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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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