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Aircraft Versus Aircraft: The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat Since 1914 to the Present Dayby Norman FranksISBN 1902304047 (1-902304-04-7)
Softcover, Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aircraft Versus Aircraft: The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat Since 1914 to the Present Day'Book summary:As soon as the first aeroplane had proved its value in war it became a target, and the fighter pilot was born. This book tells the story of the men and the aircraft in which they fought, from the rudimentary beginnings of tactics to the sophisticated technology of the present day.
Using diagrammatic paintings and pinpoint line artwork, the author illustrates the often complex manoeuvres of air combat, and tells the stories of fighter aces such as Baron von Richthofen, Albert Ball, Saburo Sakai, "Sailor" Malan and Joseph McConnell. The book includes strategy and tactics from World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Falklands and the Gulf. [via]More editions of Aircraft Versus Aircraft: The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat Since 1914 to the Present Day:
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The Art Of War: War And Military Thoughtby Martin Van Creveld, Martin L. Van Creveld, John KeeganISBN 0060838531 (0-06-083853-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of War: War And Military Thought'Book summary:The art of making war is among humankind's earliest professions, stretching far back before the written word, when heroic deeds in battles were carved on stone or recited through poem or song.In this sweeping, lucid history, Martin van Creveld explores military thought and strategy, from the earliest Chinese military thinkers to 20th-century perspectives on terrorism. This incredibly comprehensive book provides the reader with a gripping narrative of how war has been waged in ages past and a glimpse of what war may come to look like in the future.
- Military theories from Chinese thinker Sun Tzu to experts on guerrilla warfare and the terrorism of today
- Strategies of the Greeks and Romans as they worked to raise armies, discipline them, arm them, and provide them with the means for victory
- The work of military geniuses Adam von Buelow, Antoine Henri Jomini, and Karl von Clausewitz, theorists who devised strategies still in use today
- Modern armored air, naval, and nuclear warfare -- how technology has changed the face of battle
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Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941by William Lawrence ShirerISBN 0140051821 (0-14-005182-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941'Book summary:A precurser to the author's best-selling The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich describes the harrowing Nazi rise to power in Germany during the second half of the 1930s and profiles Hitler's complex personality. [via]
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The Causes of Warby Geoffrey BlaineyISBN 0029035910 (0-02-903591-0)
Softcover, Free Pr
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Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japanby Ronald H. SpectorISBN 0029303605 (0-02-930360-5)
Hardcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan'Book summary:Only now can the full scope of the war in the Pacific be fully understood. Historian Ronald Spector, drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, an abundance of British and American archival material. Japanese scholarship and documents, and research and memoirs of scholarly and military men, has written a stunning, complete and up-to-date history of the conflict. [via]
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El Silmarillionby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 844507038X (84-450-7038-X)
Hardcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Silmarillion'Book summary:El Silmarillion es el cuerpo central de los textos narrativos de J.R.R. Tolkien, una obra que no pudo publicar en vida porque creció unto con él. Tolkien comenzó a escribirlo mucho antes que El Hobbit, obra concebida como historia independiente, pero que fue parte de lo que él llamaba un "tema que copia y se ramifica", y del que emergió El Señor de los Anillos.El Silmarillion cuenta la historia de la Primera Edad, el antiguo drama del que hablan los personajes de El Señor de los Anillos, y en cuyos acontecimientos algunos de ellos tomaron parte, como Elrond y Galadriel.Los tres Silmarils eran gemas creadas por Fëanor, el más dotado de los Elfos, y contenían la Luz de los Dos Árboles de Valinor antes que los Árboles mismos fueran destruidos por Morgoth, el primer Señor Oscuro. Desde entonces la inmaculada Luz de Valinor vivió sólo en los Silmarils, pero Morgoth se apoderó de ellos, y los engarzó en su corona, guardada en la fortaleza impenetrable de Angband en el norte de la Tierra Media.En este volumen se incluyen otras obras cortas, como el Ainulindalë o la Música de los Ainur, la creación mítica del mundo, y el Valaquenta, sobre la naturaleza y poderes de los dioses. A El Silmarillion sigue el Akallabeth, que vuelve a narrar la caída del reino de Númenor al fin de la Segunda Edad, y por último la historia De los Anillos del Poder, en la que el tema de El Señor de los Anillos reaparece en la perspectiva más amplia de El Silmarillion.El Silmarillion no es una novela, ni un cuento de hadas, ni una historia ficticia. Podría definirse como una obra de imaginación inspirada, una visión sombría, legendaria o mítica, del interminable conflicto entre el deseo de poder y la capacidad de crear. [via]
