Libros

The year 2018 celebrates the Centennial of US Cruise Missiles. In 1918 Col. Hap Arnold, future father of the U. S. Air Force, was sent overseas to France to prepare for the operational deployment of vast clouds of unmanned Kettering Bugs to be used against the German Army. This book begins with an (...)

Filling a void in major works on legendary U.S. Naval carrier-based jet aircraft, this book is the definitive work on the design, development, flight testing, and initial service history of the Chance Vought F-8 Crusader. Having become the Navy's first fully-operational supersonic aircraft, the F-8 (...)

Don McCullin's reputation stands as one of the greatest war photographers of our times. In recent years he has photographed the landscape surrounding his home in Somerset, but his later travels have taken him to some of the most remote regions in the world. His skill in photographing people in (...)

Una prestigiosa selezione di dipinti di maestri del Rinascimento e del Barocco italiano, da Bachiacca a Campi, da Guercino a Giordano, da Recco a Zuccarelli fino a Ceruti, dimostra come gli animali abbiano da sempre avuto un ruolo fondamentale nella storia dell'arte. Gli artisti, infatti, li hanno (...)

Este libro hace una rigurosa revisión de la etiqueta y el protocolo internacionales en la gastronomía a través del estudio de la evolución de las normas de cortesía a la mesa. Es un texto inspirado por los más actuales estudios científicos sobre la percepción humana de las experiencias (...)