Scott Schiefelbein's Profile

Location:: Portland, Oregon United States

Reviewer Rank:: 969

See all 473 reviews (1,792 helpful votes)

Nickname:: sheef93
Birthday:: 11/24

In my own words: I'm an attorney who needs to decompress from the all-too-often intense workday with a good book or movie. I majored in history, so my reading list gravitates towards history and historical fiction, but I try to expand my horizons.

A film crit class in college has also given me an appreciation for movies that I wish I'd developed earlier. While I enjoy a guilty-pleasure flick as much as the next guy, I do get impatient with a lot of the formulaic offerings we get these days.

Married, with t...[more]

Latest Activity

July 5

Reviewed Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill and rated it

Accessible, insightful intellectual history of the Greeks [more]

June 27

Reviewed Genghis: Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden and rated it

Action-packed, skim-the-surface novel does not demand immediate reread [more]

June 22

Trouble in Mind ~ Hayes Carll and 1 other item was added to Scott Schiefelbein's Wish List.

June 22

Reviewed Eastern Promises (Widescreen Edition) DVD ~ Naomi Watts and rated it

Viggo Mortensen disappears into y et another fantastic role as a Russian gangster [more]

June 21

Reviewed The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and rated it

Epic keeps things moving through the generations [more]

June 15

Reviewed Superbad (Rated) DVD ~ Jonah Hill and rated it

"Superbad" goes into the pantheon of great teen-angst flicks [more]

Reviews

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill

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Accessible, insightful intellectual history of the Greeks, July 5, 2008

Thomas Cahill's "Hinges of History" series has emerged as one of the most popular series of intellectual histories ever written, and also the most important. Intellectual history is often written by historians for historians, and you need at least a Master's degree to get past Chapter One. Cahill... Read More

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