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Naipaul, V.S. Half a Life Vintage International 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1189204. ISBN #037570728X / 9780375707285. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naipaul, V.S. Half a Life Vintage International 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1189204. ISBN #037570728X / 9780375707285. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a narrative that moves with dreamlike swiftness from India to England to Africa, Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul has produced his finest novel to date, a bleakly resonant study of the fraudulent bargains that make up an identity. The son of a Brahmin ascetic and his lower-caste wife, Willie Chandran grows up sensing the hollowness at the core of his father's self-denial and vowing to live more authentically. That search takes him to the immigrant and literary bohemias of 1950s London, to a facile and unsatisfying career as a writer, and at last to a decaying Portugese colony in East Africa, where he finds a happiness he will then be compelled to betray. Brilliantly orchestrated, at once elegiac and devastating in its portraits of colonial grandeur and pretension, Half a Life represents the pinnacle of Naipaul's career.
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Nair, Anita Ladies Coupe: A Novel St. Martin's Griffin 2004 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1181479. ISBN #0312320876 / 9780312320874. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Nair, Anita The Lilac House St. Martin's Griffin 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1157425. ISBN #031260677X / 9780312606770. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naivo Beyond The Rice Fields Restless Books 2017 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1205981. ISBN #1632061317 / 9781632061317. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Narayan, R.K. Under the Banyan Tree King Penguin 1985 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1157953. ISBN #0140080120 / 9780140080124. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Nash, Jennie The Last Beach Bungalow Berkley 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087720. ISBN #0425219275 / 9780425219270. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Nash, Jennie The Last Beach Bungalow Berkley 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087720. ISBN #0425219275 / 9780425219270. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A poignant novel about a woman who survives breast cancer, only to struggle with what comes next: living. After five cancer-free years, April Newton should be celebrating, but instead she's restless. She feels her husband slipping away, and though the spectacular, stylish house he's building for her should be a fresh start, April finds herself wanting something more. As their move-in date approaches, she becomes obsessed with winning the right to buy the last bungalow in Redondo Beach, convinced that the quirky, lived-in little house represents comfort, completeness-everything she is missing in her life. And though her quest for the bungalow will take some surprising twists, it may put back together the pieces of her heart.
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Nash, Ogden Good Intentions Little, Brown & Company 1942 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Slight lean to spine. Some Staining. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1206116. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naslund, Sena Jeter Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer William Morrow 1999 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084597. ISBN #0688171877 / 9780688171872. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naslund, Sena Jeter Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer William Morrow 1999 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084597. ISBN #0688171877 / 9780688171872. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary ""Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last." " This is destined to be remembered as one of the most-recognized first sentences in literature--along with "Call me Ishmael." Sena Jeter Naslund has created an entirely new universe with a transcendent heroine at its center who will be every bit as memorable as Captain Ahab. "Ahab's Wife" is a novel on a grand scale that can legitimately be called a masterpiece: beautifully written, filled with humanity and wisdom, rich in historical detail, authentic and evocative. Melville's spirit informs every page of her tour de force. Una Spenser's marriage to Captain Ahab is certainly a crucial element in the narrative of "Ahab's Wife," but the story covers vastly more territory. After a spellbinding opening scene, the tale flashes back to Una's childhood in Kentucky; her idyllic adolescence with her aunt and uncle's family at a lighthouse near New Bedford; her adventures disguised as a cabin boy on a whaling ship; her first marriage to a fellow survivor who descends into violent madness; courtship and marriage to Ahab; life as mother and a rich captain's wife in Nantucket; involvement with Frederick Douglass; and a man who is in Nantucket researching his novel about his adventures on her ex-husband's ship. "Ahab's Wife" is a breathtaking, magnificent, and uplifting story of one woman's spiritual journey, informed by the spirit of the greatest American novel, but taking it beyond tragedy to redemptive triumph. ""Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last." " This