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Great Heart the Life Story of Theodore Roosevelt

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Great Heart the Life Story of Theodore Roosevelt is a fantastic biography of the legendary president. A table of contents is included.

After the Lost Franklin Expedition

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A historian examines a disastrous, Victorian-era expedition in the Canadian Arctic, a shocking revelation, and the celebrity fallout that followed. The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalized generations of historians, archaeologists, and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace, and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain’s history of polar exploration. In the aftermath of the crew’s disappearance, Lady Jane Franklin, Sir John’s widow, maintained a crusade to secure her husband’s reputation, imperiled alongside him and his crew in the frozen wastes of the Arctic. Lady Franklin was an uncommon woman for her age, a socially and politically astute figure who attacked anyone whom she viewed as a threat to her husband’s legacy. Meanwhile, John Rae, an explorer and employee of the Hudson Bay Company, recovered deeply disturbing information from the Expedition. His shocking conclusions embroiled him in a bitter dispute with Lady Franklin which led to the ruin of his reputation and career. Against the background of Victorian society and the rise of the explorer celebrity, we learn of Lady Franklin’s formidable grit to honor her husband’s legacy; of John Rae being discredited and his eventual downfall, despite later being proven right. It is a fascinating assessment of the aftermath of the Franklin Expedition and its legacy.

Sir George Etienne Cartier: His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal

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The subject of the address which I have the privilege of delivering to-day is "Sir George Etienne Cartier, His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal." Let me at the outset, Mr. Chairman, express my deep appreciation of the honor the Executive of the Canadian Club has done me in inviting me to address the members of this important and representative organization. When, in 1892, through the efforts of Mr. Charles R. McCullough of Hamilton, the first Canadian Club was organized, a movement was inaugurated of the utmost importance to the Dominion. Every important centre throughout the country now has its Canadian Club, and these organizations, or as they have been well termed, these "universities of the people" now numbering nearly one hundred, are doing a splendid work in fostering a spirit of patriotism and in creating that national sentiment which is so essential to Canada's welfare. The Canadian Club of Montreal, composed as it is of the most representative citizens of the commercial metropolis, has ever been foremost in this great work, and it is indeed a privilege to have the opportunity of addressing such a gathering. What more appropriate subject, Mr. Chairman, could be found for an address before a Canadian Club, than the career of one of our great nation-builders, of one who helped to lay the foundations of Canadian nationality and of the Dominion's greatness? It is not my intention, Mr. Chairman, nor would time permit on this occasion, to deal exhaustively with the life and achievements of Sir George Etienne Cartier. That is now engaging my attention in another form, and when the Memorial History of the Life and Times of George Etienne Cartier shall appear, it will, I trust be found to be at least an exhaustive review of a great career and of one of the most memorable periods of Canadian history. On this occasion, owing to the limited time at my disposal, I shall content myself with reviewing succinctly Cartier's public career and achievements, dwelling briefly on the lessons of his life with special emphasis upon the great work that he did for Canada in general and the eminent services which he rendered to the City of Montreal in particular. I shall take it for granted, Gentleman, that you are all conversant with the main facts of Cartier's career, from his birth at St. Antoine on the Richelieu River on September 6th, 1814, until his entrance to public life at the age of 34 in 1848, from that date until he became Prime Minister of United Canada in 1858, and from that until his death in 1873 when he held the portfolio of Minister of Militia and Defence in the Dominion Government.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1947–1955

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The fifth volume of “one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters” (Los Angeles Times). Spanning from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, this volume covers the author’s experiences in Mexico, California, New York, and Paris; her psychoanalysis; and her experiment with LSD. “Through her own struggling and dazzling courage [Nin has] shown women . . . groping with and growing with the world.” —Minneapolis Tribune Edited and with a preface by Gunther Stuhlmann

Amazing Grace

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Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833. Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film. This account of Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America.

