Libros

It is no exaggeration to say that John Brookes transformed twentieth-century garden design, not only in his native Britain but throughout the world. He fundamentally changed the way people think about their gardens. In his first book, Room Outside, in 1969, he wrote, "A garden is essentially a (...)

In the twentieth century, while fighting a common enemy in Europe, Britain and France were locked in a clandestine struggle for power in the Middle East. From the first agreement to divide the region between them to the birth of Israel, A Line in the Sand is a gripping narrative of the last gasp of (...)

Ahora que se habla tanto de la protección y bienestar de los animales se lee, en las numerosas órdens de operaciones que cursaba el Estado Mayor, las claras instrucciones que se daban para manterner la higienes y la salud de los équidos, además de atender las necesidades fisiológicas de los (...)

The third volume of Richardson's magisterial Life of Picasso, a groundbreaking contribution to our understanding of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.Here is Picasso at the height of his powers in Rome and Naples, producing the sets and costumes with Cocteau for Diaghilev's (...)

A lavish monograph on the esteemed Spanish jewelry designer, whose work celebrates nature, geometry and the cosmos, on the occasion of her fiftieth anniversary.Called the queen of plique-à-jour, after the historic and rarified enameling technique, Luz Camino has been in a continuous conversation (...)