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The World

A Family History of Humanity

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

68 hours 8 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The RomanovsA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian****“Succession meets Game of Thrones.” —The Spectator • “The author brings his cast of dynastic titans, rogues and psychopaths to life...An epic that ... Read more

$55.00 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The RomanovsA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian****“Succession meets Game of Thrones.” —The Spectator • “The author brings his cast of dynastic titans, rogues and psychopaths to life...An epic that
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Pseudoscience

An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them

by Lydia Kang, MD, Nate Pedersen ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens. ... Read more

$27.99 USD

From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens.
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Chess Opening Names - Volume 1

by Nathan Rose ...

Narrated by Nathan Rose ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are ... Read more

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The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are
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Practicing History

Selected Essays

by Barbara W. Tuchman ...

Narrated by Aviva Skell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 44 min

The critically-acclaimed historian's insights, sense of humor, and sharp pen take on everything from Vietnam, Israel, and the Great War to writing history and its meaning. Includes these essays: Why Policy-Makers Do Not Listen; When Does History Happen?; Is History a Guide to the Future?; America as an Idea; How We Entered World War I; and more ... Read more

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The critically-acclaimed historian's insights, sense of humor, and sharp pen take on everything from Vietnam, Israel, and the Great War to writing history and its meaning. Includes these essays: Why Policy-Makers Do Not Listen; When Does History Happen?; Is History a Guide to the Future?; America as an Idea; How We Entered World War I; and more
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Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition

by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ...

Narrated by Robert Fass, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Vivienne Leheny, Jennifer Ikeda, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, various narrators, Justin D. Torres ...

Unabridged

31 hours 15 min

Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking ... Read more

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Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking
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Voices of History

Speeches That Changed the World

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jade Anouka, Richard Armitage, Richard Goulding, Clarke Peters, Heida Reed, Juliet Stevenson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALIn this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious. Some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALIn this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious. Some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from
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100 mitos de la historia de México 2

by Francisco Martín Moreno ...

Narrated by Adrián Ogazón ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

¿Qué sucesos oculta nuestra historia oficial? ¿Conocemos realmente los hechos que dieron celebridad a nuestros caudillos?En esta obra apasionante, Francisco Martín Moreno se encarga de ofrecer el verdadero rostro de héroes y gobernantes que han conformado México. Su apasionada labor investigativa y su pluma ágil, polémica y filosa ... ... Read more

$25.99 USD

¿Qué sucesos oculta nuestra historia oficial? ¿Conocemos realmente los hechos que dieron celebridad a nuestros caudillos?En esta obra apasionante, Francisco Martín Moreno se encarga de ofrecer el verdadero rostro de héroes y gobernantes que han conformado México. Su apasionada labor investigativa y su pluma ágil, polémica y filosa ...
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All Roads Led to Gettysburg

A New Look at the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign

by Troy D. Harman ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable.Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways. And yet this perspective hasn't been fully explored ... Read more

$19.99 USD

It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable.Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways. And yet this perspective hasn't been fully explored
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Servants of Allah

African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas

by Sylviane A. Diouf ...

Narrated by Ja'Air Bush ...

Unabridged

12 hours 33 min

Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how,
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الانهيار

by جارد دياموند, جارد دياموند ...

Narrated by إبراهيم الدامجة ...

Unabridged

30 hours 36 min

من لم يندهش عندما شاهد المعابد المهجورة في أنغكور وات أو مدن المايا التي تلفها الأدغال، ويتساءل: "هل يمكن أن نلقى المصير نفسه؟". في هذا الكتاب المثير للاهتمام، يتحرّى جارد دياموند ـــ الذي أحدث كتابه (أسلحة وجراثيم وفولاذ) ثورة في فهمنا للتاريخ ـــ كيف أن استعمال البشر واستغلالهم للبيئة يكشف حقيقة الانهيارات الكبيرة في العالم، من الأناسازي في أمريكا الشمالية، إلى الفايكنغ في غرينلاند، إلى مونتانا ... Read more

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من لم يندهش عندما شاهد المعابد المهجورة في أنغكور وات أو مدن المايا التي تلفها الأدغال، ويتساءل: "هل يمكن أن نلقى المصير نفسه؟". في هذا الكتاب المثير للاهتمام، يتحرّى جارد دياموند ـــ الذي أحدث كتابه (أسلحة وجراثيم وفولاذ) ثورة في فهمنا للتاريخ ـــ كيف أن استعمال البشر واستغلالهم للبيئة يكشف حقيقة الانهيارات الكبيرة في العالم، من الأناسازي في أمريكا الشمالية، إلى الفايكنغ في غرينلاند، إلى مونتانا
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Universālās vēstures apkopojums

