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Meet Mark Twain: The Debt He Didn't Owe

America's funniest writer went bankrupt on a gadget — then circled the globe past sixty to repay every cent, voluntarily.

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Meet Leo Tolstoy: Everything, and Not Enough

He wrote the greatest novels ever — then at fifty asked why, and the answer changed his life.

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Meet William Shakespeare: The Human Inventory

Thirty-seven plays, every human type, and half the phrases you said this week.

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