San Antonio College Library

"At the time of his death in 1926, Antonio Gaudi was arguably the most famous architect in the world. He had created some of the greatest and most controversial masterpieces of modern architecture, which were as exotic as they were outrageous. For many, Gaudi's unique architecture is Barcelona. But little is known about the shadowy figure behind the swirling, vivid buildings that inspired the surrealists." "Gijs van Hensbergen leads us through the...

"This is the story of the strange and noble life - and dream - of nineteenth-century utopian social revolutionary and self-taught engineer Narcis Monturiol, who invented the world's first fully operational steam-powered submarine, not as a weapon of war but as a means of saving human life and spreading democracy." "Matthew Stewart tells the story of Monturiol from his childhood to his years living the dangerous life of a revolutionary. We see him...