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End of the Affairby Graham GreeneISBN 0140046968 (0-14-004696-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'End of the Affair'Book summary:Set in London during and just after World War II, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair is a pathos-laden examination of a three-way collision between love of self, love of another and love of God. The affair in question involves Maurice Bendrix, a solipsistic novelist, and a dutifully married woman, Sarah Miles. The lovers meet at a party thrown by Sarah's dreary civil-servant husband, and proceed to liberate each other from boredom and routine unhappiness. Reflecting on the ebullient beginnings of their romance, Bendrix recalls: "There was never any question in those days of who wanted whom--we were together in desire". Indeed, the affair goes on unchecked for several years until, during an afternoon tryst, Bendrix goes downstairs to look for intruders in his basement and a bomb falls on the building. Sarah rushes down to find him lying under a fallen door, and immediately makes a deal with God, whom she has never particularly cared for:
"I love him and I'll do anything if you'll make him alive... I'll give him up forever, only let him be alive with a chance... People can love each other without seeing each other, can't they, they love You all their lives without seeing You".
Bendrix, as evidenced by his ability to tell the story, is not dead, merely unconscious, and so Sarah must keep her promise. She breaks off the relationship without giving a reason, leaving Bendrix mystified and angry. The only explanation he can think of is that she's left him for another man. It isn't until years later, when he hires a private detective to ascertain the truth, that he learns of her impassioned vow. Sarah herself comes to understand her move through a strange rationalisation. Writing to God in her journal, she says:"You willed our separation, but he [Bendrix] willed it too. He worked for it with his anger and his jealousy, and he worked for it with his love. For he gave me so much love, and I gave him so much love that soon there wasn't anything left, when we'd finished, but You".
It's as though the pull toward faith were inevitable, if incomprehensible--perhaps as punishment for her sin of adultery. In her final years, Sarah's faith only deepens, even as she remains haunted by the bombing and the power of her own attraction to God. Set against the backdrop of a war-ravaged city, The End of the Affair is equally haunting as it lays forth the question of what constitutes love in troubling, unequivocal terms. --Melanie Rehak [via]More editions of End of the Affair:
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Exodusby Leon UrisISBN 2221098625 (2-221-09862-5)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exodus'Book summary:Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.
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Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoirby John McCain, Mark SalterISBN 0060957867 (0-06-095786-7)
Softcover, William Morrow & Co
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembersby Loung UngISBN 0060856262 (0-06-085626-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers'Book summary:Written in the present tense, First They Killed My Father will put you right in the midst of the action--action you'll wish had never happened. It's a tough read, but definitely a worthwhile one, and the author's personality and strength shine through on every page. Covering the years from 1975 to 1979, the story moves from the deaths of multiple family members to the forced separation of the survivors, leading ultimately to the reuniting of much of the family, followed by marriages and immigrations. The brutality seems unending--beatings, starvation, attempted rape, mental cruelty--and yet the narrator (a young girl) never stops fighting for escape and survival. Sad and courageous, her life and the lives of her young siblings provide quite a powerful example of how war can so deeply affect children--especially a war in which they are trained to be an integral part of the armed forces. For anyone interested in Cambodia's recent history, this book shares a valuable personal view of events. --Jill Lightner [via]
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Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers - First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers: ISBN 0060193328 (0-06-019332-8)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers: ISBN 0060856262 (0-06-085626-2)
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- First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers: ISBN 0060931388 (0-06-093138-8)
Five Quarters of the Orangeby Joanne HarrisISBN 0060958022 (0-06-095802-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Forgotten Soldier: The Classic Wwii Autobiographyby Guy SajerISBN 0080374379 (0-08-037437-9)
Softcover, Potomac Books Inc
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's a Little Princessby Barbara McClintock, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mary CollierISBN 0060278919 (0-06-027891-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's a Little Princess'Book summary:In this first-ever picture book adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess, Sara Crewe and nineteenth-century London come brilliantly alive under the expert hand of award-winning author and illustrator Barbara McClintock.
