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Shivaji: The Great Maratha by Ranjit Desai
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShrimanyogi is a biographical work on the life and the achievements of the great Maratha king, Chatrapathi Shivaji. Shivaji has been a legendary figure in the Indian history.Shivaji was one of the major influences on the revival of nationalism and Hindu culture during a period when centuries of rule by Muslim invaders had induced a condition of apathy and indifference in the people... -
![يسمعون حسيسها by أيمن العتوم]()
يسمعون حسيسها by أيمن العتوم
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsخلف الوادي انتشرت أشجار هرمة . إلا انها ظلت خضراء على طول عمرها الذي تجاوز مئات السنين . -
![Песента на колелетата by Yordan Yovkov, Yordan Yovkov]()
Песента на колелетата by Yordan Yovkov, Yordan Yovkov
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsКласическите произведения на българската литература са слънчевите стълбове, крепящи националното ни самосъзнание. Те са кристалните мостове на възторга, по които Отечеството ще премине през огън и страдания и ще пребъде в третото хилядолетие. Издателство “Захарий Стоянов” предлага специална поредица най-доброто от високата българска класика... -
![Жестокий Век by Исай Калашников]()
Жестокий Век by Исай Калашников
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsВойско Чингисхана подобно вулканической лаве сметало на своем пути все живое: истребляло народы, превращало в пепел цветущие цивилизации. Вершитель этого жесточайшего абсурда — Чингисхан — и чудовище и гениальный полководец. "Жестокий век" — это молниеносные степные переходы, дымы кочевий, необузданная, вольная жизнь, где неразлучны опасность и удача... -
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![The Fourth Peshwa by Ranjit Desai, रणजित देसाई]()
The Fourth Peshwa by Ranjit Desai, रणजित देसाई
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Maratha empire that Chhatrapati Shivaji established in 1680 passed into the hands of the Peshwas in the 18th century. The empire, which spanned across large parts of Western, Central and Northern India, suffered a severe setback when the Marathas lost the third battle of Panipat to Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1761... -
![The Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin]()
The Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a major burst of creativity, Russian poet Alexander Pushkin during just three months in 1830 completed Eugene Onegin, composed more than thirty lyric poems, wrote several short stories and folk tales, and penned the four short dramas in verse that comprise the "little tragedies"... -
![A Mind at Peace by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar]()
A Mind at Peace by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLibrarian note: Alternate cover edition of: 9780976395096Set on the eve of World War II, A Mind at Peace captures the anxieties of a Turkish family facing the difficult reality entrenched in the early republic, founded on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in 1923... -
![Arus Balik by Pramoedya Ananta Toer]()
Arus Balik by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSemasa jaya Majapahit, Nusantara merupakan kesatuan maritim dan kerajaan laut terbesar di antara bangsa-bangsa beradab di muka bumi. Arus bergerak dari selatan ke utara, segalanya: kapal-kapalnya, manusianya, amal perbuatannya dan cita-citanya, semuanya bergerak dari Nusantara di selatan ke atas angin di utara. Tetapi jaman berubah... -
![DUISHEN by Chingiz Aitmatov]()
DUISHEN by Chingiz Aitmatov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe book tells the story of Altyani, a teacher, who, inspired by the great Russian leader Lenin, decides to open a primary school in his native village and holds his forte despite resistance from all... -
![Dinka by Valentina Oseeva]()
Dinka by Valentina Oseeva
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDinka grew up in a family forced to go underground after the Revolution. These are her adventures... -
![Nossa Senhora de Paris, Vol. II by Victor Hugo, M. Correia]()
Nossa Senhora de Paris, Vol. II by Victor Hugo, M. Correia
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe French title of the novel emphasizes Notre Dame's (A French memorial) role as a symbol of Paris. Primarily novel is concerned with the theme of revolution and social strife. Hugo was profoundly concerned by the class differences that set the 1789 French Revolution in motion. Hugo acknowledges that fate plays a powerful role, but implies that free will is also possible... -
