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...mordantly funny, unapologetically entertaining Captain Alatriste series (of which this is the second volume), Prez-Reverte firmly buckles on his swash and swaggers into the muddy, bloody streets of 17th century Madrid. It's a poor but proud city where tempers run high and everybody is ready to stab and/or shoot one another at the drop of a plumed, foppish hat and where a woman has just been found strangled in her sedan chair, along with a pouch of coins and a note that reads, "For Masses for your soul...
After both offenses had stagnated—combining for six points in a four-minute span—Unger took another stab at a three-pointer and connected to put Harvard back up 18 with under three minutes to play...
...1947.He even tried his hand at playwriting; however, thanks to a permanent marker and some mischievous chums, his play, “Death, There Is None,” became derisively known on campus as “Death, here is one.”Simon also took a stab at criticism, reviewing theater for the Harvard Advocate—back in the days when the Advocate actually published. Two rave reviews later, though, the magazine refused his services; “‘nothing could be that good,’ they told...
...Xeno Chronicles” raises several interesting questions, but, in a slim 206 pages, Miller manages an honest stab at only a few of them. What issues of identity would a pig-organ recipient face? What are the ethics of growing and harvesting pigs solely for their organs—and should we transplant said organs into humans who, having brought themselves to their knees before the medical community, are sick in the first place because they’ve eaten too many pork chops...
...raising rabbits or delineating the principles of socialism, learning to bake vegan brownies or appraising the coiffure of John Quincy Adams. Bookshelves are filled with out-of-print zines. “Stolen Sharpie Revolution,” is filed near “Things You Can Stab While Riding A Bike Carrying A Sword.” One shelf over? “Bad Hair...