Rising Together

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In this follow-up to her international bestseller How Women Rise, Sally Helgesen draws on three decades of work with executives and aspiring leaders around the world to offer practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams, and workplaces. Participants at leadership conferences often tell Sally, “Please don’t spend your time telling us why developing and retaining a diverse workforce is important. We get it. The problem is, we don’t know how to do it.” Rising Together provides that missing how in full detail by identifying both what holds us back and specific tactics that can help us move forward. First, Sally identifies the eight common triggers most likely to undermine our ability to collaborate across divides—not only of gender, but also of age, ethnicity, race, sexuality, and life experience. These triggers are widespread, yet rarely acknowledged. They include differences in how people from different backgrounds view ambition, competence, perceptions, fairness, communication, networks, attraction, and humor. Sally then offers specific practices designed to address these triggers: simple behavioral tweaks that we can use on a daily basis; a method for informally enlisting allies to hold us to account; and a means for cultivating and disseminating the dynamic power of we.Rising Together is for readers at every stage and level in their careers who recognize that building a broad range of relationships is essential to their advancement, now and in the future. This book also serves as an indispensable guide for HR, diversity, and leadership professionals tasked with addressing the misunderstandings, resentments, and derailments caused by the eight triggers. Sally’s focus on behaviors—how we act—rather than bias—how we think—promises to redirect the inclusion conversation in a grounded, real-world way that brings us together.

Le monde moral

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Cette édition classique a été convertie par eBooksLib.com.Dans le commerce du monde, chacun a les yeux ouverts sur les vices et sur les ridicules d'autrui. Est-ce un sujet de reproche pour l'humanité ? Non, suivant mes plus saines lumières, si de bonne foi, c'est-à-dire, avec la même justice et la même attention, chacun ouvroit aussi les yeux sur les siens, on trouveroit dans la comparaison et la balance des uns et des autres, non-seulement de fortes raisons pour supporter l'imperfection dans autrui, mais souvent des secours et des règles, pour se corriger et se perfectionner soi-même

The Life of Johnson (Abridged)

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Samuel Johnson, LL.D., is famously known for single-handedly creating the first recognized dictionary of the English language, just one of many his many renowned accomplishments. The biography of this remarkable writer, dramatist, poet, and moralist was penned by his friend, James Boswell, in 1791. An immediate success upon its publication, this work has come to be considered the greatest biography produced in the English language, and has earned Boswell the reputation as a wonderfully sharp and methodical artist of the biography. The wealth of detail and charming characterization of Johnson can be attributed to Boswell's diligent journal-keeping and excellent memory. He often initiated psychologically probing conversations to explore Johnson's character. He also collected a mass of letters to and about Johnson, and worked diligently to authenticate anecdotes about the man. The result of these efforts is a charming and accurate portrait of a literary idol.

The Beethoven Sketchbooks

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A comprehensive description of Beethoven's sketchbooks - bound books of music paper in which Beethoven made sketches for his compositions from about 1798 - has been long felt by Beethoven scholars. Although almost all the sketchbooks have survived in one form or another, it became clear in the 1960s that they were in a state of disarray. A reconstruction of their original condition was essential to the proper study of their musical contents. The book comprises: * Introductory chapters which summarize the ways in which past scholars have treated the sketches, explain the bewildering nomenclature that surrounds them, and proceed to more detailed discussions of the principal collections through which they passed. There is a central portion consisting of detailed accounts of individual desk and pocket sketchbooks. Each account follows the same basic plan: provenance of the manuscript, problems of reconstruction, chronology, contents, and structural chart. Later chapters deal with the sketches in score for the late quartets and highlight some of the problems. Beethovian scholars and students, especially those interested in the compositional process.A comprehensive description of Beethoven's sketchbooks - bound books of music paper in which Beethoven made sketches for his compositions from about 1798 - has been long felt by Beethoven scholars. Although almost all the sketchbooks have survived in one

Hvad skete der

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I denne meget personlige bog beskriver Hillary Rodham Clinton, hvordan det var at kæmpe mod Donald Trump, hvilke fejltagelser hun begik, hvordan hun har håndteret det chokerende nederlag, og hvad oplevelserne har lært hende. Med humor og ærlighed fortæller hun, hvad det krævede at komme på benene igen – af ritualer, af relationer og af råben af tv’et. Hun skriver også om udfordringerne ved at være en stærk kvinde i offentlighedens søgelys, om kritikken af hendes stemme, hendes alder, hendes krop, og om hvordan alle kvinder i politik mødes af dobbeltmoral, når de udtrykker vrede eller viser ambitioner. Hun viser os, hvor hendes styrke kommer fra, hvordan man finder sine sande værdier, og hvordan man kommer videre på trods af modgang. På den måde er bogen ikke bare en guide til at klare sig i politik, men i livet generelt.»Fuld af egne, blodsprængte følelser - fra forbitrelse og vrede over skyldfølelse og til oprigtig forundring.« - Politiken

