Libros

En la Edad Media, el siglo XIII fue el siglo de la mujer y de las catedrales, una época de culto a la poesía, al amor y a la inteligencia que encuentra una de sus expresiones más acabadas en el arte gótico, que permite el maridaje entre la belleza artistica y el homenaje a la deidad cristiana. Sin (...)

Son muchos los libros que celebran las victorias de los genios militares y muy pocos los que se ocupan de la plétora de estúpidos guerreros que, vistiendo los uniformes de todas las naciones y al frente de ejércitos, flotas y fuerzas aéreas, han enviado a centenares de miles de hombres a morir (...)

This first volume of three discusses the tactical decisions made on day one and the ensuing combat, while also including a brief summary of the grand strategy in the Eastern Theater of the war, the conduct of the Pennsylvania Campaign from June 6 to 30, 1863, and the plight of civilians caught up (...)

A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube.The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of the most destructive urban fighting of the war. (...)

Este nuevo ensayo del científico Javier Cacho, autor de la trilogía Los héroes de la conquista de los Polos, trata sobre la necesidad del ser humano por explorar el mundo que lo rodea, y en concreto, sobre la historia de esa larga búsqueda y descubrimiento del lugar más recóndito, alejado e (...)

En el año 1888, Europa se tambalea.A León XIII, papa de Roma, no le quedan demasiados años de vida, y ya los buitres sobrevuelan el Vaticano a la espera del próximo cónclave. Mientras tanto, monseñor Patrizi, pragmático, visionario y ambicioso, busca influir en la anglicana Inglaterra para, desde (...)

The story of what really led to Germany losing the battle of Stalingrad - the inability of the Luftwaffe to keep Sixth Army supplied throughout the winter of 1942 43 - and why this crucial airlift failed.Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering's failure to deliver his promise to keep Sixth Army supplied at (...)

Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy. The Italian theatre of operations post-summer 1944 was often (and incorrectly) surmised at the time as a quiet sector of World War II, (...)

With first-hand insight into the into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two wars. The advent of the (...)

This work provides an authoritative illustrated examination of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, analyzing both grand strategy, and the tactical decisions of Day Two and the ensuing combat.July 2, 1863 was the bloodiest and most complicated of the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg. (...)

Un amanecer sereno. He contemplado el sol bañando el estudio con una luz anaranjada y brillante, y me he sentado para atrapar la visión del disco rojo justo cuando se detenía un segundo en el borde exacto del horizonte. En 1973, May Sarton abandonó su casa de Nuevo Hampshire, escenario de toda esa (...)

En este magistral estudio, Ilan Pappe aborda la historia de Palestina, una tierra habitada por dos pueblos con identidades nacionales distintas. El libro comienza en el periodo otomano, a principios del siglo XIX, durante el reinado de Mohamed Alí, y traza un recorrido que va desde la llegada de (...)

The first book to cover the full history of the RAF's air war against Hamburg, one of the most important target cities in Germany.The city of Hamburg became synonymous with the destructive power of RAF Bomber Command when, during summer 1943, the city suffered horrific destruction in a series of (...)

An illustrated account of the early service of the Lockheed U-2, one of the most important and longest-serving intelligence gathering platforms fielded by the US air force.The U-2 is one of the most recognizable aircraft of the Cold War; nicknamed the 'Dragon Lady' after the codename given to it by (...)

In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown.Operation Chrome Dome was Strategic Air Command's unprecedented nuclear deterrence operation, a hugely (...)

A new illustrated history of the German and Italian air campaigns in the invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia, the last full-scale Axis air offensives before Operation Barbarossa. The Greece campaign was launched by Italy in October 1940, the first large-scale campaign of the Italian Air Force (...)

A myth-shattering study of the first clash between the Zulu kingdom and European interlopers and its dramatic effects on Boer and Zulu alike.By the 1830s, the Zulu kingdom was consolidating its power as the strongest African polity in the south-east, but was under growing pressure from British (...)

Hamburger Hill 1969. Operation Apache Snow in the A Shau Valley.A highly illustrated, authoritative exploration of Operation Apache Snow, including the infamous Battle of Hamburger Hill (Ap Bia Mountain), one of the most significant and well-known actions in the Vietnam War. Operation Apache Snow (...)

Me 262 Units in Combat.An illustrated account of the first jet-powered combat aircraft, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and its short but action-packed career during World War 2. Powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed and firepower, offering, (...)

Armando Villalobos, un restaurador de muebles acosado por las deudas de juego, se topa por azar con documentos cifrados del legendario tesoro de Barbanegra. En su lucha por cambiar su suerte, se une a Diego Mendoza, el renombrado explorador. Corre el año 1912, cuando juntos se lanzan a una (...)

A renowned airpower expert assesses the air campaign fought in France in 1940, explaining why the Luftwaffe was so effective against the French and British.The battle for France and Belgium was one of the most significant moments in modern warfare: the first great clash of modern major powers, (...)

Los rumíes nos acechan, Garnata se descompone, sobre la Vega se cierne la nube oscura de la muerte Pero a mí ya todo eso me da igual. Viviré, aunque sea una condena; viviré lo suficiente como para encontrarte, a pesar de la guerra, a pesar del asedio .Garnata lleva tiempo dividida: unos se oponen a (...)