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Hari Om/Hariom Incense From Satya - 40 Gram Box - Satya Sai Baba Incense
$2.39

Mata Hari (1931) [VHS]
$19.98
Garbo looks alluring and superb in every second of footage. She first appears as the exotic dancer, dedicating her dance to Shiva, as a bayadere would in a sacred temple, except this is Paris and she is dancing for a select audience wearing an incrdibly elaborate costume that she manipulates quite successfully in a hieratic dance. Her headdress is a double umbrella composition in Thai style that is the perfect accesory for this moment, but by no means the only one she will wear through this tale of mysetry and intrigue, seduction and espionage.

Adrian's gowns have never looked better. He never failed with Garbo, and in this movie surpassed his talent, it is his ultimate creation. She takes full advantage of the exotic silks, mostly done with Rajastani embroidery to look absolutely stunning. Everyone looks at her wherever she goes in the film and you can't blame them, it was like watching a show for free. Also, you understand that American audiences adored her because the men must have appreciated her feline sensuality as much as the women admired the way she wore those fantasy clothes and was always on the verge of fainting from an overdose of romance.

I also appreciated the complexity of the spy system, including the killer with a deformed foot that dragged it on a special hoof-shoe, which addded a touch of Terror movie to his nasty job.

Ram���n Navarro is perfect for the Russian officer role. He is priceless when he walks in "the morning after" with a huge floral tribute to throw at her feet and calling after her "Mata" with the familiarity of a five year relationship. Their scenes together are full of romantic magic, they obviously had great chemistry, which now knowing the biographical information with more detail than the audiences did back then, we can appreciate as truly great acting. The aging Lionel Barrymore is also perfect as the embittered Russian ambassador that causes her downfall and we can all breath better after Garbo shoots him down, and makes it look like a suicide so well that we have hopes it will work out too.

Her trial scene must have been an inspiration for Bergman's "The Seventh Seal", her stoic, Calvinist simplicity is an embodiment of medieval death figures, and must have been a model for his chess-playing death character. Amazingly, she looks as glamorous in the simple black cape and hair pulled back as she did wearing all the jewelry of the orient: and that's one of the differences between a true legend and a star.

The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
$23.00
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
by Daoud Hari

By reading this powerful story by Daoud Hari, you realize that in Darfur horrible things are taking place and the world is choosing to ignore the events.

What is happening in Sudan can not be real; it can only be a fictional story. How do human beings treat others like this and continue to live with themselves? Sadly, we learn that this is a way of life for many people and that genocide is going on in Sudan as we speak.

Daoud does not take sides but tries to function in a world that is turned upside down. You are draw into a surreal environment of killing and total disregard for the value of human life.

I recommend this book to read as a reminder that we must always be on guard against the selfish, the evil and the greedy.

Mata Hari
$14.98
beautifully filmed and acted. Epic story of a dutch dancer that displayed class and finesse in manipulating men.