Are you a knitter looking to expand your knowledge and take on new challenges? Color adds vibrant, complex patterns to sweaters, hats, mittens, and more. For the uninitiated, color knitting can be intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. This book explains, step by step, the various methods and gives you a variety of projects so that you can put your newfound skills to use. Working with color--whether it's one richly toned variegated handspun yarn or multiple colors worked in an intricate pattern--is a great way to advance from basic projects to more complex and satisfying ones. Photo by photo, you'll learn all the techniques, including stripes, slip-stitch knitting, Fair Isle (stranded knitting), intarsia, and entrelac. Plus, you'll get some lessons on color theory and discover how to put together beautiful color combinations. It features 21 patterns using various colorwork skills, includes a stitch pattern dictionary for each technique and photos and detailed explanations that makes learning easy--

Before Jess was the new girl, there was Nick, Winston, Schmidt . . . and The Douchebag Jar. Originally devised to do nothing more than alter Schmidt's wardrobe, hairstyle, and personality, the Douchebag Jar has become an apartment-wide phenomenon, forever changing the way douche-like behavior is viewed, policed, and penalized. Compiled and annotated by Schmidt himself, The Douche Journals catalogs the jar's first years in existence. Every jar-worthy outfit, faux pas, and innuendo is captured exquisitely and for all time, transporting fans and scholars alike into the inner orbit of a master douche at the height of his powers. Comprehensive, unflinching, and fully illustrated, The Douche Journals delves deep into the annals of douchery.

An award-winning young filmmaker shares her experiences growing up in between the American and Arab cultures during which she found young love in the Arabian Gulf, rebellion in Cairo, and self-discovery in the mountains of Sinai.

Presents the story of Gerald Stano, a serial killer who confessed to murdering up to forty women over an eleven-year period, delving into the mind of a man who fancied himself one of the greatest lady-killers of all time.