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What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer"

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“He was a portly man, aslop in coffee and gravid with Danish pastry.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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