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The pen in this is John Keats

This seems like a good book to get my niece and nephew into programming. I think I might try it with the time I have on my hands.

Sachem : chief or leader

Manumission: release from slavery

indolent: wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.

Opprobrium- harsh criticism or censure

I’m accidentally reading two books in a row that talk about Jim Belushi’s death at a Hollywood hotel.

Etiolated - pale and drawn out due to lack of light

I wonder how many stories I’ve read where drugs have been smuggled in dead bodies.

Orrery: mechanical model of the solar system

You can even learn vocabulary from a comic:
wistful: having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
alacrity: brisk and cheerful readiness.
jackanape: an impertinent person.

The best that therapy can do was bring us from hysteric misery to common unhappiness.