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1453: The Holy War For Constantinople And The Clash Of Islam And The Westby Roger CrowleyISBN 1401308503 (1-4013-0850-3)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '1453: The Holy War for Constantinople And the Clash of Islam And the West'Book summary:Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today
The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a precursor to the current jihad between the West and the Middle East. [via]
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1632by Eric FlintISBN 1416532811 (1-4165-3281-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: '1632'Book summary:FREEDOM AND JUSTICE -- AMERICAN STYLE
1632 And in northern Germany things couldn't get much worse. Famine. Disease. Religous war laying waste the cities. Only the aristocrats remained relatively unscathed; for the peasants, death was a mercy.
2000 Things are going OK in Grantville, West Virginia, and everybody attending the wedding of Mike Stearn's sister (including the entire local chapter of the United Mine Workers of America, which Mike leads) is having a good time.
THEN, EVERYTHING CHANGED....
When the dust settles, Mike leads a group of armed miners to find out what happened and finds the road into town is cut, as with a sword. On the other side, a scene out of Hell: a man nailed to a farmhouse door, his wife and daughter attacked by men in steel vests. Faced with this, Mike and his friends don't have to ask who to shoot. At that moment Freedom and Justice, American style, are introduced to the middle of the Thirty Years' War. [via]
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1635: The Dreeson Incidentby Eric Flint, Andrew DennisISBN 1416509380 (1-4165-0938-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: '1635: The Dreeson Incident'Book summary:Rome, 1635, and Grantville's diplomatic team, headed by Sharon Nichols, are making scant headway now it has become politically inexpedient for Pope Urban VIII to talk to them any more. Sharon doesn't mind, she has a wedding to plan. Frank Stone has moved to Rome and is attempting to bring about the revolution one pizza at a time. Cardinal Borja is gathering votes to bring the Church's reformers to a halt in their tracks, on the orders of the King of Spain. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the streets, shadowy agitators are stirring up trouble and Spain's armies are massed across the border in the Kingdom of Naples, Cardinal Barberini wants the pamphleteers to stop slandering him and it looks like it's going to be a long, hot summer. Except that Cardinal Borja has more ambitions than his masters in Madrid know about, and has the assistance of Spain's most notorious secret agent to bring about his sinister designs. [via]
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1912 Facts About the Titanicby Lee William MeridethISBN 0962623741 (0-9626237-4-1)
Softcover, Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc
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The Alexiadby Anna ComnenaISBN 141915186X (1-4191-5186-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Angels & Demonsby Dan BrownISBN 1416524797 (1-4165-2479-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels & Demons'Book summary:It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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The Anglo-saxon Chronicleby Darryl HesterISBN 0976072637 (0-9760726-3-7)
Softcover, El Paso Norte Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anglo-saxon Chronicle'Book summary:The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is an account of the early history of Britain. It was originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th Century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), but later entries are essentially Middle English in tone.
