Florence- capital of Tuscany, birthplace of the Renaissance, and a Unesco World Heritage Site – Is brought to life in this book through masterly watercolour paintings and pencil sketches of its architectural wealth iconic monuments and working – class areas. From churches to museums, gardens to palaces, and small squares to narrow streets, Fabrice Moireau has created a vivid portrait of the city where the Medici family, Leonardo da Vinci and Dant Alighieri once lived. Through Moireau’s pencil and paintbrush, and author Lucien d’Azay’s pen, the history, grandeur and charms of the « City of the Lily »are revealed.

Florence sketchbook (New ed) /anglais

Arts & Photography

D'Azay, Lucien

Painting

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Rome Sketchbook transports the reader to the magnificent centre of ancient Europe, the home of breathtaking cityscapes and inspiring architecture such as those seen at the Trevi Fountain and St. Peter?s Basilica. Inspired by this hub of art and historical heritage, Fabrice Moireau, the artist behind some of the other books in this series of cities such as Paris Sketchbook and Venice Sketchbook, presents a timeless collection of watercolour paintings and sketches that will prove equally delightful to those familiar with the city, or discovering it for the first time.

Rome Sketchbook

Fernandez, Dominique

Individual Artists

Explore the Loire Valley - famous for its splendid architecture and gardens - through the beautiful watercolours and sketches of renowned artist, Fabrice Moireau. 
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Loire Valley Sketchbook

Pigeat, Jean-Paul

History & Criticism

The artist Fabrice Moireau has undertaken a close study of Paris, surveying it at roof level, with and entomologist’s eye for detail. In this book, he hascaptured the city’s lesser known nooks and crannies, alongside the famous landmarks, offering up unusual angles and new ways of seeing an iconic city.\nThis other side of Paris- this levitated, almost unreal world – is an etravagant mass of ingenious shapes and forms that give protection from rain, wind and architectural monotony.\nRooftops of Paris is an invitation to travel to this unfamiliar and exhilarating cityscape.

Rooftops of Paris Sketchbook

NORAC, CARL

No other large city is more rewarding to wander around, with a wealth of interesting things to see, both grand and intimate in scale. Watercolor painter Graham Byfield set out to capture the essence of the place, and his impressions are recorded in the London Sketchbook Britain's capital is varied and cosmopolitan. It has no formally planned centre; each area has its own particular style and atmosphere. Central London is the setting for parliament, royal palaces, formal squares and grand hotels. The City is the financial district, but it is also rich in architecture, including Sir Christopher Wren's greatest work. Much was destroyed here in the Second World War; but the City has seen a flowering of daring and innovative modern architecture, contrasting with the sober mass of the Tower of London, parts of it nearly a thousand years old. Byfield savours the village-like atmosphere of Hampstead and Islington to the north, and the 19th-century residential and museum areas of the west, from Chelsea and Kensington up to Notting Hill and Bayswater. For many people, including many Londoners, much that lies south of the River Thames is undiscovered territory, but the London Sketchbook shows not only the formal splendors of Greenwich, but also the terraced houses of Stockwell and Battersea, and the adaptation of great industrial buidlings such as the Bankside Power Station, now the Tate Modern art gallery. The sketches are accompanied by notes handwritten by the artist. There is an introduction on London, its history and its buildings by the architectural writer and conservationist Marcus Binney, who has also contributed a Gazetteer with more detailed information on the buildings shown in the book.

London Sketchbook

Binney, Marcus

The monumental buildings of Paris reflect the passing of the cebturies, from the great medieval cathedral of Notre Dame and the royal palace of the Louvre, to today’s grands projects, such as the Centre Georges Pompidou and the new Bibliothèque Nationale. 
Beside all this grandeur everyday life goes on, represented here by terrace cafés and the Métro, while respite is offered by the parks and gardens, with their very parisian combination of nature with man-made formality.

Paris Sketchbook

Kelly, Mary

… Venice at dawn, seen from the deck of the ship …\nA Venice wobbling in a thousand fresh-water reflections, cool as a jelly. It was as if some great master, stricken by dementia, had burst his whole colour-box against the sky to deafen the inner eye of the world. Cloud and water mixed in with each other, dripping with colours, merging overlapping, liquefying, with steeples and alconies and roofs floating in space, like the fragments of some stained glass window seen through a dozen veils of rice – paper

Venice Sketchbook

Howard, Deborah

Sammartini, Tudy

Denis, Stephanie

Though, relative to its size, Paris has fewer parks than many other densely built capitals, few big cities can boast such a rich variety of gardens possesing such a diversity of plants and shapes. This is thanks to its history and climate. 
In Parisian parks the picturesque is mingled with the geometrical, ultra-modern designs and styles with layouts centuries old. 
So thoroughly acclimatised are the exotic species in these gardens that they have become common plants. And we shouldn’t overlook the city’s countless private gardens, some of them are just a mere jardinière on a balcony, others vas and hidden away behind walls. 
Such is the miracle built up by a culture two thousand years old. The Paris of gardens and parks is as splendid as the Paris of streets, squares and palaces : it is partly owing to it’s gardens that it’s the most visited city in the world.

Gardens of Paris Sketchbook

Dantec, Jean-Pierre Le

Mohammad Nor Khalid, far better known as Lat, is Malaysia’s top cartoonist. In Lat: My Life and Cartoons he tells for the first time the story of his life. From his childhood in the idyllic village atmosphere so evocatively captured by him in his bestselling book Kampung Boy, through his years as a crime reporter in 1970s Kuala Lumpur, and several decades as an editorial and freelance cartoonist, Lat has achieved celebrity status and won the hearts and attention of millions with his inimitable style and perceptive insights. Respected by cartoonists around the world and venerated by the Malaysian public, his cartoons have been translated into nine languages and his animated series Kampung Boy has been broadcast in many countries including Canada. This treasure trove of memories tells the story of a man whose cartoons have come to represent the collective memories of an entire country. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs, memorabilia and carefully selected cartoons.

LAT: My Life and Cartoons

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Malaysia’s longest-serving and most outspoken prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been politically active for more than 60 years. As a young doctor he agitated for independence from the British and promoted the rights of the Malays, and his long political career culminated in his 22-year term as prime minister during which Malaysia’s rapid development, his forthright words and singular policies thrust the country into the eyes of the world. Throughout his career, Dr Mahathir has spoken and written in a frank and uncompromising manner and he has continued to do so since retiring from the premiership in 2003; he remains a controversial figure to this day. The Wit and Wisdom of Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a collection of nearly 600 quotations spanning his time in government and beyond. The quotations are arranged by topic, including those as varied as leadership, race relations, the media, economics and development, colonialism, international relations including Israel and Palestine, and Malaysia itself.

The Wit And Wisdom Of Dr Mahathir Mohamad

Mohamad. Mahathir

Leaders & Notable People

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