Libros

Las mejores instalaciones deportivas de todo el mundo. Los más signíficativos "templos futbolísticos": 91 campos nos descubren su historia, sus hazañas deportivas, sus clubes, los aspectos arquitectónicos de mayor rele vancia y las anécdotas más curiosas protagonizadas por los "cracks" del balompié (...)

Esta nueva obra de la colección "Excellence. Razas de hoy" proporciona la más actual y completa información sobre los orígenes, estándar, temperamento y características del Bulldog Inglés. Junto a un texto altamente informativo, escrito con claridad y precisión se presentan innumerables fotografías (...)

Los principales terroristas del 11-M eran bien conocidos en las Fuerzas y Cuerpos de Seguridad del Estado, el Centro Nacional de Inteligencia y la Audiencia Nacional antes de 2001 por su pasada relación con células y grupos yihadistas. Además, en esas agencias e instituciones antiterroristas (...)

En este libro de memorias, que tiene muchos momentos a la altura de 'El Gatopardo', Fulco di Verdura describe su idílica infancia en la magnífica Villa Niscemi en un mundo y un tiempo inolvidables: la aristocrática Palermo anterior a la Primera Guerra Mundial. Fulco nos seduce con divertidas (...)

El amor tiene mil caras. Y no todas ellas siempre parecen reales, sino que, en ocasiones, nos semejan imaginadas, utópicas e incluso surrealistas. Casi ciencia ficción. Y, a veces, ese amor es el más palpable De ahí que, en estos nueve relatos, divididos entre sí por la locura, el miedo y la (...)

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 new illustrated study of the devastating, but little-known, Soviet armored blitzkrieg against the Japanese in the last weeks of World War II, and how it influenced Soviet tank doctrine as the Cold War dawned. Although long overshadowed in the West by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima (...)

A new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration, which destroyed Army Group Center.Operation Bagration, the 1944 summer campaign on the Russian Front, has been called Hitler's Greatest Defeat. The operation involved substantial tank and armored vehicles on both sides (...)

William E. Hiestand has worked for over 30 years as a US Department of Defense analyst, focusing on military issues and serving in a wide variety of analytic, leadership and representational roles. He holds an MA in History from Cornell University, and has a lifelong interest in military history (...)

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 fully illustrated new assessment of the German tank force that won its greatest victory in France during 1940.The German conquest of France in 1940 was arguably the Wehrmacht's greatest military achievement, conquering France in several weeks after having failed to do so in World War I. New (...)

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 (...)

A fully illustrated study of the French armies that were inspired by Saint Jeanne d'Arc, reformed under King Charles VII and eventually victorious over England in the Hundred Years' War.Saint Jeanne d'Arc remains a central figure in France's national legend, having ushered the country's flagging (...)

Featuring full-color artwork, this book describes and illustrates the Chinese and North Korean troops who fought US and UN forces in Korea during 1950 53.In June 1950, North Korean forces armed and equipped by the Soviet Union invaded South Korea, forcing back the US and South Korean troops facing (...)

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 (...)

Este libro, que prologa el arquitecto italiano, académico de San Luca y rector de la Universidad IUAV de Venecia Alberto Ferlenga, incluye cuatro textos de Dimitris Pikionis inéditos hasta ahora en español y tres de las conferencias que tuvieron lugar en el Círculo de Bellas Artes con motivo de la (...)

A fully illustrated study of the 6th-century campaigns that saw the Byzantine Empire largely reconquer the Mediterranean, examining Emperor Justinian I's generals and troops in detail.While the Germanic invasions of 5th century destroyed the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) (...)

Examines and analyses how the Soviet tank forces that fought at Stalingrad were rejuvenated in the months leading up to the battle, and the role they played in this iconic campaign.The Stalingrad campaign was a major turning point of World War II. The German Sixth Army's 22 divisions and 250,000 (...)