With 679 photographs, 97 graphics and 2 four-side 1/35 scale drawings on 320 pages this is the most comprehensive study on the Leopard 2 MBT ever published! Full English text! The Leopard 2 has in the past thirty years repeatedly underlined its leading position as the most capable main battle tank of the world. This publication shows the complete development history starting with the prototy…
David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge." Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla , Kilcullen provides a remarkably fresh perspective on the Wa…
This book consists of 50 exercises of increasing complexity that show you how to draw the human body step-by-step, from the preliminary sketch to the final piece of work including details such as the volume, color and lighting. The book contains professional tricks and advice.
Giraffe stretch out their necks and bat-eared foxes curl their tails to make handles for jugs, vases and tureens. Inquisitive monkeys peer over the edge of a planter, teasing the leopards below them. Magical creatures wear cloaks of flowers, spots and stripes. A turbaned Zulu figure sits astride a hippo … Colourful, imaginative, vibrant, delicate and dramatic – these are just some of the…
Fifty of the world's greatest modern buildings, from 1950 to the present, dissected and analyzed through specially commissioned freehand drawings After a period in which computation-derived architecture―driven by digital design tools, data analysis, and new formal expression―has thrived, students and their teachers have returned to age-old techniques before employing the digital tools th…
The leisure and tourism volume in the successful Top 100 landscape architecture series includes some of the most stunning, expansive built landscapes ever seen. The focus here is on entire cultivated luxury worlds. From the London Olympics Park to the Jincheng Botanical Garden, these projects share one thing in common: they make readers want to head straight there. The Japanese resort spa Hoshi…
Presents many of the most cutting edge designs for theatres, cinemas and concert halls.
Ten years after the publication of AMAN - The First Decade, Basil was invited to produce a follow-up to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Amanresorts group of luxury hotels. The assignment took him from Thailand to Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Morocco, France, the Turks & Caicos Islands, the US and China, where he photographed the 19 Aman properties illustrated …
The book is a selection of outstanding hotel proposals around the world in recent years. It introduces the modern hotel design ideas that would be trends in the future. Also, many new and advanced solutions and strategies of hotel design are involved. Generally, this is a collection of the designers’ vision for best future hotels. The book will bring new ideas and inspirations to designers to…
The World's Greatest Gun Book is Here Again! IT'S GUN DIGEST 2013! Since 1944, Gun Digest has been regarded as the shooter's No. 1 resource worldwide. Our 2013 edition, our 67th Edition, is nothing less, as we continue the tradition of bringing you more of everything that firearms fanatics crave! In-depth articles about the world's most fascinating guns, testfire reports on the latest mo…