Libros

This is the history of how the mighty Gothic Line was defeated by American air power, in one of the most pivotal but least-known air campaigns of World War II.By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was secondary to the campaigns in France, and Allied forces were not strong enough to break the Germans' (...)

A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees.On 11 June 1940, the British crown colony of Malta - which dominated the central Mediterranean and all-important sea routes (...)

Explores the critical battle of Carrhae, a fascinating tale of treachery, tactics, and topography in which Rome experienced one of its most humiliating defeats.The Battle of Carrhae is from a heady moment in Roman history - that of the clever carve-up of power between the 'First Triumvirate' of (...)

A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) squadrons.The F2H Banshee was an extraordinarily successful early-generation jet that (...)

Strap in alongside the Sabre pilots as they experienced the world's first large-scale jet-vs-jet combats. Brought to life with innovative tactical artwork and dramatic first-hand accounts from the pilots themselves.The F-86A Sabre had entered USAF service in 1949, and in December 1950 three (...)

This new study lifts the veil on the high-profile but often misunderstood gladiators of ancient Rome, from their origins to the dawn of the Principate.Originating in funeral rites during the Punic Wars of the 3rd century BC, the Roman gladiator games have come to symbolize the spectacle and (...)

This study explores the organization, history and uniforms of the Soviet Red Army during the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941.The two decades following the Bolshevik victory over the 'Whites' in the Russian Civil War saw widespread and (...)

This is the first history of the legendary US Army's HAWK missile system, the world's first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world.Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built aircraft, the first HAWK unit became operational in (...)

Después de varios años siguiendo las pistas y huellas más personales del niño, joven y adulto Beethoven, la autora del libro que tienes en tus manos alcanzó una comprensión profunda y empática del compositor alemán, y ahora en Ludwig van Beethoven. Humor, genio y corazón te regala una lectura ágil, (...)

Un paisaje construido en poco más de dos décadas en el que la fuerza formal, expresiva y escultórica, del hormigón iba colonizando centros de negocios, ensanches modernos o áreas de periferia en las ciudades europeas. Escenarios donde edificios de oficinas, iglesias, polígonos de vivienda o (...)

El prestigioso fotógrafo Fernando Manso logra cautivarnos con este ambicioso proyecto que le ha llevado a recorrer toda la geografía española: desde las dunas del litoral almeriense hasta los bosques de Galicia, pasando por la mezquita de Córdoba y los molinos del Campo de Criptana, las (...)