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The critically acclaimed author ofnbspServing Victorianbspbrilliantly illuminates the life of the littleknown Bess of Hardwicknext to Queen Elizabeth I the richest and most powerful woman in sixteenthcentury EnglandAided by a quartet of judicious marriages and a shrewd head for business Bess of Hardwick rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most respected and feared Countesses in Elizabethan Englandan entrepreneur who built a family fortune created glorious housesthe last and greatest built as a widow in her 70sand was deeply involved in matters of the court including the custody of Mary Queen of ScotsWhile Bess cultivated many influential courtiers she also collected numerous enemies Her embittered fourth husband once called her a woman of devices and desires while nineteenthcentury male historians portrayed her as a monstera woman of masculine understanding and conduct proud furious selfish and unfeeling In the twentyfirst century she has been neutered by female historians who recast her as a softhearted sort much maligned and misunderstood As Kate Hubbard reveals the truth of this highly accomplished woman lies somewhere in between ruthless and scheming Bess was sentimental and affectionate as wellHubbard draws on more than 230 of Besss letters including correspondence with the Queen and her councilors fond and furious missives between her husbands and children and notes sharing titillating court gossip The result is a rich compelling portrait of a true feminist icon centuries ahead of her timea complex formidable and decidedly modern woman captured in full as never before
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The remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that shaped British architectural historyBorn in 1521 Bess of Hardwick businesswoman moneylender and property tycoon lived an astonishing eightyseven years Through canny choices four husbands and a will of steel she rose from country squires daughter to Dowager Countess establishing herself as one of the richest and most powerful women in England second only to Queen Elizabeth Bess forged her way not merely by judicious marriage but by shrewd exploitation of whatever assets each marriage brought At a time when women were legally and financially subordinate to their husbands Bess succeeded in manipulating hers to her own and her childrens advantage accumulating great riches and estates in the process Wealth took concrete form in her passion for building and she oversaw every stage of the construction of her four country houses Chatsworth Hardwick Old Hall Hardwick New Hall and Owlcotes Hardwick New Hall her sole surviving building is stamped all over with Besss identity and her initials it stands as a celebration of one womans triumphant progress through Elizabethan England In Devices and Desires Kate Hubbard examines Besss life as a builder within the context of the maledominated Elizabethan architectural world This new biography traces the creation of Hardwick and Besss lost houses as well as estates such as Longleat Holdenby and Theobalds all known to and coveted by Bess Throughout it seeks to locate Bess within Hardwick her greatest achievement and her lasting monument
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Devices and Desires Gender Technology sold for 46 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Nursing and technology have been inexorably linked since the beginnings of trained nursing in the United States in the late nineteenth century Whether or not they thought of the devices they used as technology nurses have necessarily used a variety of tools instruments and machinesfrom thermometers to cardiac monitorsto appraise treat and comfort patients Tracing the relationship between nursing and technology from the 1870s to the present Margarete Sandelowski argues that technology has helped shape and intensify persistent dilemmas in nursing and that it has both advanced and impeded the development of the professionSandelowski examines key moments in the history of nursing that dramatize the ironies of the nursingtechnology relationship She demonstrates that nurses both embraced and rejected technology in their pursuit of cultural visibility and professional autonomywith varying amounts of success As one of the domains of female work historically most subject to sex segregation Sandelowski notes nursing provides an ideal site in which to examine the interplay of technology and gender
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Devices and Desires Adam Dalgliesh sold for 49.76 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Scotland Yards Adam Dalgliesh leaves London to vacation in Norfolk and becomes involved in the hunt for the person responsible for a series of murders of young women which mysteriously continues after the suspects capture
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Parker raises the bar for realistic fantasy war craft with this series opener Publishers WeeklyWhen so many fantasy sagas are tired warmedover affairs a writer like KJ Parker is more of a hurricane than a breath of fresh air DreamwatchWhen an engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of guild law he flees the city leaving behind his wife and daughter Forced into exile he seeks a terrible vengeance one that will leave a trail of death and destruction in its wakeBut he will not be able to achieve this by himself He must draw up his plans using the blood of others In a compelling tale of intrigue and injustice K J Parkers embittered hero takes up arms against his enemies using the only weapons he has left to him his ingenuity and his passion his devices and desiresThe acclaimed author of The Fencer Trilogy and The Scavenger Trilogy begins a brilliant new series pushing the boundaries of fantasy fiction with his most powerful novel to dateBooks by KJ ParkerFencer TrilogyThe Colours in the SteelThe Belly of the BowThe Proof HouseScavenger TrilogyShadowPatternMemoryEngineer TrilogyDevices and DesiresEvil for EvilThe EscapementSaloninusBlue and GoldThe Devil You KnowTwo of SwordsThe Two of Swords Part 1The Two of Swords Part 2The Two of Swords Part 3NovelsThe CompanyThe Folding KnifeThe HammerSharpsSavagesSixteen Ways to Defend a Walled CityMy Beautiful Life
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Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is taking a brief respite from publicity on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left him by his aunt But he cannot easily escape murder a psychopathic strangler is at large in Norfolk
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Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt But he cannot so easily escape murder A psychotic strangler of young women is at large and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career
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Nursing and technology have been inexorably linked since the beginnings of trained nursing in the United States in the late nineteenth century Whether or not they thought of the devices they used as technology nurses have necessarily used a variety of tools instruments and machinesfrom thermometers to cardiac monitorsto appraise treat and comfort patients Tracing the relationship between nursing and technology from the 1870s to the present Margarete Sandelowski argues that technology has helped shape and intensify persistent dilemmas in nursing and that it has both advanced and impeded the development of the professionSandelowski examines key moments in the history of nursing that dramatize the ironies of the nursingtechnology relationship She demonstrates that nurses both embraced and rejected technology in their pursuit of cultural visibility and professional autonomywith varying amounts of success As one of the domains of female work historically most subject to sex segregation Sandelowski notes nursing provides an ideal site in which to examine the interplay of technology and gender
