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A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by Jeff Zinn ...

Unabridged

34 hours 10 min

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its ... Read more

$52.99 USD

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its
... Read more
Audiobook

A Streetcar Named Desire

by Tennessee Williams ...

Narrated by Theater Lincoln Center ...

Abridged

2 hours 15 min

Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time!Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past—but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche, ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time!Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past—but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche,
... Read more
Audiobook

Knowing What We Know

The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

by Simon Winchester ...

Narrated by Simon Winchester ...

Unabridged

14 hours 19 min

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of ... Read more

$32.99 USD

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of
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Audiobook

The Matter of Black Lives

Writing from The New Yorker

by Jelani Cobb, David Remnick ...

Narrated by JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Copland, Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

30 hours 1 min

A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis anthology from the pages of theNew Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and ... Read more

$52.99 USD

A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis anthology from the pages of theNew Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and
... Read more
Audiobook

Chess Opening Names - Volume 1

by Nathan Rose ...

Narrated by Nathan Rose ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are ... Read more

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The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are
... Read more
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Voices of History

Speeches That Changed the World

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jade Anouka, Richard Armitage, Richard Goulding, Clarke Peters, Heida Reed, Juliet Stevenson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALIn this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious. Some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALIn this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious. Some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from
... Read more
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Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition

by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ...

Narrated by Robert Fass, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Vivienne Leheny, Jennifer Ikeda, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, various narrators, Justin D. Torres ...

Unabridged

31 hours 15 min

Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking
... Read more
Audiobook

100 mitos de la historia de México 2

by Francisco Martín Moreno ...

Narrated by Adrián Ogazón ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

¿Qué sucesos oculta nuestra historia oficial? ¿Conocemos realmente los hechos que dieron celebridad a nuestros caudillos?En esta obra apasionante, Francisco Martín Moreno se encarga de ofrecer el verdadero rostro de héroes y gobernantes que han conformado México. Su apasionada labor investigativa y su pluma ágil, polémica y filosa ... ... Read more

$25.99 USD

¿Qué sucesos oculta nuestra historia oficial? ¿Conocemos realmente los hechos que dieron celebridad a nuestros caudillos?En esta obra apasionante, Francisco Martín Moreno se encarga de ofrecer el verdadero rostro de héroes y gobernantes que han conformado México. Su apasionada labor investigativa y su pluma ágil, polémica y filosa ...
... Read more
Audiobook

All Roads Led to Gettysburg

A New Look at the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign

by Troy D. Harman ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable.Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways. And yet this perspective hasn't been fully explored ... Read more

$19.99 USD

It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable.Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways. And yet this perspective hasn't been fully explored
... Read more
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Servants of Allah

African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas

by Sylviane A. Diouf ...

Narrated by Ja'Air Bush ...

Unabridged

12 hours 33 min

Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how,
... Read more
Audiobook

Five Suns

A Fire History of Mexico

by Stephen J. Pyne ...

Narrated by Emmanuel Chumaceiro ...

Unabridged

14 hours 59 min

A climate defined by wet and dry seasons, a mostly mountainous terrain, a biota prone to disturbances, a human geography characterized by a diversity of peoples all of whom rely on burning in one form or another: Mexico has ideal circumstances for fire, and those fires provide a unique perspective on its complex history.Narrating Mexico's evolution of fire through five eras, historian Stephen J. ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A climate defined by wet and dry seasons, a mostly mountainous terrain, a biota prone to disturbances, a human geography characterized by a diversity of peoples all of whom rely on burning in one form or another: Mexico has ideal circumstances for fire, and those fires provide a unique perspective on its complex history.Narrating Mexico's evolution of fire through five eras, historian Stephen J.
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Audiobook

الانهيار

by جارد دياموند, جارد دياموند ...

Narrated by إبراهيم الدامجة ...

