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A moving chronicle of who belongs in America.
Like so many American factory towns, Lewiston, Maine, thrived until its mill jobs disappeared and the young began leaving. But then the story unexpectedly veered: over the course of fifteen years, the city became home to thousands of African immigrants and, along the way, turned into one of the most Muslim towns in the US. Now about 6,000 of Lewiston's 36,000 inhabitants are refugees and asylum seekers, many of them Somali. Cynthia Anderson tells the story of this fractious yet resilient city near where she grew up, offering the unfolding drama of a community's reinvention - and humanizing some of the defining political issues in America today.
In Lewiston, progress is real but precarious. Anderson takes the reader deep into the lives of both immigrants and lifelong Mainers: a single Muslim mom, an anti-Islamist activist, a Congolese asylum seeker, a Somali community leader. Their lives unfold in these pages as anti-immigrant sentiment rises across the US and national realities collide with those in Lewiston. Home Now gives a poignant account of America's evolving relationship with religion and race, and makes a sensitive yet powerful case for embracing change.
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The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees have been central to America's identity for centuries - yet America has periodically turned its back in times of the greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as they struggle for the 21st-century American dream, having won the "golden ticket" to settle as refugees in Austin, Texas.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Content. Odd Structure.
- De Susan Stillings en 02-10-21
De: Jessica Goudeau
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A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves
- One Family and Migration in the 21st Century
- De: Jason DeParle
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 100
When Jason DeParle moved into the Manila slums with Tita Comodas and her family three decades ago, he never imagined his reporting on them would span three generations and turn into the defining chronicle of a new age - the age of global migration. In a monumental book that gives new meaning to "immersion journalism", DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family as they endure years of sacrifice and separation, willing themselves out of shantytown poverty into a new global middle class.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent and Important
- De Booklover en 03-22-20
De: Jason DeParle
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Pregnant Girl
- A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families
- De: Nicole Lynn Lewis
- Narrado por: Nicky Sunshine
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
An activist calls for better support of young families so they can thrive and reflects on her experiences as a Black mother and college student fighting for opportunities for herself and her child. Pregnant Girl presents the possibility of a different future for young mothers - one of success and stability - in the midst of the dismal statistics that dominate the national conversation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Political
- De Amazon Customer en 01-16-23
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Invisible Child
- Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
- De: Andrea Elliott
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 21 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 714
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 628
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 622
Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narration is completely over the top
- De Heather en 10-14-21
De: Andrea Elliott
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Reclamation
- Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy
- De: Gayle Jessup White
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ family explores America’s racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors - both the enslaver and the enslaved.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slow start, eventually a worthwhile story
- De ChocolateDweller en 12-17-21
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The Ungrateful Refugee
- What Immigrants Never Tell You
- De: Dina Nayeri
- Narrado por: Dina Nayeri
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually, she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story of resilience and compassion
- De PAH en 09-06-19
De: Dina Nayeri
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A Mighty Long Way
- My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
- De: Carlotta Walls Lanier
- Narrado por: Peter Fernandez, Lizan Mitchell
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
In 1951, Carlotta Walls Lanier was one of the nine African-American students to integrate Little Rock High School, and the first to earn a diploma. Here she provides a firsthand account of her experiences - including the bombing that rocked her home, the constant threats she and her classmates faced, and the pressure and bullying her parents endured.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very insightful book
- De karen feek en 01-05-21
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Just Like Us
- The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
- De: Helen Thorpe
- Narrado por: Paula Christensen
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 61
Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair see a clear path forward. A coming-of-age story about girlhood and friendship, as well as the resilience required to transcend poverty, Just Like Us is also a book about identity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to listen but...
