In the sixteenth century, one of the world's most precious commodities was cochineal, a legendary red dye treasured by the ancient Mexicans and sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune. As the English, French, Dutch, and other Europeans joined the chase for cochineal -- a chase that lasted for more than three centuries -- a tale of pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies unfolds. A Perfect Red evokes with style and verve this history of a grand obsession, of intrigue, empire, and adventure in pursuit of the most desirable color on earth.
--J. H. Elliott, University of Oxford
Автор: Greenfield Trevor Название: Pagan Portals - Ancestral Healing ISBN: 1789043352 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781789043358 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 11430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Modern pagans recognize the need to tear down our destructive systems and build inclusive new political and social structures. This anthology presents modern pagan activists working through their spiritual lines to do better.
Автор: Greenfield Lyle Название: The Soul Mate Expeditions ISBN: 1543984878 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781543984873 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13750.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: THE SOUL MATE EXPEDITIONS* Have you ever put up 100 posters on a busy city street trying to contact the woman whose phone number you'd lost? * Have you ever buried a beloved friend in the sand dunes near the Atlantic Ocean, fulfilling a request in his Last Will?* Have you ever had an experimental microchip implanted in your brain for the purpose of capturing moving images of your actual dreams?* Have you ever visited the Social Security offices in New York City and had your age changed?* Have you ever been trapped in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel for over an hour, desperately needing to urinate?* Have you ever wondered what souls actually look like?These are just a few of the compelling and remarkable stories you will find in the collection you are now holding, or possibly staring at on a tablet. Lyle Greenfield's unmistakable "voice" will remain with you long after you've turned the last page and said, out loud, to no one, "What the?"The original stories comprising The Soul Mate Expeditions (first section of this collection) were actually written 20 years ago. If you are reading this in the year 2024 it was 25 years ago. If you are reading this in the year 2099 it was100 years ago and I am dead. You're welcome to visit my gravesite in East Hampton, NY and to make a generous contribution to the East Hampton Food Pantry in my name. Thank you Regarding the novella, "What Vienna Saw," the idea was a spore in my brain going back to 1985 and periodically I would deliver a feverish synopsis to a captive audience over dinner and drinks. Close friends instructed that if I didn't finally commit the story to paper I would be sent to my room without supper. Or drinks. Therefore...As for the Letters to the Editor of The East Hampton Star, I discovered in 1998 that it was the policy of this weekly newspaper to publish every signed letter submitted "with the exception those judged to be proselytizing, an invasion of privacy, libelous, or obscene." This idiosyncratic editorial position, in effect since the 1950s, quickly became a psychogenic discharge valve to me and I took unfair advantage, I fear, writing letters of 1,000 to 2,000 words in length, on any viewpoint, fantasy or personal humiliation I cared to share. More than one devoted reader strongly suggested I put them in a book. And this I have done. Praise for The Soul Mate Expeditions"Greenfield's is a voice that ranges from the absurd to the profound, sometimes translating into the absurdly profound and/or the profoundly absurd--always with a measure of self-deprecation. His wry tone, however, does not conceal his empathy for the human condition and caring for the arts--often reflected in his regular SHOOT column, "Earwitness." He now gives us The Soul Mate Expeditions, a collection of musings and stories that paint a vivid picture of the mind of a writer I've known for 20-plus years."Robert Goldrich, Editor, SHOOT"Lyle puts the lip in solipsism. And yet his stories, mostly about a time and place not so long ago, are soulful indeed." David E. Rattray, Editor, The East Hampton Star"Cleansing my brain of this tragic modern world, I was engaged, provoked and at times laughing out loud to myself... and my dog. Turn off your phone, crack open the window and take the flight of fancy that is Lyle Greenfield's writing." Nancy Atlas, Singer Songwriter Bandleader Producer
Have you ever put up 100 posters on a busy city street trying to contact the woman whose phone number you'd lost?
Have you ever buried a beloved friend in the sand dunes near the Atlantic Ocean, fulfilling a request in his Last Will?
Have you ever had an experimental microchip implanted in your brain for the purpose of capturing moving images of your actual dreams?
Have you ever visited the Social Security offices in New York City and had your age changed?
Have you ever been trapped in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel for over an hour, desperately needing to urinate?
Have you ever wondered what souls actually look like?
The Soul Mate Expeditions is a collection of stories (including one novella) and letters to the editor of The East Hampton Star written over a period of 20 years by author Lyle Greenfield. They range in emotional and intellectual substance from the truly romantic to the utterly fantastical... from grippingly dramatic to the hilariously absurd. And somewhere within it all is an examination of the intangible things that rule our hearts in the quest for love... and sometimes simply cause us to fly off the rails. Greenfield's unmistakable "voice" will remain with you long after you've turned the last page and said, out loud, to no one, "What?"
Автор: Greenfield, Susan Название: Human brain ISBN: 0465007260 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780465007264 Издательство: Little Brown Цена: 30640.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: What would you see if you removed the skull from the human brain and worked your way deeper and deeper, to the level of an individual neuron? This is your chance to see into the human brain, to learn what the brain is, how it works and doesn`t work, and how mood-modifying drugs find their targets.
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