Robinson Crusoe

WATCH: Russia's 'Forest Man' Chooses Life Of Isolation

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Russian man's decision to adapt a Robinson Crusoe-like lifestyle has made him an Internet sensation, but he now finds himself struggling to gain bac...

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Under The Influence

The Huffington Post | Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Writing a book is usually a long, hair-pulling affair for the author. But in the end, only one name appears on the front of the book: their own. What...

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Apocalypse Now

Tamsin Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tamsin Smith

Couldn't we, shouldn't we, be applying a bit of mouth-to-mouth to bring the great literary works, these beautiful creatures back to life for ourselves and for each other?

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Novels Are Older Than We Think

Guardian | Steven Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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At university in the early 1970s, I was led to believe the novel originated in England in the 18th century, and no professor told me otherwise as I pu...

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Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me

Rebecca Chace | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rebecca Chace

If I could speak to my father I would tell him to come home now. The land of the dead is no place for him.

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Manuel Cruz, Portugese Murderer, Spent 16 Years Hiding In Caves

AP | BARRY HATTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Associated Press A fugitive murderer spent 16 years hiding in caves around his home village in northern Portugal before he was recaptured looking "li...

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Late Bloomers?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

Recovery, making a life of contribution despite and with a mental illness, is about hope and belief and patience and persistence.

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300-Year-Old Diaries Of Hero Who Saved Real-Life Robinson Crusoe Discovered

Daily Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 300-year-old journal of a British explorer who saved the real-life Robinson Crusoe and defeated pirates of the Caribbean has been discovered...

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