When kindhearted Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's boarding school, she seems just like a teal little princess. Then a sudden misfortune turns her life upside down, and Sara is banished to the school's dreary attic and must work for her living. It takes all of Sara's imagination and a little bit of magic to turn her misfortune around and prove she is, at heart, a little princess.
Frances Hodgson Burnett's story of how Sara Crewe survives hardship and finds happiness again was originally published in 1905 and has won the hearts of children the world over. Now Barbara McClintock has captured the very essence of this unforgettable story in her lovingly detailed adaptation,
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's a Little Princessby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0060290102 (0-06-029010-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's a Little Princess'Book summary:In this first-ever picture book adaptation of frances hodgson burnett's a little princess, sara crewe and nineteenth-century london come brilliantly alive under the expert hand of award-winning author and illustrator barbara mcclintock.when kindhearted sara crewe arrives at miss minchin's boarding school, she seems just like a teal little princess. Then a sudden misfortune turns her life upside down, and sara is banished to the school's dreary attic and must work for her living. It takes all of sara's imagination and a little bit of magic to turn her misfortune around and prove she is, at heart, a little princess. Frances hodgson burnett's story of how sara crewe survives hardship and finds happiness again was originally published in 1905 and has won the hearts of children the world over. Now barbara mcclintock has captured the very essence of this unforgettable story in her lovingly detailed adaptation [via]
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Gallipoliby Alan MooreheadISBN 0060937084 (0-06-093708-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Harry Potterby J. K. RowlingISBN 8478887423 (84-7888-742-3)
Hardcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
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Harry Potter Y La Orden Del Fenix / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. Rowling, Gemma Rovira OrtegaISBN 8478889019 (84-7888-901-9)
Hardcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Book Details:- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2/1/2004
- Pages: 896
- Reading Level: Age 9 and Up
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Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Livesby Alan BullockISBN 0006863744 (0-00-686374-4)
Hardcover, Fontana Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives'Book summary:Alan Bullock's bestselling and monumental masterpiece, now in a revised Second Edition 'It is practically unprecedented to take two such monsters as Hitler and Stalin, who never met, and interweave their lives chronologically, chapter by chapter, often paragraph by paragraph, as Bullock has done...a triumph of organization, lucidity and perspective.' John Campbell, The Times 'Compulsive reading. The sweep is broad and the information concisely conveyed without any sign of pedantry...a titanic narrative history.' Zara Steiner, Financial Times 'An astonishing feat of organization, brilliantly illuminating the tragic history of the twentieth century.' Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph Books of the Year 'If you knew nothing about the twentieth century and were allowed one book to bone up on it, this would have to be it.' Alex Campbell, Daily Mail [via]
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I, Claudiusby Robert GravesISBN 0140003185 (0-14-000318-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I, Claudius'Book summary:Having never seen the famous 1970s television series based on Graves' historical novel of ancient Rome and being generally uneducated about matters both ancient and Roman, I wasn't prepared for such an engaging book. But it's a ripping good read, this fictional autobiography set in the Roman Empire's days of glory and decadence. As a history lesson, it's fabulous; as a novel it's also wonderful. Best is Claudius himself, the stutterer who let everyone think he was an idiot (to avoid getting poisoned) but who reveals himself in the narrative to be a wry and likable observer. His story continues in Claudius the God. [via]
