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WolfeSword by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's a veritable god of beauty, position, and talent. She's a lady of sweetness, wealth, and compassion. When gorgeous Cassius de Wolfe falls for a plain but sweet lady, the woman who hoped to have his affection doesn't take kindly to it.Cassius has set himself up for retribution of the female kind. As the old saying goes, there's nothing like a woman scorned…Or a de Wolfe protecting his mate...Categorized as:
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![The Splendid Hour by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Splendid Hour by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Christopher de Lohr's bastard son, Peter, in a tale that could change the stars of the House of de Lohr forever...When religion and politics don't meet, it's an explosion that could tear the Executioner Knights—and England—apart forever...Peter de Lohr is the illegitimate son of the greatest knight in the realm, though he has been accepted by his father. Not only accepted—embraced...Categorized as:
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![The Hunters by John Flanagan]()
The Hunters by John Flanagan
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsHal and his brotherband crew are hot on the trail of the pirate Zavac and they have one thing only on their minds: Stopping the bloodthirsty thief before he can do more damage. Of course, they also know Zavac has the Andomal, the priceless Skandian artifact stolen when the brotherband let down their guard. The chase leads down mighty rivers, terrifying rapids, to the lawless fortress of Ragusa... -
![Turn Left for Gibraltar by David Black, James Langton]()
Turn Left for Gibraltar by David Black, James Langton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs 1941 draws to a close, brave young men are fighting for freedom in countries across the globe. But for Sub-Lieutenant Harry Gilmour, washed up in neutral Spain alongside ‘interned belligerents’ from both sides of the war, hostilities have come to a pause.Before long, his unlikely comrades must once again become his enemies, and he is back at the frontline of the battle for the Mediterranean... -
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![Dark Warrior by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Dark Warrior by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the Dark Knight’s wild son, Cortland “Cort” de Russe in an adventure that could see him executed for treason. March Medieval Madness has arrived! 1518 A.D. – As a decorated knight for Henry VIII, Cort is sent to Ireland to assist the Earls of Kildare in ruling The Pale, the only strip of Ireland that the English ruled uncontested in the whole country...Categorized as:
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![Age of Gods and Mortals by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Age of Gods and Mortals by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA warlord departing for the Third Crusade, his strong-willed wife… and the knight left behind to protect her. At least, that was the plan. It’s an unconventional, unexpected, and completely unapologetic Medieval romance that will sweep you off your feet!At the beginning of the Third Crusade, the French and English Crusading armies assembled in July 1190 at Vezelay... -
![Lord of the Sky by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Lord of the Sky by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1217 A. D. – Executioner Knight Kevin de Lara finally has his moment to shine.Kevin breaks out from under his powerful brother's shadow (Sean de Lara from Lord of the Shadows) and becomes a great knight on his own. But there's just one problem... the woman he loves may very well cause his downfall..Categorized as:
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![Das Spiel der Könige by Rebecca Gablé]()
Das Spiel der Könige by Rebecca Gablé
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRare...Categorized as:
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Night Wolf by James L. Nelson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith their ill-fated raid on the monastary at Glendalough torn apart by betrayal and defeat, Thorgrim Night Wolf and his handful of survivors from the crew of Sea Hammer find themselves in desperate and tenuous straights... -
![The Girl on the Carpathia - A Novel of the Titanic by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts]()
The Girl on the Carpathia - A Novel of the Titanic by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA tragic collision with an iceberg. A ruthless quest to assign blame. Can one young woman stand her ground in the face of a deadly mob? North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston longs to bury her family’s shame. Struggling to start a new life on board the Carpathia, she’s startled by her own tenacity as she helps rescue the Titanic’s desperate survivors... -
![The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham]()
The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Far Horizon is the fourth and final installment in the Award-Winning Pirate Wolf series. The series follows the Dante family through forty years of turbulent sea adventures, beginning with the patriarch fighting alongside Sir Francis Drake, and ending with Jonas Dante's pursuit of revenge.Jonas Dante is the eldest son of Simon Dante, the infamous Pirate Wolf... -
![The Scoundrel of Beauly Glen by Rebecca Ruger]()
The Scoundrel of Beauly Glen by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the death of her father and then her brother, Catherine Dersey inherits Gladstone Castle and is immediately placed under the guardianship of her uncles until she reaches an age of majority. However, at that time, her uncles dispute her claim, informing her that they will be taking the land that is hers, and she will live out her life in a nunnery... -
