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The Manuscript Found In Saragossa
Jan Potocki
Penguin
A literary masterpiece by a Polish traveller, aristocratic adventurer, political activist, ethnographer and publisherAlphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose st...
Filthy Rich Fae 2
Geneva Lee
Dialoguebooks
One fae prince. One deadly bargain. And a mortal caught between desire and damnation. Crescent City meets the mafia in this totally addictive, slow burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy series by TikTok sensation Geneva Lee. Cate thought she knew darkness. As a trauma nurse, she had witnessed the worst of humanity. But nothing - not the blood, the violence, or the despair - could h...
This Is Not a Small Voice
Sonia Sanchez
Ladybird
hear your voice a wild sea pausing in the wind Few poets in history have possessed the irrepressible humanity and abundant positivity that characterize Sonia Sanchez's astonishing body of work. Energetic, infectious and rich with sonic exuberance, Sanchez's poems have radically transformed the direction of American poetry over the past six decades and have been an inspiration...
Change
Édouard Louis
Puffin
The major new novel from the once-in-a-generation author of The End of Eddy 'One of the most important, politically vital and morally bracing writers of his generation' Keiran Goddard, Guardian 'Change fills me with admiration and inspiration, as well as renewed faith in writing itself' Maggie Nelson 'One of the major writers of our time' Garth Greenwell 'A mesmeric novel' ...
Beneath The Stands
Emily Mcintire
Abacus
From Sunday Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty, best friend's brother, second chance romance and the second interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series. Elliot Carson left Sugarlake and has never looked back. Revered as the next big thing in basketball, Eli's a star until an injury ends his career, sending him spiralling with no direction. But he won...
Fortress Of Evil: a Terra Alta Investigation
Javier Cercas
Quercus
"A father's worst nightmare - Melchor Marín's teenage daughter has disappeared. Years have passed since Melchor took revenge for his mother's murder and at last found peace with his daughter Cosette in the sleepy backwater of Terra Alta. But her idyll is shattered when one day Cosette, now seventeen, discovers that her father has been concealing the truth of her mother's death-...
Kitten
Stacey Yu
Phoenix
'Strange, playful and intimate . . . I didn't want it to end' LUCY ROSE, author of The Lamb 'Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged. I lapped it up'KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE, author of Almost Life 'A spellbinding story . . . it will play on your mind for days' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of The Three of Us 'A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching girl-meets-cat love ...
The Book Of Tea
Kakuzo Okakura
Penguin
'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celeb...
Mother Of Death And Dawn
Carissa Broadbent
Panmacmillan
Tell me, little butterfly, what would you do for love?In the wake of a crushing defeat, Tisaanah and Maxatarius have been ripped apart. Tisaanah is desperate to rescue Max from his imprisonment, even as her people's fight for freedom grows more treacherous. But within the walls of Ilyzath, Max's mind is a shadow of what it once was . . . leaving his past a mystery and his futur...
Art Cure
Daisy Fancourt
Puffin
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Discover how art can improve our health, make us happier and even help us live longer with the inspiring new book from the award-winning scientist and world-leading expert. 'Every day we are overwhelmed by advice on how to live better. Art Cure is an amazing antidote to the deluge of nonsense . . . Everyone should read this.' XAND VAN TULLEKEN, doc...
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata
Granta
Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or an alien from another planet. Together with her cousin Yuu, Natsuki spends her summers in the wild mountains of Nagano, dreaming of other worlds. When a terrible sequence of events threatens to part the two children forever, they make a promise: survive, no matter what. Now ...
Diary Of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
Puffin
International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Partypooper, the 20th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. You're Invited - RSVP for Fun! Over the years, Greg Heffley has chronicled his mishaps and misadventures in a series of diaries - make that journals - but book 20 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Partypooper, really takes the cake! Expect...
International Relations: a Very Short Introduction
Christian Reus-Smit
Oxford Worlds Classics
International relations affects everyone's lives: their security, economic well-being, rights and freedoms, and the environment they share. Recently we have seen the transformation from a world of empires to today's world of sovereign states, which are enmeshed in a complex array of international institutions, all exercising degrees of political authority. The new global organi...
Machiavelli
Alexander Lee
Pan
'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' - Jessie Childs, author of God's Traitors.'A notorious fiend', 'generally odious', 'he seems hideous, and so he is.' Thanks to the invidious reputation of his most famous work, The Prince, Niccolò Machi...