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If Not Now, When?by Primo LeviISBN 0140084924 (0-14-008492-4)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If Not Now, When?'Book summary:Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. A compelling tale of action, resistance and epic adventure, it also reveals Levi's characteristic compassion and deep insight into the moral dilemmas of total war. It ranks alongside "The Period Table" and "If This is a Man" as one of the rare authentic masterpieces of our times. [via]
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Korea: The Untold Story of the Warby J. C. GouldenISBN 0070235805 (0-07-023580-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Limited
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Le Chanson De Rolandby JoninISBN 2070371506 (2-07-037150-6)
Softcover, Gallimard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Chanson De Roland'Book summary:448pages. poche. Poche. [via]
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha TudorISBN 0064401871 (0-06-440187-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Generations of children have treasured the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines shes a princess in order to survive hard times at Miss Minchins London boarding school. Now, this classic novel is available in two beautiful new collectors editions. With Tasha Tudors enchanting black-and-white illustrations, and lovely details like a satin ribbon marker and glorious full-color plates in the hardcover, these new editions of A Little Princess are must-haves for anyone who wants to rediscover the magic of this beloved story. [via]
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Los De Abajoby Mariano Azuela, Jorge RuffinelliISBN 9505571321 (950-557-132-1)
Hardcover, ALLCA XX
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Los De Abajo: Novela De LA Revolucion MexicanaISBN 9681603206 (968-16-0320-6)
Softcover, Fondo De Cultura Economica USA
Find This BookBook summary:Mariano Azuela, médico mexicano, quien sirvió en los ejércitos de Villa, escribió una de las novelas más realistas, dramáticas y esclarecedoras del proceso revolucionario de 1910, la cual se emparenta por derecho propio con otras narraciones escritas por testigos y protagonistas de la lucha armada. [via]
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Los De Abajo: Novela de la Revolucion Mexicanaby Mariano AzuelaISBN 8495311127 (84-95311-12-7)
Softcover, Jorge a Mestas Ediciones
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The Lost Art of Warby Sun Tzu, Thomas F. ClearyISBN 0062514059 (0-06-251405-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Lost Art of Warby Thomas F. Cleary, Pin SunISBN 0062513613 (0-06-251361-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Art of War'Book summary:The recently discovered companion to the bestselling The Art of War by Sun Tzu, written by his lineal descendant Sun Bin, also known as Sun Tzu II. Like those of his distinguished ancestor, Sun Tzu II's metaphors can be applied to life situations far beyond warfare--including business, government, diplomacy, relationships, and social action. [via]
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Mcsweeney's 19: Old Facts, New Fiction, & A Novella By T.C. Boyleby Dave EggersISBN 193241648X (1-932416-48-X)
Hardcover, McSweeneys Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mcsweeney's 19: Old Facts, New Fiction, & A Novella By T.C. Boyle'Book summary:McSweeney's Issue 19, our first issue of 2006, turns toward earlier and equally uncertain years, traveling back by way of pamphlets, info-cards, and letters addressing bygone conflicts and still-constant concerns. Expect, among other recovered works, carefree strategies for insurgencies in Nicaragua, astrological advice for the Nixon/Agnew campaigner, sanguine guidance for the soldier stationed in the Middle East at mid-century, and commonsense reinforcement for the doughboy drifting toward a gonorrhea infection. Also featured is T.C. Boyle's feral child novella and additional quasi-historical work by new writers.[via]More editions of Mcsweeney's 19: Old Facts, New Fiction, & A Novella By T.C. Boyle:
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Miracle at Midwayby Donald M. Goldstein, Gordon William PrangeISBN 0070506728 (0-07-050672-8)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miracle at Midway'Book summary:Seven months after blitzing Pearl Harbor, the Japanese commander, Admiral Yamamoto, prepared to finish his work. He targeted a smaller United States force commanded by Chester Nimitz, a junior admiral. Given the superiority of the Japanese fleet, Yamamoto had every reason to expect victory.
But we had broken the Japanese code and Nimitz learned of Yamamoto's plans. He responded with tactics of beautiful flexibility. The Japanese, ablaze with confidence, suffered a crippling reverse. Midway put our navy back on its feet.