This edition is a translation from the Old English to a more readable Modern English by the Reverend James Ingram. His scholarly view is amply demonstrated in his introduction that traces the early fusion of The Doomsday Book and the Saxon Chronicle into this work that has come to be known as The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
It consists of 9 differing manuscripts that collectively trace the outlines of British history. Together, even with their inconsistencies, they comprise the best source of factual information from an era shrouded in myth. For a millennium or so, historians have been reading this landmark reference to distinguish between fact and fantasy in the complex history of Britain. It has established the standard time-line from pre-history into the middle ages. [via]
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The Annals of Imperial Romeby Cornelius Tacitus, Alfred J. Church, William Jackson BrodbribbISBN 1420926683 (1-4209-2668-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals of Imperial Rome'Book summary:One of the most important historical records from classical antiquity, "The Annals of Imperial Rome" chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius beginning in 14 A.D. to the reign of Nero ending in 66 A.D. Written by Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator during the second century A.D., "The Annals of Imperial Rome" is a detailed first-hand account of the early Roman Empire. Presented in this volume is the classic translation of Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. [via]
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The Antichristby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 1419152394 (1-4191-5239-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Antichrist'Book summary:Mankind surely does not represent an evolution toward a better or stronger or higher level, as progress is now understood. This "progress" is merely a modern idea, which is to say, a false idea. The European of today, in his essential worth, falls far below the European of the Renaissance; the process of evolution does not necessarily mean elevation, enhancement, strengthening. [via]
Atlas of the Celtsby Clint TwistISBN 155297541X (1-55297-541-X)
Hardcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Augustusby John WilliamsISBN 1400076730 (1-4000-7673-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Beowulfby GummereISBN 1420921584 (1-4209-2158-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Dating from between the 8th and 11th century Beowulf is the oldest known English epic poem. Beowulf is a narrative poem about the kings and heroes of Denmark and Geatland. It is a story of mythic creatures and medieval battles between men and monsters. Follow the adventures of Beowulf, the story's title character, as he battles the Grendel, the Grendel's mother, and a dragon. As you read imagine yourself in one of the taverns or royal courts of Old England hearing the great epic Beowulf, for the first time as you might well have then. Passed down by oral tradition Beowulf's author is to this day unknown. The original manuscript was written in Anglo-Saxon or Old English. Presented here is the faithful translation of Francis B. Gummere. [via]
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Beowulfby Roy LiuzzaISBN 1551111896 (1-55111-189-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in a new translation accompanied by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names. These and other documents sketching some of the cultural forces behind the poem's final creation will help readers see Beowulf as an exploration of the politics of kingship and the psychology of heroism, and as an early English meditation on the bridges and chasms between the pagan past and the Christian present. A generous sample of other modern versions of Beowulf sheds light on the process of translating the poem. [via]
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Beyond Good and Evilby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Helen ZimmernISBN 140651067X (1-4065-1067-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good and Evil'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - 1. The Will to Truth, which is to tempt us to many a hazardous enterprise, the famous Truthfulness of which all philosophers have hitherto spoken with respect, what questions has this Will to Truth not laid before us! What strange, perplexing, questionable questions! It is already a long story; yet it seems as if it were hardly commenced. Is it any wonder if we at last grow distrustful, lose patience, and turn impatiently away? That this Sphinx teaches us at last to ask questions ourselves? WHO is it really that puts questions to us here? WHAT really is this "Will to Truth" in us? In fact we made a long halt at the question as to the origin of this Will - until at last we came to an absolute standstill before a yet more fundamental question. We inquired about the VALUE of this Will. Granted that we want the truth: WHY NOT RATHER untruth? And uncertainty? Even ignorance? The problem of the value of truth presented itself before us - or was it we who presented ourselves before the problem? Which of us is the Oedipus here? Which the Sphinx? It would seem to be a rendezvous of questions and notes of interrogation. And could it be believed that it at last seems to us as if the problem had never been propounded before, as if we were the first to discern it, get a sight of it, and RISK RAISING it? For there is risk in raising it, perhaps there is no greater risk. [via]
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Beyond Good And Evilby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 1420922505 (1-4209-2250-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good And Evil'Book summary:"Beyond Good and Evil" is Nietzsche at his best. In the book the philosopher attempts to systematically sum up his philosophy through a collection of 296 aphorisms grouped into nine different chapters based on their common theme. For the reader who has yet to discover Nietzsche in this translation by Helen Zimmern will be found a fabulous introduction. For those who have already discovered Nietzsche here you will find the opportunity to understand the whole of Nietzsche's philosophy. [via]
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The Birth of Europe: 400-1500by Jacques Le Goff, Janet LloydISBN 1405156821 (1-4051-5682-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Europe: 400-1500'Book summary:In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history.
- "[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative assessment from a lifetime of scholarship might help us to place ourselves, not just territorially, but in that other precious element of history: time." The Guardian
- "A book that never fails to be informative, readable and provocative. Le Goff... has been the bravest and best of champions for medieval history. This book... is in every sense an inspiration." BBC History Magazine
- Praised by prominent figures in Europe and history including: Rt Hon Christopher Patten, CH, Former Member of the European Commission, and Neil Kinnock, Vice-President, European Commission.