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Dog Man 15: a Sprinkle In Time
Dav Pilkey
Scholastic
The brand-new book in the blockbuster bestselling Dog Man series is now available for pre-order!In the newest saga, our anti-hero, Grandpa, alters the fabric of time and space. Is his evil the necessary soil for Dog Man and friends to grow and bloom? Can we all step up to be the change? It's the saga of the century - Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time!Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog M...
Wild Wicked Mate
Laurie Gilmore
Harper
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Gilmore, comes a brand new small-town romance set in the quirky town of Maple Hollow! The closer the proximity, the stronger the spark... Phoebe and Theo have been best friends for years, never anything more, despite the sparks between them. And after ignoring her desire for so long, Fee has become adept at ignoring their conne...
In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Elif Shafak
Ladybird
In One Brief Moment All Eternity is an astonishing new novel by the bestselling, prize-winning novelist Elif Shafak. Spanning decades and continents, from revolutionary 19th century France to Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, it is a profound meditation on creativity in times of political crisis and war, asking what literature can hope to offer when the world feels broken. Building a...
The Keeper
Ana Huang
Abacus
He can resist any woman in the world...except for the one he shouldn't want. Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn't do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter. Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string...
The Way We Become
Amber Smith
Penguin
THAT WAS THE WAY I USED TO BE YOU'VE SEEN THE WAY I AM NOW THIS IS THE WAY WE BECOME You've seen Eden, Gen and Amanda stand up to Kevin. Now, in the wake of the jury's decision, the girls are expected to move on while still grappling with the aftermath of a trial that turned their lives upside down. Amanda is attempting to finish high school, Eden is still learning what it mean...
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Heather Fawcett
Orbit
'WISTFUL, WARM AND IRRESISTIBLY CHARMING' Olivia Atwater, author of Half a Soul From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries comes a healing and heart-warming fantasy with magic shops, rescue cats and a second chance at love. Reader reviews: 'Amazing!'????? 'Love it!' ????? 'I wanted it to last forever!' ????? All strays are welcome here...
Partita
Barbara Kingsolver
Faber & Faber
The landmark new novel from the Global Bestseller, Double Women's Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver. ...
Falling Slowly
Enni Amanda
Harper
Pre-order now to get the limited deluxe paperback with stenciled edges!My boss's hot, chaotic son just crashed my luxury art retreat. I feel like running for the hills, but he's begging for my help, and I can't afford to lose my job.An all-expenses-paid autumn break in the mountains at a luxury art retreat? As a broke single mom, I can't believe my luck. Until my boss's whirlwi...
The Wretched Divine: a Sensational New Romantic Fantasy Series From The Internationally Bestselling Author Of Belladonna
Adalyn. Grace
Penguin
Bound And Unbound (Us Ppb)
Ali Hazelwood
Penguin
New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood's intoxicating paranormal romance novella duology—together for the first time in print and ebook!Read the captivating dark academia romance in Bound, then flip your book over to unleash the dangers of forbidden love in Unbound. BoundA reluctant con artist and a professor with too many secrets are bound by an arcane text—in more wa...
Mestra
Madeline Miller
Bloomsbury
From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story A cursed father, a gifted daughter Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine. Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is ...
Black Knight
Rina Kent
Penguin
From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. Love is impossible. Hate is an open game. Kimberly He was once my best friend. Now he's my worst enemy. Xander Knight is heartbreakingly beautiful. Ridiculously popular. Brutally cruel. A knight in name only - Xander is not here to save anyone. Xa...
The Velvet Knife
Maureen Johnson
Harper
Return to the world of Truly Devious as Stevie Bell and her friends travel to New York to solve a murder in the next standalone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.Stevie might be the greatest teenage detective Ellingham Academy and the world has ever seen, but even she can't figure out what happened with her boyfriend, David. What she needs is a dist...
Take a Chance, Sasha Sinclair
Ashley Herring Blake
Abacus
Legacies and hearts collide when a woman embarks on a film project about an extraordinary family's rich history in this bewitching romance by USA Today bestselling author Ashley Herring Blake - perfect for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and Rosie Danan Sasha Sinclair is used to being alone. Her parents, successful documentary filmmakers, died in a car accident ...
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John Of John
Douglas Stuart
Panmacmillan
The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' - Colm Tóibín'To r...