Based on original archival research as well as exclusive interviews with survivors on both sides, this book is a majestic sequel to AT DAWN WE SLEPT, also by Gordon W. Prange. [via]
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Miracle at Midwayby Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. DillonISBN 0140068147 (0-14-006814-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Once a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnamby David DonovanISBN 0070175926 (0-07-017592-6)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Once a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam'Book summary:"One of the best narratives to come out of the VietnamWar." - Military Book Club. "Once a Warrior King" vividly portrays the Vietnam experience of an officier and a gentleman. In April 1969, David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta. A raw, idealistic first lieutenant fresh from the Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Donovan joined an isolated 4-man American team operating with village chiefs and local militia leading patrols and combat missions. He gets caught up with the Vietnamese culture, its local and national politics, in friendships & families that he saw torn apart by the tragic war. Eventually he was inducted into a Vietnamese brotherhood, a sect of honorary "warrior king". On his return to the United States, Donovan found that Vietnam had become a part of him, separating him from his wife, children, friends and country. Donovan's chilling account of "coming home" is as dramatic as his tales of combat in the Delta. Powerfully written, taut, and compelling, this is an extraordinary book about the Vietnam experience from one officier's eyes. A real "coming-of-age" book if you will, where the book begins with a young inexperience officier thrust into the front lines and ends with a seasoned veteran, proud of his service but disillusioned about the results and his country's response. An excellent book. [via]
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Only You Can Save Mankindby PratchettISBN 0060541873 (0-06-054187-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Partisansby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0002226901 (0-00-222690-1)
Hardcover, Collins
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Prince Caspian: Lucy's Journeyby C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes, Anne-Marie DalmaisISBN 2070546454 (2-07-054645-4)
Softcover, Sodis
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Rebelion en la granja / Animal Farmby George OrwellISBN 8423337332 (84-233-3733-2)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rebelion En La Granja / Animal Farm'Book summary:Esta es una fabula en la que la adjudicacion de las aflicciones y las necesidades humanas a los animales protagonistas vencio la resistencia nacional de los primeros lectores a mirar lo que no querian mirar. Lo que nos cuenta el autor ya estaba en los periodicos: la historia sobre los crimenes estalinistas en la Union Sovietica. [via]
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The Road Backby Erich Maria RemarqueISBN 1931541744 (1-931541-74-4)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962by Alistair HorneISBN 0140101918 (0-14-010191-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Sharpe's Devilby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060932295 (0-06-093229-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Sharpe's Devil : Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-1821by Bernard CornwellISBN 006109028X (0-06-109028-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Sharpe's Siegeby Bernard CornwellISBN 0140084711 (0-14-008471-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Silmarillionby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 8445071394 (84-450-7139-4)
Softcover, Minotauro Ediciones Avd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silmarillion'Book summary:El Silmarillion es el cuerpo central de los textos narrativos de J.R.R. Tolkien, una obra que no pudo publicar en vida porque creció unto con él. Tolkien comenzó a escribirlo mucho antes que El Hobbit, obra concebida como historia independiente, pero que fue parte de lo que él llamaba un "tema que copia y se ramifica", y del que emergió El Señor de los Anillos.El Silmarillion cuenta la historia de la Primera Edad, el antiguo drama del que hablan los personajes de El Señor de los Anillos, y en cuyos acontecimientos algunos de ellos tomaron parte, como Elrond y Galadriel.Los tres Silmarils eran gemas creadas por Fëanor, el más dotado de los Elfos, y contenían la Luz de los Dos Árboles de Valinor antes que los Árboles mismos fueran destruidos por Morgoth, el primer Señor Oscuro. Desde entonces la inmaculada Luz de Valinor vivió sólo en los Silmarils, pero Morgoth se apoderó de ellos, y los engarzó en su corona, guardada en la fortaleza impenetrable de Angband en el norte de la Tierra Media.En este volumen se incluyen otras obras cortas, como el Ainulindalë o la Música de los Ainur, la creación mítica del mundo, y el Valaquenta, sobre la naturaleza y poderes de los dioses. A El Silmarillion sigue el Akallabeth, que vuelve a narrar la caída del reino de Númenor al fin de la Segunda Edad, y por último la historia De los Anillos del Poder, en la que el tema de El Señor de los Anillos reaparece en la perspectiva más amplia de El Silmarillion.El Silmarillion no es una novela, ni un cuento de hadas, ni una historia ficticia. Podría definirse como una obra de imaginación inspirada, una visión sombría, legendaria o mítica, del interminable conflicto entre el deseo de poder y la capacidad de crear. [via]
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45by Barbara TuchmanISBN 0026202905 (0-02-620290-5)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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The Surgeon's Mateby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0002224062 (0-00-222406-2)
Hardcover, Harper & Collins
