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  • Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero

    Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Combining the raw realism and vulnerability of Shuggie Bain and Detransition, Baby with the poignant sensibility of Pedro Almodóvar, a staggering coming-of-age novel deeply rooted in the class struggles of a trans woman growing up in Madrid in the last decades of the twentieth century."I saw a whole generation of boys fall like irredeemable angels...
  • Healed: Stone and Pepper by Tess Thompson

    Healed: Stone and Pepper by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's Cliffside Bay and beyond in this heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romantic adventure from USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Stone Hickman is the last of a dying breed. The former Marine believes in integrity, service to his country, a hard day's work, and taking care of his loved ones...
  • The Ones We Leave Behind by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    The Ones We Leave Behind by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Diane picked up her mother’s phone. “How do you feel about your mother being let out of prison today after sixty-five years?” the reporter asked. Diane stared at her mother. “My grandmother is alive?” That one phone call hurled shock waves throughout the entire family.1955 – Anna Bergman Craine’s life changes in an instant when she commits a crime of passion and is sentenced to life in prison...
  • Tudo é rio by Carla Madeira

    Tudo é rio by Carla Madeira

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Por este livro passa um rio. Em sua correnteza, a obsessão de três personagens que não sabem desistir. Com uma narrativa profundamente sensível, Carla Madeira nos convida para uma aventura corajosa pela natureza humana, em toda a sua complexidade...
  • The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório

    The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Life under Brazil’s brutal “cordial racism” comes painfully alive in this novel of fathers and sons. How do you become the protagonist of your own life? For Pedro, it means searching for his murdered father in the objects he left behind―an archeology of affections...
  • Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes by M.R. Noble

    Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes by M.R. Noble

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Blindsided by an attack that destroys her home and blamed for murder, Karolina Dalca, a half-vampire, escapes, only to plunge into the magical societies from which she was sheltered.Betrayed by those around her, she abandons her dreams of becoming an investigator and flees, trusting only herself. Her police internship would never prove more useful...
  • Slow Brewing Tea by Randy Loubier

    Slow Brewing Tea by Randy Loubier

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Slow Brewing Tea is an epic spiritual adventure and a touching love story that will compel you to look deeper at your relationships with your God, your spouse and the path beneath your feet.Isaiah set off on a ten day motorcycle adventure in northern, rural Japan...
  • The Arbitrator by Max Nowaz

    The Arbitrator by Max Nowaz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    GREAT 5* REVIEWS on GOODREADS WAS THERE A PANG OF REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS? POSSIBLY, BUT WHAT CHOICE DID HE HAVE? HE HAD NO ROOM FOR WEAKNESS, IF HE WANTED TO SURVIVE. Jim Brown, formerly a highly successful, but ruthless, troubleshooting Administrator for the EPA, The Earth Policy Administration, was rotting in prison, dying of an incurable drug habit that he had acquired whilst in there...
  • Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fianc�e has committed suicide. Marlowe simply cannot accept the official verdict, and as anguish and rage replace the love he once felt, he is driven by a madness that forces him to question his own integrity while he hunts an elusive killer."Koch is an author who has his priorities in order...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  hard-boiled  mystery
  • Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya

    Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Murder on the Naval Base begins with a blurry account of a cold-blooded shooting of a couple, singled out while having dinner at an Officer's Club. The prime suspect is apprehended hours later while apparently attempting to flee the state...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan

    Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You're six years old. Mum's in hospital. Dad says she's 'done something stupid'. She finds it hard to be happy.So you start to make a list of everything that's brilliant about the world. Everything that's worth living for.1. Ice Cream2. Kung Fu Movies3. Burning Things4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose5. Construction cranes6. MeYou leave it on her pillow...
  • Hard Land by Benedict Wells

    Hard Land by Benedict Wells

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Missouri, 1985: Um vor den Problemen zu Hause zu fliehen, nimmt der fünfzehnjährige Sam einen Ferienjob in einem alten Kino an. Und einen magischen Sommer lang ist alles auf den Kopf gestellt. Er findet Freunde, verliebt sich und entdeckt die Geheimnisse seiner Heimatstadt. Zum ersten Mal ist er kein unscheinbarer Außenseiter mehr. Bis etwas passiert, das ihn zwingt, erwachsen zu werden...
  • Kurt by Sarah Kuttner

    Kurt by Sarah Kuttner

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Von der Suche nach Familie, der Sehnsucht nach dem richtigen Ort und darüber, dass nichts davon planbar ist"Ich bin mit zwei Kurts zusammengezogen. Einem ganzen Kurt und einem Halbtagskurt. Jana und Kurt haben sich entschieden, dass sie ihr Sorgerecht teilen, vor allem wenn Kurt schon extra aufs Land zieht...
  • Arminius and Thusnelda Versus Rome by Michael G. Kramer

