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When Cheryl lost her mother to cancer, she decided she needed to do some soul-searching and healing. What better way to do just that, but to embark on a backpacking journey along hundreds of miles on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)? A hiking trail that spans the length of the entire Unites ...
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A memoir by a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London in the 1950s, Jennifer Worth tells her story to give a voice to a profession rarely heard from at the time. From the ridiculous, the hilarious, and even the depressing. Her stories range from funny to heartfelt and ...
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Have you ever read a book and thought, “I’d love to go there!” There are so many settings, real and fictional, that leave us wanderlust. Reading is a great way to travel vicariously through characters, but sometimes, we need to visit the settings to make it more real. Which is why I compiled a list ...
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