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Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925by Vera BrittainISBN 0140122516 (0-14-012251-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Transformation of Warby Martin L. Van CreveldISBN 0029331552 (0-02-933155-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Troilus and Cressidaby David BevingtonISBN 1903436699 (1-903436-69-9)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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Within the walls of Troy, Prince Troilus falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the deserter Calchas. His love is intense and frenetic--"I am giddy, expectation whirls round me," but turns to bitter disillusion when Cressida defects to the Greek camp and flirts with Diomedes. As the war and conflict over the abduction of Helen whirls around the doomed romance, the play delights in its complex syntax and cynical images of waste, decay, corruption and mutability, summed up in Ulysses' comment that, "Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all / To envious and calumniating time." The play's cynical open-ended quality has frustrated many readers, but gives the play a remarkably modern, contemporary sensibility. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackeryISBN 1934169080 (1-934169-08-0)
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The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990by Marilyn B. YoungISBN 0060921072 (0-06-092107-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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War in the Modern Worldby Theodore RoppISBN 0020363907 (0-02-036390-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Wars End: Profiles From Bosnia 1995-96by Joe SaccoISBN 1896597920 (1-896597-92-0)
Hardcover, Drawn & Quarterly Pubns
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How does an artist reconcile being forced to go to the front line of a brutal conflict that will change his life and homeland forever? What happens when a reporter finally comes face-to-face with an evil war criminal? Before his groundbreaking graphic novels Safe Area Gorazde and The Fixer, Palestinian author Joe Sacco created two short stories with characters from each side of the crossfire. Collected for the first time in Wars End: Profiles from Bosnia 19951996 are the acclaimed Soba and Christmas with Karadzic. In Soba, Sacco captures the internal torment of the romanticized Sarajevo artist-warrior who captivated the Western media with his guitar and hard-partying ways. In Christmas with Karadzic, Sacco gives the reader an inside peek at the darkly humorous news process that doesnt make the headlines back home as he chases after one of the most hated and sought-after Bosnian Serb leaders and war criminals.More editions of Wars End: Profiles From Bosnia 1995-96:
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Zimmermann Telegramby Barbara W. TuchmanISBN 0026203200 (0-02-620320-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Absolon, Absolon / Absalom, Absalomby William FaulknerISBN 8420657204 (84-206-5720-4)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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El choque de civilizaciones: Y la reconfiguracion del orden mundialby Samuel P. HuntingtonISBN 8449303664 (84-493-0366-4)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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El choque de Civilizaciones y la Reconfiguracion del Orden Mundial / The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Orderby Samuel P. HuntingtonISBN 8430937900 (84-309-3790-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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Los De Abajoby Mariano AzuelaISBN 8437602262 (84-376-0226-2)
Hardcover, Ediciones Cátedra
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los De Abajo'Book summary:Esta edición crítica de la obra clásica de Mariano Azuela incluye un estudio preliminar de Carlos Fuentes y una introducción del coordinador Jorge Ruffinelli, quien también realiza la bibliografía. La historia del texto es analizada por Ruffinelli y Stanley L. Robe; Luis Leal, Seymour Menton y Mónica Mansour escriben sobre las lecturas de la obra. [via]
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Emperador/emporer: Las Puertas De Roma/the Gates Of Romeby Conn IgguldenISBN 8476695950 (84-7669-595-0)
Hardcover, Oceano De Mexico
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Esperando a Los Barbaros / Waiting for the Barbariansby John Maxwell CoetzeeISBN 8497593359 (84-9759-335-9)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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Estados Canallas/ Rogue States: El Imperio De La Fuerza En Los Asuntos Mundiales / the Rule of Force in World Affairsby Noam ChomskyISBN 8449311527 (84-493-1152-7)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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Las Fauces Del Tigre/The teeth of the tigerby Tom ClancyISBN 8408059602 (84-08-05960-2)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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La Feria De Las Vanidades / Vanity Fairby William Makepeace Thackeray, Alfonso NadalISBN 8497937848 (84-9793-784-8)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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La mirada desencantada e irónica del director de escena no es otra que la de William M. Thackeray, maestro en el arte de crear personajes femeninos. Así, pronto veremos pisar el escenario a dos mujeres inolvidables: Amelia Sedley, dulce y sensible pero apocada, deseosa de entregar su vida al hombre que ama, y Becky Sharp, inteligente y ambiciosa, dispuesta a usar y abusar de sus encantos para ascender en la escala social. Estas figuras tópicas cobran vida en manos de Thackeray, y lo que podría ser la trama de un culebrón de sobremesa se convierte en un juego fascinante, lleno de trampas y de emoción, en una obra magistral de la literatura de todos los tiempos. [via]More editions of La Feria De Las Vanidades / Vanity Fair:
