The 6th and 7th
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough exclusive access to mcleavey's extensive and hitherto untapped archive of letters, diaries, exhibition files and more, this book offers insights into artists represented by mcleavey including: colin mccahon, toss woollaston, len lye, milan mrkusich, bill hammond, gordon walters, michael illingworth, robin white, richard killeen, john reynolds, yvonne todd and many moreoxfam bookshop witney the first biography of peter mcleavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the s has shaped new zealand artthe book is in very good, unmarked, clean condition and unclippedfar more than a simple biography, this examines the growth and development of contemporary new zealand artauthor jill trevelyan is a curator and award-winning writer specialising in twentieth century new zealand artmcleavey's personal story is remarkable, but his contemporaries will recognise common themes: the religious upbringing, the struggle to be bohemian in repressive mid-century small town, the challenges of marriage and fatherhood, the dilemma of whether to stay or leave new zealand, and the need to make a mark
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Later chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall inthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorspolitical pluralismusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthe bravery of the protestorsthis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coveroxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthere is some slight foxing to the insidethe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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An important eighteenth century workplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterare first editiongeneral toning and spotting, stained to margin towards rear of book - see imagesplease see our images for further descriptionthere is wear and scuffing to the remaining calf, spine cracked, but main block holding5 inches x 5 inches) selling here is an incredibly scarce copy of ramsay's, 'essay on the treatment and conversion of african slavescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: the book is bound in full calf, with both boards loose but presentinternally, front endpaper loose, title and subsequent few leaves loose at gutter - previous strengthening to margin, resulting in marking and tape residuethe books comprises of chapter i: of the various ranks in social life, ii: the advancement of slaves would augment their social importance, iii: the advancement of slaves must accompany their religious importance, iv: natural capacity of african slaves vindicated and v: plan for the improvement and conversion of african slavesan essay on the treatment and conversion of african slaves in the british sugar colonies by reverend james ramsay published: london, james phillips size: 22cm x 13cm (8our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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In good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenimmo & bain, ppthe binding has wear on the spine extremitiesbound in the original linen hardcoverhardcover - 19 x 14 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe attachment of the book block is loose at the rear coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoriginal and complete with the eight illustrationsthe old shekarry - the forest and the field - london, jgood book block and decent, bright pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Cover page; 722 numbered pages, inside, 16 tipped-in engraved plates, depicting french views except for one, depicting mont blanc seen from chamounieach volume is illustrated by copious engravingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemartin lister, an english naturalist and physician; travels during the years and followed, with a focus on the agricultural resources of france described by the agronomist arthur youngthe last two narratives concern the mountains: horace-bénédict de saussure’s story "an account of the attempts that have been made to attain the summit of mont blanc"; and louis-fransois ramond's "journey to the summit of mont perdu" dates back tohere we describe the fourth volume of the original london edition, which tells of the trips to francecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe first story is "a journey to paris in the year " by dra six-volume american edition of pinkerton's travel collection was published in philadelphia inbookplate of thomas fitz gerald on the front counter-platecopy in good condition, except for the redone spine and sporadic mildew or yellowingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecoeval full havana-coloured binding with embossing and gold edging on the plates; spine redone with inadequate leather; marbled edges and endpapersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifourth volume of a collection of the most renowned and interesting travels in all parts of the world, consisting of 17 volumes written by the scottish historian and poet john pinkerton, published for the first time in britain in
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This volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's courtthe culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to anotherthe monarchies treated are achaemenid and sassanian persia, the empire of alexander, rome under both the early and later caesars, the han rulers of china and egypt's eighteenth dynastythis approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern franceoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to dust covers, good overall condition monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchial structures of power and controlthe case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court society
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Oxfam shop colne road a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teamshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodschief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysterysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren series
