Libros

Britain established the world's first aircraft factory in 1909 after the Short brothers met up with the American Wright brothers and struck a deal. The industry expanded rapidly to rise to the challenge of World War One with such thoroughbreds as the Camel and the SE.5. The post-conflict slump (...)

In 1526, the army of the Hungarian kingdom was soundly defeated by the army of the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, in the battle of Mohács. In the following decades the lands that were once part of the Hungarian Crown were divided. On the eastern half of the former Hungarian kingdom a new (...)

Obra cumbre de la historia de la fotografía , este libro muestra un apasionante retrato de la América de los años 50 a modo de road movie . Los Americanos se gestó durante los años 1955 y 1956 . Publicado por primera vez en 1958, no tardó mucho en convertirse en un hito, el libro de fotografía más (...)

A rich survey of Scandinavia's best and most inspiring contemporary gardens, now in paperback.Few people have difficulty conjuring images of modern Scandinavian design, whose influence over the past century has reached around the world. More difficult for many is imagining the quiet landscapes of (...)