Lie With me
Philippe Besson
Penguin
THE NO.1 FRENCH BESTSELLER 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name 'A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age' Olivia Laing, bestselling author of Crudo Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first lo...
Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth
Verve Books
** Shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction ** ** An Evening Standard 'One to Watch in 2023 ** ** An Independent 'Best Romantic Summer Reads' ** ** A Book of the Month pick for Diva, Irish Examiner, Novellic & Sainsbury's Magazine ** ** A Most Anticipated pick for PinkNews & Queer on the Street ** It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore...
In Your Court
Kit Haley
Penguin
'There are so many tennis books in 2026, but out of all of them, THIS is the one to read' ? ? ? ? ? 'I devoured this book, for fans of Heated Rivalry this is the perfect next read for you' ? ? ? ? ? 'Kit Haley, you've made me a fan of tennis' ? ? ? ? ? Discover the sweetest and steamiest tennis romance sensation of the summer - perfect for fans of Rachel Reid, The Open Era and ...
Egotistical Puckboy
Saxon James / Eden Finley
Penguin
They're rivals on and off the ice. But they might have more in common than they realise... Partying, dudes and hockey. What more could a gay NHL player want? Ezra's life is perfect apart from Anton Hayes. A winger from Philly, Anton is all about the game. He's worked for years to be one of the best in the league, and he's done it without splashing his orientation all over the t...
A Room Above a Shop
Anthony Shapland
Granta
When two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family's ironmongery business and B is younger by eleven years and can see no future in the place where he has grown up, but when M offers him a job and lodgings, he accepts. As the two men work side by side in the shop, they also begin a life together in their one shared roo...
The Song Of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Bloomsbury
**OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD****A 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR**WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE INTERNATIONAL SENSATIONA SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Captivating' DONNA TARTT'I loved it' J K ROWLING'Ravishingly vivid' EMMA DONOGHUEGreece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has be...
Swimming In The Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski
Bloomsbury
Poland, 1980. Anxious, disillusioned Ludwik Glowacki, soon to graduate university, has been sent along with the rest of his class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together, they spend a dreamlike summer swimming in secluded lakes, reading forbidden books - and falling in love. ...
The House In The Cerulean Sea
T. J. Klune
Tor
'I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect' - V. E. Schwab, Sunday Times bestselling author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil A cosy, enchanting story about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an uplifting, heart-warming queer fantasy from TJ Klune, a Sunday T...
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
Vintage
An instant New York Times Bestseller! Longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction, the Carnegie Medal in Fiction, the 2019 Aspen Words Literacy Prize, and the PEN/Hemingway Debut Novel Award Shortlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner of the 2019 New England Book Award for Fiction! Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Vulture, ...
Bad Habit
Alana S. Portero
4Thestate
'I urge you to read Bad Habit' PEDRO ALMODÓVAR 'Had me hooked from the first page ... Savour every word' DUA LIPA 'The book that everyone is reading' NEW YORK TIMES 'Sublime' ÉDOUARD LOUIS A SERVICE95 BOOK CLUB PICK Beautifully written and told in an irresistible voice, Bad Habit is a powerfully moving coming-of-age novel following a young trans woman in 1980s Madrid. An unna...
Nimona: 10Th Anniversary Limited Edition
N. D. Stevenson
Harper
The genre-defining graphic novel from ND Stevenson celebrates its tenth anniversary with a special edition, featuring dazzling special effects and bonus content. Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious ha...
In Memoriam
Alice Winn
Penguin
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2023 'If you haven't read it, you're missing out' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY 'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY ______________________ In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and an...
Lady's Knight
Amie Kaufman
Electric Monkey
'More fun than cheesecake on a stick!' Jodi Meadows, co-author of My Lady Jane A rollercoaster of a medieval romp and a sapphic love story, set in a world of dragons, witches and excellent snacks from NYT bestselling duo, Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner. Perfect for fans of Gwen and Art are Not in Love, Twin Crowns and My Lady Jane. A blacksmith's daughter with a secret. A lady ...
Captive Prince
C. S. Pacat
Penguin
From global phenomenon C. S. Pacat comes the first novel in her critically acclaimed Captive Prince romance trilogy—includes an exclusive bonus story! Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos. But when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a plea...