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The Birth of Venusby Sarah DunantISBN 1400060737 (1-4000-6073-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Venus'Book summary:Sarah Dunant's gorgeous and mesmerizing novel, Birth of Venus, draws readers into a turbulent 15th-century Florence, a time when the lavish city, steeped in years of Medici family luxury, is suddenly besieged by plague, threat of invasion, and the righteous wrath of a fundamentalist monk. Dunant masterfully blends fact and fiction, seamlessly interweaving Florentine history with the coming-of-age story of a spirited 14-year-old girl. As Florence struggles in Savonarola's grip, a serial killer stalks the streets, the French invaders creep closer, and young Alessandra Cecchi must surrender her "childish" dreams and navigate her way into womanhood. Readers are quickly seduced by the simplicity of her unconventional passions that are more artistic than domestic:
Dancing is one of the many things I should be good at that I am not. Unlike my sister. Plautilla can move across the floor like water and sing a stave of music like a song bird, while I, who can translate both Latin and Greek faster than she or my brothers can read it, have club feet on the dance floor and a voice like a crow. Though I swear if I were to paint the scale I could do it in a flash: shining gold leaf for the top notes falling through ochres and reds into hot purple and deepest blue.
Alessandra's story, though central, is only one part of this multi-faceted and complex historical novel. Dunant paints a fascinating array of women onto her dark canvas, each representing the various fates of early Renaissance women: Alessandra's lovely (if simple) sister Plautilla is interested only in marrying rich and presiding over a household; the brave Erila, Alessandra's North African servant (and willing accomplice) has such a frank understanding of the limitations of her sex that she often escapes them; and Signora Cecchi, Alessandra's beautiful but weary mother tries to encourage yet temper the passions of her wayward daughter.
A luminous and lush novel, The Birth of Venus, at its heart, is a mysterious and sensual story with razor-sharp teeth. Like Alessandra, Dunant has a painter's eye--her writing is rich and evocative, luxuriating in colors and textures of the city, the people, and the art of 15th-century Florence. Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, but with sensual splashes of color and the occasional thrill of fear, Dunant's novel is both exciting and enchanting. --Daphne Durham [via]
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Books And Their Makers During The Middle Agesby George Haven PutnamISBN 1410213412 (1-4102-1341-2)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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Carolingian Civilization: A Readerby Paul Edward DuttonISBN 1551110032 (1-55111-003-2)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Contesting the Crusadesby Norman HousleyISBN 1405111895 (1-4051-1189-5)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Courtesanby Diane HaegerISBN 1400051746 (1-4000-5174-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856by Trevor RoyleISBN 1403964165 (1-4039-6416-5)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Crusades: The Flame of Islamby Harold LambISBN 0961600519 (0-9616005-1-9)
Softcover, Third World Book Shop
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Darkness at Noonby Arthur Koestler, Daphne HardyISBN 1416540261 (1-4165-4026-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Democracy in Americaby Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 1425557309 (1-4255-5730-9)
Softcover, Scholarly Pub Office Univ of
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Development of Capitalism in Russiaby V. LeninISBN 1410213005 (1-4102-1300-5)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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Discourse on Method And Meditations on First Philosophyby Rene Descartes, Elizabeth Sanderson HaldaneISBN 1420926721 (1-4209-2672-1)
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Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, And the Defeat of the Moorsby James RestonISBN 1400031915 (1-4000-3191-5)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, And the Defeat of the Moors'Book summary:From the acclaimed author of Warriors of God comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward international conquest changed the world forever.James Reston, Jr., brings to life the epic story of Spain's effort to consolidate its own burgeoning power by throwing off the yoke of the Vatican. By waging war on the remaining Moors in Granada and unleashing the Inquisitor Torquemada on Spain's Jewish and converso population, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella attained enough power and wealth to fund Columbus' expedition to America and to chart a Spanish destiny separate from that of Italy. With rich characterizations of the central players, this engrossing narrative captures all the political and religious ferment of this crucial moment on the eve of the discovery of the New World. [via]
