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The Fortress by Meša Selimović
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA novel on 18th century Sarajevo under Ottoman rule, featuring a soldier returned from the wars. A Muslim, he marries a Christian girl who supports him while he dabbles in politics, eventually leading a raid to rescue a friend from jail... -
![The Devil to Pay in the Backlands by João Guimarães Rosa]()
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands by João Guimarães Rosa
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLively reminiscences of bandit warfare in the sertao, the still primitive Brazilian back country, told by a wise, retired outlaw chief. ~Worldcat.orgGrande Sertão: Veredas (Portuguese for "Great Backlands: Tracks"; English translation: The Devil to Pay in the Backlands) is a novel published in 1956 by the Brazilian writer João Guimarães Rosa... -
![Heaven to Betsy & Betsy in Spite of Herself by Vera Neville]()
Heaven to Betsy & Betsy in Spite of Herself by Vera Neville
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeaven to Betsy : Betsy Ray is loving every minute of freshman year at Deep Valley High-with new and old friends all around her...not to mention boys! But most intriguing of all is the one she and her best friend, Tacy, dub "the Tall Dark Stranger...Categorized as:
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![Betsy Was a Junior & Betsy and Joe by Vera Neville]()
Betsy Was a Junior & Betsy and Joe by Vera Neville
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetsy Was a Junior: It's the best school year ever, especially now that charming, funny Tib Muller is back in Deep Valley. But when her crowd gets into trouble, Betsy's best year could turn out to be her worst...Categorized as:
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![Farewell Anatolia by Dido Sotiriou]()
Farewell Anatolia by Dido Sotiriou
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFarewell Anatolia is a tale of paradise lost and of shattered innocence; a tragic fresco of the fall of Hellenism in Asia Minor; a stinging indictment of Great Power politics, oil-lust and corruption. Dido Soteriou's novel - a perennial best-seller in Greece since it first appeared in 1962 - tells the story of Manolis Axiotis, a poor but resourceful villager born near the ancient ruins of Ephesus... -
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The Titan: by Theodore Dreiser
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it... -
![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... -
![The Inseparable Twins by Anatoly Pristavkin, Michael Glenny]()
The Inseparable Twins by Anatoly Pristavkin, Michael Glenny
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsВ этот сборник А.Приставкина вошли повесть "Ночевала тучка золотая" и рассказы, написанные в разные годы. Но объединены они все одной общей темой - темой войны. Это суровое и тяжкое детство, это люди, спасшие из военного пожара целое поколение. Это размышления автора о раннем взрослении юных, о дружбе и товариществе, о любви к родной земле... -
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Prokleta avlija by Ivo Andrić, Celia Hawkesworth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsProkleta avlija/The Damned Yard (Description from Ivo Andrić Foundation website)The novel is written in 1954. Ćamil, a wealthy young man of Smyrna living in the last years of the Ottoman Empire, is fascinated by the story of Džem, ill-fated brother of the Sultan Bajazet, who ruled Turkey in the fifteenth century...Categorized as:
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![Collected Short Stories: Volume 2 by W. Somerset Maugham]()
Collected Short Stories: Volume 2 by W. Somerset Maugham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis final classic collection reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships in tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice. The stories range from "The Lotus Eater" where a man envisions a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond" in Malaya and South East Asia...Categorized as:
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![Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo]()
Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsClad ln a doeskin, alone and unafraid, she stood straight and proud before the onrushlng Forces of America’s destiny: Sacajawea. child of a Shoshoni chief, lone woman on Lewis and Clark‘s historic trek-beautiful spear of a dying nation.She knew many men, walked many miles...Categorized as:
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![We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome]()
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this latest adventure (following Pigeon Post, winner of the Carnegie Medal), the Walker family has come to Harwich to wait for Commander Walker's return. As usual, the children can't stay away from boats, and this time they meet young Jim Brading, skipper of the well-found sloop Goblin...Categorized as:
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![The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill]()
The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by renting a magnificent old stone barn at a ridiculously low price, transforming it into a house...Categorized as:
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![Petros' War by Alki Zei]()
Petros' War by Alki Zei
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor ten-year-old Petros, the day World War II began seemed to him like a festival.Petros—with images in his mind from his many books of heroes and their deeds—decided this would be his heroic war filled with deeds of valor about which he could tell his own children...Categorized as:
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![Wildcat Under Glass by Alki Zei]()
Wildcat Under Glass by Alki Zei
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1970 Mildred Batchelder Award (U.S.A.) / 2007 Premio Andersen - Il mondo dell'infanzia (ITALY)A children's novelWildcat under Glass, first published in 1963 and translated in about 35 languages, is internationally acclaimed as a classic work having been successfully and repeatedly published in many countries apart from Greece until today...Categorized as:
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![Orlovi rano lete by Branko Ćopić]()
Orlovi rano lete by Branko Ćopić
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsU ovom romanu se govori o grupi dječaka. Oni su učenici četvrtog razreda u Lipovu - jednom bosanskom selu. Na početku oni žive sretan i bezbrižni dječji život. Njihova učiteljica zove se Lana i oni je jako vole.Kada je učiteljica otišla u varoš, na njezinom mjesto dolazi učitelj kojeg su dječaci prozvali paprika. Učitelj je jako maltretirao i tukao djecu tako da su djeca počela bježati od škole...Categorized as:
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![Cavalerii florii de cireș by Constantin Chiriță]()
Cavalerii florii de cireș by Constantin Chiriță
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNiciun roman pentru copii și tineret nu se poate compara, la noi, ca audiență și ca forță de fascinație, cu Cireșarii. Cireșarii sunt personajebine alese și atent construite de către părintele lor. Se știe, de altfel, că Victor, Lucia și Tic au fost creați prin asemănare cu cei trei copii ai autorului...Categorized as:
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![The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy]()
The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung Michael of Hungary carries an acorn all the way from his castle home in Chestry Valley to the warm soil of the Hudson Valley farm in the USA where he makes a new home after WWII...Categorized as:
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![Katherine's Marriage by D.E. Stevenson]()
Katherine's Marriage by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReaders who discovered Katherine Wentworth and Alec MacLaren in Katherine Wentworth will be delighted to learn more about this lively pair. Those who are meeting them for the first time will find that this romantic story stands independently and beautifully on its own. The story opens with the honeymoon of Katherine and Alec at Ardfalloch in the idyllic Scottish Highlands... -
![The Red Laugh by Leonid Andreyev]()
The Red Laugh by Leonid Andreyev
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 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... -
![Aurélien by Louis Aragon]()
Aurélien by Louis Aragon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDans cette chronique parisienne de l'entre-deux guerres, Aragon décrit la toute nouvelle société surréaliste. Aurélien, jeune homme sensible et oisif, fréquente les salons parisiens d'avant-garde, y côtoie les poètes, les actrices, les peintres qui ne sont autres que Picabia ou Cocteau... -
![The Picts & the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome at All by Arthur Ransome]()
The Picts & the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome at All by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJibbooms and bobstays! Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless suffering from exhaustion) has gone off sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook...Categorized as:
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![Het Gulden Vlies van Thule by Thea Beckman]()
Het Gulden Vlies van Thule by Thea Beckman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDe Badeners zijn er tenslotte in geslaagd de Thuleense hoofdstad Gothab en enkele andere kustplaatsen te veroveren. Elvira komt naar Thule als dochter van ondergouverneur Upernavik, een kustplaats in het noorden. 's Nachts worden de Badeners opgeschrikt door sabotagedaden van de Thulenen. De kolonosatie stagneert. Het lijkt Elvira verstandig Thuleens te leren...Categorized as:
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![The Day of the Bomb by Karl Bruckner]()
The Day of the Bomb by Karl Bruckner
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe day of the bomb was a day which was to change the lives of all mankind, not just Sadako.Sadako is a little girl who lives with he parents and elder brother in wartime Hiroshima. She is a thin little girl because she doesn't get enough to eat, but she has a chubby face because she is still very young.On August 6th, 1945, Sadako and her brother go to join the queue for food outside the Ministry...Categorized as:
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![White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry]()
White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHere is the story of young Hans Haupt and his rigorous apprenticeship and training at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding School, home of the famous Lipizzan stallions. Ms. Henry has artfully woven authentic details within this warm and sensitive tale. 104 illustrations...Categorized as:
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![Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome]()
Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Swallows, Amazons, and friends search for gold in the Lake District Hills—camping out, evading dangers, and staying in touch via homing pigeon.Nancy and Peggy Blackett receive a letter from their Uncle Jim who's on his way home after failing to find treasure in South America...Categorized as:
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![Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes]()
Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired the play, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama... -
![Het Helse Paradijs by Thea Beckman]()
Het Helse Paradijs by Thea Beckman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsVanuit het Badense Rijk wordt opnieuw een expeditie uitgezonden om Thule te veroveren. Ditmaal sturen ze vijf oorlogsschepen met duizend militairen aan boord. In Thule heeft men zich na de vorige aanval van de Badeners goed voorbereid op een mogelijke invasie. De Badeners zetten hun zwaar bewapende militairen aan land en bezetten een stad...Categorized as:
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![A Little Princess by Tania Zamorsky, Frances Hodgson Burnett]()
A Little Princess by Tania Zamorsky, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFollowing Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.Poor Sara Crewe...Categorized as:
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![Collected Stories by Frank O'Connor]()
Collected Stories by Frank O'Connor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe definitive collection of short stories by a master of the form and one of Ireland's most celebrated authorsThis indispensable volume contains the best of Frank O’Connor's short fiction. From “Guests of the Nation” to “The Mad Lomasneys” to “First Confession” to “My Oedipus Complex,” these tales of Ireland have touched generations of readers the world over and placed O'Connor alongside W. B...Categorized as:
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![Αριάγνη by Στρατής Τσίρκας, Stratis Tsirkas]()
Αριάγνη by Στρατής Τσίρκας, Stratis Tsirkas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsΟι "Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες" απαρτίζονται από τρεις τόμους: "Η λέσχη" (1961), "Αριάγνη" (1962), "Η νυχτερίδα" (1965). Η δράση τοποθετείται αντίστοιχα στην Ιερουσαλήμ, στο Κάιρο, στην Αλεξάνδρεια... -
![Jean-Christophe Volume I Dawn, Morning, Youth, Revolt by Romain Rolland]()
Jean-Christophe Volume I Dawn, Morning, Youth, Revolt by Romain Rolland
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them... -
![The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield]()
The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHindus and Moslems, Brahmins and Untouchables, western missionaries and British colonial bureaucrats, the famous novelist brings to life the social conditions of the last decade of the British Raj. Basis of a 1939 movie featuring Myrna Loy and Tyrone Power... -
![The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist]()
The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA name day all her own! Nine-year-old Nancy had never heard of this Swedish custom-much like a big birthday party-until she came to live with Grandma and Grandpa Benson on their farm. To her disappointment, Nancy learns that her name is not in the Swedish Almanac, so there is no day set aside especially for her...Categorized as:
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![Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald]()
Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Nancy and Plum" is a children's book written by the world famous author Betty McDonald, who wrote four popular "Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" children's books, and also the adult books, "The Egg & I", "Anybody Can Do Anything" and "Onion in the Stew". "Nancy and Plum" was first published in 1952...Categorized as:
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![Love is Just a Word by Johannes Mario Simmel, Йоханес Марио Зимел]()
Love is Just a Word by Johannes Mario Simmel, Йоханес Марио Зимел
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the story of Oliver and Verena, who fall in love and risk everything to keep each other.He is the son of a notorious German industrialist. She is the voluptuous, indiscreet wife of a wealthy and ruthless businessman.Apart they have been two lonely people. Half alive. Together, they are radiant... -
![I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss]()
