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Lampedusa
- By: Steven Price
- Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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In the Sicily of the ’50s, still haunted by memories of Fascism and the war, Giuseppe Tomasi, the last Prince of Lampedusa, struggles to complete the novel that will be his lasting legacy, The Leopard. In 1943, an Allied bomb destroyed the Lampedusa palace in Palermo; in 1955, Giuseppe Tomasi...
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Lampedusa
- Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 13-11-24
- Language: English
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My Beloved Life
- By: Amitava Kumar
- Narrated by: Amitava Kumar
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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'This profound book is full of lives whose beauty lies in the wholeness of their telling.' – Salman Rushdie 'Kumar's late father’s life breaks like a slowly cresting wave over the sad and joyful ground of this story . . . Always deeply human; the heart is everywhere in these pages...
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My Beloved Life
- Narrated by: Amitava Kumar
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-09-24
- Language: English
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The Vitals
- By: Tracy Sorensen
- Narrated by: Victoria Graves
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Deep inside Tracy's body live the organs of the peritoneal cavity. Ute, a wandering womb. Rage, an existential spleen. Gaster, a gleeful gorger. Liv, a workaholic liver. But there is also Baby, an ever-growing tumour, and Baby's child Bunny, whose cells are multiplying alarmingly. Together, the...
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The Vitals
- Narrated by: Victoria Graves
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 25-07-23
- Language: English
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A Little Trickerie
- Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025
- By: Rosanna Pike
- Narrated by: Laura Aikman
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance63
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Brought to you by Penguin. Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world is no sweet place for people like us." Born a vagabond, Tibb Ingleby has never had a roof of her own. But her mother has taught her that if you're not too bound by the...
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Wonderful!
- By Anonymous on 13-01-26
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A Little Trickerie
- Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025
- Narrated by: Laura Aikman
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-08-24
- Language: English
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Mort à crédit
- By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Narrated by: Denis Podalydès
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Un roman foisonnant où Céline raconte son enfance et sa jeunesse : "C'est sur ce quai-là, au 18, que mes bons parents firent de bien tristes affaires pendant l'hiver 92, ça nous remet loin. C'était un magasin de "Modes, fleurs et plumes". Y avait en tout comme modèles que trois chapeaux, dans une seule vitrine, on me l'a souvent raconté. La Seine a gelé cette année-là. Je suis né en mai. C'est moi le printemps."
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Mort à crédit
- Narrated by: Denis Podalydès
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 29-01-21
- Language: French
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The Smallest Man
- By: Frances Quinn
- Narrated by: Alex Wingfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance114
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Story114
‘I want you to remember something, Nat. You’re small on the outside. But inside you’re as big as everyone else. You show people that and you won’t go far wrong in life.’ A compelling story perfect for fans of The Doll Factory, The Illumination of Ursula Flight and The Familiars. My...
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Enjoyable and absorbing with excellent narrator
- By Lulabelle on 17-04-21
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The Smallest Man
- Narrated by: Alex Wingfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-01-21
- Language: English
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The Provincial Lady in America
- Provincial Lady, Book 3
- By: E. M. Delafield
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance25
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No one could have been more surprised than our Provincial Lady to receive an invitation from her American agent to travel transatlantic and embark upon a programme of lectures and signings. She was particularly amazed because, having received an overture sometime before and feeling that she would rather stay in the English countryside, she requested that they meet quite a few ‘requirements’ before she would agree to go. They met every stipulation. ‘
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Excellent
- By Amazon Customer on 01-09-18
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The Provincial Lady in America
- Provincial Lady, Book 3
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Series: The Provincial Lady, Book 3
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 25-08-18
- Language: English
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Lady Clementine
- A Novel
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance19
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In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.
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Very interesting novel
- By Asil Hindi on 29-03-26
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Lady Clementine
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-01-20
- Language: English
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Candleford Green
- By: Flora Thompson
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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Performance26
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Now in her early teens, Laura moves to the village of Candleford Green to work in the post office under the tutelage of her cousin Dorcas Lane, and grow into womanhood. In Candleford Green, new ideas and new ways are coming in from the outside world, from Dorcas' famous telegraph machine to the scandalous sight of ladies riding bicycles. There are also new people entering Laura's life: the curmudgeonly old servant Zillah, the grand Sir Thomas, the Irish Harvesters and the ardent young gamekeeper Philip White.
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Nostalgia without the rose tinted glasses
- By Theresa on 01-12-23
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Candleford Green
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Series: Lark Rise to Candleford, Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-10-19
- Language: English
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Claudius the God
- By: Robert Graves
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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Overall322
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Performance269
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Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel to I, Claudius gives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history. Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He recounts his surprisingly successful rule; how he cultivates the loyalty of the army to repair the damage caused by his nephew Caligula; his friendship with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain.
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Abridged, unfortunately, otherwise impeccable.
