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One of our nation’s most prominent writers discovers the truth about how to live a long and happy life from the centenarian next door in this “original and highly readable account of a splendid American life” (The Wall Street Journal).
When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship—and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom. Thus armored, Charlie’s sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey of the Jazz Age, racing aboard ambulances through Depression-era gangster wars, improvising techniques for early open-heart surgery, and cruising the Amazon as a guest of Peru’s president.
David Von Drehle came to understand that Charlie’s resilience and willingness to grow made this remarkable neighbor a master in the art of thriving through times of dramatic change. As a gift to his children, he set out to tell Charlie’s secrets. The Book of Charlie is a “genuinely original, formula-shattering” (Bob Woodward) gospel of grit—the inspiring story of one man’s journey through a century of upheaval. The history that unfolds through Charlie’s story reminds you that the United States has always been a divided nation, a questing nation—a nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life.
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As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editor-in-chief of Vogue, she never looked back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL, SPLENDID, I LOVED IT!!
- De Liz Jardine en 05-13-22
De: Amy Odell
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Rise to Greatness
- Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year
- De: David Von Drehle
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 17 h y 1 m
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As 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death’s door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Union’s top general was gravely ill. The Confederacy - with its booming economy, expert military leadership, and commanding position on the battlefield - had a clear view to victory. To a remarkable extent, the survival of the country depended on the judgment, cunning, and resilience of the unschooled frontier lawyer who had recently been elected president. Twelve months later, the Civil War had become a cataclysm but the tide had turned.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Deep Dive into 1862
- De Bubba Smith en 01-13-16
De: David Von Drehle
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Triangle
- The Fire That Changed America
- De: David Von Drehle
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. Within minutes it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped inside: their ladders simply weren't tall enough. People on the street watched in horror as desperate workers jumped to their deaths. It was the worst disaster in New York City history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but Loong
- De JAS en 04-21-18
De: David Von Drehle
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The Chinese Groove
- A Novel
- De: Kathryn Ma
- Narrado por: James Chen
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father’s grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng’s tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the “Chinese groove,” a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A delightful surprise
- De R. Glynn en 02-01-23
De: Kathryn Ma
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The Wisdom of Morrie
- Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully
- De: Morrie Schwartz, Rob Schwartz - editor
- Narrado por: Rob Schwartz, Steven Weber
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
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Morrie Schwartz, the beloved subject of the classic, multimillion-copy number one bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, explores these questions and many more in this profound, poetic, and poignant masterpiece of living and aging joyfully and creatively. Later life can be filled with many challenges, but it can also be one of the most beautiful and rewarding passages in anyone’s lifetime. Morrie draws on his experiences as a social psychologist, teacher, father, friend, and sage to offer us a road map to navigate our futures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genuine Advice for all us as we age
- De Richard en 05-16-24
De: Morrie Schwartz, y otros
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Into the Abyss
- An Extraordinary True Story
- De: Carol Shaben
- Narrado por: Tiffany Morgan
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was shackled to. On an icy night in October 1984, a commuter plane carrying nine passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta. Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges. As the men fight through the night to stay alive, the dividing lines of power, wealth, and status are erased, and each man is forced to confront the precious and limited nature of his existence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too long, and it got boring.
- De Simone en 06-30-17
De: Carol Shaben
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Anna
- The Biography
- De: Amy Odell
- Narrado por: Imogen Church
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 347
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As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editor-in-chief of Vogue, she never looked back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL, SPLENDID, I LOVED IT!!
- De Liz Jardine en 05-13-22
De: Amy Odell
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The Wise Men
- Six Friends and the World They Made
- De: Evan Thomas, Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Reese
- Duración: 33 h y 27 m
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Six close friends shaped the role their country would play in the dangerous years following World War II. They were the original best and brightest, whose towering intellects, outsize personalities, and dramatic actions would bring order to the postwar chaos, and whose strong response to Soviet expansionism would leave a legacy that dominates American policy to this day. In April 1945, they converged to advise an untutored new president, Harry Truman.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Dull with poor narration
- De KD6161 en 03-31-17
De: Evan Thomas, y otros
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One Puzzling Afternoon
- De: Emily Critchley
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Sastre
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street, fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living with her eccentric mother and her mother's new boyfriend, she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life. So when the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. Even though Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep. Then Lucy goes missing. Now in 2018, Edie is eighty-four and still living in the same small town, when one afternoon she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a poignant story
- De Candi Miller en 12-21-23
De: Emily Critchley
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Little Monsters
- De: Adrienne Brodeur
- Narrado por: Jason Culp, Matt Pittenger, Cassandra Campbell, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 109
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Ken and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where the attachment between Ken and Abby deepened into something complicated—and as adults their relationship is strained. Now, years later, the siblings’ lives are still deeply entwined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Aaah just what I needed
- De Robyn E. Ellis en 10-24-23
De: Adrienne Brodeur
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Amazing Grace Adams
- A Novel
- De: Fran Littlewood
- Narrado por: Claire Skinner
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled—the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she’s really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across London, armed with a £200 cake, to win back her estranged teenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today is the day she’ll remind her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up again
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cannot trust Jenna Bush
- De Juliel J en 09-09-23
De: Fran Littlewood
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The Way I Heard It
- De: Mike Rowe
- Narrado por: Mike Rowe
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America’s number-one short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, and insights. It’s a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-have. Mike Rowe’s The Way I Heard It collects 35 fascinating stories “for the curious mind with a short attention span”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I could listen to Mike read all day. And I am!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-15-19
De: Mike Rowe
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Brave Companions
- Portraits in History
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
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The best-selling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed the Lewis and Clark expedition; Harriet Beecher Stowe, "the little woman who made the big war”....
