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Loaded Carries is a cross-genre bookshelf for works that center on the art and metaphor of carrying weight. It gathers strength-training guides on farmer’s walks, yokes, rucks, and the science of load management; reportage and memoir from porters, movers, soldiers, caregivers, and migrants; and fiction and poetry in which characters shoulder packs, heirlooms, debts, or secrets across real or imagined terrains. Whether the load is a sandbag or grief, the throughline is movement under strain—technique, endurance, logistics, and the inner changes wrought by steady steps. These books explore how bodies, communities, and identities are shaped by what they bear and how far they can carry it.

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