Unabridged

30 hours 36 min

من لم يندهش عندما شاهد المعابد المهجورة في أنغكور وات أو مدن المايا التي تلفها الأدغال، ويتساءل: "هل يمكن أن نلقى المصير نفسه؟". في هذا الكتاب المثير للاهتمام، يتحرّى جارد دياموند ـــ الذي أحدث كتابه (أسلحة وجراثيم وفولاذ) ثورة في فهمنا للتاريخ ـــ كيف أن استعمال البشر واستغلالهم للبيئة يكشف حقيقة الانهيارات الكبيرة في العالم، من الأناسازي في أمريكا الشمالية، إلى الفايكنغ في غرينلاند، إلى مونتانا ... Read more

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من لم يندهش عندما شاهد المعابد المهجورة في أنغكور وات أو مدن المايا التي تلفها الأدغال، ويتساءل: "هل يمكن أن نلقى المصير نفسه؟". في هذا الكتاب المثير للاهتمام، يتحرّى جارد دياموند ـــ الذي أحدث كتابه (أسلحة وجراثيم وفولاذ) ثورة في فهمنا للتاريخ ـــ كيف أن استعمال البشر واستغلالهم للبيئة يكشف حقيقة الانهيارات الكبيرة في العالم، من الأناسازي في أمريكا الشمالية، إلى الفايكنغ في غرينلاند، إلى مونتانا
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Audiobook

Universālās vēstures apkopojums

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 33 min

Uzņemieties aizraujošu ceļojumu cauri cilvēces vēstures tūkstošgadiem ar Valero Pujol “Universālās vēstures apkopojumu”. Ar dzīvu un saistošu stāstījuma stilu autors vada jūs no pirmo civilizāciju pirmsākumiem līdz lielajiem notikumiem, kas veidojuši moderno pasauli. Jūs sastapsiet varenas impērijas, vizionārus līderus, revolucionāras atklāsmes un izšķirošas kaujas, kas mainījušas vēstures gaitu. ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uzņemieties aizraujošu ceļojumu cauri cilvēces vēstures tūkstošgadiem ar Valero Pujol “Universālās vēstures apkopojumu”. Ar dzīvu un saistošu stāstījuma stilu autors vada jūs no pirmo civilizāciju pirmsākumiem līdz lielajiem notikumiem, kas veidojuši moderno pasauli. Jūs sastapsiet varenas impērijas, vizionārus līderus, revolucionāras atklāsmes un izšķirošas kaujas, kas mainījušas vēstures gaitu.
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Audiobook

White Pine

The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree

by John Pastor ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

America was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation's ships and houses, barns, and bridges. Yet this popularity came at a cost: by the end of the nineteenth century, clear cutting had decimated much of America's white pine forests. In White Pine, ecologist and writer John Pastor takes listeners on walk through history, connecting the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

America was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation's ships and houses, barns, and bridges. Yet this popularity came at a cost: by the end of the nineteenth century, clear cutting had decimated much of America's white pine forests. In White Pine, ecologist and writer John Pastor takes listeners on walk through history, connecting the
... Read more
Audiobook

The Light Between Apple Trees

Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit

by Priyanka Kumar ...

Narrated by Priyanka Kumar ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light ... Read more

$19.99 USD

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light
... Read more
Audiobook

Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again

by Matthew Rowley ...

Narrated by Frank Block ...

Unabridged

4 hours 2 min

This book explores how polarized interpretations of America's past influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing Protestant reactions to President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America should remember historical racism, sexism, and exploitation. Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past influences present injustice ... Read more

$12.99 USD

This book explores how polarized interpretations of America's past influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing Protestant reactions to President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America should remember historical racism, sexism, and exploitation. Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past influences present injustice
... Read more
Audiobook

Mind Is Mightier, The

Reflections on the Historic Rise of Cognition and Complexity

by Bar-Giora Goldberg ...

Narrated by Alex Robertson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 5 min

You are invited to join an intellectual adventure of the mind, a broad canvas review of the cognitive evolution of our civilization in politics, science, technology and the arts.Humanity is on a path of rising cognition and complexity, the world becomes increasingly our idea. After two horrific world wars, it seems that the great powers are rejecting the sword in favor of the pen.Technology is ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

You are invited to join an intellectual adventure of the mind, a broad canvas review of the cognitive evolution of our civilization in politics, science, technology and the arts.Humanity is on a path of rising cognition and complexity, the world becomes increasingly our idea. After two horrific world wars, it seems that the great powers are rejecting the sword in favor of the pen.Technology is
... Read more
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P.M. WISSEN zum HÖREN - Szenen, die Geschichte machten - Teil 5

In Kooperation mit CD Wissen

by P. J. Blumenthal ...

