Libros

Treinta y tres años después de la primera y única edición de esta obra, La Esfera de los Libros emprende su reedición en lo que constituye una importante iniciativa editorial tanto por la recuperación de un texto de reconocido valor como por el momento en que se lleva a cabo, cuando la Guerra Civil (...)

Providing intimate insight into life in a French château, this volume takes readers on an insider's tour of the Château du Lude, a private residence that features its original decorative interiors.Nestled in the idyllic Loire Valley, the Château du Lude is one of the most historic châteaus in (...)

L'architecture japonaise est enchanteresse : harmonie entre jardins et bâtisses, élégance des style, raffinement des décorations, perfection des détails... L'envoûtement s'opère grâce à son apparente fragilité qui fait naître un sentiment d'impermanence. Le message délivré est saisissant : (...)

The flight campaign for the American space shuttle began on 12 April 1981, with the launch of STS-1 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and ended on 21 July 2011, with wheels stop of STS-135. During the 30 years and 135 missions in between, the program experienced triumphs and tragedies, amazed (...)

A sweeping survey of the work of celebrated bon vivant Federico Forquet--whose decades-long design career has embraced couture fashion, elegant interiors, and imaginative gardens, reflecting both the best of Italian style and the dolce vita era of Rome.Through his long and crowded life, polyglot (...)

FINDING A FORM FOR THE TRAUMAS OF LOSS AND VIOLENCE Experiences of violence and loss take shape in the work of internationally acclaimed Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Although her sculptures and installations are often based on concrete events, feelings of grief, alienation and loss of home take (...)

Uniforms and history of the Soviet Airborne - the 345th Regiment in Afghanistan. What started as a handbook for reenactors became a start-to-finish chronicle of the Soviet-Afghan War. The central focus of the book is a massive collection of high-quality photographs that illustrate the progression (...)

Domenico Fetti, one of the great protagonists of Italian painting in the early 1600s.At Palazzo Te and Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, an exhibition was held in 1996 of one hundred works by Domenico Fetti (1598-1624), one of the great protagonists of Italian painting in the early 1600s.The catalogue (...)