Best Buy, Fry's, Micro Center are the ones I know of. (and of course the Apple Store) Apple controls the pricing. You won't see a big enough difference amongst vendors (including Apple) to make it worth driving further then your nearest (assuming what you want is in stock).
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.