I have owned the Asus, HP Mini and the Toshiba NB205 and from all of them I am most pleases with the Toshiba. With the 6 cell battery I have been getting between 6-7 hrs of use, nice key board, and the SD card slot can be used for Windows ready boost. Running Windows 7 has been working well on it and Ubuntu also runs great.
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.