Ginnie the letters the letters of joyce grenfell
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joyce and ginnie - the letters: the letters of joyce grenfell and virginia grahamwe appreciate the impact a good book can havebook binding:paperbackwe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!author:hampton, janie
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joyce vincent died in in her north london bedsitthe film investigates the facts of joyce's tragically short existence and the mysterious circumstances of her death, featuring interviews with friends and colleagues who had lost touch with her and reconstructed dramatic scenes from her life, as imagined by writer-director carol morley, with zawe ashton playing the role of this seemingly forgotten womanin her remains were found lying on her sofa, surrounded by wrapped up christmas gifts and with the tv still onsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam music shop reading docu-drama about a woman whose body was not discovered until three years after her death
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Editor charlotte mosley -- diana mitford's daughter-in-law -- has had unrestricted access to the vast archive of family letters and photographs, most of which have never been published beforeoxfam bookshop hertford the never-before published letters of the legendary mitford sisters, alive with wit, affection, tragedy and gossip: a charismatic history of the century's signal events played out in the lives of a controversial and uniquely gifted familyspanning the twentieth century, these magically vivid letters between the legendary mitford sisters constitute not just a superb social and historical chronicle (what other family counted among its friends hitler and the queen, cecil beaton and president kennedy, evelyn waugh and givenchy?); they also give an intimate portrait of the stormy but enduring relationship between six beautiful and gifted women who emerged from the same stock, incarnated the same indomitable spirit, yet carved out starkly different roles and identities for themselvesnancy, the scalding wit who transferred her family life into bestselling novels; pamela, who craved nothing more than a quiet country life; diana, the fascist jailed with her husband, oswald mosley, during wwii; unity, an attempted suicide, obsessed with hitler; jessica, the runaway communist and fighter for social change; and deborah, the genial socialite who found herself duchess of devonshiresee oxfam website for delivery information read morewriting to one another to confide, commiserate, tease, rage and gossip, the sisters wrote above all to amusea correspondence of this scope is rare, for it to be penned by six such born storytellers makes it unique
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A gorgeous stunning ronald joyce wedding dress with beautiful detailing to the bodiceit is size 10, slightly alteredthis dress has been worn once, in good conditionthe back of the dress is a open very eye catching lookhasn’t been dry cleaned so just needs thati paid £ for this stunning dress, it comes with a free under skirt and veil
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55 interchangeable lettersthe letters includes are as follows 2 wire locks keep all the letters in placeincludes 8 blank space tilespersonalise your steaks and burgersdurable aluminium alloy with wooden handle
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place 3 volume set of the diary and letters of madame d'arblay (frances burney), with notes by wward and prefaced by lord macaulay's essayundated but believed to bein dark blue boards and gilt top edge to pagesall three in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Letter/number formation mat this listing is a homemade a4 laminated mat containing the lower case letters of the alphabet, numbers 0-9 and a child's first name in a dotted font this is to be used with a dry wipe whiteboard pen, simply wipe clean and start againplease send me a message when making payment with the name you require
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Sir joseph austen chamberlain, kg (16 october march ) was a british statesman, son of joseph chamberlain and older half-brother of prime minister neville chamberlainoxfam books & music olneysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe served as chancellor of the exchequer (twice) and was briefly conservative party leader before serving as foreign secretaryfirst/second editions
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Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original workdue to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford this scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original
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Spine: faded gilt lettering and devices, head and tail softeneda handsome volumethe binding is robusttissue guarded photographic frontispiece and many other illustrations from photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop sherwood cover: maroon cloth covered boards with faded gilt lettering and blind stamped devicesthe text is unmarked and free from annotations
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Ex library book see oxfam website for delivery information read morenee virginia stephenin reasonable conditionoxfam bookshop swanage some damage to spine
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The letters of these words must follow-on one to the next either sideways, up or down or diagonallythe team pulls the handle to spin the wheels and the opposition counts the scorea word can be spelled in any direction, top to bottom, bottom to top left to right or right to left
