Libros

Este libro es a la vez una biografía histórica y un estudio del arte del Renacimiento. Sigue los pasos de Leonardo desde su nacimiento hasta su muerte. Tiene como protagonistas al propio pintor y a los personajes que le rodearon a lo largo de su vida, el maestro verrocchio, la familia Médicis, los (...)

Nadie es indiferente a la publicidad. Todos formamos parte de una sociedad de consumo en la cual la herramienta fundamental para que funcione el sistema es dar a conocer los productos y, en este sentido, la publicidad es un arma seductora que busca sacarnos parte de nuestro dinero. Quienes vivimos (...)

France's colonial wars in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia were very largely fought by an organization completely separate from both the home-defence Metropolitan Army and the Armée d'Afrique in Algeria. The Naval Troops (Troupes de la Marine) were volunteers, and earned a reputation for (...)

Amphibious assault ships have been at the centre of nearly all of Britain's expeditionary campaigns since World War II, from the Suez crisis of 1956 to operations as far afield as Borneo (1963 66), the Falklands (1982), Sierra Leone (2000) and Iraq (2003). In major operations such as Suez and the (...)

In this highly detailed book, naval historian Edward Hampshire reveals the fascinating history of the nuclear-powered attack submarines built and operated by the Soviet Union in the Cold War, including each class of these formidable craft as they developed throughout the Cold War period.The (...)