After an American pilot crashes on the shores of her island and talks about a war raging in the outside world, Diana, princess of the Amazons, leaves her home to end the threat and fulfill her destiny.
On Christmas Eve 1914, while sitting in the trenches of war, one German soldier begins to sing "Silent Night." When a British sergeant across the battlefield joins in, there is soon a surreal and beautiful exchange of the Christmas spirit between two army's at war.
"When unlikeable Elsie dies in the influenza pandemic of 1918, she comes back to haunt Annie to make sure she'll be Annie's best--and only--friend soon"--Provided by publisher.
Explores the story of radium poisoning to young American women during WWI from the paint used on watch dials, and the ensuing legal consequences that occured as a result of these work health hazards.
Examines the political origins of Roosevelt's second New Deal and discusses how World War I veterans and veteran politics influenced programs that were passed between 1934 and 1936.
When Alice goes to stay with her grandmother she discovers the magical Darkling Wood, where she meets a strange friend and discovers letters written between a brother and sister during WWI.