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Harry Potter Y La Orden Del Fenix / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. Rowling, Gemma Rovira OrtegaISBN 8478888845 (84-7888-884-5)
Softcover, Emece Editores
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Book Details:- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2/1/2004
- Pages: 896
- Reading Level: Age 9 and Up
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Historia De La Decadencia Y Ruina Del Imperio Romanoby Edward Gibbon, Jose Mor de FuentesISBN 8475060935 (84-7506-093-5)
Hardcover, Ediciones Turner
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El Hombre En El Castilloby Philip K. DickISBN 8445072420 (84-450-7242-0)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Ilion: El Asedio / Iliumby Dan Simmons, Rafael MarinISBN 8466623299 (84-666-2329-9)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ilion: El Asedio / Ilium'Book summary:A team of sentient robots from Jupiter's lunar system embark on a mission to Mars, where they find a race of metahumans living out existence as the Greek gods of Olympus. These "gods" have recreated the Trojan War with reconstituted Greeks and Trojans, staffing it with scholars from Earth's history who observe the events and ensure their accuracy to Homer's Iliad. One of these scholars, Thomas Hockenberry, finds himself tangled in the midst of the interplay between the gods and their playthings, and sends the war reeling in a direction Homer could have never imagined.[via]More editions of Ilion: El Asedio / Ilium:
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Juego de Patriotasby Tom ClancyISBN 8401495229 (84-01-49522-9)
Hardcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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Ordenes Ejecutivas IIby Tom ClancyISBN 8408024493 (84-08-02449-3)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Patria/ Fatherlandby Robert Harris, Rafael Marin TracheraISBN 8497934059 (84-9793-405-9)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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El Puno De Diosby ForsythISBN 8401464250 (84-01-46425-0)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Rebelion en la granja / Animal Farmby G. OrwelISBN 9706438807 (970-643-880-7)
Softcover, Selector S.A. De C.V.
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La revolucion militar / The Military Revolution: Innovacion Militar Y Apogeo De Occidente, 1500-1800 / Military Innovation and the West Heyday, 1500-1800by Geoffrey ParkerISBN 8420667900 (84-206-6790-0)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Vacas, Cerdos, Guerras Y Brujas/ Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: Los Enigmas De La Cultura/ the Riddles of Cultureby Marvin HarrisISBN 842063963X (84-206-3963-X)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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L'attentat: Romanby Yasmina KhadraISBN 2260016936 (2-260-01693-6)
Hardcover, Julliard
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Les Hirondelles De Kaboul: Romanby Yasmina KhadraISBN 2260015964 (2-260-01596-4)
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Quand Nous Etions Orphelinsby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 2264033746 (2-264-03374-6)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quand Nous Etions Orphelins'Book summary:383pages. 17x10,8x2,4cm. Poche. Christopher Banks, Anglais né à Shanghai à l'aube du XXe siècle, est devenu orphelin à 9 ans, à la suite de la disparition énigmatique de ses parents. Envoyé en Grande-Bretagne pour y poursuivre ses études, il devient un détective célèbre, résolvant les affaires les plus difficiles, avant de décider finalement de revenir sur les lieux de son enfance pour s'attaquer à l'énigme qui n'a cessé de le hanter : pourquoi ses parents ont-ils été enlevés ? Cet événement lourd de conséquences serait-il lié au trafic d'opium ? Mais est-il possible de cerner la vérité à partir de souvenirs évanescents, qui plus est dans une ville quotidiennement défigurée par les ravages de la guerre sino-japonaise ? Et peut-on faire confiance à un homme certes rigoureux, mais forcément impliqué émotionnellement dans son enquête ? Le lecteur est alors amené à endosser lui aussi l'habit de détective, en quête des bribes de vérité que livre la conscience labyrinthique du personnage. L'auteur virtuose des Vestiges du Jour explore ainsi à nouveau le territoire du dédale de la mémoire. Avec originalité et subtilité, perspicacité et finesse d'humour, il nous livre un roman remarquable, riche en émotions et en rebondissements. Le lecteur se laisse emporter avec plaisir par le souffle de cette ?uvre à l'atmosphère désenchantée, et qui invite à profiter des plaisirs minuscules de la vie. Un très bon cru, à consommer sans modération. -Nathalie Gouiffès [via]
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Le Temps Retrouveby Marcel ProustISBN 2070382931 (2-07-038293-1)
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Terre des Hommesby Antoine de Saint-ExupéryISBN 2070360210 (2-07-036021-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Terre des Hommes'Book summary:"Nous habitons une planète errante." Saint-Exupéry, qui vient d'être nommé pilote de ligne, découvre, admire, médite notre planète. Assurant désormais le courrier entre Toulouse et Dakar, il hérite d'une vaste responsabilité à l'égard des hommes, mais surtout de lui-même et de son rapport au monde. Tout en goûtant "la pulpe amère des nuits de vol", il apprend à habiter la planète et la condition d'homme, lit son chemin intérieur à travers les astres. En plus du langage universel, il jouit aussi chaque jour de la fraternité qui le lie à ses camarades du ciel. Il rend hommage à Mermoz ou à Guillaumet, à qui est dédicacé le roman, et dont il rappelle les célèbres paroles : "Ce que j'ai fait, je le jure, jamais aucune bête ne l'aurait fait."