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Early Germansby Malcolm ToddISBN 1405117141 (1-4051-1714-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Economic Consequences of the Peaceby John Maynard KeynesISBN 141793185X (1-4179-3185-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Europe 101: History and Art for the Travelerby Rick Steves, Gene OpenshawISBN 094546522X (0-945465-22-X)
Softcover, John Muir Pubns
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From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, And Racism in Germanyby Richard WeikartISBN 140397201X (1-4039-7201-X)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, And Racism in Germany'Book summary:From Darwin to Hitler elucidates the revolutionary impact Darwinism had on ethics and morality. Weikart demonstrates that many leading Darwinian biologists and social thinkers in Germany believed that Darwinism overturned traditional Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment ethics, especially the view that human life is sacred. Many of these thinkers supported moral relativism, yet simultaneously exalted evolutionary "fitness" (especially intelligence and health) as the highest arbiter of morality. Darwinism played a key role in the rise not only of eugenics, but also euthanasia, infanticide, abortion, and racial extermination. This thinking had its biggest impact on Germany, since Hitler built his view of ethics on Darwinian principles, not on nihilism as popularly believed.[via]More editions of From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, And Racism in Germany:
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From Ritual to Romanceby Jessie L. WestonISBN 140435042X (1-4043-5042-X)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Ritual to Romance'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition. [via]
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From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Readerby Alexander Callander MurrayISBN 1551111020 (1-55111-102-0)
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Frontier Lawmenby Lee PaulISBN 0965792951 (0-9657929-5-1)
Softcover, Jona Books
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Gladiator: Film and Historyby Martin M. WinklerISBN 1405110422 (1-4051-1042-2)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Gulag: A Historyby Anne ApplebaumISBN 1400034094 (1-4000-3409-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulag: A History'Book summary:Gulag: A History, by Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum, is a cogent, meticulously researched exposé of the Soviet system of institutionalized terror, repression, and punishment that, over the course of the 20th century, turned the world's largest nation into a vast concentration camp and mass grave. Applebaum investigates the gulag from its origins just after the Russian Revolution through its expansion under Stalin's reign to its collapse during the period of glasnost and the fall of communism. She draws on original research, as well as recently released archival material and memoirs by both "ordinary" survivors and those who would become literary giants, like Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author of The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, and Polish novelist Gustav Herling-Grudzinski, who wrote A World Apart based on his experiences in the camps. She describes the categories of prisoner--an estimated 18 million between 1929 and 1953, the year Stalin died--who from "the very earliest days of the new Soviet state&were to be sentenced not for what they had done, but for who they were": old Bolsheviks, deportees from Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe during World War II, repatriated Soviet POWs, foreign communists, dissidents, the man, woman or child on the street--political prisoners mixed with common criminals. Anyone who could be perceived as a threat or traitor or simply a needed body was arrested, tortured, and used as slave labor to extract natural resources from remote corners of Siberia, work on absurdly ambitious transportation and energy projects, and build the Soviet economy. The reasons for incarceration; the journeys to the outposts; the strategies for survival of prisoners subjected to cold, starvation, rape; the types of heavy labor; the conditions for women and children; the political structure within the camp--these are just some of the broad themes that Applebaum tackles.
