These brilliant Faber-Castell Colour-Grip Pencils are fully water-soluble. They feature an ergonomic triangular shape with patented Soft-Grip-Zone for a firm grip meaning they are perfect for both right-handed & left-handed users. The wood has been untreated & is from FSC-certified stock. The surface coating & the textured dots are made from environmentally-friendly water-based paint making them more hygienic than unpainted wood. ...

This is the story of Faberge's Imperial Easter eggs -- of their maker of the tsars who commissioned them of the middlemen who sold them & of the collectors who fell in love with them. It's a story of meticulous craftsmanship & unimaginable wealth of lucky escapes & mysterious disappearances & ultimately of greed tragedy & devotion. Moreover it is a story that mirrors the history of twentieth-century Russia -- a satisfying arc that sees eggs made for the tsars sold by Stalin bought by Americans & now finally returned to post-communist Russia. There is also an intriguing element of mystery surrounding the masterpieces. Of the fifty ' Tsar Imperial' eggs known to have been made eight are currently unaccounted for providing endless scope for speculation & forgeries. This is the first book to tell the complete history of the eggs encompassing the love & opulence in which they were conceived the war & revolution that scattered them & the collectors who preserved them. ...

Seven years have passed since the Monarch assumed the throne of Albion & the kingdom has prospered. But when an ancient malevolent force threatens the lands to the East heroes old & new launch a crusade to stem the tide of corruption. & as war erupts in faraway realms evil also lurks within Albion when an old foe thought long gone resurfaces for control of the throne. ...

Fable is a first person role-playing game set in the city realm of Albion. The city is full of riches & poverty magic works but industry is coming. The royal family who run the city have a dark past & its secrets rule the present. Past versions of the game have been set in loosely medieval & renaissance times. The new version launched to coincide with the book will take the city into the industrial revolution launching a war between industry & magic. The game is unique for the richness of the created universe & for the way the actions of the character are reflected in its appearance & the responses of NPCs to it: if you eat a lot you become fat if you get into a lot of fights you get scarred & people become wary of you. The interaction of player & game the richness of the world makes the franchise unusually appropriate for a tie-in novel & the novel will include an interactive element. ...

This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesops fables in a collection that will delight young & old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favorites-the wily fox the vain peacock the predatory cat & steady tortoise-just as endearingly vivid & relevant now as they were for their very first audience. Although the three hundred fables in this collection are attributed to Aesop & his name is synonymous with the form it seems unlikely he was in fact anything more than a legendary figure. While some historical accounts maintain he was a slave with a prodigious talent for storytelling who lived during the sixth century B.C. many believe it unlikely that this whole stock of fables can be attributed to one individual. ...

When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends & fairy tales all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York these magical characters have created their own peaceful & secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow Whites party-girl sister Rose Red is apparently murdered it is up to Fabletowns sheriff a reformed & pardoned Big Bad Wolf to determine if the killer is Bluebeard Roses ex-lover & notorious wife killer or Jack her current live-in boyfriend & former beanstalk-climber. ...

In this sixth deluxe Fables collection featuring issues 46-51 of the Eisner Award-winning series the threat of the Adversary looms ever closer as the drums of war begin their steady beat. The Fables prepare for battle but first they must find their would-be commander: Bigby Wolf! ...

Aesop's celebrated collection of fables has always been popular with both adults & children. These simple tales embody truths so powerful the titles of the individual fables
- the fox & the grapes the dog in the manger the wolf in sheep's clothing & many others
- have entered the languages & idioms of most European tongues. This edition is beautifully illustrated in black & white by the great Arthur Rackham & has an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.

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When Jack discovers the existence of The Literals & their leader he must leave his own adventures behind to warn Fabletown. Collects FABLES 83-85 JACK OF FABLES 33-35 & the 3-issue miniseries THE LITERALS. Advance-solicited; on sale February 3 o 224 pg FC $17.99 US o MATURE READERS ...

When Little Red Riding Hood suddenly reappears in these stories from issues 19-27 shes welcomed as a miraculous survivor by nearly everyone except her old nemesis Bigby Wolf who smells espionage & subversion. But will he be able to prove his case before disaster strikes? On sale AUGUST 10
- 232 pg FC $29.99 US
- Mature Readers

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