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Devices and Desires sold for 59 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
National Bestseller Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets ambitions and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt But he cannot so easily escape murder A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Devices and Desires A History sold at 22.84 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
From the 1873 Comstock Act to the groundbreaking inventions of today a history of contraceptives reveals how they evolved from an illicit trade located in secret places and pornography outlets to one of the most legitimate businesses in America
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Instruments of Desire The Electric sold for 26.2 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Around 1930 a group of guitar designers in Southern California fitted instruments with an electromagnetic device called a pickupand forever changed the face of popular music Taken up by musicians as diverse as Les Paul Muddy Waters Jimi Hendrix and the MC5 the electric guitar would become not just a conduit of electrifying new sounds but also a symbol of energy innovation and desire in the music of the day Instruments of Desire is the first full account of the historical and cultural significance of the electric guitar a wideranging exploration of how and why the instrument has had such broad musical and cultural impact Instruments of Desire ranges across the history of the electric guitar by focusing on key performers who have shaped the use and meaning of the instrument Charlie Christian Les Paul Chet Atkins Muddy Waters Chuck Berry Jimi Hendrix the MC5 and Led Zeppelin The book traces two competing ideals for the sound of the instrument one focusing on tonal purity has been favored by musicians seeking to integrate the electric guitar into the existing conventions of pop music the other centering on timbral distortion has been used to challenge popular notions of acceptable and unacceptable noise Instruments of Desire reveals how these different approaches to sound also entail different ideas about the place of the body in musical performance the ways in which music articulates racialized and gendered identities and the position of popular music in American social and political life
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Combine the necessity for a convenient way to store and move your data with your desire for a protective elegant device With fast transfer speeds up to 150MBs the allmetal SanDisk Ultra Luxe USB 31 Gen 1 drive can transfer a fulllength movie in less than 30 seconds so you can spend less time waiting and more time on doing And with up to 512GB of space its durable cast metal design holds all your important content in beautiful form This Ultra Luxe flash drive has SanDisk SecureAccess password protection software built in and comes with a 5year limited warranty for added peace of mind
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Combine the necessity for a convenient way to store and move your data with your desire for a protective elegant device With fast transfer speeds up to 150MBs the allmetal SanDisk Ultra Luxe USB 31 Gen 1 drive can transfer a fulllength movie in less than 30 seconds so you can spend less time waiting and more time on doing And with up to 512GB of space its durable cast metal design holds all your important content in beautiful form This Ultra Luxe flash drive has SanDisk SecureAccess password protection software built in and comes with a 5year limited warranty for added peace of mind
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Welcome to a new standard for wireless keyboards and mice Signature Slim MK955 combines the slim profile and laptopstyle typing experience that employees desire plus a contoured mouse shaped for comfort It features precise and superfast scrolling along with multidevice switching for elevated productivity With quiet typing and clicking this combo is ideal for open workspaces This combo works with Mac Windows and ChromeOS includes Logi Bolt for reliable and secure wireless connections and is easy to deploy The plastic parts are made with a minimum of 62 postconsumer recycled plastic so its a choice youll feel good about
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THEY LIVE IN TWO SEPARATE WORLDS BUT SHARE THE SAME DESIREnbspBess Samson was raised in privilege but always had a thing for Cade Hollister the roughandtumble cowboy next door even ignoring her controlling classconscious mothers warning to stay away from him But he turned her downhard Humiliated she grew up and moved on but never truly gave up hopenbspCade has secretly always adored Bessbut is filled with disdain for the Samsons wealth Once the families were friends until dark secrets and scandal caused a bitter rift and now her family wont let him forget his bluecollar roots But when an accident nearly costs Bess her life the proud rancher must finally fight for the love hes never forgotten
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A woman coming of age early in thenbspnbspcentury had few choices unless she had independentnbspnbspmeans Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy ofnbspnbspwealth determination and desire She loves onenbspnbspman with all her heart only to discover the pricenbspnbspof such devotion She struggles with the flaws ofnbspnbspmarriage and its irresistible rewards She setsnbspnbspout to conquer high society and forces oilrichnbspnbspDallas to its knees But her own daughter may breaknbspnbspher heart and the man she chooses may rob hernbspnbspof the one thing she prizes the most hernbspnbspmanipulating delightful bossy and believablenbspnbspindependence For Bess is a woman of independent means
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At the turn of the century a time when women had few choices Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy not only of wealth but of determination and desire making her truly a woman of independent means From the early 1900s through the 1960s we accompany Bess as she endures lifes trials and triumphs with unfailing courage and indomitable spirit the sacrifices love sometimes requires of the heart the flaws and rewards of marriage the oftentested bond between mother and child and the will to defy a society that demands conformity Told in letters we follow the remarkable life of Bess Steed Garner from her childhood in 1899 to her death in 1977
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FetishcraftJohn HuxleyThis beautiful and useful book teaches the reader to design and construct fetishwear restraints sensory deprivation devices toys and whips professionally elegant and customized to the makers individual needs and desires Each project includes a detailed pattern with complete instructions for tailoring it to fit the wearers or users physiology and fantasies Featuring such neverbeforeshown luxury items as fullbody zentai spandex catsuits custom laceup hoods fully professional and properly weighted floggers and singletails and various body harnesses for all genders The Artisans Guide will pay for itself hundreds of times over in the hands of a creative craftsperson 2013 224 pages
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