Articles related to "Wartime Experiences"

The war intruded into children's lives with excitement, confusion, and fear. But there was plenty of time and space for normal routine.

Life and works of German author Erich Maria Remarque, best known for antiwar novels.

Most were not famous at the time, but history would remember these writers, prophets, boxers and musicians more for what they would accomplish later than for the war.

Brief biography and work of American writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., best-known for Slaughterhouse-Five.

Brief biography of Roald Dahl, British children's author and short story writer.

Robert McCrum traces the life of British humourist Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, and in so doing, creates a precis of the 20th century.

In a decision welcomed by global observers the International Criminal Court confirmed this week that it will go ahead with its first trial in January, 2009.

Family history enthusiasts need contact with like-minded people who will discuss ideas and information, share disappointments and discoveries.

While many people recoil at the mention of a spin-off, not every case is cause for alarm. M*A*S*H is one exception, flourishing on TV after achieving greatness on film.

Brief biography of novelist Evelyn Waugh, a leading satirist of his time, and famous for his popular Catholic book Brideshead Revisited.

Review of book Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes by author Peter Conrad, Folklore Publishing (2007) 246 pp.

While the ancient blood feud known as the duel was in decline in Western Europe it was on the rise elsewhere.

Gov. James Murray (1721-1794) left the battlefield to take the reigns of the Quebec government in a military regime that transitioned to a civil government.

Brief biography and works of Günter Grass, considered an important contemporary German writer, famous for The Tin Drum, a part of Danzig Trilogy.