This collection of 50 true narratives by veterans and active duty personnel spans four wars. It includes tales by a Vietnam vet whose helicopter plummeted to the ground, a marine who improvised when adrift and hungry in the sea and a pilot who learned why a dog is a man's best friend.
Award-winning duo Catherine Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet inspire a new generation of innovators in this fascinating celebration of women inventors from diverse backgrounds. For fans of Women Who Dared and Women in Science.In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted ...
The onset of war in 1914 changed British society. As men left to fight in Europe, over a million women went to work for the first time. New responsibility gave women new freedom and led to new ways of dressing, as silhouettes and social codes changed. 'Fashion & Freedom' presents original designs by ...