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Εντολή by Διδώ Σωτηρίου, Dido Sotiriou
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΗ «Εντολή» της Διδώς Σωτηρίου είναι ένα βιβλίο πολιτικής λογοτεχνίας με καυτά βιώματα. Ζωντανεύει μυθιστορηματικά τις περιπέτειες της μεταπελευθερωτικής Ελλάδας ( 1944-1952 ), που δεν έπαψε να ‘χει τη μοίρα του Σίσυφου... -
![Success by Lion Feuchtwanger]()
Success by Lion Feuchtwanger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn enthralling roman à clé depicting the rise of Nazi ideology in Germany. Martin Krüger, a museum director in Munich, has become quite unpopular and some people would like to be rid of him. Consequently, the lawsuit against him does not turn out to his favor. However, his friends keep fighting to prove his innocence. "The novel Success is more than a 'documentation of Bavaria... -
![Complete Works of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov]()
Complete Works of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Many images related to Chekhov, his works and the places he lived in* concise introductions to the texts* All 211 short stories available for the first time on the Kindle! Even rare stories like ‘Rapture’ – Chekhov’s first ever piece of fiction and available nowhere else as a digital book* the short stories have BOTH chronological and alphabetical contents tables – find that classic story... -
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![The Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated) by Thomas Hardy, Prometheus Classics]()
The Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated) by Thomas Hardy, Prometheus Classics
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis collection gathers together the works by Thomas Hardy in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Novels Desperate Remedies [1871] Under the Greenwood Tree [1872] A Pair of Blue Eyes [1873] Far from the Madding Crowd [1874] The Hand of Ethelberta [1876] The... -
![Collected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald]()
Collected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKnown today primarily as the author of The Great Gatsby , F. Scott Fitzgerald was famous in the 1920s and 1930s as a short-story writer. The nineteen stories in this volume were so popular that hardcover collections— Flappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Ag e—came out almost immediately after the stories had appeared in magazines... -
![Peter the First by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy]()
Peter the First by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere, for the first time, in its final form and in a new translation, is the epic Russian novel which has sold in its native country over two million copies. Alexey Tolstoy (who was not related to the author of War and Peace) began to study the character of his hero, Peter the First, in 1917... -
![Euthyphro, Apologia Socratis, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Sophista, Politicus, Theaetetus by Plato]()
Euthyphro, Apologia Socratis, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Sophista, Politicus, Theaetetus by Plato
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis long awaited new edition contains seven of the dialogues of Plato, and is the first in the five-volume complete edition of Plato's works in the Oxford Classical Texts series. The result of many years of painstaking scholarship, the new volume will replace the now nearly one hundred-year-old original edition, and is destined to become just as long lasting a classic... -
![حديث الجنود by أيمن العتوم]()
حديث الجنود by أيمن العتوم
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsمفتاح الثورة كلمة، وتصنع الثورة كلمة: (العدو من أماكم والبحر من ورائكم)، وأول الرسالة كلمة:(اقرأ)، وأول الرحمة كلمة: (كوني برداً وسلاما)، واعظم العذاب كلمة: (اخسؤوا فيها ولا تكلمون)، وأشد الحسرة كلمة: (سلام عليكِ .. -
![മയ്യഴിപ്പുഴയുടെ തീരങ്ങളിൽ | Mayyazhipuzhayude Theerangalil by M. Mukundan]()
മയ്യഴിപ്പുഴയുടെ തീരങ്ങളിൽ | Mayyazhipuzhayude Theerangalil by M. Mukundan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil (On the Banks of the River Mayyazhi) is a Malayalam language novel by M. Mukundan. Widely regarded as the author's magnum opus, the novel vividly describes the political and social background of Mahe (Mayyazhi), the former French colony, in the past, in a mystical way.[1] The novel was translated into English and French, both the versions winning accolades... -
