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The Most Awful Responsibility

Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age

by Alex Wellerstein ...

Narrated by Tim Campbell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

""I thought I knew the story but learned much that I didn’t know. Outstanding!""— Richard Rhodes“This is historical research at its best.” — Dan CarlinPresident Truman’s choice to drop the atomic bomb is the most debated decision in the 20th Century. But what if Truman’s actual decision wasn’t what everyone thinks it was?The conventional narrative is that American leaders had a choice: Invade ... Read more

$28.99 USD

""I thought I knew the story but learned much that I didn’t know. Outstanding!""— Richard Rhodes“This is historical research at its best.” — Dan CarlinPresident Truman’s choice to drop the atomic bomb is the most debated decision in the 20th Century. But what if Truman’s actual decision wasn’t what everyone thinks it was?The conventional narrative is that American leaders had a choice: Invade
... Read more
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The Arms of Krupp

1587–1968

by William Manchester ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

48 hours 15 min

In this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America’s preeminent biographer/historian explored the German national character as no other writer has done.The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe’s wealthiest, most powerful family, a four-hundred-year German dynasty that developed the world’s most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to anti-aircraft ... Read more

$29.99 USD

In this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America’s preeminent biographer/historian explored the German national character as no other writer has done.The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe’s wealthiest, most powerful family, a four-hundred-year German dynasty that developed the world’s most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to anti-aircraft
... Read more
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Mosquito Mayhem

de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

by Martin W. Bowman ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

"The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about fifty yards ahead of our nose and exactly at our altitude. Within a tenth of a second, we were through the cloud of dirty ... Read more

$24.99 USD

"The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about fifty yards ahead of our nose and exactly at our altitude. Within a tenth of a second, we were through the cloud of dirty
... Read more
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Warrior of Mercia

The action-packed historical thriller from MJ Porter

by MJ Porter ...

Narrated by Sean Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles
Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

The next epic, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles seriesIcel is a lone wolf no more...Tamworth, AD830Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icel continues to forge his own destiny on the path to becoming the Warrior of Mercia.With King Ecgberht of Wessex defeated and Londonium back under Mercian control ... Read more

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The next epic, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles seriesIcel is a lone wolf no more...Tamworth, AD830Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icel continues to forge his own destiny on the path to becoming the Warrior of Mercia.With King Ecgberht of Wessex defeated and Londonium back under Mercian control
... Read more
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Hunting the Nazi Bomb

The Special Forces Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Deadliest Weapon

by Damien Lewis ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

13 hours

In the Spring of 1940, as Britain reeled from defeats on all fronts and America seemed frozen in isolation, one fear united the British and American leaders like no other: the Nazis had stolen a march on the Allies towards building the atomic bomb. So began the hunt for Hitler's nuclear weapons. It was to be the most secret war of those wars fought amongst the shadows. The highest stakes. The ... Read more

$24.99 USD

In the Spring of 1940, as Britain reeled from defeats on all fronts and America seemed frozen in isolation, one fear united the British and American leaders like no other: the Nazis had stolen a march on the Allies towards building the atomic bomb. So began the hunt for Hitler's nuclear weapons. It was to be the most secret war of those wars fought amongst the shadows. The highest stakes. The
... Read more
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Samuel Colt

Biography of the Inventor of the Revolver

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

Unabridged

53 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The acrid smoke of black powder drifted across the Connecticut River as sixteen-year-old Samuel Colt pulled the trigger of his crude wooden revolver for the sixth consecutive time, each shot fired without the laborious reloading that plagued every other firearm of his era. The year was 1830, and while his schoolmates at Amherst Academy were struggling ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The acrid smoke of black powder drifted across the Connecticut River as sixteen-year-old Samuel Colt pulled the trigger of his crude wooden revolver for the sixth consecutive time, each shot fired without the laborious reloading that plagued every other firearm of his era. The year was 1830, and while his schoolmates at Amherst Academy were struggling
... Read more
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Arsenals of Folly

The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

From the Pulitzer Prize—winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb: the story of the entire postwar superpower arms race, climaxing during the Reagan-Gorbachev decade when the United States and the Soviet Union camewithin scant hours of nuclear war–and then nearly agreed to abolish nuclear weapons.In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration’s ... Read more

