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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 cha... [Read More]

Digitally Remastered From High Resolution 35MM Original Film Elements to Get the Most From Your HDTV Combo PackIncludes Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy* + UltraViolet* (*Expiration Date April 30, 2017) + Limited Edition Packaging with Plush E.T. DollExciting New Bonus Features: - The E.T. Journals: Featuring behind the scenes footage from the filming of the movie. This featurette gives viewers a unique feeling of being on-set and living the excitement of what it was like to make E.T. (Blu-ray Exclu... [Read More]

An astonishing variety of elegant and complex braids, which can be used as decoration, tiebacks for curtains, or jewelry. Instructions for making 12 different braids.

Containing illustrations of paintings by Picasso, Braque, Delaunay and Leger, and designs by Chanel, Vionnet and Callot Soeurs, this is a study of the interrelationship between fashion and Cubism in the early-20th century. Published to accompany a 1998/9 exhibition at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, it sets out to demonstrate how fashion's newly planar forms and cylindrical, waistless silhouette exemplified Cubism's interpretation of the body. Fashion illustrat... [Read More]