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Product Description: Exploring a wealth of incredible winged fauna, this fascinating compendium travels to the tropical setting of Colombia, where many different climates blend to encourage the development of habitats. The country's diverse landscapes are explored along with the rare beauty of its singular birds, showcasing their distinct plumage, colors, various sizes, songs, beaks, and wings...read more
By Murray Cooper, Benjamin Freeman (introduced by) and Benjamin Villegas (editor)
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9789588306759 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2012, cover price $126.95 | About this edition: Exploring a wealth of incredible winged fauna, this fascinating compendium travels to the tropical setting of Colombia, where many different climates blend to encourage the development of habitats.

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Product Description: Richly illustrated, this volume delves into the heart of the archaeological area of San Agustín and the Colombian Massif, revealing the largest collection of megalithic sculptures of pre-Hispanic South America. Detailing the mystery that has surrounded the artifacts’ content and language, the study claims that the keys to understanding the art of the Massif are in the statuary itself, that its artistic qualities must be investigated rather than its mythic or religious significance...read more
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9789588306704 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2012, cover price $90.95 | About this edition: Richly illustrated, this volume delves into the heart of the archaeological area of San Agustín and the Colombian Massif, revealing the largest collection of megalithic sculptures of pre-Hispanic South America.

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Product Description: An ingenious tribute to the cultural and natural wealth of Colombia, this book is filled with illustrations and foldouts that present the country’s diversity in colorful and delightful detail. Beginning with the macaws and pink dolphins of the Amazon and ending in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the stunning images depict wide plains, the imposing Andes, the great cities of the highlands—including Bogota—the gaiety and history of coastal towns such as Barranquilla and Cartagena, coffee plantations, and more...read more
By Joselyn Gomez (illustrator) and Benjamin Villegas (editor)
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9789588306650 | Pop edition (Villegas Editores, June 1, 2011), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An ingenious tribute to the cultural and natural wealth of Colombia, this book is filled with illustrations and foldouts that present the country’s diversity in colorful and delightful detail.

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Product Description: Organized chronologically, the aerial photographs that make up this extraordinary collection chart the development of the capital of Colombia over a period of 50 years, from 1935 to 1985. The explosive growth of the city, both formally and informally, transformed it from a provincial town of only 300,000 to the hypnotic megacity it became by the end of the century, when its population had reached seven million...read more
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9789588306568 | Villegas Editores, June 1, 2011, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Organized chronologically, the aerial photographs that make up this extraordinary collection chart the development of the capital of Colombia over a period of 50 years, from 1935 to 1985.

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Product Description: Beautiful photography complements authoritative and rigorous descriptions of Colombian orchids in this study of one of the country’s richest natural resources. What quickly becomes apparent in the pages of this book is that one of the most notable traits of the orchid—besides its beauty, color, form, and size—is its enormous variety...read more
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9789588306643 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2011, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Beautiful photography complements authoritative and rigorous descriptions of Colombian orchids in this study of one of the country’s richest natural resources.

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Product Description: With a wealth of illustrations, photographs, drawings, and reproductions of the original engravings made to describe the local flora on the voyage, this thorough account is a description of, and a testament to, the expedition undertaken in 1783 by Spanish botanist and mathematician José Celestino Mutis...read more
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9789588306353 | 2 edition (Villegas Editores, January 1, 2011), cover price $150.00 | About this edition: With a wealth of illustrations, photographs, drawings, and reproductions of the original engravings made to describe the local flora on the voyage, this thorough account is a description of, and a testament to, the expedition undertaken in 1783 by Spanish botanist and mathematician José Celestino Mutis.

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Product Description: Exploring love from the Colombian perspective, this dynamic compilation combines unique illustrations with reflections from classic poems, popular verses, saints, and spells. From vivid drawings by graffiti artists to the desperate words of lonely composers, this collection seeks not to reveal all of love's secrets but rather to show the diverse ways that Colombians express it...read more
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9789588306407 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2010, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Exploring love from the Colombian perspective, this dynamic compilation combines unique illustrations with reflections from classic poems, popular verses, saints, and spells.