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Tom Swan and the Head of St. George Part Five: Rhodes by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA young Englishman, Tom Swan, has been ordered by his Cardinal to find a spy-a traitor. At the same time, a rich merchant has offered him a great deal of money to-well, to steal something. Something that belonged to Alexander the Great.Suddenly he's not a thief or a merchant or a scholar-he's a 'donat' or volunteer with the knights of St...Categorized as:
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![Tom Swan and the Head of St. George Part Six: Chios by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Head of St. George Part Six: Chios by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA young Englishman, Tom Swan, finds himself in the midst of the Turkish siege of one of the riches islands in the Genoese Empire. Swan's biggest problem is that he hates the Genoese a good deal more than he hates the Turks. Despite which, he has to catch the spy, steal the ring, kill the traitor, and if possible rescue the princess. Or maybe just bed her.All duty, of course... -
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![Oceanology: The True Account of the Voyage of the Nautilus by Dugald A. Steer]()
Oceanology: The True Account of the Voyage of the Nautilus by Dugald A. Steer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollow the fascinating journey of Captain Nemo and explore the ocean’s wonders, both real and imagined ... or are they?What if a sixteen-year-old assistant traveled aboard the storied Nautilus, the narwhal-shaped submarine of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? And what if he were the sole survivor of the ill-fated voyage and went on to relay his adventures to a certain . . -
![Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who've taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns... -
![A Tropical Frontier: Tales of Old Florida by Tim Robinson]()
A Tropical Frontier: Tales of Old Florida by Tim Robinson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Southern Frontier: A road-less, watery wilderness, uninviting and intimidating to all but the most stouthearted and adventurous. While great cities were springing up ih in places with names such as St. Louis, Denver, and San Francisco, the lower peninsula of Florida endured...Categorized as:
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Rome by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA young Englishman, Tom Swan, is badly wounded in a desperate sea fight. When he wakes in a hospital, he's in one of the last towns in Greece holding out against the Turks. And there aren't any women to be found. Rich men vie to hire him, and they all seem to want the same thing-a fabulous jewel made for Alexander the Great.He's not a professional soldier... -
![Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Two: Venice by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Two: Venice by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who've taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns... -
![The Unknown Shore [UNABRIDGED] by Patrick O'Brian]()
The Unknown Shore [UNABRIDGED] by Patrick O'Brian
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPatrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore George Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740. In The Unknown Shore, O'Brian returns to this rich source and mines it brilliantly for another, quite different tale of exploration and adventure... -
![Journey through Ash and Smoke by Kate Messner]()
Journey through Ash and Smoke by Kate Messner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRanger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, goes to Viking age Iceland!Ranger is a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training. In this adventure, he goes to Viking age Iceland, which proves to be tough terrain for Ranger to navigate... -
![The Continental Risque by James L. Nelson]()
The Continental Risque by James L. Nelson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Simon & Schuster, The Continental Risque is James L. Nelson's powerful saga of the American Revolution and a stirring dramatic maritime adventure.Nelson's exciting seafaring trilogy concludes. As cries for independence ring through the chambers of the Second Continental Congress, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb and his crew are called upon to engage The Royal Navy... -
![Across the Nightingale Floor, Episode 1: The Sword of the Warrior by Lian Hearn]()
Across the Nightingale Floor, Episode 1: The Sword of the Warrior by Lian Hearn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard." "The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only the ways of peace...Categorized as:
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![Röde Orm 1: Sjöfarare i västerled by Frans G. Bengtsson]()
Röde Orm 1: Sjöfarare i västerled by Frans G. Bengtsson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRödhårig och mjäll i hyn, bred mellan ögonen, stubbnäst och stormynt- detta är porträttet av Röde Orm, hjälten i Frans G. Bengtssons underhållande roman där fornnordisk och österländsk saga ingått en sällsynt lyckad förening. I mustiga färger och kärnfull stil skildras de skiftande öden Röde Orm går till mötes på sina äventyrliga vikingafärder...Categorized as:
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![Der Thron der Welt by Robert Lyndon]()
Der Thron der Welt by Robert Lyndon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe year is 1072.The Normans have captured England. The Turks have captured a Norman knight. And in order to free him, a soldier named Vallon must capture four rare hawks... -
![Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen]()
Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe award-winning author of Touching Spirit Bear delivers a fast-paced adventure of a Guatemalan boy who, along with his little sister, makes an escape to America in a heart-pounding voyage in a dangerously small kayak...Categorized as:
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![Deed of Murder by Cora Harrison]()
Deed of Murder by Cora Harrison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe enthralling new Burren mystery . . . April 1511, Ireland. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, is celebrating the christening of her son when she notices that three of her law students have disappeared from the party. The next morning, one of them is found dead on a lone mountain pass with suspicious wounds. He was carrying an important legal document that has now disappeared... -
![All Things Merry and Bright: A Very Special Christmas Tale Collection by Kathryn Le Veque, Tanya Anne Crosby]()
All Things Merry and Bright: A Very Special Christmas Tale Collection by Kathryn Le Veque, Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLe Veque… Crosby… Ridley… Tisdale… Knight… Devlin… Campbell NYT and USA Today Bestselling authors come together to bring you a Holiday Collection like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Familiar faces, familiar families. Join characters you ALREADY KNOW AND LOVE in a collection of very special never-before-published Christmas stories... -
![Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham]()
Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsRescuing a man whose ship had been floundering at sea, Isabeau Spense takes aboard ruthless privateer Simon Dante, who promptly seizes command of Beau's ship and sets out to win the lovely maiden's heart and mind... -
![I Survived the Black Death, 1348 by Lauren Tarshis]()
I Survived the Black Death, 1348 by Lauren Tarshis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Black Death was a pandemic of unimaginable propotions, taking the lives of 75 - 200 million people worldwide. Lauren Tarshis's story of one girl surviving the plague pulses with terror, action, and hope...Categorized as:
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![King's Man by Tim Severin]()
King's Man by Tim Severin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt is Constantinople in 1035, and Thorgils has become a member of the Varangian lifeguard, where he witnesses the glories of the richest city on earth. He embarks on a campaign launched to recover Sicily from the Saracens. After years of traveling, Thorgils retreats to Sweden, but is eventually summoned again to assist in coordinating William the Conqueror’s invasion of England... -
![The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge]()
The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this stunning novel, award-winning author Beryl Bainbridge offers a fictionalized account of the doomed Antarctic expedition led by Captain Scott in 1912. At once hair-raising and beautiful, here is an astonishing tale of misguided courage and human endurance. The Birthday Boys of the title are Scott and four members of his team, each of whom narrates a section of the book...Categorized as:
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![Landfalls by Naomi J. Williams]()
Landfalls by Naomi J. Williams
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn her wildly inventive debut novel, Naomi J. Williams reimagines the historical Lapérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, more than two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France... -
![Buccaneers by Iain Lawrence]()
Buccaneers by Iain Lawrence
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe conclusion to the High Seas trilogy begins as 17-year-old John Spencer embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his Dragon crew set off from London for waters few of them have sailed...Categorized as:
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![The Baron's Quest by Elizabeth Rose]()
The Baron's Quest by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNicholas Vaughn is Lord of New Romney and also a Baron of the Cinque Ports. He directs a fleet of ships that service the king 15 days a year in exchange for special privileges. When Muriel Draper causes havoc on his wharf, he realizes she is a spinster—a woman who spins wool for a living—from the town...Categorized as:
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![The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett]()
The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the stories of her 1996 National Book Award-winning collection, Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett explored the human passions at work behind a dazzling array of scientific endeavors... -
![His Conquered Bride by Sassa Daniels]()
His Conquered Bride by Sassa Daniels
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith her clan defeated in battle, nineteen-year-old Ailis MacDonnell has become the spoils of war. Forced into a marriage with Lord Alexander de Moray, she fears she will be used harshly by the foe who already took her castle from her... -
![The Sea Runners by Ivan Doig]()
The Sea Runners by Ivan Doig
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBased on an actual incident in 1853, award-winning author Ivan Doig's The Sea Runners is a spare and awe-inspiring tale of the human quest for freedom."Goes beyond being 'about' survival and becomes, mile by terrible mile, the experience itself... -
![The Last Prince of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn]()