Secret Kingdoms Book Club
Taiwan Travelogue - Nov 1st / Aue - Nov 5th / Eileen - Nov 15th
Aue
Becky Manawatu
Penguin
WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTION WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL aue (verb) to cry, howl, groan, wail, bawl. (interjection) expression of astonishment or distress. Taukiri was born into sorrow. Aue can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in the music he draws out of th...
Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
Vintage
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD 2016 Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Times, Observer and Daily Telegraph Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling. - Robert ...
Booker Prize 2026
May We Feed The King
Rebecca Perry
Penguin
She is a curator, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. A replica pie, half-eaten, perched on a small desk in the servant's quarters. A fruit bowl, filled with artificial apples, pomegranates and pears, with one piece missing. It should feel as though her subject has just left the room; the air should be alive with their energy. B...
The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout
Ladybird
FROM THE PULITZER-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED ELIZABETH STROUT COMES A STUNNING STANDALONE NOVEL OF LOVE, LONELINESS AND NEW BEGINNINGS 'Emotionally stunning, devastatingly wise . . . her best novel yet' RACHEL JOYCE 'A moving, tender and wise novel about a committed teacher who is utterly confounded by the emotional complexities of daily life. This might be Elizabeth Strout'...
John Of John
Douglas Stuart
Panmacmillan
The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' - Colm Tóibín'To r...
The Disappearers
Marlon James
Ladybird
MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS 'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .' The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings - a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal. So when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston ...
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In Your Court
Kit Haley
Penguin
'There are so many tennis books in 2026, but out of all of them, THIS is the one to read' ? ? ? ? ? 'I devoured this book, for fans of Heated Rivalry this is the perfect next read for you' ? ? ? ? ? 'Kit Haley, you've made me a fan of tennis' ? ? ? ? ? Discover the sweetest and steamiest tennis romance sensation of the summer - perfect for fans of Rachel Reid, The Open Era and ...
Endless Night
Agatha Christie
Harper
The special edition hardback of Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, with a gorgeous new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a...
Dear Monica Lewinsky
Julia Langbein
Penguin
" A LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A wild, wonderful essential novel' Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had 'Will remind you why you fell in love with reading' Oprah Daily, Best Book of Spring 2026 'Outrageously funny novel about hunger, desire, and the vulnerable' Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here Forty-year-old Jean Dornan cannot escap...
Yellowface
Rebecca F. Kuang
The Borough Press
The Number One Global Sensation *Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year* *Amazon Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* 'Addictive' Grazia 'Hugely entertaining' Observer 'Provocative' Mail on Sunday THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY. IT'S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL. When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opp...
The City Of Brass
S. A. Chakraborty
Harper
Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the stre...
Spanish History Selection
A Brief History Of Spain
Jeremy Black
Penguin
A wonderfully concise and very readable history of Spain, perfect for travellers This is the extraordinary story of Spain, from early tribalism and Roman rule to the Moorish conquest, Spain's eighteenth-century revival under the Bourbons, the Peninsular War and revolution in Spanish America right up to the catastrophic civil war and Franco's totalitarian regime. A key theme fr...
Espana: a Brief History Of Spain
Giles Tremlett
Head Of Zeus
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles.'Tremlett is a fascinating socio-cultural guide, as happy to discuss Spain's World Cup win as its Moorish rule' Guardian 'Negotiates Spain's chaotic history with admirable clarity and sty...
Isabella Of Castile
Giles Tremlett
Bloomsbury
1474. Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania-- and Isabella ascended the throne, a female ruler in a male-dominated world. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon not only united their kingdoms, but began a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own. Tremlett chronicles Isabella's colorful life as she led her country out of the Mid...
The Spanish Inquisition
Henry Kamen
Yale
"In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen's classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new-and thought-provoking-view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences...
Richelieu And Olivares
J. H. Elliott
Penguin
Cardinal Richelieu is one of the best known and most studied statesmen in European history; his Spanish contemporary and rival, the Count-Duke of Olivares, one of the least known. The contrasting historical fortunes of the two men reflect the outcome of the great struggle in seventeenth-century Europe between France and Spain: the triumph of France assured the fame of Richelieu...
The Penguin History Of Modern Spain
Nigel Townson
Penguin
A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first'Spain is different, ' proclaimed the Franco regime in the 1940s, keen to attract foreign tourists. For the most part, the world has agreed. From the end of its 'glorious empire' in 1898 to the dazzling World Cup victory in 2010, the prevailing narrative of modern Spain has emphasized the cou...
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