A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the YearThe Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios history and evolution; and the ldquo;fraternity of geeksrdquo; who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs; Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking; beginning with a short special effects shot made at Lucasfilm in 1982 all the way up through the landmark films Toy Story; Finding Nemo; Wall-E; and others. David A. Price goes behind the scenes of the corporate feuds between Lasseter and his former champion; Jeffrey Katzenberg; as well as between Jobs and Michael Eisner. And finally he explores Pixars complex relationship with the Walt Disney Company as it transformed itself into the $7.4 billion jewel in the Disney crown.With an Updated Epilogue
#450843 in eBooks 2007-10-30 2007-10-30File Name: B009XGN8P6WORKMAN PUBLISHING-101 Designer One-Skein WondersThis book includes designer projects that range from the adorable to the elegantIncluded are plenty of patterns for hats scarves bags and shawls
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Projects!By GrammyHI cant wait to begin making all of these ! I must caution though...I havent yet tried her instructions yet! Ill update my review after I complete a couple. to let you know how well her instructions are written. But that aside. Im VERY pleased with the projects she presents. Out of 101 projects. theres only one I dont particularly care for! That in itself is amazing! While several of the projects are hats and scarfs. there are a nice variety of projects. including. but not limited to. some sweaters for toddlers as well as shrugs and socks for adults. While using only one skein of yarn seems limiting in the number and types of products you can make. Judith does a wonderful job of showing there is a larger variety of projects than you would think possible!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Lots of great projects to knitBy Deb K LongI have great diffculty finding various patterns on the kindle version as it seems to be that no page numbers are listed and the photos are not well coordinated with the instructions. I also have the paperback version of this book and have knit many of the various projects with great results. I hope I will be able to better utilize the Kindle version3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Worth havingBy Flower LadyThis is the second book in the "One Skein Wonders" group. and it is a useful addition to a knit and crochet library. There are. as promised. 101 designs to choose from. and I bought both books hoping to find creative short duration projects that would make use of any number of orphan skeins left over from completed projects or skeins that I purchased on sale.Of course the term "skein" is rather meaningless. since the lengths included in one skein vary not only with the weight of the yarn but also with the way a company chooses to package it. Fortunately both One Skein Wonder books list the yardage required. Still. it is a bit disheartening to find a project pictured that you know would be great in one of the yarns from your stash. only to discover that even though it is the correct weight. your skein contains only 93 yards and the project calls for a skein of 256 yards.All of the projects included in the "Designer" version are pictured in color at the beginning of the book (grouped by yarn weights). with the page number and pattern name superimposed on the picture. This is a nice organizational improvement over the first book. which lists pattern names and page numbers in the center of a group of photos identified by letters of the alphabet. Missing from the second book is the small photo next to the actual pattern. Instead. the "Designer" book is littered with various sizes of the same distracting filler graphic. Each pattern does include a page reference to a picture of the project. A glossary at the end also includes some clear illustrations. Several of the lace weight patterns include charts. but the vast majority of the pattern instructions are written out. This is a handy. useful book that is definitely worth buying.