![Los tres mosqueteros & Veinte años después by Alexandre Dumas]()
Los tres mosqueteros & Veinte años después by Alexandre Dumas
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt all starts from a situation that sounds familiar during the reign of Louis XIII, D'Artagnan, a poor and ambitious young man from the provinces, goes to Paris to make his way in life. As soon as he arrives, he is involved in a whirlwind of events and meets those who will be his faithful companions on his journey: Porthos, Athos and Aramis... -
![Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο by Iakovos Kambanellis, Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης]()
Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο by Iakovos Kambanellis, Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΡΩΜΙΟΣ: Αρκετά!... Και τώρα μια τελευταία διευκρίνιση. Είπα ότι το έργο μας είναι κωμωδία. Αλλά δεν είναι απλώς διότι έτσι γράφτηκε ή διότι το λέμε εμείς. Είναι κωμωδία για έναν άλλο σοβαρότερο και πολύ πιο έγκυρο λόγο: Το δηλώσαμε ως κωμωδία, το υποβάλαμε στη λογοκρισία ως κωμωδία και ενεκρίθη ως κωμωδία δια της υπ’ αριθμόν 199 αποφάσεως... -
![Mary Ann's Angels by Catherine Cookson]()
Mary Ann's Angels by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMary Ann has twins, one of whom is talkative and the other not. Her husband decides a separation is needed but Mary Ann will not hear of it. This seemingly small quarrel leads to an explosive situation when Rose Mary disappears... -
![Daughter of Earth by Agnes Smedley]()
Daughter of Earth by Agnes Smedley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1976 the Feminist Press trade paperback, Agnes Smedley (Portraits of Chinese Women in Revolution)... -
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![Where the Air Is Clear by Carlos Fuentes]()
Where the Air Is Clear by Carlos Fuentes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Where the Air Is Clear," Carlos Fuentes's first novel, is an unsparing portrayal of Mexico City's upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes overlays Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, showing that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies... -
![موت سرير رقم 12 by غسان كنفاني, Ghassan Kanafani]()
موت سرير رقم 12 by غسان كنفاني, Ghassan Kanafani
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"موت سرير رقم 12" هي المجموعة القصصية الأولى التي أصدرها غسان كنفاني. وقد صدرت في بيروت عام 1961 بمقدمة قصيرة كتبها المؤلف يقول فيها: "أنا أؤمن أن الكتاب يجب أن يقدم نفسه، وإذا عجز عن إحراز جزء من طموح كاتبه، فعلى الكاتب أن يقبل ذلك ببساطة، كما قبل -مرات ومرات- أن يمزق قصصاً ليعيد كتابتها... -
![El 19 de Marzo Y El 2 de Mayo (Classic Reprint) Episodios Nacionales, Vol. 3: by Benito Pérez Galdós]()
El 19 de Marzo Y El 2 de Mayo (Classic Reprint) Episodios Nacionales, Vol. 3: by Benito Pérez Galdós
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsExcerpt from Episodios Nacionales, Vol. 3: El 19 de Marzo y el 2 de MayoEn Marzo de 1808, y cuando hab�an trascurrido cuatro meses d'esde que empec� � trabajar en el ofi cio de ya compon�a con bastante destreza y _ganaba tres reales por ciento de l�neas en la impren ta del Diario de Madrid... -
![வேங்கையின் மைந்தன் [Vengaiyin Maindhan] by Akilan]()
வேங்கையின் மைந்தன் [Vengaiyin Maindhan] by Akilan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsவேங்கையின் மைந்தன் புதினம் கற்பனையோடு கலந்து எழுதப்பட்ட வரலாற்றுப் புதினம் என்றாலும் அது நிகழும் காலக்கட்டத்தில் வாழ்ந்த வரலாற்றுக் கதாப்பாத்திரங்களைச் சுற்றிச் சுழல்வதாக அமைகிறது.விஜயாலய சோழன்(கி.பி 847 - 871) பல்லவர்களும் பாண்டியர்களும் பலமாக இருந்த காலத்தில் அவர்களை வென்று சோழர்களின் பொற்கால ஆட்சியை தோற்றுவித்த பெருமைக்குரியவர்... -
![The Plague Sower by Gesualdo Bufalino]()
The Plague Sower by Gesualdo Bufalino
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the final days of World War II, a young soldier is exiled to a TB sanatorium near Palermo. Among the ruined lives and threat of death, love begins to flourish between the soldier and a woman patient, a former ballerina, as they attempt to build a future on shifting sands... -
![Eating Fire and Drinking Water by Arlene J. Chai]()
Eating Fire and Drinking Water by Arlene J. Chai
