Libros

Cada año, millones de personas pasan bajo las bóvedas tabicadas de Guastavino en espacios históricos de todos los Estados Unidos, desde la Sala de Registro de Ellis Island (1917) hasta el Biltmore Estate en las montañas de Carolina del Norte (1895), y desde el Capitolio del Estado de Nebraska (...)

This book deals with a series of military operations that occurred in Portugal in 1762 and 1763, during the Seven Years' War, and which have been largely dismissed by the historiography. They are collectively called the Guerra Fantastica ,'Fantastical War', given the fact that the military units of (...)

The Rif War in rugged northern Morocco is remembered for romantic films and novels about the French Foreign Legion, such as Beau Geste. In reality, the French intervention, although very important, was late and secondary in importance to that of the Spanish. Spain, had been fighting in North Africa (...)

Iwan Puni (1892 1956) kam 1920 nach Berlin. Die Stadt war für ihn eine Zwischenstation auf seiner Flucht aus Sowjetrussland, bevor er in seine Wahlheimat Paris übersiedelte. In Russland hatte Puni wichtige Avantgardeausstellungen organisiert, die den Übergang vom Kubismus und Futurismus zur radikal (...)

Cómo ver el toro en la plaza es un libro imprescindible para quien es aficionado y aspira a ser entendido, para los toristas auténticos. En sus páginas, ilustradas con numerosas fotografías, se explica con pormenor y amenidad cuanto sucede desde el desembarco de la corrida hasta el final de la (...)

The Battle of Villamuriel was the largest engagement of Wellington's retreat from Burgos in 1812. Twice as many men were involved as in the better-known actions at Villadrigo/Venta del Pozo two days earlier. This is the first full length account of the action and improves significantly on previous (...)