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How far will these women go to get that place?follow kate hunter into the depths of her impeccably honed life, as she struggles to maintain the façade of perfectiona snip at only £6in a society that always strives to be more organic, less carbon-polluting, more virtuous than any other, 'the rise and fall of the domestic diva' is a breath of fresh air (imported from the mountains of nepal and filtered organically for purity, of course?sarah may is an intimate observer of society (aka curtain-twitcher of the highest order) and her novel is an hilariously dark-hearted soap opera of our everyday livesoxfam shop dumfries the queen of the black-hearted soap opera is back!welcome to the upwardly mobile prendergast roadsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon prendergast road, deep in nappy valley, among olive trees in terracotta, lower fuel emissions, lithuanian prostitutes, teenage drug dealers, stalkers and soaring house prices, five desperate women waitwhen exactly did life become a life class? is happiness overrated? is it just possible that beneath the flawless sheen of her friends' and neighbours' amazingly trouble-free lives, beneath the freshly-ironed shirts and home-grown veg, lie the same half-truths, the same uncertainties and the same desperation to keep up with the jonesesthe progeny of the ivf generation is ready to start school and only one of them is destined to get a place in nappy valley's most oversubscribed cradle of learning
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But they are determined to make the best of this new life and they set about making the pub the heart of the village once againif you have already enjoyed the novellas, then you have already enjoyed a year at the star and sixpencesimply wonderfulbut when the sisters' past comes back to haunt them, they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeed curl up with a year at the star and sixpence - the perfect novel to welcome spring when sisters nessie and sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afreshfor new novellas from holly, check out her picture house by the sea series and her castle court series ++ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road the perfect escapist read, for all fans of cathy bramley and jenny colgana year at the star and sixpence is holly hepburn's four star and sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first timei want to read more!' miranda dickinson 'warm, witty and laced with intriguing secrets! i want to pull up a bar stool, order a large g&t and soak up all the gossip at the star and sixpence!' cathy bramley ++ a year at the star and sixpence is the collected star and sixpence novellastheir first year at the star and sixpence won't be easy, though nothing worth doing ever isfilled to the brim with captivating characters and fantastic storylines in a gorgeous settingbut when they arrive at the star and sixpence, it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict, ruined by debts, and it's going to be a huge job to get it up and running again'a fresh new voice, brings wit and warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' rowan coleman 'you'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction, holly hepburn
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Forming part of a series, along with the gwr handbook, the lms handbook and the southern railway handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the lnerrenowned for its express locomotive mallard setting a world speed record (126mph) for steam locomotives that endures to this day, the london & north eastern railway was the second largest of the big four rail way companies to emerge from the grouping and also the most diverse, with its prestigious high-speed trains from kings cross balanced by an intensive suburban and commuter service from liverpool street and a high dependence on freightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenoted for its cautious board and thrifty management, the lner gained a reputation for being poor but honestoxfam shop scarborough the book is in very good condition, the only defects are small creases and dirt on the front and back cover, inside the book the pages are clean and readable
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But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan racethe horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationthe horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pasthe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social changelinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangeoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding
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Bookblock slightly loose after first quireplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit filled him with disgustin original gilt-decorated hardcoverjust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstonein september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portuguesehe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journeycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethere he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituaneafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coastcomplete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)here he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januarydavid livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedrawing of winnie the pooh winnie the pooh and the honey tree original and unique piececatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe works belongs to the process of creating one the sequences of one episode of the famous cartoon serieour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegood condition with the signs and normal wear of a drawing used in animation productionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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The destructive dynamism of auschwitz became both a microcosm of the nazi state and the logical consequence of hitler's warped worldviewcombining rare archive footage, cgi illustrations of the camp never before seen on television and dramatic reconstructions of the key decision-making moments, this series tells the story of auschwitz and the horrific ideology behind itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage this bbc documentary series tells the chilling story behind auschwitz - the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the worldfew know the true and surprising history of this infamous place, nor how it fitted into the nazis' overall plan for the mass extermination of the jews - what they called the 'final solution'
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Vols i and ii have mild staining and wear to the boards, and vol ii has a few small dog-eared lower cornersoriginally published by folio between and , the set was reissued insome volumes have light foxing to the upper page edges (from the inside of the slipcase)this is a reprint of the reissueoxfam bookshop kingsbridge gibbon's classic historical masterpiece, in 8 volumes, housed in 2 slipcasesthe books appear to be unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe slipcases have light shelfwear (one of them has a closed tear to the paper covering at the junction of the top and rear faces)