is destined to be remembered as one of the most-recognized first sentences in literature--along with "Call me Ishmael." Sena Jeter Naslund has created anentirely new universe with a transcendent heroine at its center who will be every bit as memorable as Captain Ahab. "Ahab's Wife" is a novel on a grand scale that can legitimately be called a masterpiece: beautifully written, filled with humanity and wisdom, rich in historical detail, authentic and evocative. Melville's spirit informs every page of her tour de force. Una Spenser's marriage to Captain Ahab is certainly a crucial element in the narrative of "Ahab's Wife," but the story covers vastly more territory. After a spellbinding opening scene, the tale flashes back to Una's childhood in Kentucky; her idyllic adolescence with her aunt and uncle's family at a lighthouse near New Bedford; her adventures disguised as a cabin boy on a whaling ship; her first marriage to a fellow survivor who descends into violent madness; courtship and marriage to Ahab; life as mother and a rich captain's wife in Nantucket; involvement with Frederick Douglass; and a man who is in Nantucket researching his novel about his adventures on her ex-husband's ship. "Ahab's Wife" is a breathtaking, magnificent, and uplifting story of one woman's spiritual journey, informed by the spirit of the greatest American novel, but taking it beyond tragedy to redemptive triumph.""Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last." " This is destined to be remembered as one of the most-recognized first sentences in literature--along with "Call me Ishmael." Sena Jeter Naslund has created an entirely new universe with a transcendent heroine at its center who will be every bit as memorable as Captain Ahab. "Ahab's Wife" is a novel on a grand scale that can legitimately be called a masterpiece: beautifullywritten, filled with humanity and wisdom, rich in historical detail, authentic and evocative. Melville's spirit informs every page of her tour de force. Una Spenser's marriage to Captain Ahab is certainly a crucial element in the narrative of "Ahab's Wife," but the story covers vastly more territory. After a spellbinding opening scene, the tale flashes back to Una's childhood in Kentucky; her idyllic adolescence with her aunt and uncle's family at a lighthouse near New Bedford; her adventures disguised as a cabin boy on a whaling ship; her first marriage to a fellow survivor who descends into violent madness; courtship and marriage to Ahab; life as mother and a rich captain's wife in Nantucket; involvement with Frederick Douglass; and a man who is in Nantucket researching his novel about his adventures on her ex-husband's ship. "Ahab's Wife" is a breathtaking, magnificent, and uplifting story of one woman's spiritual journey, informed by the spirit of the greatest American novel, but taking it beyond tragedy to redemptive triumph.
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Naslund, Sena Jeter Four Spirits 2003 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133960. ISBN #0066212383 / 9780066212388. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naslund, Sena Jeter Four Spirits 2003 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133960. ISBN #0066212383 / 9780066212388. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the acclaimed author of the national bestseller Ahab's Wife comes an inspiring, brilliantly rendered new novel of the awakening conscience of the South and of an entire nation. Written with the same scope and emotional depth as her previous award-winning novel, Four Spirits is set in Sena Jeter Naslund's home city of Birmingham, Alabama, a city that in the 1960s was known as Bombingham. Naslund brings to life this tumultuous time, weaving together the lives of blacks and whites, civil rights advocates and racists, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression, to create a tapestry of American social transformation. Stella Silver is an idealistic, young white college student brought up by her genteel, mannered aunts. She first witnesses the events of the freedom movement from a safe distance but, along with her friend Cat Cartwright, is soon drawn into the mounting conflagration. Stella's and Cat's lives are forever altered by their new friendships with other committed freedom fighters. A student at a black college, Christine Taylor is inspired to action by the examples of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. She courageously struggles to balance her family responsibilities, education, and work with the passions and dangers of the demonstrations. Her friend Gloria Callahan, a gifted young cellist and descendant of a runaway slave, tries to move beyond her personal shyness and family coziness to enter a wider circle, including blacks and whites, men and women, all involved with the protests. Lionel Parrish, teacher, preacher, and peddler of funeral insurance, battles his own demons of lust and self-preservation, while New York activist Jonathan Green gives up a promising career as a pianist to work for racial justice in the South. These characters all add their voices to the chorus that makes up this symphony of innocent children and the mythic elderly, the devoutly religious and the skeptical humanist, the wealthy and the poor, the city and the country. Poignant and evocative, rich in historical detail, and filled with the humanity that is the hallmark of Naslund's fiction, Four Spirits is a compelling tale that transcends tragedy and evokes redemptive triumph.
