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Diseñadores de moda
A diferencia de años atrás, las pasarelas internacionales más importantes empiezan a verse salpicadas por diseñadores de diversos orígenes, reflejo del nuevo milenio, caracterizado por un melting pot de culturas que desean expresarse y reafirmar su identidad en un mundo cada vez más globalizado. El (...)
Categoría: Moda
The Avro Vulcan
Designed by a team led by Roy Chadwick, the man responsible for the legendary Lancaster, the Vulcan was created to carry Britain's nuclear deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s. Avro's delta-winged colossus became the backbone of the V-Force until the very end of the 1960s when the deterrent role passed (...)
Categoría: Militares
Britain's Aircraft Industry : Triumphs and Tragedies since 1909
Britain established the world's first aircraft factory in 1909 after the Short brothers met up with the American Wright brothers and struck a deal. The industry expanded rapidly to rise to the challenge of World War One with such thoroughbreds as the Camel and the SE.5. The post-conflict slump (...)
Categoría: Militares
Saturn I/IB Rocket: Nasa's First Apollo Launch Vehicle
In this eagerly anticipated book, renowned space historian and author David Baker turns his attention to the Saturn I and IB rockets. Although considered as merely a 'stepping stone' from the Mercury and Gemini programs to the mighty Saturn V and the Apollo missions that put the first humans on the (...)
Categoría: Militares
New Nordic Gardens: Scandinavian Landscape Design
A rich survey of Scandinavia's best and most inspiring contemporary gardens, now in paperback.Few people have difficulty conjuring images of modern Scandinavian design, whose influence over the past century has reached around the world. More difficult for many is imagining the quiet landscapes of (...)
Categoría: Jardines-Botánica