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Eve's Daughters by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYearning for love and dignity, four generations of women must come to grips with the choices they've made--and those their mothers made before them. But breaking the cycle that has ensnared them over the decades will prove more difficult than they had ever imagined....Eighty-year-old Emma Bauer has carefully guarded a dark secret for more than fifty years... -
![The Girl From the Island by Lorna Cook]()
The Girl From the Island by Lorna Cook
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA world at war.One woman will risk everything.Another will uncover her story.1940: When the island of Guernsey is invaded by the Nazis, two sisters are determined to rebel in any way they can. But when forced to take in a German soldier, they are shocked to find a familiar face on their doorstep – a childhood friend who has now become their enemy...Categorized as:
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Warsaw Requiem by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHaving overrun Czechoslovakia, the iron baton of Hitler's Third Reich is poised to orchestrate a requiem for Warsaw. Foreshadowing an international nightmare the world will never forget, millions are imperiled, destined to be caught and crushed in the Führer's grasp...Categorized as:
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![For All Their Lives by Fern Michaels]()
For All Their Lives by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the wildly beloved bestselling author Fern Michaels, a haunting portrait of love and war—and the passionate woman swept into an epic of desire, heartbreak, and destiny. Casey Adams, a dedicated nurse, loses her heart overseas to idealistic officer Mac Carlin, the rebellious scion of a wealthy family. Then tragedy strikes... -
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![Return to the Island by Kate Hewitt]()
Return to the Island by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat would her life look like without her beloved island in it? Where would she go? Ellen had come back here—to the place she felt she belonged—thinking she would stay here. But was it home… or just a place to hide?1918, Canada: The First World War is over and those who have been fighting in Europe are heading for home, forever changed... -
![Luz En Sion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Luz En Sion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 4 in The Zion Chronicles series. Set in April 1948 on the eve of the British evacuation of Palestine... -
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The Key to Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fifth book in THE ZION CHRONICLES, The Key to Zion opens with the British in the final stages of their military evacuation from Palestine. Haj Amin Husseini and the Arab Palestinians have been impatiently awaiting this day, but their power has gradually eroded... -
![El Regreso a Sion: Cronicas III = Return to Zion-Zion Ch 03 by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
El Regreso a Sion: Cronicas III = Return to Zion-Zion Ch 03 by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first two books in THE ZION CHRONICLES, The Gates of Zion and its sequel, A Daughter of Zion, graphically portrayed the courage and hope of the Jewish people streaming into Israel after the Holocaust. The drama of history and the heart-stopping life-and-death struggle of a nation are captured by bestselling author Bodie Thoene in the lives of the people who live on these pages...Categorized as:
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Hija de Sion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSecond in The Zion Chronicles, this is the story of Rachel, a returning Jewess whose secret past is uncovered. Met with disdain and left in despair, Rachel's story is full of fast-paced action...Categorized as:
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![A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon]()
A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes the saga of a young woman who dares to chart her own destiny in life and love during the American Revolutionary War.In 1760, Deborah Samson is born to Puritan parents in Plympton, Massachusetts. When her father abandons the family and her mother is unable to support them, Deborah is bound out as an indentured servant... -
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Jerusalem Interlude by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor Jews in prewar Europe, the terrifying truth is uncovered: Truly they have no place to go. Escape or perish, but escape to where? As Central Europe is taken over by the Nazis under celebrated headlines of Peace in Our Times, hundreds of thousands pay the price for Hitler's international deception.In Jerusalem Interlude, Leah and Shimon Feldstein finally reach the Promised Land...Categorized as:
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![Munich Signature by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Munich Signature by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Prague Counterpoint, Elisa Murphy and Leah Feldstein risked everything to stand against the tide of Nazi terrorism and to buy a chance at life for two small boys. When Elisa is at last reunited with Murphy, the danger is past for the small Charles...Categorized as:
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![Half in Shadow by Gemma Liviero]()
Half in Shadow by Gemma Liviero
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of In a Field of Blue comes an unforgettable novel about courage, love, and consequences at the dawn of World War I.1915. In German-occupied Belgium, a tragic loss forces Josephine Descharmes to navigate dangerous new territory. By day it’s compliance, serving German officers at the Hotel Métropole... -
![Mermaid in a Bowl of Tears by Cindy Brandner]()
