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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 9 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780241968772 | ISBN 10: 0241968771
In Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel García Márquez – winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude – recounts his personal experience of returning to the house in which he grew up and the memories that this ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780241959909 | ISBN 10: 024195990x
For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? And how is it rebu ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781583672518 | ISBN 10: 1583672516
Since the late 1990s, the United States has funneled billions of dollars in aid to Colombia, ostensibly to combat the illicit drug trade and State Department-designated terrorist groups. The result has been a spiral of violence that continues to take ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781844086139 | ISBN 10: 1844086135
Ingrid Betancourt's story - her exemplary courage, spirit and resilience - has captured the world's imagination. A politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat the corruption and climate of fear endem ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781844675517 | ISBN 10: 1844675513
Colombia is the least understood of Latin American countries. Its human tragedy, which features terrifying levels of kidnapping, homicide and extortion, is generally ignored or exploited. In this urgent new work Forrest Hylton, who has extensive firs ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781586482077 | ISBN 10: 1586482076
'More Terrible Than Death' is a gripping work that maps the dramatic new relationship between the United States and Colombia in human terms, using portraits of the Colombians and Americans involved, the author's experiences in Colombia as a writer an ... more
View book details£9.95 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781564322883 | ISBN 10: 1564322882
All of the irregular armed forces in Colombia's decades-old conflict - left-wing guerillas and right-wing paramilitaries - recruit children to fight. In violation of international standards, these groups recruit young teenagers, sometimes even childr ... more
View book details£12.95 paperback (1996) - ISBN 13: 9781899365012 | ISBN 10: 189936501x
One in ten of the world's murders takes place in Colombia. Since the 1950s, the country has been the scene of civil war, protracted guerilla insurgencies and massive human rights violations. Its notorious drug cartels have become synonymous with ruth ... more
View book details£12.95 paperback (1996) - ISBN 13: 9781564322036 | ISBN 10: 1564322033
The junior and mid-level officers who tolerated, planned, directed and even took part in paramilitary violence in Colombia in the 1980s now occupy senior positions in the Colombian military. As commanders, they have not only promoted, encouraged and ... more
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