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9789588306490 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2010, cover price $75.00

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Product Description: Highlighting Colombia’s rich abundance of freshwater resources, this copiously illustrated reference explores the country's various rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and mountain glaciers. In addition to showcasing nature's beauty, this breathtaking book also encourages conservation and restoration...read more
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9789588306377 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2010, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Highlighting Colombia’s rich abundance of freshwater resources, this copiously illustrated reference explores the country's various rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and mountain glaciers.

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Product Description: Exhaustive and copiously illustrated, this fundamental account of Armando Villegas’ work—from pictures and oil paintings to sculptures, murals, and collages—is the most complete compilation of his art. Recognized as one of the first abstract artists of the continent, his figurative work displays an unmistakable fondness for the pre-Colombian traditions of his native Peru, but his breadth of artistic mediums impedes defining him by a single form of expression, technique, or theme...read more
By Oscar Collazos (contributor), Armando Villegas and Benjamin Villegas (contributor)
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9789588306162 | Villegas Editores, May 1, 2009, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Exhaustive and copiously illustrated, this fundamental account of Armando Villegas’ work—from pictures and oil paintings to sculptures, murals, and collages—is the most complete compilation of his art.

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Product Description: Colombia's vast climatological diversity makes the existence of a large spectrum of countryside architecture a possibility. This book gathers different expressions of style and the relationship that is developed between landscape, climate, and architecture in Colombian countryside houses...read more
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9789588306124 | Ill edition (Villegas Editores, June 20, 2008), cover price $70.00 | About this edition: Colombia's vast climatological diversity makes the existence of a large spectrum of countryside architecture a possibility.

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Product Description: An in-depth study of Colombian architect Luis Restrepo, this collection brings together a selection of his constructions developed by between 1989 and 2007. In this innovative presentation of architectural works, each construction is thoroughly illustrated with both color photographs and reproductions of the blueprints, making it a true insight into Restrepo’s genius...read more
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9789588306063 | Villegas Editores, July 1, 2008, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: An in-depth study of Colombian architect Luis Restrepo, this collection brings together a selection of his constructions developed by between 1989 and 2007.

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Product Description: Bringing together more than 500 years of creativity with images of multiple artifacts made from different materials—including wood, clay, metals, fibers, stone, leather, and seeds—this book brings Colombia's immensely rich history of crafts to life...read more
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9789589138694 | Villegas Editores, September 1, 2007, cover price $70.00 | About this edition: Bringing together more than 500 years of creativity with images of multiple artifacts made from different materials—including wood, clay, metals, fibers, stone, leather, and seeds—this book brings Colombia's immensely rich history of crafts to life.

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9789588156828 | Villegas Editores, June 14, 2007, cover price $75.00

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Product Description: The exclusive and expansive diversity of Colombia is vividly represented in the 51 natural parks that make up the parks system of the country. This book covers all the parks and their landscapes, exhibiting them one-by-one in more than 700 photographs that have been carefully selected and accompanied with text, information charts, and maps...read more
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9789588156880 | Villegas Editores, June 1, 2007, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: The exclusive and expansive diversity of Colombia is vividly represented in the 51 natural parks that make up the parks system of the country.

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Product Description: Santiago Cárdenas has produced one of the most rigorous and impressive bodies of work in Colombian painting. This book brings to life his obsessive drive to shred color, unravel light, and reinvent objects and the human figure using a simple evocation—a fleeting reflection—as a starting point to produce an inevitable attraction for viewers...read more
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9789588156842 | Villegas Editores, June 1, 2007, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Santiago Cárdenas has produced one of the most rigorous and impressive bodies of work in Colombian painting.

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Composed of five unique volumes that pay homage to the memory, life, and work of Alberto Lleras, a collection touches upon the topics that had a central role in the life of one of Colombia's greatest thinkers.
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9789588156897 | Villegas Editores, June 1, 2007, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Composed of five unique volumes that pay homage to the memory, life, and work of Alberto Lleras, a collection touches upon the topics that had a central role in the life of one of Colombia's greatest thinkers.