- By Mary Carnegie on 12-04-16
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Claudius the God
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 11-06-09
- Language: English
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Song of the Samurai
- By: C.A. Parker
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Japan, 1745, is a land under the iron grip of the Tokugawa shoguns. Roads are monitored, dissent stifled, and order maintained through blackmail and an extensive network of informers. Amid rumors of rebellion, Kurosawa Kinko—samurai and monk—is expelled in disgrace as the head music instructor of his Zen temple in Nagasaki. He begins an odyssey across Japan, dogged by agents and assassins from an unknown foe. Along his journey, Kinko encounters a compelling cast of merchants, ronin, courtesans, spies, warriors, hermits, and spirits, on a quest to redeem his honor.
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Song of the Samurai
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 20-08-24
- Language: English
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Ramses
- The Son Of Light
- By: Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney - Translator
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance35
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An epic re-creation of the exhilarating and mysterious time when the Sun King ruled Egypt, Ramses, the Son of Light, has become the rage in France. With over two million copies sold, it is the greatest publishing phenomenon to hit the shelves there in 20 years. Rameses is only 14 when his father, the Pharaoh Seti, begins testing his true mettle. Being the younger of two sons, the proud Ramses has a problem with being relegated to second place.
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Great series
- By Lise brown on 26-05-18
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Ramses
- The Son Of Light
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Series: Ramses, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 24-10-08
- Language: English
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Running in the Family
- By: Michael Ondaatje
- Narrated by: Michael Ondaatje
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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Overall24
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Performance21
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In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India", Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.
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Evocative, sad and elusive search for Family
- By Earnest on 30-07-18
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Running in the Family
- Narrated by: Michael Ondaatje
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 28-11-17
- Language: English
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The Diary of a Nobody
- By: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall236
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Performance196
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The Diary of Nobody (1892) created a cultural icon, an English archetype. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter has come to epitomize English suburban life. His diary chronicles encounters with difficult tradesmen, the delights of home improvements, small parties, minor embarrassments, and problems with his troublesome son. The suburban world he inhabits is hilariously and painfully familiar in its small-mindedness and its essential decency.
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An utter delight
- By Ed Newsome on 31-12-10
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The Diary of a Nobody
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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The Fortune Men
- Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
- By: Nadifa Mohamed
- Narrated by: Hugh Quarshie
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall205
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Performance185
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Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 & THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021 Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. He is a father, chancer, some-time petty thief. He...
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Fantastic novel, poor narration
- By Gareth on 04-10-21
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The Fortune Men
- Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
- Narrated by: Hugh Quarshie
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 27-05-21
- Language: English
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Mary - Tudor Princess
- By: Tony Riches
- Narrated by: Ruth Redman
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance31
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Story31
Mary Tudor watches her elder brother become King of England and wonders what the future holds for her. Born into great privilege, Mary has beauty and intelligence beyond her years and is the most marriageable princess in Europe. Henry plans to use her marriage to build a powerful alliance against his enemies. Will she dare risk his anger by marrying for love? Meticulously researched and based on actual events, this 'sequel' follows Mary's story from book three of the Tudor Trilogy and is set during the reign of King Henry VIII.
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Excellent story, very well presented
- By wilmacan on 27-08-20
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Mary - Tudor Princess
- Narrated by: Ruth Redman
- Series: The Brandon Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-07-18
- Language: English
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Mr. Emerson's Wife
- By: Amy Belding Brown
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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Overall59
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Performance55
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In this novel about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wife, Lidian, Amy Belding Brown examines the emotional landscape of love and marriage. Living in the shadow of one of the most famous men of her time, Lidian becomes deeply disappointed by marriage, but consigned to public silence by social conventions and concern for her family’s reputation. Drawn to the erotic energy and intellect of close family friend Henry David Thoreau, she struggles to negotiate the confusing territory between love and friendship while maintaining her moral authority and inner strength.
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Captured my interest all the way through
- By Lynda on 19-11-20
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Mr. Emerson's Wife
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-11-20
- Language: English
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Shadowplay
- By: Joseph O'Connor
- Narrated by: Barry McGovern, Anna Chancellor
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
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Overall489
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Performance437
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Three extraordinary people begin their life together. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Bram is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration.
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A joy of a read, from start to end.
- By Ali G on 02-08-19
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Shadowplay
- Narrated by: Barry McGovern, Anna Chancellor
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-06-19
- Language: English
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Nineteen Steps
- By: Millie Bobby Brown
- Narrated by: Millie Bobby Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Overall98
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Performance95
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London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry air raid warden Billy, the boy next door who’s always been sweet on her. The arrival of Ray, a handsome American airman stationed nearby, causes Nellie to question everything she thought she knew about her future. Nellie’s newfound happiness is short-lived when a tragic accident occurs during an air raid.
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I can’t stand to hear anymore
- By Lexie Sherwin on 13-10-23
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Nineteen Steps
- Narrated by: Millie Bobby Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-09-23
- Language: English
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The Lady Elizabeth
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
- Length: 19 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance41
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The towering capricious figure of Henry VIII dominates Elizabeth's childhood, but others play powerful roles: Mary, first a loving sister, then as queen a lethal threat; Edward, the rigid and sad little King; Thomas Seymour, the Lord High Admiral, whose ambitions, both political and sexual, are...
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Again...again!
- By GalePettifer on 03-06-09
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The Lady Elizabeth
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
- Length: 19 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-04-09
- Language: English
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