I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA bird can fly. So can I. A cow can moo. I can, too. So begins the simple, delightful rhyme by Ruth Krauss that both celebrates and encourages a child’s imagination. Mary Blair’s vibrant artwork, found in the Golden Books archives and newly scanned, looks as fresh as it did 50 years ago... -
![The City by Valerian Pidmohylny]()
The City by Valerian Pidmohylny
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe City (Ukrainian: Місто) is an urban novel by Ukrainian writer Valerian Pidmohylny, published in 1928. Pidmohylny created the modern novel, which is focused on urban problems and touches upon philosophical questions of being. In this novel psyche of the characters is analyzed and the conflict takes place between people with different worldviews... -
![天使的禮物 by Astrid Lindgren]()
天使的禮物 by Astrid Lindgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTraditional Chinese edition of a classic from Swedish legend Astrid Lindgren: Madicken och Junibackens Pims (Madicken: present from an angel). The book was adapted to a 1980 family film titled "Mag of June Hill." In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc... -
![Emil's Pranks by Astrid Lindgren]()
Emil's Pranks by Astrid Lindgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMischievous Emil tests out a pair of stilts, rides a horse, and goes on a sleigh ride, all with predictably disastrous results...Categorized as:
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![One Was Johnny: A Counting Book by Maurice Sendak]()
One Was Johnny: A Counting Book by Maurice Sendak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘One was Johnny -- but that's not all, count all the others who came to call... -
![The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic by Alberto Manguel, Gianni Guadalupi]()
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic by Alberto Manguel, Gianni Guadalupi
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom Atlantis to Xanadu and beyond, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own. Here you will find Shangri-La and El Dorado; Utopia and Middle Earth; Wonderland and Freedonia. Here too are Jurassic Park, Salman Rushdie's Sea of Stories, and the fabulous world of Harry Potter... -
![Secret Water by Arthur Ransome]()
Secret Water by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack...Categorized as:
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![Carney's House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace]()
Carney's House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is the summer of 1911, and Carney Sibley is back home in her beloved town of Deep Valley, Minnesota. She's looking forward to hosting a month-long house party, with guests including her Vassar college roommate Isobel Porteous and old chum Betsy Ray. With lots of the old Crowd and a new friend--wealthy, unkempt, but lovable Sam Hutchinson--around, the days are filled with fun... -
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![The Fire Engine Book by Tibor Gergely]()
The Fire Engine Book by Tibor Gergely
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChildren will feel as though they are riding the big red fire engines and hearing the "clang, clang" of the bell! Large-scale, active pictures will transport young readers to the scene where they'll see brave firemen connect hoses and save the day...Categorized as:
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![The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley]()
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe stories of Milly-Molly-Mandy and her family and friends have charmed generations of children since they first appeared in 1925. This collection of twenty-one classic tales about this resourceful and thoughtful little girl reflect with accuracy the dilemmas and challenges of a child's world... -
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Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Björk, Lena Anderson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLinnea has visited Claude Monet's garden! In Paris, she got to see many of his actual paintings. Now she understands what it means for a painter to be called an Impressionist. This innovative art book for children contains full-color photos of many of Monet's famous paintings... -
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Lentil by Robert McCloskey
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio...Categorized as:
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![Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald]()
Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1957 fifteen-year-old Dove, the daughter of a prosperous orange grower in Benevolence, Florida, feels increasingly uneasy after learning of acts of racism against the African American orange pickers by those close to her...Categorized as:
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![Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd]()
Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's strange enough when Susan Shaw disappears without a trace on a wintry March afternoon. It's stranger still when her uninformative note is found in the hallway of her apartment building, along with a black cat that no one has seen before...Categorized as:
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