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Nathan, Robert Rancho Of The Little Loves Alfred A. Knopf 1956 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1182350. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Nathanson, E. M. The Dirty Dozen Regenesis Press 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150508. ISBN #097046620X / 9780970466204. (keywords: Prisoners Behind Lines Operations War) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Navarro, Julia The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud Bantam Books hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1159601. ISBN #0385339623 / 9780385339629. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Navarro, Julia The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud Bantam Books hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1159601. ISBN #0385339623 / 9780385339629. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud is the explosive international bestseller that mixes fact and fiction to tell the riveting story of one of the world s most controversial relics the Holy Shroud of Turin and the desperate race to save it from those who will stop at nothing to possess its legendary power.... A fire at the Turin cathedral and the discovery of a mutilated corpse are the latest in a disturbing series of events surrounding the mysterious cloth millions believe to be the authentic burial shroud of Jesus Christ. Those who dare to investigate will be caught in the cross fire of an ancient conflict forged by mortal sacrifice, assassination, and secret societies tied to the shadowy Knights Templar. Spanning centuries and continents, from the storm-rent skies over Calvary, through the intrigue and treachery of Byzantium and the Crusades, to the modern-day citadels of Istanbul, New York, London, Paris, and Rome, The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud races to a chilling climax in the labyrinths beneath Turin, where astounding truths will be exposed: about the history of a faith, the passions of man, and proof of the most powerful miracle of
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Nayeri, Dina A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea Riverhead Books 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1115974. ISBN #1594487049 / 9781594487040. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Nayeri, Dina A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea Riverhead Books 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1115974. ISBN #1594487049 / 9781594487040. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A magical novel about a young Iranian woman lifted from grief by her powerful imagination and love of Western culture. Growing up in a small rice-farming village in 1980s Iran, eleven-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister, Mahtab, are captivated by America. They keep lists of English words and collect illegal Life magazines, television shows, and rock music. So when her mother and sister disappear, leaving Saba and her father alone in Iran, Saba is certain that they have moved to America without her. But her parents have taught her that all fate is written in the blood, and that twins will live the same life, even if separated by land and sea. As she grows up in the warmth and community of her local village, falls in and out of love, and struggles with the limited possibilities in post-revolutionary Iran, Saba envisions that there is another way for her story to unfold. Somewhere, it must be that her sister is living the Western version of this life. And where Saba s world has all the grit and brutality of real life under the new Islamic regime, her sister s experience gives her a freedom and control that Saba can only dream of. Filled with a colorful cast of characters and presented in a bewitching voice that mingles the rhythms of Eastern storytelling with modern Western prose, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea is a tale about memory and the importance of controlling one s own fate.
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Naylor, Clare Dog Handling Ballantine Books 2002 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1185525. ISBN #0345453387 / 9780345453389. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naylor, Clare; Hare, Mimi First Assistant paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1086317. ISBN #0452288363 / 9780452288362. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naylor, Clare; Hare, Mimi First Assistant paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1086317. ISBN #0452288363 / 9780452288362. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The further fortunes of everyone?s favorite assistant as she struggles to keep her footing on Hollywood?s slippery slope In The Second Assistant , readers fell in love with smart, witty East Coast girl Elizabeth Miller. Now that Lizzie has been promoted, can she still keep her pumps firmly on the ground in the city of stars? With a viperish subordinate after her job, the world?s hottest teen starlet to keep out of trouble and a boyfriend on location with a beautiful actress, she certainly has her hands full. The satire is sharper than ever as Naylor and Hare take another wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the world. The First Assistant is a lesson in how to survive in a town where tonight?s Oscar frock is tomorrow?s laughing stock.
