Libros

La nueva y más esperada entrega de la espectacular serie Caballo de TroyaNahum -La ciudad de Jesús- abre una nueva etapa en la serie "Caballo de Troya". En esta séptima entrega del mayor norteamericano que viajó a la Palestina del siglo I todo cambia. Descubrir la trama no es aconsejable. Usted, (...)

Tienes en tus manos el recetario definitivo sobre esmaltes cerámicos: una guía que incluye más de 250 fórmulas para crear todo tipo de esmaltes (desde los porcelánicos, de barnices y rakú, hasta los de gres y baja temperatura), así como diversas recetas de pastas cerámicas tradicionales y de (...)

Filipinas, 1898: el último destacamento del Imperio español está bajo asedio en la iglesia en Baler. La guerra está afuera, y la amenaza de la enfermedad, el hambre, la deserción y la locura, dentro. En este libro constan los hechos acontecidos en la lejana población de Baler entre 1898 y 1899, tal (...)

Mujeres fuertes del Siglo de Oro es una obra de marcado rigor histórico, pero que conserva su carácter divulgativo. Es, de hecho, una invitación a acercarse a la historia y a conocer mejor este importante periodo de nuestro país, protagonista de la historia mundial durante su Siglo de Oro.Nobles (...)

A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial Allied Arctic Convoy route once and for all.The Arctic convoys that passed through the cold, dangerous waters of the (...)

Tristeza es nombre de muchacha recién salida de la adolescencia. Así la llaman, y así la reconocen quienes conviven con ella. Y será Tristeza quien dé voz a su propia historia, a su propio desgarro, una voz única, intensa, fresca y poética. En instantes deshilvanados en tiempo y en espacio, la (...)

A fascinating, beautifully illustrated study of the daring war in East Africa waged by German colonial forces under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck against the wide array of colonial and expeditionary forces of the Allied Powers.The East African Campaign in World War I comprised a series of battles and (...)

A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees.On 11 June 1940, the British crown colony of Malta - which dominated the central Mediterranean and all-important sea routes (...)

Explores the critical battle of Carrhae, a fascinating tale of treachery, tactics, and topography in which Rome experienced one of its most humiliating defeats.The Battle of Carrhae is from a heady moment in Roman history - that of the clever carve-up of power between the 'First Triumvirate' of (...)

This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in disarray to India and China.The Japanese invasion of Burma in January 1942 marked the beginning of the single longest campaign of World War II. In the Burmese jungles, the (...)

Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991. Featuring eight plates of specially commissioned artwork alongside carefully chosen archive photographs, this study charts (...)

Los autores de este libro nos llevan a un viaje por las distintas formas de habitar una casa. Partiendo de ilustraciones de Pep Carrió realizadas con marcadores acrílicos, la escritora María José Ferrada recurre al lenguaje poético y al humor para proponer un conjunto de microrrelatos que invitan a (...)

This book details the exploits of the highly skilled Naval Aviators charged with achieving air supremacy over New Guinea in their A6M2/3 Zero-sens.The combat record of the Zero-sen in New Guinea has mostly been overstated, with little due being given to the constraining conditions under which the (...)

"This is a terrific history of the Seventh Fleet's vital service to the United States in the Vietnam War... remarkably researched and interpreted"- Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, 2011 2015 and Commander Seventh Fleet, 2004 2006"Combines a crisp text by the leading (...)

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen pitted against one another during the First and Second battles of El Alamein in 1942.By July 1942, the Allied troops fighting in North Africa, the multinational Eighth Army, had withdrawn to the El Alamein (...)

A superbly illustrated new account of how Germany's High Seas Fleet was built, operated and fought, as it challenged the world's most powerful navy in World War I.Seven years before the outbreak of World War I, the Imperial German Navy rebranded its Home Fleet as the Hochseeflotte, or High Seas (...)

A los niños, desde muy pequeños, ya les interesa la arquitectura: ¿Quién no ha jugado a construirse una casa bajo una mesa? Nos presenta una visión de la arquitectura muy original, partiendo de tipologías y conceptos, y crea un recorrido por 99 obras históricas de todo el mundo. En ellas se observa (...)

World War I was Britain's last moment as the world's naval superpower, and its Grand Fleet was then the most powerful ever seen. Fully illustrated, this explores its fighting power.At the start of World War I, the Royal Navy's forces were amalgamated into a single entity, the Grand Fleet, and (...)

Naval dominance was crucial to the defence of South Korea, and this illustrated study explains how the US Navy brought its war-winning fleet to bear in a complex campaign.Fought just five years after the US Navy's carrier-led forces swept into Tokyo Bay, the naval campaign in Korea was a very (...)

La historia militar y la sociedad es una obra que busca conectar la historia militar con el mundo actual. Reúne a investigadores y divulgadores que analizan cómo acercar el conocimiento histórico al gran público sin perder el rigor académico.El libro parte de una idea clara: la historia de la (...)