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Author Katherine Russell Rich spends a year in India learning Hindi. But that's not all she learns - the process of learning a new language makes her a different person.

When a marriage ends, Rita Golden Gelman rediscovers herself and the beautiful people in the world through her journeys and adventures as a female nomad.

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Brief biography of English crime and mystery writer Wilkie Collins, best known for The Moonstone.

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