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I was someone hungry for stories; more specifically, I was someone who craved after facts. I was, you see, a person with no history. Lacking this, I developed a curiosity about other's people's stories. . . ."Clara Perez is a reporter on a small South seas island. An orphan raised by nuns, she is a young woman with origins shrouded in mystery...Categorized as:
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![Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini]()
Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Sex, death, political passion, these are the simple objects to which I give my elegiac heart"Winner of the first Renato Poggioli/William Weaver Award of PEN American CenterPier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), who is best known in this country as an inspired filmmaker, was also the most outspoken and original Italian writer of his generation, the author of distinguished and controversial novels and... -
![Tea Rooms: Mujeres obreras by Luisa Carnés]()
Tea Rooms: Mujeres obreras by Luisa Carnés
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCorren los años treinta en Madrid y las trabajadoras de un distinguido salón de té cercano a la Puerta del Sol ajustan sus uniformes para comenzar una nueva jornada laboral. Antonia es la más veterana, aunque nunca nadie le ha reconocido su competencia. A la pequeña Marta la miseria la ha vuelto decidida y osada... -
![أم سعد by غسان كنفاني, Ghassan Kanafani]()
أم سعد by غسان كنفاني, Ghassan Kanafani
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsأم سعد هي "صوت تلك الطبقة الفلسطينية التي دفعت غالياً ثمن الهزيمة. والتي تقف الآن تحت سقف البؤس الواطئ في الصف العالي من المعركة، وتدفع، وتظل تدفع أكثر من الجميع... -
![A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee]()
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEdwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of suburbia and the psychological terror of empty lives. First produced in 1966, this dark drawing room comedy may be Albee's masterpiece, as powerful in its 1996 revival as it was thirty years before... -
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![Стихотворения by Ivan Vazov, Иван Вазов]()
Стихотворения by Ivan Vazov, Иван Вазов
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsАз работих половин век на книжовното поле, движим от вътрешен тласък, подчинявайки се на неутолимата душевна жажда да служа на истината и красотата... -
![Umrao Jan Ada / امراؤ جان ادا by Mirza Mohammad Hadi Ruswa]()
Umrao Jan Ada / امراؤ جان ادا by Mirza Mohammad Hadi Ruswa
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis audiobook is Ruswa's masterful retelling of the life of a courtesan of Lucknow. Known for her charm, wit and beauty, Umrao Jaan was also a talented poet, dancer and a singer. Rich in historical detail, the audiobook transports us in old Lucknow, where decadence was nothing more than a part of day-to-day life... -
![Scandalmonger by William Safire]()
Scandalmonger by William Safire
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA presidential hopeful has taken a beautiful, vulnerable woman as his mistress, though both are married to others. His rival for the presidency of the United States has even more sensational secrets to guard about his own past. An ambitious journalist unearths the stories of the private lives of both, and he hefts in his hand what he calls "the hammer of truth... -
![Les Chatiments by Victor Hugo]()
Les Chatiments by Victor Hugo
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible... -
![The Pyramid by Ismail Kadare]()
The Pyramid by Ismail Kadare
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the Albanian writer who has been short-listed for the Nobel Prize comes a hypnotic narrative of ancient Egypt, a work that is at once a historical novel and an exploration of the horror of untrammeled state power. It is 2600 BC. The Pharaoh Cheops is inclined to forgo the construction of a pyramid in his honor, but his court sages hasten to persuade him otherwise... -
![Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse]()
Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA contemporary romantic Australian masterpiece, Grand Days tells of the moral and sexual awakening of an idealistic young Australian woman working in the diplomatic corps in Europe in the aftermath of World War I.On a train from Paris to Geneva, Edith Campbell Berry meets Major Ambrose Westwood in the dining car, and allows him to kiss her passionately...Categorized as:
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![1934: A Novel by Alberto Moravia]()
1934: A Novel by Alberto Moravia
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMoravia's political fable about an Italian anti-Fascist and the frightened, suicide-seeking German girl he encounters on a boat to Capri--the setting of Moravia's Il disprezzo from 1954--was welcomed as one of his finest novels...Categorized as:
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![Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo]()
Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Claude Gueux" was a short story written by Victor Hugo in 1834. It is considered an early example of "true crime" fiction, and contains Hugo's early thoughts on societal injustice which thirty years later he would flesh out in his novel Les Miserables...Categorized as:
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![Amalia : a romance of the Argentine (c1919) by José Mármol, Mary J. Serrano]()
Amalia : a romance of the Argentine (c1919) by José Mármol, Mary J. Serrano
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmalia is one of the most popular Latin American novels and, until recently, was required reading in Argentina's schools. It was written to protest the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas and to provide a picture of the political events during his regime, but the book's popularity stemmed from the love story that fuels the plot... -
![عصفور من الشرق by Tawfiq Al-Hakim, توفيق الحكيم]()
عصفور من الشرق by Tawfiq Al-Hakim, توفيق الحكيم
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsعصفور من الشرق كتاب أدبي فلسفي وضع في قالب قصة غرامية طريفة، ولكنه تناول كثيرا من الآراء التي كانت - حين ظهر الكتاب - تتضارب ولا تنفك تتصارع وتتصادم في العالم حتى اليوم. وهي أول قصة مصرية تناولت الاتجاهات العالمية... -
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![The Courilof Affair by Irène Némirovsky]()
The Courilof Affair by Irène Némirovsky
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of the bestselling Suite Française.In 1903 Léon M - the son of two Russian revolutionaries - is given the responsibility of 'liquidating' Valerian Alexandrovitch Courilof, the notoriously brutal and cold-blooded Russian Minister of Education, by the Revolutionary Committee...Categorized as:
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![All that's Left to You: A Novella and Other Stories by Ghassan Kanafani]()
All that's Left to You: A Novella and Other Stories by Ghassan Kanafani
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt should come as no surprise to learn that Palestinian writers themselves have been in the forefront of those who have addressed themselves to the tragedy of their own people, and in a variety of genres and styles… While all these writers display a sense of "commitment" to the cause of their people, there is one author who, in the words of the Egyptian writer, Yusuf Idris, has taken this cause... -
![İntibah by Namık Kemal]()
İntibah by Namık Kemal
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEdebiyatımızın değişik türlerinde birçok eser veren Namık Kemal’in yayımlanmış iki romanından biri İntibah’tır. Romanın adı başta Son Pişmanlık olarak adlandırılmasına rağmen devrin Maarif Nezaretince (Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı) adı “İntibah-Sergüzeşt-i Âli Bey” olarak değiştirilmiş ve 1876’da yayımlanmıştır... -
![Kangaroo by D.H. Lawrence]()
Kangaroo by D.H. Lawrence
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKangaroo is D. H. Lawrence's eighth novel, set in Australia. He wrote the first draft in just forty-five days while living south of Sydney, in 1922, and revised it three months later in New Mexico. The descriptions of the country are vivid and sympathetic and the book fuses lightly disguised autobiography with an exploration of political ideas at an immensely personal level... -
![Felizmente Há Luar! by Luís de Sttau Monteiro]()
Felizmente Há Luar! by Luís de Sttau Monteiro
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSurgida no mesmo ano em que o Autor publicou o romance Angústia para o Jantar – mais tarde também adaptado ao teatro – , esta peça contribuiu para celebrizar Luís de Sttau Monteiro como dramaturgo, tendo sido bem recebida pela crítica do seu tempo...
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