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2) tooby a story of competing musical bands, veined with humour, and written in the western parlance hubbard knew from childhoodgold gilt edges all around textblock/pages, with rounded page-corners* leather bound volume * first book edition of these 4x novels in one volume, by author services in , volume-6 of the "western short stories series" (previously issued separately in pulp fiction etc)moire silk endpapersfrontispiece sepia illustration of author, decorated title page {24½x16½cm, 159pp} details of the four classic western fiction tales in one volume: 1) maybe because-! two old-time gunfighters, released from prison and steal $then they save a woman, and come face-to-face with the truth about themselves4) under the die-hard brand the son of the sheriff, disguised in his father's clothes, eliminates the town menace in a gunfight and restores the old sheriff's reputationflexible tan leather-bound volume with gold gilt decoration+lettering to front board+spine3) plans for the boy the son of a rancher saves his father's spread from a mesa fire set by enemies, and dramatically changes his own futurethis book is new and unreadthe "tooby" is a tuba
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle johnny depp, orlando bloom and geoffrey rush star in this disney swashbucklerneeding help to get on board the pirates' ship, will enlists eccentric captain jack sparrow (depp) and quickly sets off in pursuitsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, with the crew of the black pearl cursed to spend their time between the living and the dead and only the blood of elizabeth able to lift the spell, the pair face a race against time to overcome the undead crew and rescue her before it's too latediscs and case in very good conditionwhen elizabeth (keira knightley), the daughter of governor swann (jonathan pryce), is kidnapped by captain barbossa (rush) and his band of pirates, lovelorn will turner (bloom) goes to her rescue
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In 'pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl' (), when elizabeth (keira knightley), the daughter of governor swann (jonathan pryce), is kidnapped by captain barbossa (geoffrey rush) and his band of pirates, lovelorn will turner (orlando bloom) goes to her rescuewith time running out, jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlifebut jack will not give in without a fight, which is especially bad news for will and elizabeth, who get caught up in jack's mishapsin 'pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest' (), once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, jack finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary davy jones (bill nighy), captain of the ghostly flying dutchmanif jack can't find a way to rid himself of davy jones once and for all, it may just spell the end for the three adventurersneeding help to get on board the pirates' ship, will enlists eccentric captain jack sparrow (johnny depp) and quickly sets off in pursuitsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, with the crew of the black pearl cursed to spend their time between the living and the dead and only the blood of elizabeth able to lift the spell, the pair face a race against time to overcome the undead crew and rescue her before it's too lateoxfam shop ulverston the first two movies from the popular action adventure franchise
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The rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher leebilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlemeanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainbilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friendsset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townoxfam shop colne road the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogy
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As the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsbritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinyminor signs of shelf wearoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsdrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisis
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Create and play any character you can imagine, from the noble warrior to the sinister assassin to the wizened sorcerernext generation graphicswith the empire ready to crumble, the gates of oblivion open and demons march upon the land-laying waste to everything in their pathan all-new combat and magic system brings first person role-playing to a new level of intensity where you feel every blowpixel-shader effects and high definition televisions are fully supported to create unprecedented visuals, including lifelike towns, dungeons, and the most realistic forests ever created in a gameto turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of tamrielthe enormous world of oblivion is open for you to explore at your own pace, and shorter challenges such as fighting bandits, mixing potions, creating magic items and persuading friends keep the challenges comingopen-ended game play; short challengessee oxfam website for delivery information read morerealistic characterskey features: live another life in another worldafter the mysterious and untimely death of the emperor, the throne of tamriel lies emptyoxfam shop ulverston oblivion is the quintessential role-playing game for the next generation and another leap forward in gamingfirst person melee and magicwith a powerful combination of freeform gameplay and unprecedented graphics, you can unravel the main quest at your own pace or explore the vast world and find your own challengesoblivion is the latest chapter in the epic and highly successful elder scrolls saga and utilizes the latest pc and next-generation video game hardware to fully immerse you into the experiencethis groundbreaking ai system gives oblivion's characters full 24/7 schedules and the ability to make their own choices based on the world around themnon-player characters eat, sleep, and complete goals all on their ownthey even engage in unscripted conversations with each other and youstep inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever createdoblivion's features over non-player characters who come to life like never before with facial animations, lip-synching, and full speech