$25.99 USD

From the Pulitzer Prize—winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb: the story of the entire postwar superpower arms race, climaxing during the Reagan-Gorbachev decade when the United States and the Soviet Union camewithin scant hours of nuclear war–and then nearly agreed to abolish nuclear weapons.In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration’s
... Read more
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The Weapon Wizards

How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower

by Yaakov Katz, Amir Bohbot ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of eight million learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense industry and become the new prototype of a twenty-first century superpower, not in size, but rather in ... Read more

$17.99 USD

From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of eight million learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense industry and become the new prototype of a twenty-first century superpower, not in size, but rather in
... Read more
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Репетиция апокалипсиса: Тайная история атомных учений в СССР. Тоцкое-1954

by Вячеслав Моисеев ...

Narrated by Андрей Троммельман ...

Unabridged

4 hours 19 min

14 сентября 1954 года на Тоцком полигоне под Оренбургом была взорвана атомная бомба мощностью около 40 килотонн. В рамках эксперимента по изучению последствий ядерного взрыва уже спустя несколько часов через его эпицентр прошли военные в костюмах химической защиты. Секретная операция под кодовым названием «Снежок» обернулась катастрофой: более 45 000 военных и 10 000 мирных жителей подверглись ... Read more

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14 сентября 1954 года на Тоцком полигоне под Оренбургом была взорвана атомная бомба мощностью около 40 килотонн. В рамках эксперимента по изучению последствий ядерного взрыва уже спустя несколько часов через его эпицентр прошли военные в костюмах химической защиты. Секретная операция под кодовым названием «Снежок» обернулась катастрофой: более 45 000 военных и 10 000 мирных жителей подверглись
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945

Red Steamroller

by Robert A. Forczyk ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its
... Read more
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Steel Masculinity

Unshackled Power and Warfare

by Conrad Riker ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Alistair G ...

Series Audiobook box set - redpilled rational
Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ever wondered why men are the ones leading in the battlefield and designing weapons of power?Is masculinity really the driving force behind the innovation of destructive tools?Steel Masculinity: Unshackled Power and Warfare dares to explore these questions, taking a deep dive into the world of weaponry, power, and masculinity. From the philosophies ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ever wondered why men are the ones leading in the battlefield and designing weapons of power?Is masculinity really the driving force behind the innovation of destructive tools?Steel Masculinity: Unshackled Power and Warfare dares to explore these questions, taking a deep dive into the world of weaponry, power, and masculinity. From the philosophies
... Read more
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Desert Armour

Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41

by Robert Forczyk ...

Narrated by Chris Monteiro ...

Unabridged

13 hours 15 min

Robert Forczyk covers the development of armored warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941.The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where for three ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Robert Forczyk covers the development of armored warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941.The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where for three
... Read more
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Kill Chain

The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins

by Andrew Cockburn ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 10 min

This essential, page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.Assassination by drone is a subject of deep and enduring fascination, yet few understand how and why it has become our principal way of waging war. Kill Chain uncovers the real and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This essential, page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.Assassination by drone is a subject of deep and enduring fascination, yet few understand how and why it has become our principal way of waging war. Kill Chain uncovers the real and
... Read more
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The Warhead

The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern Warfare

by Jeffrey E. Stern ...

Narrated by Jeffrey E. Stern, Sitara Attaie, Ray Corasani, Vas Eli, Justin Price, Peter Romano, Saskia Maarleveld, Gary Tiedemann, Dallis Seeker ...

Unabridged

12 hours 4 min

**An Apple Best Book of the MonthFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb**Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable.In The Warhead, Jeffrey Stern tells ... Read more

$24.99 USD

**An Apple Best Book of the MonthFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb**Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable.In The Warhead, Jeffrey Stern tells
... Read more
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Fruktade vapen – Under 100 år

by Allt om Historia ...

Narrated by Mikael Roupé ...

