Libros

Sólo por una rara combinación de técnica, hondura de sentimiento y feliz azar puede el artista lograr esa belleza que en sus efectos es afín al éxtasis que los santos ganan con la oración.?

n 1907 Edward VII commissioned Peter Carl Faberge - court artist-jeweller to imperial Russia - to produce miniature sculptures of animals on the royal estate at Sandringham. Designed to please Queen Alexandra, the project was suggested by the king's mistress Alice Keppel (the Duchess of Cornwall's (...)

This monograph, published to coincide with the exhibition Ivan Lendl: Alfons Mucha in Prague, comprises newly- produced high-quality colour prints of all the exhibits in the Lendl collection, as well as more than 100 preliminary drawings, sketches and prints which allow the reader to take a peek (...)

Developed for the Air Force in the early 1950s as a next-generation interceptor following Convair's pioneering delta-wing F-102, the F-106 excelled in every aspect of the Air Defense Command mission. With its advanced Hughes radar system, Falcon air-to-air missiles, and a top speed in excess of (...)

The World War 2 fighters designed by A.S. Yakovlev's and his team are rightfully considered the weapon of the Victory in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia. Their speed, maneuverability and firepower made them famous over the Eastern front. Yet to this day, historians and aviation (...)

El desastre que el Ejército español sufrió en Annual 1921 ha sido objeto de diversos estudios que, con mayor o menor fortuna, han tratado de explicar los sucesos. Ahora ALMENA EDICIONES ofrece la fuente original: las conclusiones a las que llegó el general Picasso tras finalizar su investigación.En (...)

Biografía de Francesc Viñals, piloto de la aviación republicana durante la Guerra Civil y último jefe de la segunda escuadrilla del grupo 26 de Polikarpov I-15 Chato.