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The place of romantic love is nowhere in this world; its place is in the human soul, whose own proper place is in the eternal self-knowledge of godfor most of us it is so secret that we are not even aware of it" even liberal humanitarianism is not what it used to be; how then can romantic love, which in its origins is essentially aristocratic (in meister eckhart's sense when he said "the soul is an aristocrat") find any place in today's world? the truth is, it cannotto look for the love of god itself within manifest conditions is always to go astrayall manifestations that appear around this love are false in a sense, and tend to mis-direct uswe spend our time in the world being attracted to this and repulsed by that, and all the while we are blind to this one secret lovesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe world is too small for itjennifer doane upton: the love of god is always secretoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells shadow of the rose: the esoterism of the romantic tradition upton, charles and jennifer doane charles upton: human love has fallen on hard times; it has been "officially discredited
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In this beautifully written and carefully researched book laurence whistler recalls his elder brother with love but with detachment, intimately and often with humouroxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, hard cover with dust jacketthe book contains 32 pages of black and white and colour imagesrex whistler was one of the most gifted figures of the inter-war yearslaurence whistler is in a matchless position to record his life, having shared so many experiences with himhe was an artist in whose work the romantic and the humorous met in a unique wayyet he remained an enigmatic figure, apparently successful and never deeply happyas a man rex had charm and was outstandingly generous - liked by everyone and loved by manysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was still developing his own distinctive style when his career was tragically cut short - in he was killed leading his troop of tanks into action in normandy, aged 39but, even though he has always had an enthusiastic public, in his lifetime he was almost disregarded by the critics as one who had no part in 'modern' artthe hard cover has a little bumping to all four corners and to the top and bottom of the spine the dust jacket is rather creased along the top edge and is discoloured in placesinternally the pages are a little tanned but there are no markings
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Classic b&w tales by the master of macabre storytellingberni wrightson's reaper of love and other stories publisher: fantagraphics 1st fantagraphics edition, a handsome softcover with french flapsmonster makers art packour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store5 art books by masters of the macabre the art of ploog_vol2 publisher: fbg 1st printing_ condition: nm a career retrospective of one of comicdom's greatest horror artistshis classic style was in the tradition of alex (flash gordon) raymondcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecontains scans of the original artworklavishly illustrated by dave_mckean, sam_keith, mike_dringenberg, kelley_ jones & othersberni wrightson's frankenstein: le monstre est vivant large-size, europen, french-language, hardcover albumsandman: king_of_dreams author: alisa_kwitney, publisher: chronicle_books 1st printing_ condition: very_good a retrospective of neil gaiman's seminal fantasy seriesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepublisher: soleil 1st printing_; berni wrightson's last masterpiece in a gorgeous french editionmac raboy: master_of_the_comics author: roger hill publisher: twomorrows 1st printing_ condition: nm biography of one of the greatest artists of the golden agecondition; very_goodploog is famous for his work on: werewolf_by_night monster_of_frankenstein ghost_riderare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Oxfam books & music hythe this book was published by frederick warne and co of london in and has dark green boards with a decorative impressed design which is gold, black and redthe edges of the pages are gilt but the top edge is dull, the right hand edge and bottom are still bright the front board is separating from the pages but is still attached, otherwise the binding is firm and the hinge is tight see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally the pages are bright and clean with no rips, tears or folds, the front free end-paper has been cut and there is a small dated inscription at the top of one of the pages (photo 4)the boards show some signs of wear from use these include but are not restricted to shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to the corners and top and bottom of the spine