Series series Militärhistoria
Unabridged

4 hours 9 min

På bara ett sekel har vapenutvecklingen förändrat krigföringen i grunden. I början av 1900-talet var stridsvagnar, flygplan och drönare knappt tänkbara som vapen, men idag utgör de kärnan i militära operationer världen över."Fruktade vapen – Under 100 år" skildrar de senaste hundra årens vapenutveckling från första världskrigets skyttegravar till moderna konflikter med drönare, precisionsvapen och ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

På bara ett sekel har vapenutvecklingen förändrat krigföringen i grunden. I början av 1900-talet var stridsvagnar, flygplan och drönare knappt tänkbara som vapen, men idag utgör de kärnan i militära operationer världen över."Fruktade vapen – Under 100 år" skildrar de senaste hundra årens vapenutveckling från första världskrigets skyttegravar till moderna konflikter med drönare, precisionsvapen och
... Read more
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Brief History of Firearms, A: How Gunpowder Changed the World

by Andrew Falkner ...

Narrated by Andrew Falkner ...

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

Trace the explosive evolution of military history, where ancient alchemy forged weapons that reshaped global warfare. Perfect for a captivating daily commute or an evening of deep focus, this gripping narrative travels from obscure Chinese laboratories to the mechanized trenches of the World Wars.Uncover the dramatic human story behind a technological arms race that altered the balance of power ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Trace the explosive evolution of military history, where ancient alchemy forged weapons that reshaped global warfare. Perfect for a captivating daily commute or an evening of deep focus, this gripping narrative travels from obscure Chinese laboratories to the mechanized trenches of the World Wars.Uncover the dramatic human story behind a technological arms race that altered the balance of power
... Read more
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Brief History of the Catapult, A: The Machines That Smashed Ancient Walls

by Jonathan Mercer ...

Narrated by Jonathan Mercer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

Dive into the gripping military history of how ancient siege engines shattered fortresses and reshaped global warfare. Perfect for an immersive commute, this epic narrative thrusts you onto the blood-soaked ramparts of antiquity. Witness the desperate arms race between towering walled cities and the brilliant engineers determined to bring them down.Feel the ground-shaking tension of combat as ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dive into the gripping military history of how ancient siege engines shattered fortresses and reshaped global warfare. Perfect for an immersive commute, this epic narrative thrusts you onto the blood-soaked ramparts of antiquity. Witness the desperate arms race between towering walled cities and the brilliant engineers determined to bring them down.Feel the ground-shaking tension of combat as
... Read more
Audiobook

Spear, The: From the Hunter's Tool to the Bristling Wall of Pikes

by Lukas Moretti ...

Narrated by Lukas Moretti ...

Unabridged

1 hour 45 min

Trace the ultimate tactical evolution in military history as a primal survival tool transforms into an engine of empire. Whether commuting to work or seeking an immersive journey into the ancient world, step directly onto the battlefield to witness human cooperation at its most intense. Experience the visceral reality of combat where distance and reach dictated life or death.Stand shoulder-to ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Trace the ultimate tactical evolution in military history as a primal survival tool transforms into an engine of empire. Whether commuting to work or seeking an immersive journey into the ancient world, step directly onto the battlefield to witness human cooperation at its most intense. Experience the visceral reality of combat where distance and reach dictated life or death.Stand shoulder-to
... Read more
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Oregon Files

by Jack Du Brul, Clive Cussler ...

Narrated by Bjarne Mouridsen ...

Series series Oregon Files
Unabridged

14 hours 22 min

Den internationale bestseller-forfatter leverer spænding og nutidigt eventyr i højt tempo og med et plot, der kan være taget fra dagens globale nyhedsoverskrifter.Den amerikanske udenrigsministers fly er styrtet ned på vej til topmøde i Libyen. CIA stoler ikke på libyerne og hyrer derfor Juan Cabrillo og hans agenttrænede besætning til at finde flyet – og deres bange anelser viser sig at være ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Den internationale bestseller-forfatter leverer spænding og nutidigt eventyr i højt tempo og med et plot, der kan være taget fra dagens globale nyhedsoverskrifter.Den amerikanske udenrigsministers fly er styrtet ned på vej til topmøde i Libyen. CIA stoler ikke på libyerne og hyrer derfor Juan Cabrillo og hans agenttrænede besætning til at finde flyet – og deres bange anelser viser sig at være
... Read more
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Brought to You By

How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy

by Amy Westervelt ...

