Libros

Gardening is trending, and today s gardeners are embracing ecologically sound principles conserving water; avoiding invasives; reducing chemicals; supporting wildlife; and reviving time-tested, organic practices. Featuring sites across a variety of climates and conditions, this book includes (...)

The Wirtz Gardens Part III is the third in a series of books on the gardens of landscape architect practice Wirtz International Landscape Architects. It contains 30 gardens, a mixture of private, public and corporate projects in Belgium, Japan, France and England. Private projects in the USA and (...)

The Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there were few roads, posed significant logistical (...)

La historia de la humanidad es la historia de los tejidos, tan antigua como la propia civilización. Desde que se hiló la primera hebra, la necesidad de obtener tejidos ha servido de impulso para la tecnología, los negocios, la política y la cultura. En El tejido de la civilización, Virginia Postrel (...)

In 1963, Eugen Sanger, became head of the Eurospace organization which promoted the 'AeroSpace Transporter'. In response to a Eurospace call, aircraft makers in France, Germany and UK designed recoverable, winged spacecraft. From 1964 to 1970 the French government led studies to evaluate the (...)

This meticulously researched history of the Luftwaffe's innovative, yet daunting rocket-powered interceptor is a revised and updated combined edition of the two volumes on the Me 163 which have long been out-of-print. It draws on rare archival and private sources along with the recollections of (...)

Internationally acclaimed fashion designer Monique Lhuillier started by designing exquisite bridal wear in 1996 in Los Angeles. With collections that are sophisticated and feminine and appeal to modern women, Lhuillier expanded to include ready-to-wear, footwear, bags, accessories, and fragrances. (...)

Este libro de fotografías de José Manuel Ballester sobre los proyectos de Ferrovial realizados en todo el planeta representa un mapamundi muy diverso que ofrece una gran información sobre cómo es nuestra civilización, sus fundamentos y la capacidad de intervenir sobre la naturaleza para adaptarla a (...)

Inviting, perfect in proportion, exquisite in detail such are a few of the ways to describe homes designed by John Simpson. Well known for his work with the British royal family at Buckingham and Kensington palaces and for his buildings at Eton College in the U.K. and at the University of Notre (...)

Organised chronologically by type, German Tanks of World War II offers a highly illustrated guide to the main types of armoured fighting vehicles used by the German armed forces during the conflict.Ranging from heavy tanks to self-propelled guns, from light tanks to captured foreign tanks used by (...)