The Last Prince of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe history of Ireland is studded with tragedies, but none is more poignant, or more decisive, that the battle of Kinsale. There the Gaelic nobility who held sway over Ireland for two thousand years were finally and resolutely crushed by the English invaders. There would follow four hundred years of English domination...Categorized as:
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![The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne]()
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHere is the first new translation of ever-popular adventure writer Jules Verne's thrilling novel of polar exploration in over a century. In the novel, First Mate Shandon receives a mysterious letter asking him to construct a reinforced steamship in Liverpool...Categorized as:
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![North by Donna Jo Napoli]()
North by Donna Jo Napoli
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChanelle laughed. "You'd never have the guts to get near a polar bear in real life. And you'd never travel that far. You the mamma's boy, I hear."But Chanelle is wrong. Alvin has more guts than even he realizes. And he isn't a mamma's boy. In fact, when his over protective mother goes too far, he leaves home.Where can Alvin go, though?He heads north...Categorized as:
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![Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain by Edward Ardizzone]()
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain by Edward Ardizzone
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThings don't go to plan for Tim, the youngest ever sailor, when he stows away on board a...Categorized as:
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![The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate by Alan Gold]()
The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate by Alan Gold
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrace O'Malley commanded a dozen ships and the obedience of thousands of men. Her empire stretched from Connaught on the Irish coast to the cobalt aters of Africa. Through the daring of her piracy, Grace nearly bankrupted the English treasury-and her outright defiance brought embarrassment to Elizabeth I... -
![Bitter Passage by Colin Mills]()
Bitter Passage by Colin Mills
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA nineteenth-century Arctic expedition descends into a chilling nightmare in a gripping and epic historical novel of discovery, rescue, deliverance, and survival by any means.In May 1845, Sir John Franklin, commander of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed England to seek a navigable route across the top of the Americas. He and his 128 men never returned... -
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![On a Cold Dark Sea by Elizabeth Blackwell]()
On a Cold Dark Sea by Elizabeth Blackwell
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn April 15, 1912, three women climbed into Lifeboat 21 and watched in horror as the Titanic sank into the icy depths. They were strangers then…Con artist Charlotte Digby lied her way through London and onto the Titanic. The disaster could be her chance at a new life—if she hides the truth about her past... -
![The Smugglers by Iain Lawrence]()
The Smugglers by Iain Lawrence
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReaders will relish this companion to the highly acclaimed adventure, The Wreckers:Young John is charmed by the Dragon, the schooner he is planning to sail to London and use for the honest wool trade. But a mysterious gentleman delivers an ominous warning to "steer clear of that ship," because the ship was "christened with blood... -
![Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess by Richard Platt]()
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess by Richard Platt
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"Not many, if any, children’s books on the Middle Ages and castles contain the wealth of information found in this fresh, appealing offering." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)What was it really like to live in a castle? Step back to the Middle Ages with Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess...Categorized as:
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![The Sword and the Dagger by Robert Cochran]()
The Sword and the Dagger by Robert Cochran
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen empires clash, a Princess, a Knight, and an Assassin embark on the quest of a lifetime During the time of the Crusades, an unlikely trio—a Christian princess, her affianced prince, and a Muslim assassin—embarks on a quest to the court of the most fearsome warrior the world has ever known, Genghis Khan...Categorized as:
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![The Survivors of the Chancellor (Extraordinary Voyages, #13) by Jules Verne]()
The Survivors of the Chancellor (Extraordinary Voyages, #13) by Jules Verne
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMr. Kazallon thought that booking passage on a cargo ship from Charleston to Liverpool would be a charming way to return to his English homeland. If he only knew! A crazed sea captain, a disaster in the hold, storms, oppressive heat, sharks, and starvation are just some of the many travails that beset both passengers and crew... -
![Mad Kestrel by Misty Massey]()
Mad Kestrel by Misty Massey
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA rip-roaring pirate romance and mysteryIn a world where infants with magical powers are torn from their parents to be raised by the mysterious and powerful Danisoba, who have a monopoly on magic, Kestrel has managed to keep her abilities concealed—and herself free...
![The Unknown Shore [UNABRIDGED] by Patrick O'Brian](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/6255f5550f8743eeffa28ee0.jpg)
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