Deftly melding generality with specificity, Applebaum allows the individual to speak for the many and, in the process, paints a horrifying portrait of a nation forged from paranoia and the terror invoked by the arbitrary exercise of power that tore apart families and enslaved, brutalized, and murdered millions. By giving voice to the millions who disappeared into unmarked graves in an eight-decade-long episode in human history that rivaled the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, Applebaum makes an invaluable contribution to a growing body of re-evaluative literature that will, hopefully, inspire a thoughtful consideration of our collective past, and a more critical awareness our present. --Diana Kuprel [via]
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A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumptionby Ann HagenISBN 0951620983 (0-9516209-8-3)
Softcover, Anglo-Saxon Books
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The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalismby Heiko Augustinus ObermanISBN 0939464055 (0-939464-05-5)
Softcover, Labyrinth Press
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph ConradISBN 1551113074 (1-55111-307-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Darkness'Book summary:Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' is widely regarded as one of the most significant works of English literature and part of the Western canon. The story was the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now'. This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary. The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain, employed by a Belgian trading company. Although the river is never specifically named, readers may assume it is the Congo River, in the Congo Free State, a private colony of King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver; however, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization in a cover up. [via]
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Softcover, Broadview Pr - Heart of Darkness and Other Stories: ISBN 0939495686 (0-939495-68-6)
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Heart Of Darkness And Other Talesby Joseph ConradISBN 1417619228 (1-4176-1922-8)
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How to Distinguish the Saints in Art by Their Costumes, Symbols And Attributesby Major Arthur De BlesISBN 141790870X (1-4179-0870-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Iliadby Homer, Ian JohnstonISBN 0977626903 (0-9776269-0-3)
Softcover, Richer Resources Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:This translation provides an accurate text of the Iliad in a modern English poetic form. It has been designed, first and foremost, for people who are reading Homer's Iliad for the first time. The book is accompanied by a complete glossary, maps and other study aids intended to help ensure that one's initial venture into the world of the Iliad is a fruitful one. [via]
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Iliad of Homerby HomerISBN 1404309527 (1-4043-0952-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad. In muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans. Chapman regarded the translation of this epic, and of Homer's Odyssey (also available in Wordsworth Editions) as his life's work, and dedicated himself to capturing the 'soul' of the poem. [via]
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Isoldeby Rosalind MilesISBN 1400047862 (1-4000-4786-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Istanbul: Memories And The Cityby Orhan Pamuk, Maureen FreelyISBN 1400033888 (1-4000-3388-8)
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A Journal Of The Plague Yearby Daniel DefoeISBN 1419101803 (1-4191-0180-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Key to the Name of the Roseby Adele HaftISBN 0943119006 (0-943119-00-6)
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Lies! Lies! Lies: A College Journal of John Gardnerby John C. GardnerISBN 0966563921 (0-9665639-2-1)
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The Life of Charlemagneby EinhardISBN 1425026591 (1-4250-2659-1)
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A remarkable biographical account by Einhard. It narrates in detail Charlemagnes legendary rise to power, his coronation as the Roman Emperor and his military movements. Einhard has superbly captured both the public and private life of this great ruler. A true classic, it is a sure treat for history lovers.
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Lord High Executionerby Howard EngelISBN 1550137042 (1-55013-704-2)
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Lord High Executioner: An Unshamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kindby Howard EngelISBN 1550137867 (1-55013-786-7)
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The Maid of the White Handsby Rosalind MilesISBN 1400081548 (1-4000-8154-8)
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The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom Of September 6-7, 1955, And The Destruction Of The Greek Community Of Istanbulby Speros VryonisISBN 0974766038 (0-9747660-3-8)
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Memoirs of a Polish Lancerby Dezydery ChlapowskiISBN 0962665533 (0-9626655-3-3)
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The Middle Ages Vol. 2 : From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissanceby Susan Wise BauerISBN 0971412936 (0-9714129-3-6)
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Mont Saint Michel And Chartresby Henry AdamsISBN 1406500690 (1-4065-0069-0)
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A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestryby R. Howard BlochISBN 1400065496 (1-4000-6549-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry'Book summary:The Bayeux Tapestry is the worlds most famous textilean exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of historys most mysterious and compelling works of art. This haunting stitched account of the battle that redrew the map of medieval Europe has inspired dreams of theft, waves of nationalism, visions of limitless power, and esthetic rapture. In his fascinating new book, Yale professor R. Howard Bloch reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty, and the enduring allure of this astonishing piece of cloth.
Bloch opens with a gripping account of the event that inspired the Tapestry: the swift, bloody Battle of Hastings, in which the Norman bastard William defeated the Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, and laid claim to England under his new title, William the Conqueror. But to truly understand the connection between battle and embroidery, one must retrace the web of international intrigue and scandal that climaxed at Hastings. Bloch demonstrates how, with astonishing intimacy and immediacy, the artisans who fashioned this work of textile art brought to life a moment that changed the course of British culture and history.
