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A Man Who Spent 27 Years Alone in the Woods on the Best of Hermit Literature

A Man Who Spent 27 Years Alone in the Woods on the Best of Hermit Literature

What Christopher Knight Read From His Nylon Tent in Central Maine

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Five Books Making News This Week: Monsters, Memoirs, and Mountains

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10 Great Contemporary Novels About Teenagers (For Adults)

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