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The Color of Everything – a Journey to Quiet the Chaos, by Cory Richards
Why this book: I read an interview with the author on a substack piece called Transitions. I found the interview and the author fascinating, inspiring me to buy and read the book, which was even better than I expected. Summary … Continue reading
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Tagged bi-polar-disorder, book-reviews, mountaineering, photography, ptsd
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Nuclear War – a Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
Why this book: Selected by my SEAL book club. Summary in 3 Sentences: A novel in which the author creates a scenario in which the North Koreans unprovoked, like a bolt out of the blue, launch first one, then a second … Continue reading
Descent into Darkness – Pearl Harbore 1941, a Navy Diver’s Memoir, by Edward Raymer
Why this book: I had visited the Pearl Harbor Submarine museum and the Arizona memorial and found this book in the bookstore, while I was reading Shadow Divers, which had fascinated me about difficult diving. The experience of those men who … Continue reading
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Tagged hawaii, pearl-harbor, salvage-diving, us-navy, wwii, wwii
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman, by John Fowles
Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group. Also, I’ve had my wife’s copy on my bookshelf, unread by me, for decades. Summary in 4 Sentences: An upper class English gentleman in the late 1860s, has made a good … Continue reading
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Tagged book-review, existential-crisis, fiction, movies, victorian-morality
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Mark Twain, by Ron Chernow
Why this book:I like so many people have been a fan of Mark Twain for much of my life. I have recently re-read Huckleberry Finn in preps for reading (listening to) James by Percival Everett. Also I have read three … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, book-review, gilded-age, literature, mark-twain
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Pirate Hunters – Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship, by Robert Kurson
Why this book: I thoroughly enjoyed Shadow Divers, so was intrigued to see what Kurson’s next book was about. After reading the summary, I had to go for it. Summary in 3 Sentences: John Chatterson (one of the heroes from … Continue reading
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Tagged book-review, dominican-republic, history, pirates, treasure-hunters
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Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
Why this book: My Sci Fi reading group I’m in selected this book as part of our project to read some of the most highly regarded science fiction literature of the last decades. Hyperion won the Hugo Award for best novel … Continue reading
Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby van Pelt
Why this book: I listened to a preview of it on audible, in the voice of an octopus in a tank in an aquarium. Since reading Soul of an Octopus and watching the movie My Octopus Teacher, I’ve been very … Continue reading
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Tagged book-reviews, fiction, octopuses, pacific-northwest, small-town-living
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Shadow Divers – Two Americans who risked everything to Solve a Mystery of WWII, by Robert Kurson
Why this book: Proposed multiple times by several participants in my SEAL reading group, and finally selected, Summary in 2 Sentences: Three men who were leaders of the elite wreck diving culture of New England discover a German Submarine in … Continue reading
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Tagged diving, german-submarines, history, navy, world-war-2
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On Character – Choices that Define a Life, by General Stanley McChrystal
Why this book: Selected by the SEAL book club as our selection for summer of 2025. I and many of us had worked with Stan McChrystal in our careers. Summary in 3 Sentences: A thoughtful meditation on values that help drive … Continue reading
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