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 33 min

Uzņemieties aizraujošu ceļojumu cauri cilvēces vēstures tūkstošgadiem ar Valero Pujol “Universālās vēstures apkopojumu”. Ar dzīvu un saistošu stāstījuma stilu autors vada jūs no pirmo civilizāciju pirmsākumiem līdz lielajiem notikumiem, kas veidojuši moderno pasauli. Jūs sastapsiet varenas impērijas, vizionārus līderus, revolucionāras atklāsmes un izšķirošas kaujas, kas mainījušas vēstures gaitu. ... Read more

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Uzņemieties aizraujošu ceļojumu cauri cilvēces vēstures tūkstošgadiem ar Valero Pujol “Universālās vēstures apkopojumu”. Ar dzīvu un saistošu stāstījuma stilu autors vada jūs no pirmo civilizāciju pirmsākumiem līdz lielajiem notikumiem, kas veidojuši moderno pasauli. Jūs sastapsiet varenas impērijas, vizionārus līderus, revolucionāras atklāsmes un izšķirošas kaujas, kas mainījušas vēstures gaitu.
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White Pine

The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree

by John Pastor ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

America was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation's ships and houses, barns, and bridges. Yet this popularity came at a cost: by the end of the nineteenth century, clear cutting had decimated much of America's white pine forests. In White Pine, ecologist and writer John Pastor takes listeners on walk through history, connecting the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

America was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation's ships and houses, barns, and bridges. Yet this popularity came at a cost: by the end of the nineteenth century, clear cutting had decimated much of America's white pine forests. In White Pine, ecologist and writer John Pastor takes listeners on walk through history, connecting the
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Mind Is Mightier, The

Reflections on the Historic Rise of Cognition and Complexity

by Bar-Giora Goldberg ...

Narrated by Alex Robertson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 5 min

You are invited to join an intellectual adventure of the mind, a broad canvas review of the cognitive evolution of our civilization in politics, science, technology and the arts.Humanity is on a path of rising cognition and complexity, the world becomes increasingly our idea. After two horrific world wars, it seems that the great powers are rejecting the sword in favor of the pen.Technology is ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

You are invited to join an intellectual adventure of the mind, a broad canvas review of the cognitive evolution of our civilization in politics, science, technology and the arts.Humanity is on a path of rising cognition and complexity, the world becomes increasingly our idea. After two horrific world wars, it seems that the great powers are rejecting the sword in favor of the pen.Technology is
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P.M. WISSEN zum HÖREN - Szenen, die Geschichte machten - Teil 5

In Kooperation mit CD Wissen

by P. J. Blumenthal ...

Narrated by Julia Fischer, Harry Täschner, Christian Schult ...

Series Audiobook 5 - P.M. WISSEN zum HÖREN
Unabridged

57 min

Der Mord an Präsident Kennedy ist das erste politische Ereignis der neuen Mediengesellschaft. Weltweit verfolgen die Menschen zuhause an ihren Fernsehgeräten die Ereignisse in den USA. Die Ergriffenheit kennt kaum Grenzen. Zweifellos ein bedeutendes Ereignis der Weltgeschichte. Doch auch die anderen acht Episoden die Geschichte machten. die aufgegriffen werden, wirken bis heute nach. Hören Sie, ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Der Mord an Präsident Kennedy ist das erste politische Ereignis der neuen Mediengesellschaft. Weltweit verfolgen die Menschen zuhause an ihren Fernsehgeräten die Ereignisse in den USA. Die Ergriffenheit kennt kaum Grenzen. Zweifellos ein bedeutendes Ereignis der Weltgeschichte. Doch auch die anderen acht Episoden die Geschichte machten. die aufgegriffen werden, wirken bis heute nach. Hören Sie,
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Audiobook

A Historian in Gaza

by Jean-Pierre Filiu ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances
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Kompendium univerzálních dějin

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 50 min

Vydejte se na strhující cestu napříč tisíciletími lidských dějin s „Kompendiem univerzálních dějin“ od Valera Pujola. Autor vás s mistrovským vypravěčským umem provede od prvních civilizací a dávných říší až po klíčové okamžiky, které formovaly moderní svět. Poznáte vzestupy a pády impérií, osudy velkých vládců, přelomové vynálezy i rozhodující bitvy, které změnily chod historie. Nečeká vás suchý ... Read more