Bêtes de course

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Depuis l'enfance, Bernd Heinrich court dans la nature et observe les animaux. Devenu un zoologiste reconnu, il rassemble tout ce que le règne animal lui a appris et se lance un défi impossible, gagner une course de 100 kilomètres. Mais pour lui, il n'y a rien d'impossible si l'on sait partir à la poursuite de son antilope, c'est-à-dire de ses rêves.Running the antilope, le best-seller de Bernd Heinrich, enfin traduit en français.Depuis son enfance dans les forêts du Nord de l'Allemagne jusqu'aux laboratoires des grandes universités américaines, Bernd Heinrich a étudié avec passion le règne animal. Pour le plaisir de la connaissance, pour l'amour de la nature... et pour la joie de la course.Car ces bêtes, petites ou grandes, à poil, à plume ou à élytres, ont toutes quelque chose à nous apprendre : les oiseaux migrateurs gèrent parfaitement leur nutrition avant leurs grands voyages ;le dromadaire est une mine d'astuces pour survivre à la chaleur ; la cicindèle a besoin de muscles chauds pour atteindre sa vitesse de pointe... MaisHomo sapiensa un petit truc en plus. Pour chasser l'antilope en l'épuisant à la course, nos lointains ancêtres ont appris à anticiper, à rêver même. Nous avons tous notre " antilope ", dit Bernd Heinrich, un but lointain, une proie qu'on rêve de faire nôtre. À 42 ans, il part à la poursuite de son antilope : il veut gagner une course d'endurance, le 100 kilomètres de Chicago.Bernd Heinrich détient toujours le record du monde de sa catégorie sur cette distance.Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Philippe Lefief.Illustrations de Bernd Heinrich.

Tracking Identity

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Boarding a train with a one-way ticket from rural Paris, Illinois after enduring more than life had to offer for two lifetimes, Brad Gilbert rolled into Philadelphia with music in hand and a few dollars to his name. In Tracking Identity he unravels his personal journey of heartbreak, love, and persistence in discovering the world through his unique story of the creation of Simon Illa.

A kegyelem ára

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Az 1980-as évek végén Bryan Stevenson, a fiatal, Harvardon végzett ügyvéd Alabama államba, a halálra ítéltek földjére utazik, ahol a legmagasabb az egy fõre esõ halálbüntetések száma egész Amerikában. Hamar rájön, hogy a halálsorokat megtöltõ elítéltek között rengeteg a szegény fekete, akiknek esélyük sem volt a tisztességes tárgyalásra és a jómódú embereknek kijáró jogi segítségre. Hiába telt el több évtized, Alabamában alig változott valami a faji egyenlõtlenség témáját megörökítõ klasszikus regény, a Ne bántsátok a feketerigót! óta. Az ügyvéd megismeri az egy fehér lány megölése miatt a halálsoron ülõ Walter McMilliant, akit döbbenetére egyetlen, meglehetõsen zavaros tanúvallomás alapján ítéltek el alig másfél napos tárgyalás után. Az alibivel rendelkezõ és büntetlen elõéletû fekete férfinak egyetlen bûne van: korábban egy fehér nõvel folytatott viszonyt. A fiatal ügyvéd perújrafelvételt akar, de akármerre fordul, sziklaszilárd falakba ütközik. Õt azonban nem lehet eltántorítani. Az igaz történetet feldolgozó A kegyelem ára megmutatja, milyen elõítéletek torzítják el máig az igazságszolgáltatás rendszerét, és hogy a törvény elõtti egyenlõség jogára a világ leggazdagabb országában is születni kell. A könyvbõl 2019-ben nagy sikerû film készült azonos címmel.„Épp annyira mélyen megindító mû, mint a Ne bántsátok a feketerigót! Perzselõ vádirat az amerikai igazságszolgáltatás ellen, és felemelõ hitvallás a védtelenekért vívott harcban rejlõ megváltásról.”(The New York Review of Books)