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First renewed american edition with "a" on the copyright pagethis book recounts the journey of the author in the triumph of righteousness, a big deep-sea dhow from kuwait, bound on a trading voyage down the east coast of africa to zanzibar and back to her home portoxfam bookshop lymington scarce book in the uk in very good conditionthe history of the arab seamen of the indian ocean who were great shipbuilders and sailors thousands of years before the age of the clipper shiptan cloth hard covers with titles on the spine, slight sunning at the very top and base of the spineno inscriptions illustrated throughout with photographs by the authordust jacket spine is slightly fadedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Internally the hinge of the back cover is cracked with intact webbing showing throughslightly browned by aging but still a good readable copylondon publication date: reprint binding: hardcover book condition: good dust jacket condition: no dust jacket hard-cover with gilt titles and decoration, sun-faded, and rubbed on the spinesize: 182mm tall by 130mm wide, 708 pages including index of first linesgilt-edged page block the bottom of the spine is intact with minimal bumpingshelf wear showing at all four corners which are rubbed and slightly turnedthe top of the spine has material missing so that it's flush to the page block and the silk page marker is present but detachedthe pages of the rest of the book are in a very good condition win no evident faults, markings, underlining, or annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more a school prize label is fixed to the front pastedownthe text of poetry is set at a double column of text per pageoxfam shop shirley title: the poetical works of percy bysshe shelley author: percy bysshe shelley, edited by edward dowden publisher: macmillan and co front cover gilt titles are in a good condition but the gilt crest is rubbed and fading on one side
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When they reach lake-town bilbo will have to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of the dragonin this film, while gandalf heads south on his own, bilbo, thorin and the dwarves enter the treacherous mirkwood forest on their way to the mountainsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)oxfam shop okehampton the second of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's blockbuster prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogy
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The rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher leebilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlemeanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainbilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friendsset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)oxfam books & music durham the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-town
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When they reach lake-town bilbo will have to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of the dragonin this film, while gandalf heads south on his own, bilbo, thorin and the dwarves enter the treacherous mirkwood forest on their way to the mountainsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)oxfam books & music durham the second of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's blockbuster prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogy
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Needing help to get on board the pirates' ship, will enlists eccentric captain jack sparrow (depp) and quickly sets off in pursuitoxfam shop wolverhampton johnny depp, orlando bloom and geoffrey rush star in this disney swashbuckler directed by gore verbinskisee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, with the crew of the black pearl cursed to spend their time between the living and the dead and only the blood of elizabeth able to lift the spell, the pair face a race against time to overcome the undead crew and rescue her before it's too latewhen elizabeth (keira knightley), the daughter of governor swann (jonathan pryce), is kidnapped by captain barbossa (rush) and his band of pirates, lovelorn will turner (bloom) goes to her rescue
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Via 'astral clairvoyance' by theosophical masters, the knowledge about the old atlantis and lemuria would have been ‘received’ via meester koot hoomdetailed geological and anthropological treaty, made possible by clairvoyanceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewikipedia: 'william scott-elliot () was a theosophist and author of the book the story of atlantis and the lost lemuria, published insix fold-out maps, each 46 x 37 cm - 23 x 14shipping with registrationbooks and maps are in intact conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerudolf steiner mentioned scott-elliot in his book atlantis and lemuriathe book gives more details, amongst others, six maps, about blavatsky’s ideas about the atlantic and lemurian rootsoriginal linen binding with imprint - xi, ppthe dust jacket is reasonable, reinforced with thin special tape and provided with loose mylar protective foilplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea fascinating bookthe oldest map is a display of 1 million years agosix maps, four of atlantis and two of lemuriaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Transpersonal and transgenerational psychotherapeutic insights back up the personal narrativeit includes an accessible inquiry into how unconscious forces influence our mind, our bodies and the entire family system there is also a mark on the front of the bottom edgeits hypothesis is that if we cannot understand our own unconscious responses how can we understand those of our loved ones in psychotic episodes? see oxfam website for delivery information read more this is a book written not just by a professional transpersonal psychotherapist but by someone who has walked the heart-rending path and experienced the psychological trauma of loving someone in psychosis; psychosis which still remains the greatest taboo in society today, together with its implicit diagnosis of a lifelong sentence of medication and no cureoxfam books & music wells internally a very good clean copy of this paperback bookit is often a tale of despair and frustration, yet also gives a compassionate voiceit is in the main a personal and moving narrative of a mother looking to help her son avoid such a lifelong sentence of medication whilst trying to research holistic resources and alternative approaches for treatment at the same time as negotiating the vagaries of the current mental health system the cover has a few marks and bows away from the book
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