If I was rating this book purely on the vast amount of information available in it I would give it a 5+. (In fairness, the Amazon Book Description hints at less than perfect quality: "This affordable black and white facsimile has been reformatted. Great book!. He says that if we cover .5% of Texas with wind turbines we could
- Title : A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
- Author : Amy Butler Greenfield
- Rating : 4.61 (949 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-5-10
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 352 Pages
- Asin : 0060522763
- Language : English
If I was rating this book purely on the vast amount of information available in it I would give it a 5+. (In fairness, the Amazon Book Description hints at less than perfect quality: "This affordable black and white facsimile has been reformatted. Great book!. He says that if we cover .5% of Texas with wind turbines we could power the United States, sound great right? He does not take into account how much turbines actually produce, but rather uses their capacity which only occurs during high winds. Their combined life experiences culminate in a seasoned, easy-to-understand approach to successfully quit the use of tobacco products - forever. Great condition and delivery exceeded expectations!sa. I would absolutely recommend this book to all of the men out there and women looking to help their significant others. The book helped my son, who took the ACT but was not happy with his math score. It's imperative, too, that the rest of us understand and accept the idea that the much-improved behavior occurring in recovery should be accepted as at least part of the amends the addict must pay others.As one reviewer at Amazon.com wrote of Michael Z's first book, it's "like family recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation that finally get put down on paper." No, it's much more. Many helpful insights and confidence builders. This has resul
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.. 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. 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. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Striving to maintain a trade monopoly, Spain fiercely guarded the secrets of cochineal cultivation in Mexico and only after centuries of speculation (was the red powder derived from plant or animal?) did 18th-century microscopes bring the mystery to light. All rights reserved. However, as she explains, owing to its safety, cochineal is back to stay as a cosmetics and food dye. not seen by PW.Agent, Tina Bennett.(May 2)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly "Elusive, expensive and invested with powerful symbolism, red cloth became the prize possession of the wealthy and well-born," Greenfield writes in her intricate, fully researched and stylishly written history of Europe's centuries-long clamor for cochineal, a dye capable of producing the "brightest, strongest red the Old World had ever seen." Discovered by Spanish conquistadors in Mexico in 1519, cochineal becam
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