Tag Archives: Rex Stout
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Peeves, Persiflage, and Portmanteaux
Leave a commentJune 18, 2022 by libroshombre
“Foist,” “to introduce surreptitiously,” is a word I like, perhaps because librarians enjoy foisting books and information, albeit overtly, …
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Humaning, Nero, and Obscure Sorrows
Leave a commentJanuary 16, 2022 by libroshombre
Once long ago my mother read to me every night at bedtime, and she also read to herself a lot: …
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Superman, Coups, and the Meaning of Democracy
Leave a commentFebruary 4, 2021 by libroshombre
It might be the wacky, frightening times we’re living in, but sometimes a confluence of different idea seems to …
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Demagogues, Scoundrels, and Tyrants
Leave a commentMarch 18, 2019 by libroshombre
Reading history often provides useful insights into why people behave as they do, and, while it’s left me wondering about …
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Bats, Wirts, and Stout
Leave a commentJanuary 9, 2019 by libroshombre
It’s the same sad story. A certain topic, like literary pseudonyms, intrigues me, and before you know it I’m knee-deep …
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Stinkers, Dictators, and Egg Spoons
Leave a commentMay 14, 2018 by libroshombre
People appearing to be real stinkers might simply be under the sway of their microbes. After all, BBC.com’s James …
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Cryptogamists, Eructers, and Wykyn de Worde
Leave a commentMay 14, 2018 by libroshombre
As Welsh poet George Herbert rightly noted in the 1600s, “Good words are worth much, and cost little,” but sometimes …
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Panties, Crocodiles, and Otorhinolaryngology
Leave a commentJanuary 9, 2018 by libroshombre
Long ago when I ran the public library in Corsicana, Texas, I investigated starting a company to manufacture women’s …
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