    Arminius and Thusnelda Versus Rome by Michael G. Kramer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Emperor Augustus sent General Varus to complete the conquest by Rome of Germania. Instead of that happening, Armininius and Thunelda who were helped by some German warriors wiped out three entire Roman legions as well as all of their supporting units. Due to family jealousies and betrayal, Thusnelda was made a slave and her son called Thumelicus was made a gladiator who had some successes...
  • Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In 2554, the World is Coming to its End, unless an impossible mission through 600 years of time travel succeeds. Maternal instinct knows no boundaries, including the nano-neural-net intravenously installed in Dannia Weston's mind to repress her identity, allowing her to perform a mission 300 years before her time...
  • Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins

    Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Winner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours...
  • Africa's Child  (Dancing Soul Trilogy) by Maria Nhambu

    Africa's Child (Dancing Soul Trilogy) by Maria Nhambu

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the Foreword by Marian Wright Edelman Africa’s Child is an unforgettable and searingly personal book….In the face of repeated obstacles and injustices, Nhambu continued to analyze the world around her with wit and a sharp sense of humor...
  • UNDER THE BUS by Kyle Keyes

    UNDER THE BUS by Kyle Keyes

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Homicide detectives, Donde Clark and Juanito Lewis moved to Hobbs Creek just days before banker, Richard Ghetti was gunned down in the front room of his Lake Powhattan, water front cabin.Barbershop talk had it that divine providence played some part in transferring the two NYC lawmen from the Big Apple to this backwater town in South Jersey...
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    drama  epic  season-summer  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Feeling Lucky by M.S.M. Barkawitz

    Feeling Lucky by M.S.M. Barkawitz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some characters and situations are fictitious. Others are only too real in this modern-day thriller set amid the chaos of a global epidemic and a cultural uprising that set the world ablaze. She's Lucky one day-Jackie the next. Actress or con artist? Avenging angel or gold-digger? Hunter or prey? Straight or lesbian? Black Lives Matter activist? Only she knows the truth...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction
  • Appellate Judge by Behcet Kaya

    Appellate Judge by Behcet Kaya

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the swamps of the Florida panhandle, once again emerges private investigator Jack Ludefance, in a murder/mystery/thriller novel by award winning author Behcet Kaya, titled “Appellate Judge.” A key element in this case, in which readers are orbited into with a very subtle path of reasoning, revolves around a violin...
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    drama  epic  season-summer  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Uncovering Love by J.J. Sorel

    Uncovering Love by J.J. Sorel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    To escape an abusive ex, Scarlet Black takes on a new identity and accepts a role masquerading as an admin assistant. She moves to a secluded mansion in a small English coastal village working for the reclusive billionaire, Daniel Love, whose wife has disappeared under mysterious circumstances...
  • Problems at the Pub by Kirsten Fullmer

    Problems at the Pub by Kirsten Fullmer

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s another charming and madcap mystery! The enchanting tourist town of Sugar Mountain, NC is rewriting its tax codes, and no one knows why. Mayor Winslow is up to no good, and he doesn’t seem to care what happens to the local business owners; at least that’s how it feels to Monique Brewer, the local tavern owner...
  • Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko

    Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would YOU do?What would you do if you got away with murder? Would you stop there? Could you?Susie and Roy thought that they committed the perfect crime.Their planning was meticulous. Their execution was flawless. But, there is always a loose end, isn’t there? Always a singing bone.Now, while enemies multiply and suspicions abound, their perfect world begins to crumble...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  mystery  suspense
  • The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland

    The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young American, Rhiannon, to the Oxford University Summer School on the ancient Celts. Worried by a rhetoric of blood sacrifice, Mary and her operatives, Caroline, and Anna, attend a sacrifice at a sacred well. They discover that those who fail to individuate their gods become possessed by them...
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    drama  epic  fiction  contemporary  mystery
  • Paradise Lane by Ruth Hamilton

    Paradise Lane by Ruth Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A novel, set in the north-west of England, by the author of Billy London's Girls and Spinning Jenny. Young Sally leads a ragged and lonely existence in the shadow of Paradise Mill, whose corrupt, evil and greedy owner destroys his own family and then turns his venom on Sally and her friends...
  • Whisling Island Miracles by Julia Clemens

    Whisling Island Miracles by Julia Clemens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes all we need is a bit of a miracle. Join the women of Whisling as they find theirs...
  • A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere

    A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hours after a thoroughbred racehorse collapses and dies after finishing last in a race he was favored to win, his trainer—a young woman with a promising career—is found dead on a suburban Chicago beach. To the police, it's a simple case of murder-suicide. But Mike Hegan, veteran police detective, refuses to believe the official story...
  • The Well House III: The Redemption by M.S. Matassa

    The Well House III: The Redemption by M.S. Matassa

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Well House III: The Redemption: The ultimate evil now roams the earth in a human body in order to set up his kingdom and rule the world. The year is 2016, and Ben Carson has fallen into a deep depression because his son, Taylor, has been held hostage for more than a year and Ben is unable to save him. Disturbing dreams are back, which give Ben clues on how to defeat the evil power...
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    drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  urban-fantasy
  • Samantha's Revenge by Andrew R. Williams

    Samantha's Revenge by Andrew R. Williams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After changing shape several times, the ball eventually turned into a huge face. It floated alongside the air-car. This time, time instead of sending him mental message, the face spoke out aloud and the whole air-car vibrated with its intensity. "If you are foolish enough to renege on your contract, you will be severely punished. For your sake, I hope you wouldn't do such a thing...
  • The Lazarus Men by Christian Warren Freed

    The Lazarus Men by Christian Warren Freed

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It is the 23rd century. Humankind has reached the stars, building a tentative empire across a score of worlds. Earth’s central government rules weakly as several worlds continue their efforts toward independence. Shadow organizations hide in the midst of the political infighting. Their manifestations of power and influence are beholden only to the highest bidder...
  • A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer

    A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The full story of the three Indochina wars, told from both sides and including the plight of civilians caught up in the fighting. Of necessity, the politics of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, and the USA towards the push for independence and freedom by Vietnam and Laos are examined. The region known as Indochina is made up of the countries of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  historical  war
  • Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WITH MURDER IN COMMON FRIENDSHIP IS INEVITABLE. In the town of Hollow Creek, South Carolina two separate murders, fifteen years apart, unite fifteen-year-old Pleasant Day and sixty-year-old Clarissa Blackwell. As Pleasant Day struggles with her mother's distance, her father's infidelity and the death of her best friend, she draws closer to Clarissa, an older woman with the secrets to heal her...
  • Life for Life by J.K. Franko

    Life for Life by J.K. Franko

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What would YOU do if someone threatened your family?Roy Cruise and his pregnant wife Susie barely survived an assassination attempt in their own home. The police now have them under surveillance. Meanwhile, Kristy Wise is a loose cannon—she knows too much and is trying to “set things right.”What goes around comes around. And in this case, Roy and Susie may have pushed things too far...
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    drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  suspense
  • Making Hearts by Jack Getze

    Making Hearts by Jack Getze

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Interrupting the Soria family’s holiday feast, childish teenager Emily requires the hospital emergency room for an apparent attack of appendicitis. But a blunt nurse explains the truth: Emily is giving birth. The seventeen-year-old has tricked her mind and body into believing she isn’t pregnant, when the baby is full term and already being born...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  season-summer  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • অপেক্ষা by Humayun Ahmed

    অপেক্ষা by Humayun Ahmed

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    মানুষের জীবন কি চক্রের মত? চক্রের কোন শুরু নেই, শেষ নেই। মানব জীবনও কি তাই? রহস্যময় চক্রের ভেতর এই জীবন ঘুরপাক খেতে থাকে? শুরু নেই, শেষ নেই। চক্র ঘুরছে।এই চক্রের ভেতরে ঘুরপাক খেতে খেতে অপেক্ষা করে কেউ কেউ। কিংবা সকলেই কিসের...
  • The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity by J.B. Lion

    The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity by J.B. Lion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    fantasy graphic fiction...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  fantasy  book  adult
  • A Good Life by Virginie Grimaldi, Hildegarde Serle

    A Good Life by Virginie Grimaldi, Hildegarde Serle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Laughter, tears, the transformative power of love, unexpected revelations, and striking natural these are the ingredients that combine to make best-selling author Virginie Grimaldi’s English debut the feel-good read of 2024. Grimaldi is among France’s top ten contemporary authors and her uplifting, unputdownable literary novels have quickly garnered her millions of adoring fans...
  • Rost by Jakub Małecki

    Rost by Jakub Małecki

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    2002 sterben die Eltern des siebenjährigen Szymek auf ihrem Rückweg in das kleine Dorf Cholny bei einem Autounfall. Sein Leben vor diesem Ereignis kippt in eine ihm scheinbar unerreichbare Vergangenheit...
  • Alte Sorten by Ewald Arenz

