Libros

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 (...)

Comunismo y nazismo: aniquilación de los "burgueses", por un lado, y de los judíos, por el otro. Aniquilación, en suma, por el mero hecho de pertenecer a una clase o a una raza.Comunismo y nazismo: el horror supremo del siglo XX. Un único nombre -totalitarismo- define la pretensión de ambos a la (...)

En 1938, bajo el gobierno de una dictadura nacionalista, Japón emprende una guerra para expandirse en Asia.Entretanto, cuatro músicos aficionados amantes de la música clásica, Yu, de origen japonés, y tres estudiantes chinos, se reúnen regularmente para ensayar Rosamunda, la sonata de Schubert. Y (...)

Boká es todavía un muchacho, pero las leyes del clan deben cumplirse. La temporada está llegando a su fin y, antes de emigrar al sur para pasar el invierno, es el momento de la gran caza del ciervo. Así, Bo, joven aprendiz de chamán, será llamado a tomar la lanza y a integrarse en las labores (...)

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 (...)

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, (...)

This fully illustrated study examines the German, Italian and Bulgarian occupation forces in Greece during 1941 44 as well as those of the two Greek Resistance organizations. Italy's failed invasion of Greece in 1940 41 led to the German invasion of Yugoslavia in spring 1941 being extended into (...)

As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of 'hyper-dreadnoughts' and battlecruisers. Fully illustrated, this studies the big-gun warships that never were. 1918 was a moment of great naval change. Britain still had the largest fleet in the world, but its ships were (...)

Royal Navy Monitors of World War IIBritain's battleship-calibre gunboatsA superbly illustrated history of the Royal Navy's World War II monitors gunboats armed with a single, large-calibre gun turret and their roles and battles around the world.When World War II broke out, the Royal Navy possessed (...)

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 (...)