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1	Love in the time of cholera more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez An old man and his childhood sweetheart are united for the first time resulting in the consummation of a n amor interruptus that spans half a century. This uplifting love story is set on the Columbian coast in the early 20th century ' see all copies from £2.52! new only from £6.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Chronicle of a death foretold more books like this by Gabriel García Márquez In a departure from the magical realism for which he is famous, Garcia Marquez tells a dreamlike detective story that investigates the question of why and how two young men have undertaken a brutal murder that they seem not to have wanted to commit. see all copies from £3.99! new only from £7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw more books like this by Mark Bowden In a gripping, up-close account, acclaimed journalist Mark Bowden, author of "Black Hawk Down, " exposes the details of how U.S. military and intelligence operatives covertly led the mission to find and kill the world's most dangerous outlaw: Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar. see all copies from £6.15! new only from £9.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	No One to Trust more books like this by Iris Johansen When a ruthless Columbian revolutionary (and highly skilled assassin) takes a dislike to the daughter of his former (and now deceased) major competitor, she must flee to the US with her son. But, with Rico Chavez's operatives lurking behind every corner, Elena turns to one Sean Galen--a handsome DEA agent--for protection. But will that be enough? see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
5	Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World more books like this by Alan Weisman In the late 1960s, a young Colombian named Paolo Lugari developed what would become one of the world's most celebrated examples of sustainable living. Featuring a new Afterword by the author, this anniversary edition describes how Gaviotas has progressed over the past decade. see all copies from £6.61! new only from £8.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	White Cargo more books like this by Stuart Woods see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	News of a Kidnapping more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edith Grossman (Translator) Garcia Márquez writes about the kidnapping of several prominent Colombians by the kingpin of the Medellin cocaine cartel in 1990 and 1991, in an attempt to bargain his way out of being extradited to the United States for trial. Two of the hostages were killed. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £10.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	El amor en los tiempos del cólera more books like this by Gabriel García Márquez see all copies from £8.20! new only from £10.05! \| first editions
9	A King's Ransom more books like this by James Grippando The author of five bestselling novels, including Under Cover of Darkness and The Pardon, James Grippando writes compulsively readable thrillers that could be drawn from today's headlines, only better. Now his trademark gifts are wonderfully demonstrated in a taut new tale of intrigue that will keep you guessing to the final, breathtaking scene. ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Code of Honor more books like this by Harold Coyle At the centre of this novel is the court-martial of a courageous young woman combat officer forced to choose - on the battlefield - between an action that will save her troops and the senseless order of an arrogant and frightened general. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Until Death Do Us Part: My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia more books like this by Ingrid Betancourt This memoir by a Colombian presidential candidate in the upcoming elections reads like a fast-paced political thriller. "Until Death Do Us Part" recounts Betancourt's struggle against the omnipotent drug cartels of the country--an international bestseller that is a powerful and gripping evocation of a country in crisis. 8-page photo insert. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £9.47! \| first editions
12 view cover	True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradis more books like this by Terence McKenna see all copies from £10.63! new only from £10.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	In Evil Hour more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Garcia Marquez wrote this Hemingwayesque short novel in Paris, then revised it a few years later to enter it in a literary competition in Colombia. It won the prize, but upon its publication in 1962 by a Spanish firm it was heavily revised so that all its bawdy, colloquial energy disappeared. Published again in its original version in 1966, IN ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Written during Garcia Marquez's Paris years (1956-1957), but not published until 1961, the title story is about an aged colonel and his wife, impoverished and starving, who live precariously on credit, hope, and the exploits of a fighting cock they have inherited from their son, who was killed by the opposing political party. This volume also ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.89! \| first editions
15	Man Who Made It Snow more books like this by Max Mermelstein, Robin Moore, Richard Smitten Here is the incredible story of the only American alive ever admitted into the inner circle of the Columbian cocaine cartel. From 1978 to 1985, Mermelstein was the Medellin cartel's Miami connection--a man who ran the American traffic and personally supervised the smuggling of 58 tons of cocaine into Florida. 8 pages of photographs. see all copies from £6.79! new only from £70.94! \| first editions
16 view cover	Relato de un Naufrago more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Garcia Márquez writes about the kidnapping of several prominent Colombians by the kingpin of the Medellin cocaine cartel in 1990 and 1991, in an attempt to bargain his way out of being extradited to the United States for trial. Two of the hostages were killed. This is the original Spanish-language version of the text. see all copies from £6.14! new only from £10.63!
17 view cover	Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All more books like this by Bruce Porter "BLOW" is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pable Escobar's Medellin cartel-- the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. Jung's early business of flying marijuana into the United States from the mountains of Mexico took a dramatic turn ... see all copies from £7.33! new only from £9.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America more books like this by Alma Guillermoprieto This collection of pieces on Latin American history and politics is by a journalist whose writings have appeared in the New York Review of Books, the Washington Post, and The New Yorker. She interviews guerrilla leaders, attends a Mass said in Havana by the Pope, and reports on Colombia's war on drugs. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.25! \| first editions
19 view cover	The story of a shipwrecked sailor. more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.27! \| first editions
20 view cover	Fruit Palace more books like this by Charles Nicholl Charles Nicholl is on a quest for 'The Great Cocaine Story'. The time is the early eighties and the place - Colombia. The Fruit Palace, a dismal whitewashed cafe that legally dispenses tropical fruit juices, has another purpose as the meeting place for a variety of black market activities and the place where Nicholl unwittingly begins his quest. ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord more books like this by Louis de Bernieres Set in South America, this is the story of a young philosophy lecturer who becomes embroiled in the vicious world of the drug barons. Vivo lives a charmed life, it seems, but that protection does not extend to those he loves. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £9.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	No Apparent Danger: The True Story of a Volcano's Deadly Power more books like this by Victoria Bruce (Read by) see all copies from £3.03! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon more books like this by Redmond O'Hanlon Redmond O'Hanlon found few experienced adventurers willing to accompany him on his four-month trip up the Orinoco river and across the Amazon Basin. He wondered why...Was it perhaps the fear of contracting dysentery, rabies or river blindness? Or maybe it was a disinclination to meet peckish jaguars, vipers, anacondas and 640-volt electric eels? ... see all copies from £1.99! new only from £15.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Two Wheels Through Terror: Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey more books like this by Glen Heggstad Glen Heggstad, the self-proclaimed 'Striking Viking', is an adventure motorcyclist who seeks out and rides the most rugged places on the planet. He has been a Marine, a Hell's Angel, and a martial arts competitor, but no amount of training or experience was able to prepare him for what he became while riding to the southern tip of South America: a ... see all copies from £8.96! new only from £15.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas more books like this by Todd Balf Based on the vividly detailed log entries of the U.S. Darien Exploring Expedition, this is a rich, utterly compelling historical narrative that will thrill readers who enjoyed "Isaac's Storm," the accounts of the Shackleton expedition, and all similar sagas of adventure at the limits of endurance. see all copies from £7.95! new only from £10.80! \| first editions

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