    Alte Sorten by Ewald Arenz

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sally und Liss: zwei Frauen, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Sally, kurz vor dem Abitur, will einfach in Ruhe gelassen werden. Sie ist wütend auf alles, hasst alles: Angebote, Vorschriften, Regeln, Erwachsene. Fragen hasst sie am meisten, vor allem nach ihrem Aussehen.Liss bewirtschaftet allein einen Hof zwischen Weinbergen und Feldern...
  • Perfect by Tricia Copeland

    Perfect by Tricia Copeland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One driven woman. Five passionate paths to the perfect love.Chloe refuses to compromise when it comes to romance and success. Powering through her sophomore-level college business classes, she’s done with the effort of distance-dating her high-school sweetheart...
  • All of Me by Kevine Walcott

    All of Me by Kevine Walcott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kevine Walcott's 'All of Me' is a holistic, boundless collection of poetry that puts life under a microscope and compels readers to examine every facet of their existence. From relationships and mother earth to intimacy, what it means to belong to a country and everything else in between, Walcott weaves together a beautiful tapestry of humanity...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • Double Exposition by Jerica MacMillan

    Double Exposition by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A former boyband star gets a little musical education from a sexy violinist. Will they stay in different keys or find a way to play in tune? The first time I saw her I knew I wanted her. And when she talked music with me? I didn’t stand a chance. When she found out my secret past—that I used to be a famous pop star—I expected her to fangirl all over me...
  • The Missionary by Rowena Kinread

    The Missionary by Rowena Kinread

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Patricius, a young man of Britannia, is taken from his home and family when Gaelic pirates attack his village. On his arrival in Ireland, he is sold as a slave to the cruel underking of the Dalriada tribe in the north. Six years later, Patricius manages to escape. His journey takes him through France to Ravenna in Italy...
  • Frankie the Ferret by Kimberley Paterson

    Frankie the Ferret by Kimberley Paterson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Do you have a pet? Maybe a dog, or a cat, or a gold fish? Lots of people do, but not many people have a pet like Frankie the Ferret...
  • Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell by Harry F. MacDonald

    Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell by Harry F. MacDonald

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Forget everything you thought you knew about the world’s greatest lover…History records that Casanova completed the twelve volumes of his memoirs and settled in Castle Dux in Bohemia to live out his senior years in a disgraceful and largely undeserved style...
  • Proud Pada by S.G. Blaise

    Proud Pada by S.G. Blaise

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lilla is on her next mission as a Sybil,when she must travel to the Pada world following the trail of a ruthless murderer.Navigating deadly politics turns increasingly difficult,when the Teryn emperor goes missing.Now the Teryn empire is heading towards civil war,and Lilla must uncover who is behind the conspiracy before it's too late.Unfortunately her success depends on the Proud Pada...
  • Quedará el amor by Alice Kellen

    Quedará el amor by Alice Kellen

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    El sol baña los acantilados y las aguas turquesas del mar de Cornualles cuando Jane Bellamy y Cedric Stone se conocen en el verano de 1939. No están destinados a ser una ecuación perfecta, pero son jóvenes y el amor lo arrolla todo a su paso. Así que esta historia comienza como otras muchas: él y ella se enamoran. Hay primeras palabras, primeras miradas y primeros besos. Y luego nada...
  • Véspera by Carla Madeira

    Véspera by Carla Madeira

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Novo romance da autora do fenômeno Tudo é rio, Véspera retoma a escrita brilhante e contagiante de Carla Madeira, que desperta todo tipo de emoção no leitor. Carla Madeira cria personagens que parecem estar vivos diante de nós. As emoções que sentem são palpáveis e suas reações, autênticas. Temos a sensação de conhecê-los de perto, inclusive as contradições e os pontos cegos...
  • Los nombres propios by Marta Jiménez Serrano

    Los nombres propios by Marta Jiménez Serrano

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ¿Quién es Belaundia Fu? Es la mejor amiga de Marta a los siete años: la amiga invisible que, en esos momentos en que las cosas no salen como había planeado y ni siquiera la abuela es capaz de consolarla, se sienta con ella y espera hasta que se le pase...
  • Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    No girl ever forgets her first love...No one knows that better than Emely Winter. It's been seven years since she last saw the man with the turquoise eyes, Elyas Schwarz?the embodiment of everything mothers warn their daughters about. Good-looking, charming, and with a hint of arrogance, Elyas is back in Emely's life and driving her crazy...
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