Mermaid in a Bowl of Tears by Cindy Brandner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe long awaited sequel to 'Exit Unicorns' opens in the autumn of 1969. Casey and Pamela Riordan have fled the erupting violence of Belfast, Northern Ireland, only to find themselves tangled in the web of political corruption that permeates South Boston. Here, a man's life can hang upon the whim of another, and neighborhood politics and organized crime are one and the same... -
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![BLACK by Joan Vassar]()
BLACK by Joan Vassar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn August 1831, Nat Turner leads a group of escaped slaves in a rebellion that rocks the South. The revolt comes to a quick and violent end. In November, Nat is publicly hanged, and as his body swings, a false sense of peace washes over Jerusalem, Virginia. Unbeknownst to the world, on the day Nat Turner dies, his son, Nat Hope Turner, is born... -
![Of Windmills and War by Diane Moody]()
Of Windmills and War by Diane Moody
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs' chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home...Categorized as:
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![The Wood's Edge by Lori Benton]()
The Wood's Edge by Lori Benton
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAt the wood's edge cultures collide. Can two families survive the impact?The 1757 New York frontier is home to the Oneida tribe and to British colonists, yet their feet rarely walk the same paths.On the day Fort William Henry falls, Major Reginald Aubrey is beside himself with grief. His son, born that day, has died in the arms of his sleeping wife... -
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Set the Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes, Shiromi Arserio
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReeling from the loss of her parents, Lucie Clairmont discovers an artifact under the floorboards of their London flat, leading her to an old seaside estate. Aided by her childhood friend Dashel, a renowned forensic astronomer, they start to unravel a history of heartbreak, sacrifice, and love begun 200 years prior--one that may offer the healing each seeks... -
![Tabitha by Vikki Kestell]()
Tabitha by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTabitha : Girls from the Mountain | Book 1 Available November 2, 2015. From the author of the groundbreaking series, A Prairie Heritage , comes the compelling story of fiery-haired, fiery-tempered Tabitha Hale. Rescued from a life of depravity, Tabitha gives her heart to God and her life to nursing... -
![London Refrain by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
London Refrain by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEngland teeters on the brink of war. It’s no longer a question of if. It’s a matter of when. In the dark fall of 1939, the hopes of the Polish people fade as Nazi bombers strafe the beloved city of Warsaw. Politicians debate while hundreds stand in lines at the British Embassy, desperate to flee the country before Hitler’s ground forces arrive...Categorized as:
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![Rumors of War by Dean Hughes]()
Rumors of War by Dean Hughes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe elders could see nothing but smoke until they turned the corner onto the street where the fire was. And then, both of them stopped. "The synagogue!" Elder Thomas said. It had never occurred to him that anyone - even the Nazis - would do such a thing.Elder Thomas got his camera out...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor]()
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA heart-breaking, heart-warming historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Austria, and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jewish families. For readers of The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, and Sarah's Key.Austria, 1938.Kristoff is a young apprentice to a master Jewish stamp engraver... -
![Like Flames in the Night by Connilyn Cossette]()
Like Flames in the Night by Connilyn Cossette
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsStrong-willed Tirzah wants to join her people in driving the enemy from the land of Israel and undergoes training for a secret mission inside the stronghold of Shechem. But soon after she has infiltrated the ruthless Aramean commander's kitchen, she makes a reckless decision that puts her and her allies in grave danger...Categorized as:
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![So Pure a Heart by Amber Lynn Perry]()
So Pure a Heart by Amber Lynn Perry
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince the night her dear uncle gave his life for hers, Hannah Young is determined to risk everything by spying for the Patriots in order to seek retribution against the British soldier who killed him. But when her former love, Joseph Wythe, insists on ensuring her safety, she must decide if the vengeance she seeks is worth the danger of his nearness... -
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![My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost Love by Amanda Barratt]()
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost Love by Amanda Barratt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA staggering love illuminating the dark corners of a Nazi prison Renowned German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is famous for his resistance to the Nazi regime and for his allegiance to God over government. But what few realize is that the last years of his life also held a love story that rivals any romance novel. Maria von Wedemeyer knows the realities of war... -
![The Woodcutter's Wife by David Johnson]()
The Woodcutter's Wife by David Johnson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSet against the backdrop of the Civil War comes a tale of love lost and found. Mary Thomson is no ordinary woman. She works alongside her husband William cutting firewood to sell in the city, earning the nickname “The Woodcutter’s Wife.” She kills a bear with her bare hands. And she prefers plowing a field to cooking a meal... -
![Christmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander]()
Christmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Christmas novella to launch a brand new three-book series . . . The Carnton Novels Amid war and the fading dream of the Confederacy, a wounded soldier and a destitute widow discover the true meaning of Christmas - and of sacrificial love. Recently widowed, Aletta Prescott struggles to hold life together for herself and her six-year old son... -
![Children of the Promise, Vol. 3: Far From Home by Dean Hughes]()
Children of the Promise, Vol. 3: Far From Home by Dean Hughes
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"All right. Let's go." Alex saw the terror in Howie's eyes as he took off before Alex could. Howie ran hard, angling back and forth only a little, mostly just getting as far away as fast as he could. Alex was a faster runner, and he could make a few more zings and zags in his path and still keep up. For a time it all seemed unnecessary...Categorized as:
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![The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances by Andy Andrews]()
The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances by Andy Andrews
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"With the skill of a virtuoso, Andy Andrews continues his string of successful writing performances in his latest entertaining masterpiece. The plot, characters, and storyline combine to summon the reader into an unforgettable experience." Robert Silvers Executive Publisher, "The Saturday Evening Post" "At the Maui Writers Conference, we have had the best . . -
![Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel]()
Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen two Union soldiers stumble onto a plantation in northern Georgia on a warm May day in 1864, the last thing they expect is to see the Union flag flying high—or to be greeted by a group of freed slaves and their Jewish mistress. Little do they know that this place has an unusual history... -
![Quinn: Cowboy Risk by Kathleen Ball]()
Quinn: Cowboy Risk by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christian Historical Western Romance Quinn Kavanagh is never going to risk his heart again. In fact, he doesn't think he has a heart anymore. Everything he thought to be true wasn't and now he is traveling trying to find a place where he fits. Heaven Burke is about to be shot when Quinn arrives. He saves her then and again later that day in a shootout...Categorized as:
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![The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson]()
The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom enchanting cliff tops and white sandy bays to the pretty cobbled streets of St Helier, Jersey is known as the land of milk and honey. But for best friends Bea Rose, the local postwoman, and Grace Le Motte, who works in the island's only library, it becomes the frontline to everyday resistance when their beloved island is occupied by German forces in 1940... -
![Never Say Duke by Erica Ridley]()
Never Say Duke by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYes, Virginia, there is a Viscount…Miss Virginia Underwood cannot resist rescuing a stray. Her latest find turns out to be a surly, reclusive war hero trying to recover from his wounds in peace. He doesn't want her help—and Virginia definitely doesn't want to fall in love...Categorized as:
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![Love Comes Home by Ann H. Gabhart]()
Love Comes Home by Ann H. Gabhart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWorld War II is finally over and the people of Rosey Corner are busy welcoming the boys home. The Merritt sisters in particular are looking toward the future. Kate is eager to start a family and live out her dream of happily ever after with Jay. Evangeline wants a beautiful house and encourages Mike to pastor a big-town church... -
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![Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green]()
Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe daughter of a Mohawk mother and French father in 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval finds it is easier to remain neutral in a world that is tearing itself apart. Content to trade with both the French and the British, Catherine is pulled into the fray against her wishes when her British ex- fiance, Samuel Crane, is taken prisoner by her father... -
![Whispers From Yesterday by Robin Lee Hatcher]()
Whispers From Yesterday by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollowing her father's death and her own attempted suicide, pampered socialite Karen Butler reluctantly seeks refuge at the home of Sophia Taylor, the grandmother she has never known. Determined to escape Sophia's broken-down ranch as soon as she can, Karen resists connecting with its inhabitants - especially Dusty Stoddard, the driven director of the Golden T's summer camp for at-risk youth... -
![Engraved on the Heart by Tara Johnson]()
Engraved on the Heart by Tara Johnson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReluctant debutante Keziah Montgomery lives beneath the weighty expectations of her staunch Confederate family, forced to keep her epilepsy secret for fear of a scandal. As the tensions of the Civil War arrive on their doorstep in Savannah, Keziah sees little cause for balls and courting...Categorized as:
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![Daughters of Warsaw by Maria Frances]()
Daughters of Warsaw by Maria Frances
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn emotional World War Two time-slip of one woman’s inspiring, dangerous and courageous undertaking in the Warsaw ghetto. In a world torn apart by war, she’ll risk her life to save them. 1942, Warsaw Young Sofia finds herself leading a double life when she is enlisted to help the fearless Irena Sendler save hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto... -