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Vydejte se na strhující cestu napříč tisíciletími lidských dějin s „Kompendiem univerzálních dějin“ od Valera Pujola. Autor vás s mistrovským vypravěčským umem provede od prvních civilizací a dávných říší až po klíčové okamžiky, které formovaly moderní svět. Poznáte vzestupy a pády impérií, osudy velkých vládců, přelomové vynálezy i rozhodující bitvy, které změnily chod historie. Nečeká vás suchý
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Simple Sabotage Field Manual

by United States. Office of Strategic Services ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Delve into the world of espionage and subversion with the intriguing Simple Sabotage Field Manual.Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services: Dive into the clandestine world of espionage and subversion with the Simple Sabotage Field Manual from the United States Office of Strategic Services. Unearth the secrets of unconventional warfare as this manual unveils ... Read more

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Delve into the world of espionage and subversion with the intriguing Simple Sabotage Field Manual.Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services: Dive into the clandestine world of espionage and subversion with the Simple Sabotage Field Manual from the United States Office of Strategic Services. Unearth the secrets of unconventional warfare as this manual unveils
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History of Australia: A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

4 hours 5 min

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the
... Read more
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Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 15 min

Sukeldu põnevale ajarännakule läbi inimkonna ajaloo koos Valero Pujoli teosega "Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte". Elava ja kaasahaarava jutustamisstiiliga viib autor kuulaja esimestest tsivilisatsioonidest kuni suurte pöördehetkedeni, mis on kujundanud meie kaasaegset maailma. Teekonnal kohtad hiigelimperiume, vaimustavaid juhte, läbimurdelisi leiutisi ja otsustavaid lahinguid, mis on muutnud ajaloo ... Read more

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Sukeldu põnevale ajarännakule läbi inimkonna ajaloo koos Valero Pujoli teosega "Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte". Elava ja kaasahaarava jutustamisstiiliga viib autor kuulaja esimestest tsivilisatsioonidest kuni suurte pöördehetkedeni, mis on kujundanud meie kaasaegset maailma. Teekonnal kohtad hiigelimperiume, vaimustavaid juhte, läbimurdelisi leiutisi ja otsustavaid lahinguid, mis on muutnud ajaloo
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Canada: The Empire of the North (UNABRIDGED)

by Agnes C. LAUT ...

Narrated by Mallory Berkley ...

Unabridged

18 hours

Canada's past is more dramatic than any romance ever penned. . . . All that has been attempted here is such a story of the romance and adventure in Canada's nation building as will give the casual reader knowledge of the country's past, and how that past led along a trail of great heroism to the destiny of a Northern Empire. This volume is in no sense formal history. There will be found in it no ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Canada's past is more dramatic than any romance ever penned. . . . All that has been attempted here is such a story of the romance and adventure in Canada's nation building as will give the casual reader knowledge of the country's past, and how that past led along a trail of great heroism to the destiny of a Northern Empire. This volume is in no sense formal history. There will be found in it no
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The Constitutional Amendments, 11-27

by Various ...

Narrated by AI Voice ...

Unabridged

23 min

This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice.
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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies

How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature

by Elizabeth Winkler ...

Narrated by Eunice Wong ...

Unabridged

14 hours 28 min

An “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be.The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, unspeakable subject in the history of English ... Read more

$29.99 USD

An “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be.The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, unspeakable subject in the history of English
... Read more
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L'Honda Anomala

Il rapimento Moro, una lettera anonima e un ispettore con le mani legate

by Piero Ratto ...

Narrated by Valeria Milito ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

Dicembre 2010, Questura di Torino. Un ispettore della Digos scopre, tra i documenti in possesso del suo sovrintendente, una lettera anonima mai vista prima. Poche righe su un foglietto che alludono a responsabilità quanto meno scomode, e che delineano scenari davvero inquietanti, relativamente alla Strage di via Fani. L'ispettore Rossi decide di vederci chiaro e di cominciare a indagare, senza ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Dicembre 2010, Questura di Torino. Un ispettore della Digos scopre, tra i documenti in possesso del suo sovrintendente, una lettera anonima mai vista prima. Poche righe su un foglietto che alludono a responsabilità quanto meno scomode, e che delineano scenari davvero inquietanti, relativamente alla Strage di via Fani. L'ispettore Rossi decide di vederci chiaro e di cominciare a indagare, senza
... Read more
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History Shock

When History Collides with Foreign Relations

by John Dickson ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

For over twenty-five years John Dickson served the United States as a Foreign Service officer. Dickson organizes History Shock around a country-by-country series of lively personal experience vignettes, followed by compelling historical analysis of the ways in which his inadequate understanding of the host country's history lead to history shock: where dramatically different interpretations of ... Read more

$19.99 USD

For over twenty-five years John Dickson served the United States as a Foreign Service officer. Dickson organizes History Shock around a country-by-country series of lively personal experience vignettes, followed by compelling historical analysis of the ways in which his inadequate understanding of the host country's history lead to history shock: where dramatically different interpretations of
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