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Naylor, Clare; Hare, Mimi First Assistant: A Continuing Tale From Behind The Hollywood Curtain 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137100. ISBN #0670034975 / 9780670034970. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naylor, Clare; Hare, Mimi First Assistant: A Continuing Tale From Behind The Hollywood Curtain 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137100. ISBN #0670034975 / 9780670034970. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The further adventures of talent agency assistant Lizzie Miller as she finally gets some traction on the slippery Hollywood slope In The Second Assistant , readers across the country found a heroine they loved to love in Lizzie Miller, the smart and witty East Coast girl clinging for dear life to the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder. But no more coffee runs and sorting thumbtacks by color for Lizzie; she s been promoted. As first assistant to Scott Wagner, now president of The Agency and one of Hollywood s premiere movers and shakers, she s making decisions and learning the ins and outs of the business. But unlike the other airhead assistants, she s not being wooed by the glamour and mystique of Lala Land. At least, that s what she tells herself. But with a fabulous boyfriend and visions of Harry Winston diamonds and a black AmEx dancing in her head, it is getting harder for Lizzie to keep her pumps firmly on the ground. In The First Assistant , Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare have again joined forces to take a wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the world. Readers are hungry for more and The First Assistant is just the romp into the red-carpet world that they crave.
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Naylor, Clare; Hare, Mimi Second Assistant: A Tale From The Bottom Of The Hollywood Ladder 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137099. ISBN #0670033073 / 9780670033072. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naylor, Clare; Hare, Mimi Second Assistant: A Tale From The Bottom Of The Hollywood Ladder 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137099. ISBN #0670033073 / 9780670033072. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary No political science degree could ever prepare Elizabeth Miller for her new job as second assistant at The Agency, whose clients include everyone you ve never met but you know who they re sleeping with. A former congressional intern in Washington, Lizzie makes a bid for a life change that lands her a job a world away, where ethics and First Amendment debates take a backseat to pleading the Fifth for ritalin-snorting boss Scott Wagner, the hottest young agent in Hollywood who devotes his days to playing online poker that is, when he s not closing a 30 million deal for one of his AAA-list clients. And while getting six hundred dollar highlights from Cameron D s colorist or organizing the strippers for George C s party come close to causing heart failure for this East Coast girl, the real dangers lurk elsewhere. But Lizzie is a survivor, and no Machiavellian assistant, lecherous producer, or power struggle at The Agency can douse her nascent dreams of climbing up the Hollywood ladder. But first she has to run down to the Coffee Bean to pick up that triple espresso, or Scott is going to throw something.... For anyone who loved The Nanny Diaries or The Devil Wears Prada , The Second Assistant is a compulsively readable novel and a gleeful skewering of Tinsel Town packed with outrageous, thinly veiled stories about the deranged, the dastardly, and the unspeakably glamorous that will have tongues wagging from coast to coast.
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Naylor, Gloria Women Of Brewster Place Penguin Books 1983 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1206440. ISBN #014006690X / 9780140066906. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Naylor, Gloria Women Of Brewster Place Penguin Books 1983 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1206440. ISBN #014006690X / 9780140066906. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Once the home of poor Irish and Italian immigrants, Brewster Place, a rotting tenement on a dead-end street, now shelters black families. This novel portrays the courage, the fear, and the anguish of some of the women there who hold their families together, trying to make a home. Among them are: Mattie Michael, the matriarch who loses her son to prison; Etta Mae Johnson who tries to trade the 'high life' for marriage with a local preacher; Kiswana Browne who leaves her middle-class family to organize a tenant's union.
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Nemirovsky, Irene Fire in The Blood Vintage International 2008 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1191489. ISBN #030738800X / 9780307388001. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Nemirovsky, Irene Fire in The Blood Vintage International 2008 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1191489. ISBN #030738800X / 9780307388001. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the celebrated author of the international bestseller Suite Fran aise , a newly discovered novel, a story of passion and long-kept secrets, set against the background of a rural French village in the years before World War II.Written in 1941, Fire in the Blood only now assembled in its entirety teems with the intertwined lives of an insular French village in the years before the war, when "peace" was less important as a political state than as a coveted personal condition: the untroubled pinnacle of happiness. At the center of the novel is Silvio, who has returned to this small town after years away. As his narration unfolds, we are given an intimate picture of the loves and infidelities, the scandals, the youthful ardor and regrets of age that tie Silvio to the long-guarded secrets of the past.
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Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Francaise Alfred A. Knopf 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1165439. ISBN #1400044731 / 9781400044733. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Francaise Vintage International 2007 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1191487. ISBN #1400096278 / 9781400096275. (keywords: World War France German Occupation) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Neuenfeldt, Eric Wild Horse: Stories The University of Alabama Press 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1159321. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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