Libros

Este volumen repleto de información constituye una guía accesible a los símbolos arquetípicos usados en el arte y el diseño de diferentes culturas. A partir de una aproximación geográfica, no sólo explora los orígenes y el significado de cada símbolo, sino que también invita al lector a apreciar el (...)

Julio de 1900. No hay noticias de Pekín. La rebelión Bóxer ha dejado incomunicadas a las legaciones europeas en la capital del Celeste Imperio. Las últimas noticias hablan de la destrucción de todas las embajadas salvo tres y del asesi nato del ministro alemán.Ante esta situación, el Gobierno de (...)

Hipatia -matemática brillante, neoplatónica elocuente y famosa por su belleza- fue brutalmente asesinada en el año 415 por una turba de cristianos de Alejandría. Desde entonces ha sido una leyenda. En su libro, Maria Dzielska va más allá de la leyenda para ofrecernos la historia verdadera de la (...)

Cómo leer un edificio es una introducción práctica a la observación y la apreciación de la arquitectura. Es una guía para la lectura de los indicios históricos y arquitectónicos inherentes a todo edificio. Muy práctica por su cómodo formato de bolsillo, pero lo suficientemente rigurosa como para (...)

Este práctico volumen es una guía de bolsillo indispensable para la comprensión de la arquitectura de la era moderna. En él se nos revela la historia de la modernidad a través de ladrillos, hormigón, acero y vidrio, mostrándonos cómo los edificios modernos simbolizan más de 150 años de continua (...)

Dueño de una mirada ingeniosa, entusiasta y de penetrante lucidez, John Ashbery entiende la crítica como un ejercicio exigente y, a la vez, divertido, donde se delinean juicios pero jamás se deben forzar interpretaciones que sofoquen a la obra. Los ensayos y crónicas reunidos en el presente volumen (...)

This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place.The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the ultimate symbol of the Axis powers' challenge to (...)

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia. Few modern missile systems have had such significance as the S-300 family. Highly regarded technically, Russia's most powerful air-defense (...)

A comprehensive, illustrated account of the new generation of advanced tanks to emerge during the last 15 years of the Cold War, showcasing major improvements in armor protection, gunsights, and fire-control systems.Focusing on the technology of the period, author Steven J. Zaloga explains how the (...)

A history of the Soviet Navy's cruisers, from the opening shots of the October Revolution through to the combat they saw during World War II.The Soviet Navy of World War II boasted a cruiser fleet that was among the most eclectic to see service. In this book, noted military historian and Soviet (...)

Superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of South America's War of the Pacific.In the late 19th century, a war erupted between Chile and Peru, the catalyst for which was control of guano-rich Chincha (...)

A fully illustrated study of the Wehrmacht's French volunteer units and their actions on the Eastern Front and in North Africa during World War II.It is little known that, in late 1941, French volunteer units were among Wehrmacht troops defending Germany in the first bitter winter on the Eastern (...)

An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima. The battle of Iwo Jima is iconic and known for its brutality: this was the only battle in which the number of US casualties outnumbered those of the Japanese. But as is often the case with (...)

This book describes and illustrates the uniforms and personal equipment of the troops fielded by the Midwestern and Western states that fought for the Union during the Civil War.During the American Civil War, the United States Army, pitted against the forces of the fledgling Confederacy, fought to (...)

Fully illustrated, this is the second volume in a detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War.During the American Revolutionary War (1775 83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. While the largest (...)

In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR. Superbly illustrated, this is their first history in English.The Soviet Navy's fast attack craft were inspired by the 1919 Kronstadt raid, conducted by British hydroplaning, (...)

Depicts the forces involved in uprisings and border conflicts after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.The Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I had included peoples of German, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Slovakian, Serbian, Bosnian and other origins, whose ambitions for independent (...)

A world-renowned expert offers a focused, illustrated account of how Russian and Ukrainian armour fought during the crucial year of 2022, prior to the arrival of Western tanks.The invasion of Ukraine has seen full-scale mechanized warfare return to Europe. While Western armour and training has been (...)

Este libro intenta una aproximación a personas fascinantes que tuvieron Madrid como su ámbito de vida y trabajo, del siglo xiv al xix. No todos nacieron en la Villa y Corte, pero si desempeñaron aquí sus actividades.Entre otros: León V de Armenia, único y último señor de Madrid; diplomáticos y (...)

Que no se diga ninguna mentira contra mí en presencia de Dios ... De una oración del Pesaje del Corazón de los Muertos Misterioso, poderoso y conmovedor, el Libro Egipcio de los Muertos es uno de los textos más antiguos e influyentes de toda la historia. Está compuesto por una combinación de (...)

La cocina madrileña, sencilla y sabrosa, se crea en los hogares de la ciudad donde antiguamente las amas de casa le han dado vida, ajustándola al exiguo presupuesto sin que perdiera un ápice de sabor.Este recetario recoge las más populares de esas elaboraciones de la cocina casera de Madrid. Aqui (...)

This colourful study describes and illustrates the troops of the Seleucid Empire in West Asia throughout its turbulent 250-year existence.Founded by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator in 312 BC in the wake of the death of Alexander the Great 11 years previously, the Seleucid Empire came to (...)