Rob Larsen

Well written, well researched and covering a poorly understood, but vitally important culture The Arabs: A History should be required reading for pretty much everyone. Three or four events that I knew well from European history are covered and that's basically everything I knew about the first 2/3 of the book. The last 3rd I was more familiar with, but there was still a ton I learned about recent history thanks to this book.
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These are from a family album. My grandfather served in the Pacific during the war. I think they're pretty cool, so here they are, on the internet for all to see.

I find myself stopping a lot and saying "this has to be on the list" and then seeing something else I feel just as strongly about on the next click…

Nominees for New Seven Wonders washingtonpost.com

The Rat and Pizza Pad:

I saw a special on this. It was cool.