cuando una historia se extravía en la selva hay que regresar a rescatarla"--Page 4 of cover.

"Introduce little ones to Policarpa Salvarrieta, a notable figure in Colombian history. La Pola, as she is better known, was a seamstress who spied for the revolutionary forces seeking independence from Spain. While altering and mending clothing for royalist families, she overheard conversations and collected critical intelligence on their whereabouts and plans, which she passed on to patriots and spies. She is considered a heroine of the independence...

"THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER! When Pablo Escobar died in 1993, his seventeen-year-old son initially vowed revenge. But Juan Pablo quickly recognized that reaction entailed following in his father's footsteps--something neither he nor his father ever wanted. Their lives in immense danger, Juan Pablo, his mother, and his sister assumed new identities and fled to Argentina, where he would spend the next two decades grappling with his father's legacy....

No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde than disaffected young Colombian lawyer Antonio Yammara realizes that his new friend has a secret, or rather several secrets. Antonio's fascination with the life of ex-pilot Ricardo Laverde begins by casual acquaintance in a seedy Bogotá billiard hall and grows until the day Ricardo receives a cassette tape in an unmarked envelope. Asking Antonio to find him somewhere private to play it, they go to a...