Book it: 10 works that will transport you around the world

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“To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret” by Jedidiah Jenkins

Believing that sometimes you have to go somewhere else to gain perspective on your life, Instagram sensation Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job to spend sixteen months pedaling 14,000 miles on a bike.

About to turn thirty, he started asking himself what makes a life worth living. Grappling with the struggle to reconcile his sexual identity with his evangelical Christian upbringing, he embarked on a spiritual quest that would challenge him physically, mentally and emotionally.

He brings readers along for a ride that is, at turns, joyful, monotonous, painful and fulfilling but always honest. He teaches us, “If discontent is your disease, travel is your medicine.”

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