Set in the imaginative realm of the award-winning comic book series FABLES, PETER & MAX is a stand-alone prose novel - the first ever published starring FABLES characters! Long ago, in the deepest dark of The Black Forest, two brothers - Peter Piper and his older brother Max - encountered ominous f[...]

"It's everything a fan of the series could want - and everything a non-fan could need to get initiated." - IO9 "Willingham manages to merge the gentle, meandering feel of fairy tales with a breakneck, contemporary pacing - a very clever trick indeed. The characters and stories are very engaging, the[...]

In this penultimate volume of Bill Willingham's Fables, the residents of Fabletown look to live "happily ever after", but there is a steep price to pay for happiness. This book collects issues numbered 141-149 of this 14-time Eisner-Award-winning series.[...]

The camera enables us to see right into a character's soul, revealing his or her innermost thoughts and emotions. Screen acting requires a more rigorously truthful and spontaneous performance than the stage, as well as very different technical expertise. From Stage to Screen is a handbook for the pr[...]

Exploring Calvin and Hobbes is the catalogue for an exhibit by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum at Ohio State University, which opened in March 2014. The exhibit is Bill Watterson's personal exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and Hobbes came to be. It includes original art of C[...]

This book will teach you basic playing techniques for the ukulele. No prior musical experience is assumed. You will learn how to hold the instrument, position the hands, strumming techniques, basic chords and beyond. The enclosed CD guides you through a series of exercises, which are organised in a [...]

What they are saying about The Story of the Tour de France: After forty years of study on the subject, I can with some confidence say Bill and Carol McGann's The Story of the Tour de France is the finest such work ever produced in the English language, and perhaps in any. Most of my preferred refere[...]

"The Complete Idiot's Guide[registered] to Running, Third Edition", offers instruction on developing ideal running techniques for personal fitness or competition. Through easy-to-follow steps designed to gradually build their abilities, readers learn how to choose reliable running gear and create an[...]