Every age has cherished the Tapestry for different reasons and read new meaning into its enigmatic words and images. French nationalists in the mid-nineteenth century, fired by Tapestrys evocation of military glory, unearthed the lost French epic The Song of Roland, which Norman troops sang as they marched to victory in 1066. As the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe, Hitler
sent a team to France to study the Tapestry, decode its Nordic elements, and, at the end of the war, with Paris under siege, bring the precious cloth to Berlin. The richest horde of buried Anglo-Saxon treasure, the matchless beauty of Byzantine silk, Aesops strange fable The Swallow and the Linseed, the colony that Anglo-Saxon nobles founded in the Middle East following their defeat at Hastingsall are brilliantly woven into Blochs riveting narrative.
Seamlessly integrating Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Byzantine elements, the Bayeux Tapestry ranks with Chartres and the Tower of London as a crowning achievement of medieval Europe. And yet, more than a work of art, the Tapestry served as the suture that bound up the wounds of 1066.
Enhanced by a stunning full-color insert that includes reproductions of the complete Tapestry, A Needle in the Right Hand of God will stand with The Professor and the Madman and How the Irish Saved Civilization as a triumph of popular history. [via]More editions of A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry:
The Nuremberg Interviews: An American Psychiatrist's Conversations With The Defendants And Witnessesby Robert Gellately, Leon GoldensohnISBN 1400030439 (1-4000-3043-9)
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Ockham's Razor: The Search for Wonder in an Age of Doubtby Wade RowlandISBN 1552630315 (1-55263-031-5)
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The Odysseyby HomerISBN 1416500367 (1-4165-0036-7)
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Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Orderby Robert KaganISBN 1400034183 (1-4000-3418-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order'Book summary:From its opening-line salvo"It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world"Of Paradise and Power announces a new phase in the relationship between the United States and Europe. Robert Kagan begins this illuminating essay by laying out the general differences as he sees them: the U.S. is quicker to use military force, less patient with diplomacy, and more willing to coerce (or bribe) other nations in order to get a desired result. Europe, on the other hand, places greater emphasis on diplomacy, takes a much longer view of history and problem solving, and has greater faith in international law and cooperation. Kagan does not view these differences as the result of innate national character, but as a time-honored historical reality--the U.S. is merely behaving like the powerful nation it is, just as the great European nations once did when they ruled the world. Now, Europe must act multilaterally because it has no choice. The "UN Security Council is a substitute for the power they lack," he writes.
Kagan also emphasizes the inherent ironies present in the relationship. European nations have enjoyed an "American security guarantee" for nearly 60 years, allowing them to cut back on defense spending while criticizing the U.S. for not doing the same. Yet Europe relies upon the U.S. for protection. This has led America and Europe to view the same threats much differently, as evidenced by the split over how to deal with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Kagan points out that some European leaders are more afraid of how the U.S. will wield its power in the Middle East than they are of the thought of Hussein or other "rogue state" leaders acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
Kagans brevity is as impressive as it is appreciated; most writers would have required thrice as many pages to get to their point. At any length, the book is nothing short of brilliant. This is essential reading for those seeking to understand the post-Cold War world. --Shawn Carkonen [via]More editions of Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order:
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On Libertyby Edward Alexander, John Stuart MillISBN 1551111993 (1-55111-199-3)
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On Libertyby John Stuart MillISBN 142092513X (1-4209-2513-X)
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Paradise Of Cities: Venice In The 19th Centuryby John Julius NorwichISBN 1400032377 (1-4000-3237-7)
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Princesses: The Six Daughters Of George IIIby Flora FraserISBN 1400096693 (1-4000-9669-3)
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Readings in Medieval Historyby Patrick J. GearyISBN 1551115506 (1-55111-550-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Readings in Medieval History'Book summary:Four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is provided: the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities.
The third edition includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of Tours, and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that deals with Jews, Muslims and Heretics. The text has also been newly typeset, making the book more readable, and in response to suggestions concerning the weight of the book, lighter paper is being used. The result is a book that is overall more user friendly.