Narrated by Julia Fischer, Harry Täschner, Christian Schult ...

Series Audiobook 5 - P.M. WISSEN zum HÖREN
Unabridged

57 min

Der Mord an Präsident Kennedy ist das erste politische Ereignis der neuen Mediengesellschaft. Weltweit verfolgen die Menschen zuhause an ihren Fernsehgeräten die Ereignisse in den USA. Die Ergriffenheit kennt kaum Grenzen. Zweifellos ein bedeutendes Ereignis der Weltgeschichte. Doch auch die anderen acht Episoden die Geschichte machten. die aufgegriffen werden, wirken bis heute nach. Hören Sie, ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Der Mord an Präsident Kennedy ist das erste politische Ereignis der neuen Mediengesellschaft. Weltweit verfolgen die Menschen zuhause an ihren Fernsehgeräten die Ereignisse in den USA. Die Ergriffenheit kennt kaum Grenzen. Zweifellos ein bedeutendes Ereignis der Weltgeschichte. Doch auch die anderen acht Episoden die Geschichte machten. die aufgegriffen werden, wirken bis heute nach. Hören Sie,
... Read more
Audiobook

A Historian in Gaza

by Jean-Pierre Filiu ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances
... Read more
Audiobook

Kompendium univerzálních dějin

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 50 min

Vydejte se na strhující cestu napříč tisíciletími lidských dějin s „Kompendiem univerzálních dějin“ od Valera Pujola. Autor vás s mistrovským vypravěčským umem provede od prvních civilizací a dávných říší až po klíčové okamžiky, které formovaly moderní svět. Poznáte vzestupy a pády impérií, osudy velkých vládců, přelomové vynálezy i rozhodující bitvy, které změnily chod historie. Nečeká vás suchý ... Read more

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Vydejte se na strhující cestu napříč tisíciletími lidských dějin s „Kompendiem univerzálních dějin“ od Valera Pujola. Autor vás s mistrovským vypravěčským umem provede od prvních civilizací a dávných říší až po klíčové okamžiky, které formovaly moderní svět. Poznáte vzestupy a pády impérií, osudy velkých vládců, přelomové vynálezy i rozhodující bitvy, které změnily chod historie. Nečeká vás suchý
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Audiobook

The People Speak

American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by James Earl Jones ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny ... Read more

$15.99 USD

To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny
... Read more
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Simple Sabotage Field Manual

by United States. Office of Strategic Services ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Delve into the world of espionage and subversion with the intriguing Simple Sabotage Field Manual.Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services: Dive into the clandestine world of espionage and subversion with the Simple Sabotage Field Manual from the United States Office of Strategic Services. Unearth the secrets of unconventional warfare as this manual unveils ... Read more

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Delve into the world of espionage and subversion with the intriguing Simple Sabotage Field Manual.Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services: Dive into the clandestine world of espionage and subversion with the Simple Sabotage Field Manual from the United States Office of Strategic Services. Unearth the secrets of unconventional warfare as this manual unveils
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History of Australia: A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

4 hours 5 min

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the
... Read more
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Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 15 min

Sukeldu põnevale ajarännakule läbi inimkonna ajaloo koos Valero Pujoli teosega "Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte". Elava ja kaasahaarava jutustamisstiiliga viib autor kuulaja esimestest tsivilisatsioonidest kuni suurte pöördehetkedeni, mis on kujundanud meie kaasaegset maailma. Teekonnal kohtad hiigelimperiume, vaimustavaid juhte, läbimurdelisi leiutisi ja otsustavaid lahinguid, mis on muutnud ajaloo ... Read more

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Sukeldu põnevale ajarännakule läbi inimkonna ajaloo koos Valero Pujoli teosega "Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte". Elava ja kaasahaarava jutustamisstiiliga viib autor kuulaja esimestest tsivilisatsioonidest kuni suurte pöördehetkedeni, mis on kujundanud meie kaasaegset maailma. Teekonnal kohtad hiigelimperiume, vaimustavaid juhte, läbimurdelisi leiutisi ja otsustavaid lahinguid, mis on muutnud ajaloo
... Read more

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