Dès Courrier Sud et Vol de nuit, l'homme d'action a su admirablement se mettre au diapason de l'homme de pensée et de l'humaniste qu'était tout à la fois Saint-Exupéry. Dans Terre des hommes, l'aviateur-écrivain s'intéresse particulièrement à la rigueur qu'exigent les relations humaines. --Laure Anciel [via]
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Un Dimanche a La Piscine a Kigali: Romanby Gil CourtemancheISBN 2764600712 (2-7646-0071-2)
Hardcover, Boreal
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Das Buch Ruthby Klaas HuizingISBN 381350168X (3-8135-0168-X)
Hardcover, Knaus
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Was uns erwartet: Christopher Banks, der Protagonist des Romans, ist, nach erfolgreichem Universitätsbesuch, zum berühmtesten Londoner Detektiv der 30er Jahre geworden. Er ist ein Philosoph, ein Metaphysiker des Detektivischen. Doch was treibt ihn ins Investigative? Wir erfahren es mittels ausführlicher Rückblenden. Banks verbringt Kindheit und Jugend in Shanghai und muss erleben, dass eines Tages seine Eltern verschwunden sind. Er ist besessen davon, das Geheimnis dieses Verschwindens zu ergründen. Nach und nach wird jedoch deutlich, dass diese scheinbar präzisen Erinnerungen in den zahllosen Rückblenden nicht so sehr der Aufhellung der Vergangenheit, als der Konstruktion eines Idealbildes seiner Kindheit dienen. Wir hören, dezent, dezent, die postmoderne Nachtigall trapsen: Nicht die Geschichte als solche ist besonders wichtig, sondern die Beschreibung des postmodernen Ego im Prozess seiner Selbstfindung, seines Bemühens, Ordnung ins allgegenwärtige Chaos zu bringen.
In gewissem Sinne steht dieser Roman in einer Tradition des Kafkaesken ( nicht Kafkas!!): der Beschreibung des Unwirklichen und Unlogischen im vorgeblich Sinnhaften.
Lesbar und wider Erwarten unterhaltsam wird dieses Buch durch Ishiguros parodistisches Talent, auch wenn die manchmal unambitionierte bis fantasielose Übersetzung dem hohen literarischen Rang dieses Autors nicht immer gerecht wird. Trost und Versprechen zum Schluss: Das Mysterium des elterlichen Verschwindens wird tatsächlich enträtselt. --Dietrich Clausen [via]
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Der Burgerkrieg: Lateinisch-Deutschby Julius Caesar, Otto SchonbergerISBN 376081512X (3-7608-1512-X)
Hardcover, Artemis
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Quando Eravamo Orfaniby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 8806162349 (88-06-16234-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Hundre Og en Dag: En Reportasjereiseby Asne SeierstadISBN 8202233070 (82-02-23307-0)
Hardcover, J.W. Cappelen
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Het Verdriet Van Belgie: Romanby Hugo ClausISBN 9023460782 (90-234-6078-2)
Hardcover, Bezige Bij
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