Libros

As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knife's edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to bring a revitalizing supply of food from its Caribbean colonies and the United States, the French (...)

Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinubung, the Atlantic sortie of the Nazi Germany's largest battleship in May 1941.Bismarck entered service in the summer of 1940. She was well-armed, with eight 15-inch guns as well as a powerful array of lighter weapons, while her armoured (...)

A visual delight, and a designer's dream-the decorative details of great European paintings transformed into beautiful two-dimensional patternsRichly embroidered robes. Intricate lace collars. Elaborately laid floor tiles. Delicately carved and modeled cornices and capitals. These are among the (...)

El libro repasa la trayectoria de Pere Casanovas y su intensa colaboración con artistas tan significativos como Antoni Tàpies, Jorge Oteiza, Pablo Palazuelo, Antoni Llena, Juan Muñoz, Frederic Amat, Perejaume, Josep Guinovart, Jaume Plensa, Antoni Miralda, Sergi Aguilar, Miquel Navarro, Robert (...)

his book looks at the origins of ancient Roman garden design and its Greek influences. It includes the use and design of private domestic gardens as well as those connected to theatres and temples. Gardens connected to mausolea are also included. It shows how rooms were designed to afford the best (...)

The army of the German Empire was born out of the once great Prussian army that Napoleon Bonaparte had humbled at the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt in 1806, during the Napoleonic Wars. The eventual defeat of Napoleon initiated a slow process of military reform that gained momentum during the pan-German (...)

During the 14th and 15th centuries military tactics in Europe underwent a period of sustained transformation of which the outcome was the rejuvenation of the footsoldier as the major tactical unit. One nation alone stands principally responsible for this development - the Swiss Confederation. For (...)

Seventeen homes demonstrate how Axel Vervoordt incorporates nature, art, and timeless interiors to create living spaces that encourage self-reflection, inspiration, and happiness. For a half century, Axel Vervoordt's vision has been defined by a continual quest for harmony, beauty, and the creation (...)

El XVIII es una época de gran importancia en la historia de España. El principio del siglo coincide con el cambio dinástico hispánico: al morir Carlos II, el último de los Habsburgo, deja en su testamento como sucesor a Felipe V, bisnieto de Felipe IV. Este último, el primero de los Borbones (...)

Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British Town' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when the Second World War began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the US and Japanese Navies and primarily designed for the defence of trade, (...)

One of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30-1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was above all through his exceptional graphic work that he achieved widespread fame during the 16th century. This luxurious book offers readers the (...)

La presente obra de consulta se circunscribe única y exclusivamente a autores que desarrollan o desarrollaron su actividad profesional, de forma habitual, en Hollywood durante lo que llevamos de siglo XXI. La nómina de artistas es muy variada y va desde los grandes clásicos todavía en activo como (...)

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid, es una de las figuras históricas más enraizadas en el imaginario colectivo de los españoles, desde el Cantar de Mío Cid hasta la película de Anthony Mann protagonizada por Charlton Heston y Sofía Loren. Pero, ¿fue el Cid un héroe, un símbolo de la cristiandad cruzada, (...)

The overriding image of the First World War is the bloody stalemate of the Western Front, but although much of the action did occur on land, the overall shape of the war even the inevitability of British participation arose out of its maritime character. It was essentially a struggle about access (...)

Antoni Gaudí fusionó orientalismo, formas naturales, nuevos materiales y fe religiosa en una estética modernista única que colocó a Barcelona en el mapa global de la arquitectura. A través de cientos de ilustraciones a todo color, dibujos, planos y fotografías históricas, este libro presenta la (...)