Narrated by Amy Westervelt ...

Unabridged

10 hours

Recommended by BILL McKIBBEN on the EZRA KLEIN SHOW"A book that every citizen needs to read." —JILL ABRAMSON, author of Merchants of TruthA gripping account of the corporate propaganda that has invaded our media, our democracy, and now the very nature of truth itself—from investigative reporter and Drilled podcast host Amy Westervelt.Whether it’s the tobacco industry lying about the... ... Read more

$22.00 USD

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Recommended by BILL McKIBBEN on the EZRA KLEIN SHOW"A book that every citizen needs to read." —JILL ABRAMSON, author of Merchants of TruthA gripping account of the corporate propaganda that has invaded our media, our democracy, and now the very nature of truth itself—from investigative reporter and Drilled podcast host Amy Westervelt.Whether it’s the tobacco industry lying about the...
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AI Battlefield: Next Level Military Warfare and Combat

by Daniel D. Lee ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G ...

Unabridged

7 hours 16 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."AI Battlefield: Next Level Military Warfare and Combat" by Daniel D. Lee, a publication of SkyCuration, embarks on a compelling exploration of the rapidly evolving arena of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern warfare. This in-depth study delves into how AI is reshaping the strategies, tactics, and ethics of military conflicts around the globe, ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."AI Battlefield: Next Level Military Warfare and Combat" by Daniel D. Lee, a publication of SkyCuration, embarks on a compelling exploration of the rapidly evolving arena of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern warfare. This in-depth study delves into how AI is reshaping the strategies, tactics, and ethics of military conflicts around the globe,
... Read more
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The Official US Army Sniper Training and Operations Manual

The Most Authoritative & Comprehensive Long-Range Combat Shooting Book in the World (FM 3-22.10 / FM 23-10 / TC 3-22.10)

by US Army, Rick Carlile ...

Narrated by Robert Hunter ...

Unabridged

16 hours 25 min

Over 16 hours of unique information and training in the sniper's art: the most authoritative and comprehensive long-range shooting audiobook in the world.The indispensable manual for service personnel, civilian contractors, law enforcement, competition shooters, hunters, preppers, and more.Created and trusted by U.S. military forces.<str... ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Over 16 hours of unique information and training in the sniper's art: the most authoritative and comprehensive long-range shooting audiobook in the world.The indispensable manual for service personnel, civilian contractors, law enforcement, competition shooters, hunters, preppers, and more.Created and trusted by U.S. military forces.<str...
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Army of None

Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War

by Paul Scharre ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

Paul Scharre, a Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Army Ranger, explores what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death.Scharre's far-ranging investigation examines the emergence of autonomous weapons, the movement to ban them, and the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. He spotlights artificial intelligence in military technology, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Paul Scharre, a Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Army Ranger, explores what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death.Scharre's far-ranging investigation examines the emergence of autonomous weapons, the movement to ban them, and the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. He spotlights artificial intelligence in military technology,
... Read more
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Putinin maailmansota

by Jessikka Aro, Maria Mitrunen ...

Narrated by Satu Paavola ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Venäjä
Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

Hengästyttävä matka Putinin hybridisodankäynnin ytimeen.Jessikka Aron uusi tietokirja Kremlin sodasta länsimaita vastaan esittelee Putinin tiedustelupalvelujen salaiset operaatiot yksityiskohtaisesti.Venäjä uhkaa Länttä kolmannella maailmansodalla, vaikka se on käynyt sitä jo vuosia. Aseinaan Kreml käyttää kaaosagentteja, peiteoperaatioita, vihapuhetta levittäviä valepappeja, vankilasta värvättyjä ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Hengästyttävä matka Putinin hybridisodankäynnin ytimeen.Jessikka Aron uusi tietokirja Kremlin sodasta länsimaita vastaan esittelee Putinin tiedustelupalvelujen salaiset operaatiot yksityiskohtaisesti.Venäjä uhkaa Länttä kolmannella maailmansodalla, vaikka se on käynyt sitä jo vuosia. Aseinaan Kreml käyttää kaaosagentteja, peiteoperaatioita, vihapuhetta levittäviä valepappeja, vankilasta värvättyjä
... Read more

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