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1) Island apart
Author
Language
English
Description
New York book editor Claire Doheney, recovering from a serious illness, agrees to house-sit an oceanfront mansion on Chappaquiddick Island in Martha's Vineyard, and while she goes to the island hoping for solace, strength, and a relaxing place to finish a biography of psychotherapist Wilhelm Reich, she also finds love with a man known as Hermit, whose secret could impact their growing relationship.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For readers of Jon Krakauer and The Lost City of Z, a remarkable tale of survival and solitude--the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for twenty-seven years. In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human...
3) The other
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
John William Barry and Neil Countryman are brought together by their mutual love of the outdoors; but when Neil asks John to help him disappear into Washington's backcountry, he finds himself in the center of secrets and deceit that will shatter his life.
4) Demon seed
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
1997, 1973
Language
English
Description
Susan Harris, a woman who lives in self-imposed seclusion, becomes the victim of an artificial intelligence that is obsessed with learning everything there is to know about the flesh.
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