Super-Infinite

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Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionWinner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 Plutarch AwardA Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022 A New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary HubFrom the standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death.Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing.He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, a member of Parliament—and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year-old girl without her father’s consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children, and was often ill and in pain. He was a man who suffered from surges of misery, yet expressed in his verse many breathtaking impressions of electric joy and love.In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell embarks on a fleet-footed act of evangelism, showing us the many sides of Donne’s extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times—unveiling Donne as the most remarkable mind and as a lesson in living.

Învățare

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Tara Westover și familia ei au crescut pregătindu-se pentru Zilele de pe Urmă, însă, oficial, fata nu exista. Nu fusese înregistrată și nu primise certificat de naștere. Nu avea documente școlare pentru că nu pusese niciodată piciorul într-o clasă, nici acte medicale, pentru că tatăl ei nu credea în spitale. Tara a crescut și tatăl ei a devenit mai radical, iar fratele ei, mai violent. La 16 ani, Tara a înțeles că trebuie să plece de acasă. A făcut-o și, cu această ocazie, a descoperit cât te poate schimba învățătura, dar și prețul pe care a trebuit să-l plătească.Traducere de Paul Slayer Grigoriu.Cartea este bestseller New York Times, Wall Street Journal și Boston Globe. Cea mai bună carte de memorii a anului 2018 pe Goodreads, Apple Books și Audible. Finalistă: National Books Critics Circle John Leonard Prize pentru Debut, National Book Critics Circle's Award – Autobiografie, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Top New York Times cele mai bune 10 cărți ale anului 2018. Top 5 cărți recomandate de Bill Gates la finalul anului. Una dintre cărțile favorite ale lui Barack Obama – ediția 2018. Numită una dintre cele mai bune cărți ale anului de către: Time, The Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, NPR, The Guardian, The Economist, Financial Times, Newsday, New York Post, theSkimm, Refinery29, Bloomberg, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, New York Public Library, Vogue, și multe alte publicații.

Il costruttore e il giocatore

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I Ferruzzi sono stati protagonisti di una delle più significative esperienze imprenditoriali del Novecento italiano. Figlio di contadini romagnoli, Serafino Ferruzzi fu il costruttore di un impero silenzioso in meno di vent’anni. Cereali, zucchero, oli vegetali, cemento. Navi, silos e oltre un milione di ettari coltivati, sparsi tra le Americhe e l’Italia. Un gigante con radici nella terra e lo sguardo sul mondo. Dopo di lui, Raul Gardini guidò il gruppo verso i vertici dell’industria italiana ed europea, entrando nel settore petrolchimico, farmaceutico e dei nuovi prodotti dell’agro-business attraverso l’acquisizione della Montedison, fino a raggiungere dimensioni senza precedenti. Con oltre 250 stabilimenti sparsi tra Europa, America e Asia, Ferruzzi-Montedison incarnò la forza e l’ambizione dell’imprenditoria italiana sulla scena internazionale. Incapace tuttavia di uscire dalla mentalità padronale, che poteva funzionare a Ravenna, per passare a una cultura imprenditoriale da grande azienda, dove quella mentalità non era adeguata, Gardini finì per contribuire in maniera decisiva alla crisi del gruppo sia in termini gestionali che finanziari. L’inchiesta Enimont svelò un sistema di relazioni pericolose, dove politica, finanza e industria si muovevano nell’ombra. Gardini, il giocatore, venne risucchiato in una spirale di errori, pressioni, silenzi e decisioni drammatiche. Il mondo bancario, che pure aveva collaborato alla crescita del gruppo, nel giugno del 1993 prese il controllo di Ferruzzi-Montedison. Un processo segnato da un’enorme anomalia, secondo l’Autorità garante della concorrenza: il secondo maggiore azionista, Mediobanca, prima si trasformò in advisor per poi diventare, in una fase successiva rispetto al completamento della ristrutturazione, l’azionista di riferimento. Il gruppo si sgretolò sotto il peso delle proprie contraddizioni: una governance troppo personale, una struttura finanziaria instabile e un capitalismo familiare non pronto a reggere l’urto della globalizzazione. Questa è la storia di un’ascesa vertiginosa e di un crollo rovinoso. Un intreccio di potere, ambizione e misteri mai del tutto chiariti. Luciano Segreto ricostruisce questa vicenda attraverso documenti inediti, testimonianze dirette dei principali protagonisti e materiali giudiziari. Quella dei Ferruzzi è stata una delle più grandi famiglie imprenditoriali italiane. Luciano Segreto ne racconta l’irresistibile ascesa e la caduta drammatica. Una parabola del capitalismo familiare italiano del Novecento che sembra un thriller.