![The Other Side Of Paradise: An epic and moving love story under the shadow of war by Margaret Mayhew]()
The Other Side Of Paradise: An epic and moving love story under the shadow of war by Margaret Mayhew
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe lived only for pleasure...until war forced her to find courage she did not know she had, and love where she least expected it. It is 1941, and while Britain is in the grip of war, life in the Far East is one of wealth and privilege...Categorized as:
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![Leaving Independence by Leanne W. Smith]()
Leaving Independence by Leanne W. Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbigail Baldwyn might not be a widow after all.…Ever since she received word that her husband, Robert, was killed in the Civil War, Abigail has struggled to keep her Tennessee home and family together. Then a letter arrives claiming that Robert isn’t dead, yet he has no plans to return...Categorized as:
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![From Dust and Ashes: A Story of Liberation by Tricia Goyer]()
From Dust and Ashes: A Story of Liberation by Tricia Goyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt is 1945, and a group of American soldiers liberate a Nazi concentration camp. Helene is the abandoned wife of an SS guard who has fled to avoid arrest. Overcome by guilt, she begins to help meet the needs of survivors. Throughout the process, she finds her own liberation--from spiritual bondage, sin, and guilt... -
![Burning Sky: A Novel of the American Frontier by Lori Benton]()
Burning Sky: A Novel of the American Frontier by Lori Benton
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I remember the borders of our land, though I have been gone from them nearly half the moons of my life. But who there will remember me? What I have seen, what I have done, it has changed me.I am the place where two rivers meet, silted with upheaval and loss.Yet memory of our land is a clear stream. I shall know it as a mother knows the faces of her children. It may be I will find me there...Categorized as:
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![The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham]()
The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshley Dougall has a terminal disease and forgiveness is the only cure. Ashley Dougall’s father stole her innocence, her selfish fiancé stole her heart, and unforgiveness is slowly stealing her life. Drawn by the desire to help others, she tries to escape haunting memories and enlists her services as a nurse in war-torn Europe... -
![A Wing and a Prayer by Julie Lessman]()
A Wing and a Prayer by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s dead-set on giving everything to the war overseas…Even if it means losing everything in a war of the heart.A street orphan abused and abandoned by an alcoholic father at age five, Gabriella (Gabe) O’Connor has never let a man stand in her way yet...Categorized as:
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![So Rare a Gift by Amber Lynn Perry]()
So Rare a Gift by Amber Lynn Perry
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEscape is Anna Rone’s only option. Never again will she be trapped in a loveless marriage. A new life in America means safety—and discovering the truth behind her beloved brother’s death. But when she is nearly captured and forced to return to England, her vow to never marry for anything but love is forgotten when she must marry for protection... -
![As Dawn Breaks by Kate Breslin]()
As Dawn Breaks by Kate Breslin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMunitions worker Rosalind Graham longs to choose her own life and escape her guardian's manipulations. On Rose's last day at the Chilwell factory, co-worker Tilly Lockhart plans a farewell party and the two exchange IDs so Rose can await Tilly at her flat. But the factory explodes, killing hundreds, including Tilly. Realizing the world thinks she is dead, Rose sees her chance to escape...Categorized as:
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![Friends and Enemies by Terri Wangard]()
Friends and Enemies by Terri Wangard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristian Historical Romance set in World War 2 In 1943, widowed seamstress Heidi Wetzel finds new meaning in life by caring for evacuated children on a rural farm in war-torn western Germany. Never a supporter of National Socialism, she takes pleasure in passive resistance, but must exercise caution around neighbors who delight in reporting to the Gestapo... -
![Battered Souls by Kathleen Ball]()
Battered Souls by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the aftermath of the Civil War so many people struggled to put their lives back together. Iris Sands travels from Virginia to Texas as a Mail-Order Bride. When she arrives in Sweet Water she finds that the man who sent for her died. The Union Soldiers thought her to be a new saloon girl and thought to get to her first before she started working... -
![The Secret Keepers by Genevieve Graham]()
The Secret Keepers by Genevieve Graham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwin sisters Dot and Dash Wilson share many things: a birthday, a best friend named Gus, and a secret shorthand based on Morse code, a language their father, a WWI veteran, taught them as children. But that’s where their similarities end. While Dot’s nose is always in a book, preferably the latest by Agatha Christie, Dash is a social butterfly and spends her evenings out dancing... -
![Margaret's Story by Eugenia Price]()
Margaret's Story by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Seminole uprisings to the Civil War, they fought for their beloved plantation, their family, and their faith. . . Margaret Seton had loved the handsome young widower long before she become Lewis Fleming's bride. Together they would rebuild Hibernia on the St. Johns River in northern Florida, and fill it to overflowing with laughter and tears of their large, close-knit family...
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