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I USUALLY LOVE THIS GUY
- De Randall en 01-28-19
De: David McCullough
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Interesting Stories for Curious People
- A Collection of Fascinating Stories About History, Science, Pop Culture and Just About Anything Else You Can Think Of
- De: Bill O'Neill
- Narrado por: Robin LaRose
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
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Want to impress your buddies at the bar? Need to think of something interesting to do at the next family gathering? Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history, science, true crime, and the paranormal? Listen to Interesting Stories for Curious People, the ultimate guidebook for a plethora of interesting facts about a whole bunch of several different topics. A quick listen packed with information.
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1 out of 5 stars
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no...not again...not for me
- De Still here...still en 09-23-20
De: Bill O'Neill
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The Memory Library
- De: Kate Storey
- Narrado por: Jilly Bond, Imogen Wilde
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to Australia twenty-two years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back. And though Sally still dutifully adds a new paperback to the shelves every time the clock strikes midnight on July 11th, her hopes of her daughter ever thumbing through the pages are starting to dwindle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who I want to be
- De catlover 501 en 08-11-24
De: Kate Storey
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever
- A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
- De: John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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One night in 1967, 26-year-old John Donohue - known as Chick - was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now, they watched as anti-war protesters turned on the troops themselves. One neighborhood patriot came up with an inspired - some would call it insane - idea. Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home, and share a few laughs over a can of beer. It would be the Greatest Beer Run Ever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really a good book. Brings back memories
- De Bruce en 06-21-21
De: John "Chick" Donohue, y otros
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Twelve Ordinary Men
- De: John MacArthur
- Narrado por: Maurice England
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
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You don't have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the twelve disciples, whose many weaknesses are forever preserved throughout the pages of the New Testament. Join best-selling author John MacArthur in Twelve Ordinary Men as he draws principles from Christ's careful, hands-on training of the original disciples for today's modern disciple, you!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth it
- De David W. en 02-25-21
De: John MacArthur
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York's best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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The Woman Who Smashed Codes
- A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies
- De: Jason Fagone
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
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In 1912, at the height of World War I, brilliant Shakespeare expert Elizebeth Smith went to work for an eccentric tycoon on his estate outside Chicago. The tycoon had close ties to the US government, and he soon asked Elizebeth to apply her language skills to an exciting new venture: code breaking. There she met the man who would become her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman. Though she and Friedman are in many ways the Adam and Eve of the NSA, Elizebeth's story, incredibly, has never been told.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating Biography
- De Jean en 11-20-17
De: Jason Fagone
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Book of Charlie
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- Forrest J.
- 01-04-24
Excellent!
What a story! Should be must reading for every young adult. A genuine look at trauma in young, child rearing, and hands-off parenting. Should probably be required for today’s helicopter parrents, but make sure the smelling salts are available.
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- WannaBeInvisible
- 09-06-23
Wisdom For Everyone
Whether you are as resilient and optimistic as the subject of this biography - a remarkable fellow as
ever there has been - or simply a person of more common nature, there is so much wisdom to be understood, appreciated. A wonderful story so well told.
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- Laura Swiatkowski
- 07-18-23
The Book of Charlie
What an incredible story. Not only the story of a very fine man but a lesson in history and in life for all of us. One of the best books I’ve ever read or listened too. I thank David for sharing his a friend with the world. Now that’s a true friend.
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- Phillip Ryan Block
- 12-05-23
This one made me cry
All I have to say is we all need to be more like Charlie, the way to live is simple, we complicate it.
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- Joseph P. Hanna Jr.
- 06-23-23
Look into the past
Remarkable story of a man who lived many lives in one lifetime. Great listen for anyone.
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- L. Newman
- 02-24-24
Charlie's ability to rise above painful things.
I liked his bravery and sense of adventure. He didn't show the fear he must have felt sometimes.
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- Mike
- 06-10-23
Inspiring
Charlie had a way of approaching life that was inspiring, a take it as it comes and then deal with it.
How interesting to watch a life that lived through the many changes and advances and adventures that were part of his time.
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- Matt
- 06-21-23
Inspiring life story
Charlie’s approach to the challenges and opportunities he faced throughout his life was to embrace each one with confidence and optimism. The author does a wonderful job of describing the technological advances and societal changes that created the backdrop for Charlie’s incredible experiences.
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- A. Heath
- 06-26-23
Real History with Charm
The author tells the story of his neighbor and friend, Charlie. A man who lived 109 years. Through the eyes of this journalist we travel through historical times viewing the amazing discoveries, inventions and cultural changes. Our view is with Charlie in focus. This is a story historians will enjoy very much. If you fall in the category of a “senior citizen”, then you will cherish it more having your own years of life to look back on and to which to look forward. This story is not a downer. Though it is full of “real life” sad episodes, you will find the resilience of Charlie a true life account of an everyday hero. I will not forget the story and the legacy of Charlie.
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- Diane
- 10-24-23
Wonderful story
The story of Charlie is full of wisdom and humor. Full of simple advice to live by. Well done!
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