Libros

Un homenaje fotográfico a nuestro planeta en su estado natural En Genesis, la cámara hizo posible que la naturaleza me hablase. Y tuve el privilegio de poder escucharla. Sebasti o SalgadoUn día como cualquier otro de 1970, Sebasti o Salgado tomó por primera vez una cámara entre sus manos. Tenía (...)

Artist, collector, and entertaining guru Cathy Graham shares her secrets for gracious living and memorable get-togethers in Second Bloom. Graham covers the essential elements that make every event shine flowers, paper components, table setting, and food presentation. Quentin Bacon's photographs of (...)

Secret Houses of the Cotswolds is a private tour of 20 of the most beguiling castles, estates, palaces and manor houses in this much-loved region including Stanway, Sudeley Castle and Hilles House.

Una perspectiva internacional, desde la visión imparcial de un historiador extranjero. Para un historiador militar, incluso si se trata de uno de los más prestigiosos del mundo, como sir John Keegan, no resulta fácil decir algo nuevo sobre la Guerra de Secesión, la guerra civil estadounidense. (...)

The Second World War was a time of tremendous technological progress in aviation with innovations such as jet engines and swept wings being brought in as engineers on all sides desperately sought every possible performance advantage. In Germany the quest for better aircraft resulted in some (...)

The story of the Messerschmitt Me 109's ultimate development, the Blohm & Voss BV 155, begins in 1942 with plans to split the Me 109 family into three branches a standard fighter, a highaltitude fighter and a carrier-based fighter. Initially these were known as the Me 409 but later became the Me (...)

This exquisite volume showcases the signature bohemian-chic interiors and architecture of the Spanish island of Menorca offering a glimpse into the vacation retreats of the artists, creatives, and other sun-seeking spirits who escape to this paradisiacal place. Author Susana Gallardo accompanies (...)

Impresionantes fachadas Art Nouveau, un tramo del Senne reconstituido en Saint Géry, una granja en el centro de la ciudad, una interpretación francmasónica del Parque de Bruselas, la sorprendente fuente fisionómica de Magritte, el lugar donde el zar de Rusia vomitó en el Parque de Bruselas en 1717, (...)

Un trozo de la cima del Kilimanjaro en el Palacio Nuevo, una esvástica en el parque Sanssouci, un vestigio de la Exposición Universal de Chicago de 1893, el techo estrellado de una villa que alude a la puesta en escena masónica de la ópera La flauta mágica de Mozart, una espectacular tumba (...)

Secrets and maps are a match made in heaven. A Second World War military plan of a cave system covered with red stamps, a tatty hand-drawn treasure map marked with an X', or even your personal phone screen showing a precise blue dot' location. These maps contain confidential, coded, precious or (...)