Airborne

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Airborne is how William F. Buckley, Jr. describes his sail across the wide Atlantic with his son and five friends. The trip, for fifteen years a dream, for fifteen months a planned operation, was always a risk: one doesn’t set out haphazardly in a small sailboat across 4,400 miles of ocean, and Buckley’s account of perils of the sea as experienced by himself since he acquired his first sailboat at age thirteen is at once graphic, instructive, and terrifying. But, we learn quickly, the concern is mostly for the prospect of thirty days and thirty nights away from the cosmopolitan jungle to which he and his friends are accustomed; their lair, so to speak. But it happened: notwithstanding vicissitudes amusing, annoying, and even dangerous, suddenly the schooner, and the entire trip, were airborne, and the experience resulted in a fusion of hopes, fears, ambitions, and pleasures that lifts the book from the category of mere chronicles of the sea, into a chronicle of our time, a passage of the spirit.

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I

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Finalist for the National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize An NPR Best Book of the YearA subtle psychological portrait of the author’s relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights.Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship. A vocal and fearless opponent, Aziz resists under the British mandatory period, then under Jordan, and, finally, under Israel. As a young man, Raja fails to recognize his father’s courage and, in turn, his father does not appreciate Raja’s own efforts in campaigning for Palestinian human rights. When Aziz is murdered in 1985, it changes Raja irrevocably. This is not only the story of the battle against the various oppressors of the Palestinians, but a moving portrait of a particular father and son relationship.

A Terribly Wild Man

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Saint or sinner? Turbulent priest or dedicated shepherd? Ernest Gribble's life teemed with trials and contradictions. But who was this 'terribly wild man'? Gribble wanted to be a drover or jackeroo, but he obeyed his dying father and embraced a missionary career with all the fervour of his tormented soul. 'Obsessed with sex', according to his superiors, Gribble zealously policed the behaviour of his Aboriginal charges, ruling his missions with a benevolent rod of iron. Anticipating the Stolen Generations, he abducted Aboriginal children from their parents 'for their own protection'. To his contemporaries, this driven, quixotic man was either a visionary, a madman or a traitor to white society. His single-minded championing of Aboriginal rights made him powerful enemies and his campaign for an investigation into a police massacre of Aboriginals in the 1920s put Australia in the international spotlight. Gribble's tortured private life matched his controversial public career. Once described as the first 'successful' missionary to the Aboriginals, Gribble would die in obscurity, mourned only by those he had spent his life trying to protect. Christine Halse's biography reveals the humanity of this complex, tragic figure - a man whose life echoes the tensions that haunt Australia's past. 'What a story! A man who made hell in the name of heaven but in the late 1920s forced his country to acknowledge one of the last great massacres of black Australians.' - David Marr

George and Robert Stephenson

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From poverty to immense wealth, from humble beginnings to international celebrity, George and Robert Stephenson's was an extraordinary joint career. Together they overshadow all other engineers, with the possible exception of Robert's friend Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for one vital reason: they were winners. For them it was not enough to follow the progress made by others. They had to be the best. Colossal in confidence, ability, energy and ambition, George Stephenson was also a man of huge rages and jealousies, determined to create his own legend. Brought up from infancy by his father, Robert was a very different person. Driven by the need to be the super-successful son his father wanted, he struggled with self-distrust and morbid depression. More than once his career and reputation teetered on the edge of disaster. But by being flawed, he emerges as a far more appealing and sympathetic figure than the conventional picture of the 'eminent engineer.' David Ross's new biography of George and Robert Stephenson sheds new light on these two giants of British engineering.

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