Libros

Through the stories of twenty-six inspiring figures - from Capability' Brown, Humphry Repton and Vita Sackville-West to lesser known figures, and present-day gardeners such as Beth Chatto and John Brookes - this book brings the colourful history of British gardening to life.

El motivo primordial de esta obra es dar a conocer la vida técnica, social y laboral de una Compañía que supuso un revulsivo muy importante para el desarrollo económico y el bienestar de la ciudad de Puertollano, la Sociedad Minero y Metalúrgica de Peñarroya.Efectivamente, Peñarroya, como se la (...)

Planteado como manual de referencia para el alumnado del grado de Historia del Arte, concretamente de la asignatura Historia del arte del siglo XIX, este libro se ha concebido desde una perspectiva didáctica, por lo que se ha establecido una cronología que abarca desde 1760, momento en el que (...)

The instantly recognizable English cottage garden encapsulates that delightful mix of scented climbers, drifts of flowers inter-mingled with herbs and vegetables, fruit trees and traditional features. Much loved and copied throughout the world, it is uniquely individual. With no strict rules to (...)

This book features over eighty artworks by more than seventy artists that represent the glory of British watercolors from the Victorian period. Artists include: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward BurneJones, George John Pinwell and Myles Birket Foster. Peter Raissis explores the social, cultural, and (...)

This book covers a little-known period of fighting in the Gulf of Finland. Its first chord was the German intervention in Finland and Estonia in early 1918 and evacuation of the Baltic Fleet through ice to Kronstadt.Through the entire year 1918 the Soviet forces were preparing their bases in (...)