Devices and Desires

  • Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America
    Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America
    By Andrea Tone

    Ulysses S. Grant, who had signed the Comstock Law, pardoned five of the twelve individuals sentenced to jail on birth control charges during his term. Two of the five were Seth Hunsdon and James Patterson, former operators of the Albany ...

  • Devices and Desires
    Devices and Desires
    By P. D. James

    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.

  • Devices and Desires
    Devices and Desires
    By P. D. James

    Now a major Channel 5 series 'The Queen of Crime.

  • Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England
    Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England
    By Kate Hubbard

    As Kate Hubbard reveals, the truth of this highly accomplished woman lies somewhere in between: ruthless and scheming, Bess was sentimental and affectionate as well.

  • Devices and Desires
    Devices and Desires
    By K. J. Parker

    . . In a compelling tale of intrigue and injustice, K. J. Parker's 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 desires.