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Product Description: With the help of a camera designed specifically for Villegas Editores, this book invites readers into an infinite world of sensory experiences while exploring Colombia through panoramic, 360-degree photographs. This passionate journey through 29 Colombian locales—including Barichara, Cartagena, Leticia, and Tunja—is accompanied by informative text that places the images in a historical context....read more
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9789588156859 | Villegas Editores, May 28, 2007, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: With the help of a camera designed specifically for Villegas Editores, this book invites readers into an infinite world of sensory experiences while exploring Colombia through panoramic, 360-degree photographs.

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Product Description: With a specially designed camera built specifically for Villegas Editores, this book invites readers into an infinite world of sensory experiences while exploring Colombia through panoramic, 360-degree photographs. This passionate journey through 29 Colombian locales is accompanied by informative text that places the images in a historical context...read more
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9789588156866 | Villegas Editores, May 28, 2007, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: With a specially designed camera built specifically for Villegas Editores, this book invites readers into an infinite world of sensory experiences while exploring Colombia through panoramic, 360-degree photographs.

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A thorough exploration of a magical and relatively unknown country portrays Guatemala as the colorful, diverse land that it is, featuring nearly 300 photographs that accompany stories bursting with local flavor.
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9789588156804 | Villegas Editores, April 30, 2007, cover price $80.00 | About this edition: A thorough exploration of a magical and relatively unknown country portrays Guatemala as the colorful, diverse land that it is, featuring nearly 300 photographs that accompany stories bursting with local flavor.

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Product Description: It is hard to find a corner of the world where celebrations are not linked to food in one way or another. Sharing a meal, cooking special dishes, and eating symbolic foods are rituals-almost inadvertent ones-that are present in all cultures and that make up the gamut of what is known as culinary specialties or ethnic food...read more
By Hans Doring (photographer), Gloria Mercedes Duque (editor) and Benjamin Villegas
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9789589138984 | Villegas Editores, June 30, 2006, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: It is hard to find a corner of the world where celebrations are not linked to food in one way or another.

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Product Description: The largest city in South America north of Rio, Bogota is an urban environment of more than 7 million inhabitants; like other metropolitan areas, Bogota is many cities at once. Looking through Cristobal von Rothkirk's photographic eye, here is all of Bogota-the sophisticated Hispanic city, the South American captial, the complex of urban cultures tattooed with signs of international pop culture...read more
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9789588156538 | Villegas Editores, October 31, 2004, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: The largest city in South America north of Rio, Bogota is an urban environment of more than 7 million inhabitants; like other metropolitan areas, Bogota is many cities at once.

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Product Description: The exquisite still lifes of Alberto Iriarte (1920-1993), known as Mefisto, have remained Colombia's best kept artistic secret of the 20th century, despite having been exhibited in Paris, Barranquilla, and Bogotá. Nonetheless, Colombian art history cannot fail to honor Mefisto as one of its most influential painters...read more
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9789588160702 | Villegas Editores, June 30, 2004, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The exquisite still lifes of Alberto Iriarte (1920-1993), known as Mefisto, have remained Colombia's best kept artistic secret of the 20th century, despite having been exhibited in Paris, Barranquilla, and Bogotá.

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Product Description: The name of the painter Enrique Grau is inseparable from the history of art in Colombia. Since his astonishing debut as a prodigy in the early 1940s, Grau has explored virtually every avenue of art: drawing, engraving, collage, silkscreen, woodcuts, painting, sculpture, theatrical costumes and sets, cinema, murals, frescos, and objects...read more
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9789588156392 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2004, cover price $80.00 | About this edition: The name of the painter Enrique Grau is inseparable from the history of art in Colombia.

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Product Description: Viewed from the first tee of any one of these 50 extraordinary links, Colombia is a paradise of golf courses. World class designers have situated courses in Andean plateaus more than 6500 feet above sea level; in the hardwood forests of the coffee-growing highlands, and on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts where the fairaways are bordered with exotic flora...read more
By Tute Puerta (editor), Benjamin Villegas (editor) and Cristobal Von Rothkirch (photographer)
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9789588156330 | Villegas Editores, April 1, 2004, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Viewed from the first tee of any one of these 50 extraordinary links, Colombia is a paradise of golf courses.

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