Author Archives: schoultz

Why this book: I am preparing a blog post on 200 days – what it would mean to know you only have 200 days to live. Well, here is a book by a guy who lived (and died) that experience. … Continue reading →

Why this Book:  The publisher asked me whether, if they sent me an advance copy of this book, I would read it and review it.  I said yes.  They sent it. I read it.   I liked it, and this … Continue reading →

Why this book: I’ve read several other Ivan Doig books and really liked them all. Doig is one of the pre-eminent Western writers of the 20th Century.  This is the 3rd book in his Montana Trilogy, behind English Creek and Dancing … Continue reading →

Why this book: As a boy, I read a number of Jack London short stories as well as his novels The Cruise of the Dazzler, White Fang, and of course Call of the Wild.   I re-read Call of the Wild about … Continue reading →

Why this book: I listened to Tim Ferriss’s interview with Safi Bahcall and liked him and what he said – it was excellent. Also this book was a pick of The Next Big Idea Club, to which I belong. Summary in … Continue reading →

Why this book: Selected by my reading group.  I saw a review that said that if you liked Silence of the Girls, you will like Circe.  I really liked Silence of the Girls, so thought we’d give this a try. … Continue reading →

Why This Book: I knew I’d be visiting Pointe du Hoc, famous for the Ranger raid at the commencement of D-Day, and this book would give me the background to better appreciate that experience. Summary in 3 Sentences. This book … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I had read Ambrose’s Band of Brothers, and have seen a few parts of the HBO series.  Dick Winters is clearly the hero of the book and the TV series.  I was interested reading his perspective on … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I had heard from several sources that Atkinson’s trilogy about the war in Europe was superb.  He won the Pulitzer Prize for History for the first book in the series, about the North Africa campaign.  I had … Continue reading →

Why this book: I’ve lived in Germany 3 times and studied a lot about Germany and German history.  I thought this would be a good perspective to have. I was right. Summary in 5 sentences: After WWII in the forties … Continue reading →