- De PurpleSage en 03-22-14
De: Helen Thorpe
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Under Red Skies
- Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
- De: Karoline Kan
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An intimate view of real life in China
- De Lonnie G. Hardy, Jr. en 08-15-19
De: Karoline Kan
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The Undocumented Americans
- De: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Narrado por: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 890
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 883
Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was on DACA when she decided to write about being undocumented for the first time using her own name. It was right after the election of 2016, the day she realized the story she'd tried to steer clear of was the only one she wanted to tell. So she wrote her immigration lawyer's phone number on her hand in Sharpie and embarked on a trip across the country to tell the stories of her fellow undocumented immigrants—and to find the hidden key to her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Raw, heartbreaking - we can do better by others
- De RapaciousReader en 04-11-20
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The Shanghai Free Taxi
- Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China
- De: Frank Langfitt
- Narrado por: Frank Langfitt
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
In this adventurous, original book, NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt describes how he created a free taxi service - offering rides in exchange for illuminating conversation - to go beyond the headlines and get to know a wide range of colorful, compelling characters representative of the new China. They include folks like "Beer", a slippery salesman who tries to sell Langfitt a used car; Rocky, a farm boy turned Shanghai lawyer; and Chen, who runs an underground Christian church and moves his family to America in search of a better, freer life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too political
- De dah551 en 06-26-19
De: Frank Langfitt
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Say I'm Dead
- A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love
- De: E. Dolores Johnson
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Fearful of prison time - or lynching - for violating Indiana’s anti-miscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson's Black father and White mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry in Buffalo. Her mother simply vanished, evading an FBI and police search that ended with the declaration to her family that she was the victim of foul play, either dead or sold into white slavery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deeply meaningful important read
- De A.M.Rousseau en 12-21-21
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From Miniskirt to Hijab
- A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
- De: Jacqueline Saper
- Narrado por: Vaneh Assadourian
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 338
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 313
Jacqueline Saper, named after Jacqueline Kennedy, was born in Tehran to Iranian and British parents. At 18 she witnessed the civil unrest of the 1979 Iranian revolution and continued to live in the Islamic Republic during its most volatile times, including the Iran-Iraq War. In a deeply intimate and personal story, Saper recounts her privileged childhood in prerevolutionary Iran and how she gradually became aware of the paradoxes in her life and community - primarily the disparate religions and cultures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De Matt en 11-10-21
De: Jacqueline Saper
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Being Heumann
- An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
- De: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
- Narrado por: Ali Stroker
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 527
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 448
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 446
A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a "fire hazard" to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paralysis, Judy's actions set a precedent that improved rights for disabled people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for everyone
- De Christopher A Cawthon en 09-28-20
De: Judith Heumann, y otros
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The Book of Pride
- LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
- De: Mason Funk
- Narrado por: Mason Funk, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 170
The Book of Pride captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen. These individuals fought battles both personal and political, often without the support of family or friends, frequently under the threat of violence and persecution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pure Joy for EVERYONE
- De Micah D en 06-03-19
De: Mason Funk
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American Baby
- A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
- De: Gabrielle Glaser
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur, Gabrielle Glaser, Margaret Katz
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 212
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 176
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 174
The adoption business was founded on secrecy and lies. American Baby lays out how a lucrative and exploitative industry removed children from their birth mothers and placed them with hopeful families, fabricating stories about infants' origins and destinations, then closing the door firmly between the parties forever. Adoption agencies and other organizations that purported to help pregnant women struck unethical deals with doctors and researchers for pseudoscientific "assessments," and shamed millions of women into surrendering their children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I felt the love of my birth mom...
- De Mary H. en 02-03-21
De: Gabrielle Glaser
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My Father's Paradise
- A Son's Search For His Family's Past
- De: Ariel Sabar
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly 3,000 years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and humble peddlers who dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was born.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story, poorly narrated
- De Oren Kessler en 09-10-24
De: Ariel Sabar
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My Time Among the Whites
- Notes from an Unfinished Education
- De: Jennine Capo Crucet
- Narrado por: Jennine Capo Crucet
- Duración: 4 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Raised in Miami and the daughter of Cuban refugees, Crucet examines the political and personal contours of American identity and the physical places where those contours find themselves smashed: be it a rodeo town in Nebraska, a university campus in upstate New York, or Disney World in Florida. Crucet illuminates how she came to see her exclusion from aspects of the theoretical American Dream, despite her family's attempts to fit in with white American culture - beginning with their ill-fated plan to name her after the winner of the Miss America pageant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Empowering
- De elvia en 10-23-19
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- Annalyse Sarvinas
- 10-12-20
Not worth the read
This book completely ignores the issues on the other side (such as lethal attacks by Somalis on local white residents in Kennedy park) and blames all the hate toward them on President Trump when these issues were present long before him or Obama took office. Highly politically biased and not worth the read.
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