Does lace have to be knit on size 0 needles and take years to complete? No! Let this primer on knitted lace put any worries to rest. Go from a skein of fiber to a fantastic finished piece with this unique approach. Simple techniques, helpful hints, and an extraordinary palette of colorways will inspire you to play with the possibilities of hand-painted yarns. Create over a dozen scarves and shawls that guarantee no hassles with fitting or shaping--one size fits all Have fun with an incredible variety of exotic textures, colors, and fibers Catch on to techniques quickly with a bounty of specialized tips for patterns from beginning to advanced

With murder, betrayal, thievery and action set in the elegance and propriety of 1756 Aberdeen, Scotland, the regal Nachmasheeghan family lives an enviable and posh life. More money, respect and power than one family should have, they all but own the town'¦until the day the equally loved and loathed family patriarch, Ian Nachmasheeghan dies, leaving his grieving widow and five sons to carry on in his stead. Spoiled rotten, the young men are not prepared for the burden'¦and the truth of the dark and heartbreaking family secret divulged to them at the reading of their father's will. Enter Tolliver Jean-Leferr, a boorish man of means. The plot thickens as Tolliver's knowledge of whom and what Ian Nachmasheeghan truly was before settling down, can offer the family salvation. But the rogue is not concerned with the family's salvation'¦only what he wants'¦and what he knows can bring the powerful Nachmasheeghans to their knees once and for all!

A collection of essays by well-known authors for young people, reflecting on various aspects of life in twentieth-century America, including politics, the environment, sports, fashion, and civil rights.

It was strictly a duty call and Pat Carroll wasn't looking forward to it one bit. But she was in Wales and her fiance's family lived nearby. He was dead now, killed in an accident, and Pat felt that since she was so close to his family's home she should pay her respects to the woman who would have been her mother-in-law. It would be a bore, but it was the least she could do. And, besides, it was only for a day or two. But the day or two dragged on and Pat found herself the helpless prisoner of a fanatic madwoman. Locked in a hideous room, she was trapped in an infinite eternity of a waking nightmare . . . 'A great suspense shocker in the icy horror tradition of Psycho' Boston Herald

The fabulous gown, the multitiered cake, abundant flowers, attendants and guests in their finery. The white wedding does more than mark a life passage. It marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture—romantic love and excessive consumption. For anyone who has ever wondered about the meanings behind a white dress, a diamond ring, rice, and traditions such as cake cutting, bouquet tossing, and honeymooning, this book offers an entertaining and enlightening look at the historical, social, and psychological strains that come together to make the lavish wedding the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture. With an emphasis on North American society, Cele C. Otnes and Elizabeth H. Pleck show how the elaborate wedding means far more than a mere triumph for the bridal industry. Through interviews, media accounts, and wide-ranging research and analysis, they expose the wedding's reflection—or reproduction—of fundamental aspects of popular consumer culture: its link with romantic love, its promise of magical transformation, its engendering of memories, and its legitimization of consumption as an expression of perfection. As meaningful as any prospective bride might wish, the lavish wedding emerges here as a lens that at once reveals, magnifies, and reveres some of the dearest wishes and darkest impulses at the heart of our culture.

All London is abuzz with speculation about charming Lord March, who departed White’s one night six months ago and never made it home to his beloved wife. Not even Bow Street has been able to trace him one step. And then suddenly he reappears, his memory a blank, a case of priceless jewels in his hand— Regency Romance by Maggie MacKeever; originally published by Fawcett Coventry