I just ran into this, and hunting around for ActiveRecord didn't find anything, but searching for Nbernate did - it's a recent change to the Nbernate LINQ implementation that adds this in. You can use ActiveRecord and Nbernate without the LINQ DLLs, or there has been a version of the DLL submitted for inclusion in Mono, which at least gets code compiling, although I haven't yet tested what does and doesn't work in the actual LINQ implementation: The DLL is linked to from here: lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-devel-li....
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.