Marie Antoinette, Anne Boleyn, and Mary, Queen of Scots. What did they have in common? For a while they were crowned in gold, cosseted in silk, and flattered by courtiers. But in the end, they spent long nights in dark prison towers and were marched to the scaffold where they surrendered their heads to the executioner. And they are hardly alone in their undignified demises. Throughout history, royal women have had a distressing way of meeting bad ends–dying of starvation, being burned at the stake, or expiring in childbirth while trying desperately to produce an heir.
Norman tells the dramatic story of fifty women-members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps—who went to war, working in military hospitals, aboard ships, and with air evacuation squadrons during the Vietnam War. Here, in a moving narrative, the women talk about why they went to war, the experiences they had while they were there, and how war affected them physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
For very young learners, Pockets offers a fun way to begin introducing English. Pockets, second edition, introduces exciting new features to the very popular three-level English course for children ages 3-5. This series continues to use the successful five-step pedagogy of Warm Up, Presentation, Practice, Application and Assessment, while developing language and developmental skills through fun hands-on activities.
