Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America

7 best books like Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America (Andrea Tone): America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart, Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness, The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, Collected Novellas, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

Author	Jon Stewart
ISBN	0713998946

Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots, deliver a hilarious look at American government.American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them....

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America

Author	John D'Emilio
ISBN	0226142647

The 1st full length study of the history of American sexuality, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into sexual behavior from colonial times to today. D'Emilio & Freedman give a deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics & culture throughout history.
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Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart

Author	Courtney Peppernell
ISBN	1449495087

Following the smash success of her best-selling book, Pillow Thoughts, Courtney Peppernell now returns with the follow-up sequel Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart. 

Peppernell understands that healing is a process, and Pillow Thoughts II eloquently captures the time and experience...

Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness

Author	David A. Karp
ISBN	0195113861

Combining a scholar's care and thoroughness with searing personal insight, Karp brings the private experience of depression into sharp relief, drawing on a remarkable series of intimate interviews with fifty depressed men and women. By turns poignant, disturbing, mordantly funny, and wise, Karp's...

The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America

Author	Susan Faludi
ISBN	0805086927

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash--an unflinching dissection of the mind of America after 9/11
 
In this most original examination of America's post-9/11 culture, Susan Faludi shines a light on the country's psychological response to the...

Collected Novellas

Author

Gabriel García Márquez

"Garcí­a Márquez has extraordinary strength and firmness of imagination and writes with the calmness of a man who knows exactly what wonders he can perform."--Alfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review
Renowned as a master of magical realism, Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez has long delighted...

Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland

Author	Jonathan M. Metzl
ISBN	1541644980

A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to help

Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston Globe

In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans...