Author: Jean-Jacques Sempe
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: paris, bit, little
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-25
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0789315718
ISBN-13: 9780789315717

Renowned New Yorker cover illustrater Jean-Jacques Sempé illustrates the quirky charm of France’s capital and it’s residents with his signature style and gentle sense of humor and irony. His drawings are famed for their striking use of pen and ink, their inimitable style, and most of all for their satire and tragic-comic vision. The 128 drawings in this charming portfolio are sweet and sentimental. They somehow manage to be gentle even when the topic is difficult. They probe the quirkiness of life in Paris and wordlessly pinpoint the quintessential features of the City of Light, c

Author: John Maeda
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: media, maeda
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2001-09-08
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0789305259
ISBN-13: 9780789305251

"John Maeda deconstructs the digital world with the earned authority of an M.I.T.-trained computer scientist and a card-carrying artist. Being ambidextrous with Eastern and Western cultures, he can see things most of us overlook. The result is a humor and expression that brings out the best in computers and art."--Nicholas NegroponteJohn Maeda is one of the world’s leading experimental graphic designers and is quickly becoming a digital culture icon. His early preoccupation with the intersection of computer programming and digital art has resulted in a fascinating, interactive, and stunn

Author: Miroslav Sasek
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: rome
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-02-13
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0789315491
ISBN-13: 9780789315496

Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have been updated for the 21st-century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of the book. These charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek’s witty, playful narrative, make for a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember the series from their own childhoods. This is Rome, first published in 1960, traces the his

Author: Miroslav Sasek
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: london
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2004-04-24
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0789310627
ISBN-13: 9780789310620

Following on the runaway success of This is New York, Universe is thrilled to reissue two more titles from M. Sasek’s beloved children’s travel series: This is London and This is Paris. Like This is New York and This is San Francisco, This is London and This is Paris are facsimile editions of Sasek’s original titles. His brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved and remain true to his vision. With the passing of time facts have been updated where applicable in the back of each book. Perfect souvenirs with timely and nostalgic appeal, the books have an

Author: Miroslav Sasek
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: paris
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2004-04-24
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0789310635
ISBN-13: 9780789310637

Following on the runaway success of This is New York, Universe is thrilled to reissue two more titles from M. Sasek’s beloved children’s travel series: This is London and This is Paris. Like This is New York and This is San Francisco, This is London and This is Paris are facsimile editions of Sasek’s original titles. His brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved and remain true to his vision. With the passing of time facts have been updated where applicable in the back of each book. Perfect souvenirs with timely and nostalgic appeal, the books have an

Author: Nicolas Pople
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: architecture, residential, contemporary, houses, small
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-09-13
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0789309742
ISBN-13: 9780789309747

Small houses are no longer synonymous with cheap houses and lack of privilege. Instead, they symbolize a range of culturally coded values: compactness, efficiency, discrimination, discreteness, minimalism. Opening with a detailed exploration of the social and historical background behind compact housing in the twentieth century, this book goes on to feature thirty-seven illustrated case studies that represent some of the best examples of small houses built worldwide within the past decade. Plan areas range from 75 to 1600 square feet and each project embodies a particular design approach. The

Author: Munro Leaf
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: behave
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2002-05-17
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0789306840
ISBN-13: 9780789306845

It’s hard to be good. Especially if you don’t really know what "being good" means. Munro Leaf, beloved author of The Story of Ferdinand, decided to try his hand at defining good behavior in his 1946 classic How to Behave and Why. The two biggest questions to ask ourselves in life, he says, are "Are most of the people I know glad that I am here?" and "Am I glad that I am here, myself?" If you want to make good friends and keep them, he says, "You have to be HONEST. You have to be FAIR. You have to be STRONG and You have to be WISE." This strangely charming life primer, illustrated w