Libros

The Xiu Hai Lou Collection is one of the most extensive private collections of ink art in Singapore. This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Rediscovering Treasures: Ink Art from the Xiu Hai Lou Collection', and captures the stunning breadth of the Collection.Full-colour (...)

En los siglos XVII y XVIII, el Reino de Nápoles fue gobernado por virreyes que se comportaron como auténticos alter ego del monarca español. Muchos de ellos desempeñaron un papel de primer orden en el panorama político y cultural del continente, y contaban con un gusto refinado. Durante su mandato, (...)

La mayor parte del gótico guipuzcoano se construyó en madera, tipo de construcción que precedió siempre a la de piedra, pese a su mayor fragilidad. El material lígneo, inflamable, putrescible y menos apreciado, ha visto desaparecer buena parte de sus realizaciones. Gipuzkoa conserva un ejemplar (...)

Designed by a team led by Roy Chadwick, the man responsible for the legendary Lancaster, the Vulcan was created to carry Britain's nuclear deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s. Avro's delta-winged colossus became the backbone of the V-Force until the very end of the 1960s when the deterrent role passed (...)

This book is the only complete guide in English to the Regia Marina, the Italian navy with which Mussolini fought World War II. Starting with the historical background, it describes how the navy developed, how it was organized, the facilities that supported it, and the operations it conducted both (...)