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Volume II: The Later Middle AgesSpecial Combined Price: Readings in Medieval History, third edition may be ordered together with A Short History of the Middle Ages, third edition at a special discounted price. In order to secure the package price, the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-44260-353-0.
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Readings in Medieval History: The Early Middle Agesby Patrick J. GearyISBN 1551115514 (1-55111-551-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Readings in Medieval History: The Early Middle Ages'Book summary:This is the third edition of Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the medieval period. (A single-volume format of the complete text is also available.)
As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is provided: the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities.
The third edition includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of Tours, and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that deals with Jews, Muslims, and Heretics. The format of Readings in Medieval History has also been altered to make it more user-friendly. Volume I: The Early Middle Ages includes documents written up to the early 12th century; Volume II: The Later Middle Ages includes documents from the late 11th century on.
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The Republicby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 1406831700 (1-4068-3170-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:Plato (428/427 BC-348/347 BC), whose original name was Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the great trio of ancient Greeks - succeeding Socrates and preceding Aristotle - who between them laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture. Plato was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world. Plato is widely believed to have been a student of Socrates and to have been deeply influenced by his teacher's unjust death. Plato's brilliance as a writer and thinker can be witnessed by reading his Socratic dialogues. Some of the dialogues, letters, and other works that are ascribed to him are considered spurious. Plato is thought to have lectured at the Academy, although the pedagogical function of his dialogues, if any, is not known with certainty. They have historically been used to teach philosophy, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, and other subjects about which he wrote. [via]
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Rethinking ColumbusISBN 0942961145 (0-942961-14-5)
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The Rise and Fall of British Naval Masteryby Paul M. KennedyISBN 0948660015 (0-948660-01-5)
Softcover, Brill Academic Pub
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Sharpe's Christmasby Bernard CornwellISBN 0972222014 (0-9722220-1-4)
Softcover, Sharpe Appreciation Society
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Sharpe's Skirmishby Bernard CornwellISBN 0972222006 (0-9722220-0-6)
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The Sinking Of The Bismarck: The Deadly Huntby William ShirerISBN 1402736169 (1-4027-3616-9)
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Sources of the Grailby John MatthewsISBN 0940262878 (0-940262-87-8)
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Sources of the Grail: An Anthologyby John MatthewsISBN 094026286X (0-940262-86-X)
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The Story of Spain: The Dramatic History of Europe's Most Fascinating Countryby Mark R. WilliamsISBN 0970696922 (0-9706969-2-2)
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Story of the World: History for the Classical child Middles Agesby Susan Wise BauerISBN 0971412987 (0-9714129-8-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lievsand our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages weaves world history into a story book format. Who discovered chocolate? What happened to the giant Fovor of the Mighty Blows? Why did the Ottoman Turks drg their war ships across dry land?
The Story of the World covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americasfind out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share together, The Story of the World includes each continent and major people group. Volume 2: The Middle Ages. Is the second of a four-volume series and covers the major historical events in the years 400 to 1600 CE, as well as including maps, illustrations, and tales from each culture. [via]
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A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germansby Alfred-Maurice De ZayasISBN 1403973083 (1-4039-7308-3)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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A Traveller's History Of Englandby Christopher DaniellISBN 0940793717 (0-940793-71-7)
Hardcover, Interlink Books
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The Treason of the Intellectualsby Julien Benda, Roger Kimball, Richard AldingtonISBN 1412806232 (1-4128-0623-2)
Softcover, Transaction Pub
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian Warby Victor Davis HansonISBN 1400060958 (1-4000-6095-8)
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Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present.
Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
Hansons perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like Americas own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this centurys red stateblue state schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.
Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war. [via]More editions of A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War:
When History Enters the House: Essays from Central Europeby Michael BlumenthalISBN 0965141322 (0-9651413-2-2)
Softcover, Pleasure Boat Studio
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The World of Yesterdayby Stefan ZweigISBN 1406735744 (1-4067-3574-4)
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Jenseits Von Gut Und Boseby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 1406808318 (1-4068-0831-8)
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