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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 (...)

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 (...)