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For the lovatt family - james, seconded on a hush-hush assignment to work with churchill, and his brother harry, a naval officer - for bess spofford, joanne schorner, graham smit and all the inhabitants of the history villages of the new forest, it was the beginning of the most bizarre, funny and tragic episode of their livesoxfam bookshop st albans in the spring of , the spectre of war turned into grim realitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand on the english home front, men, women and children found themselves swept into a maelstrom of fear and uncertainty while events abroad led inexorably from the debacles of norway and dunkirk to the horror and glory of the battle of britain
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The volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economyexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point ethe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economybut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerwrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availableoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblethe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolution
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 augan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreseeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundmodernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writersfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedcontaining illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacy
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The lovely if slight "unholy light" and a heartfelt reading of tim hardin's "you upset the grace of living when you lie" round out the set"the moon and the sun" is the definitive heidi berry performance -- bolstered by the exquisite fingerpicking of sibling christopher, swelling violin, and a lilting, waltz-like rhythm, berry delivers perhaps her most nuanced and graceful vocal, all resulting in the most lively song in her catalogthe moon and the sun/ unholy light/ zither song/ you upset the grace of living when you liesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop herne hill in very good conditionthis handsomely packaged 4ad single contains three additional tracks, highlighted by the self-explanatory "zither song," probably the most effective deployment of the little-used string instrument since anton karas' theme for the third man
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Walter chamberlain has set down here the methods, materials and principles involved in the twin arts of etching and engravingto these mr chamberlain has added many recent developments and innovations, for every creative engraver develops an individual approach making his own particular contribution to the art see oxfam website for delivery information read moremany examples of such contributions are shown in the illustrations, which also present the tools and techniques used by the etcher and engravercondition- goodmost of the methods and materials described may be regarded as traditional- and are still the most practical, reliable and flexibleoxfam bookshop harrogate discusses the tools, techniques, and principles of etching and engraving and includes both historical and modern examples
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Eliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warsno marks and good bindingroos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of warbloosbury paperback in "as new"Â conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and t
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Along with alice in wonderland, the lion the witch and the wardrobe was one of my favourite childhood books, and so, i've naturally migrated toward thatit's very heavy, and full of charactera real one off, and not be replicatedfirstly, this clock is around 90 years oldthe clock has firstly been painted dove grey, with charcoal accents throughout, then decoupaged with my own painted aslan,along with pages from the story and other original illustrations, and the map of narnia at the back of the pendulumnarnia wall clock antique clock wind up presidenti can only guess st what its seen! for this piece, i wanted a cold bold ice and snow feel throughout, so i've tried to keep it quite monochromei've cut and gold buffed the word 'narnia' to adorn the top of the clock, and finished with silver leaf at the bottomthe door has been bubble painted, in order to create the frozen ice feelit has a key and two holes on the face to wind
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Beautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10the year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismsikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus by om books international the sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faith
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The year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismthe sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning insikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurusbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10 read morehe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faith
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History of the world kids book the americas and the pacific, new, very good condition, free postage
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The best of the mamas and the papas cd good condition read more
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If the love the pacific islands, you will love this bookthe book is newthis is a stunningly beautiful coffee table bookstill a gorgeous bookcovers hawaii, the cook islands, samoa, tonga, fiji, easter island, aotearoa (new zealand) and on across polynesiabut without the paper cover sleeve, reason for it being is incredibly reasonably pricedhigh quality paper and printingpolynesia: the mark and carolyn blackburn collection of polynesian artlavishly produced, richly colour illustrated/photographs
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Starring richard chamberlain and gemma craventhe slipper and the rosethe story of cinderellarunning time 143 minutes
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This official first edition biography is signed by the author and personally dedicated sent direct post free within the ukjimmy reveals his struggles with east end gangs, his family links to the krays and the dodgy world of boxing officialsjimmy batten boxing champion tv and film actorwhen the truth finally came out he went on to become an actor in tv and filmshow, when told to stop boxing when diagnosed with brain damage, he carried on being hit by the strongest men in the world
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Pick up only pleaseolder style hard cover books - the lord of the rings and the hobbit
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