This week at AWC Competition Central, we have a name you will probably be familiar with, but doing something that may surprise you. It’s likely that the name Bear Grylls will ring a bunch of bells in the ‘survival’ and ‘DIY action hero’ realm of the non-fiction literary world. From
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