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Part 1 of a new two-book series by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!
It is 2005, a time of silent anticipation and hidden possibilities in
the rugged Cederberg mountains. Cameron Coal is embroiled in a
desperate fight to save his family’s rooibos farm, which is a hair’s
breadth from bankruptcy, while wrestling overwhelming grief after his
wife’s death and trying to build a relationship with his blind
daughter. His father, John, might be the family’s last hope to save
their farm from an enemy lurking in plain sight. But in the shadows,
Cameron’s brother, Sole, harbours a secret that could shatter their
world.
Amid the chaos of a veld fire, Cameron’s gaze falls upon an enigmatic
nurse, Luna Parks, who is new to their town. As Luna and Cameron grow
closer, her mysterious past and closely guarded secrets could shatter
the very foundation of their relationship.
In the meantime, several questions must be answered: Who wanted
Cameron’s wife dead?
How far will Cameron go to keep his enemies at bay? Will Luna ever tell
him the truth about her past? Who really owns South Africa’s indigenous
plant, the illustrious rooibos?
And will Cameron’s decisions cost another life, or will they ensure the
rise of the Tea Merchant?
Sw eeping across tw o generations, from the ghettos of Europe during the Second
World War to the enclaves of New York's Fifth Avenue, The Hidden Girl traces the life of
Leah Thompson, w ho rises from humble beginnings in rural Yorkshire to take the
modelling w orld by storm.
But her fateful association w ith the Delancey family dominates her life. The secrets
they hide from one another start to explode into nightmares of thw arted ambition,
forbidden love, revenge and murder . . . culminating in a fatal, forgotten prophecy
from the past.
This title was previously published as Hidden Beauty by Lucinda Edmonds, and
has been rewritten and reimagined by her son, Harry Whittaker, for Lucinda Riley
fans the world over.
Welcome to Zehra’s kitchen, where good food, family, and nutrition meet!
Muslims from all around the world start each meal by saying "Bismillah" which means “I begin in the name of God”. Similar to the practice of saying grace before you eat, it is like a short practice of gratitude. In her first cookbook, beloved Toronto-based hijabi fitness influencer and coach Zehra Allibhai welcomes everyone to her table, sharing a new way to think about family food.
Zehra’s own cooking evolution started in the kitchen with her Indian Kenyan family, expanded through culinary adventures with her husband, and grew again as a mother and fitness influencer. Her style of cooking is flavorful, accessible, wholesome–and above all–meant to be shared with joy.
From her healthy spin on traditional dishes such as shakshuka and chaat to sumac chicken and lamb karahi, her renowned hearty salads, and treats such as the perfect one-bowl chocolate cake, Zehra makes being in the kitchen fun, easy—and incredibly delicious!
With more than 130 recipes for every meal, and a healthy Ramadan guide for those who observe, Bismillah is a go-to for everyday dishes to satisfy the whole family.
A gripping thriller by Australia's master of adventure about rescue, revenge and redemption, and the things we do to protect the ones we love.
Professor Denise 'Doc' Rado is South Africa's expert on pangolins, busting poachers and freeing the endangered anteaters in elaborate undercover stings. After a risky operation backfires, Doc's life is shattered, but she still has to lead an eclectic group of donors on a wildlife tour of southern Africa. But there's a target on her back.
As the safari ventures deep into Africa, Doc fears they're being followed and she will do anything to keep them all safe - especially Ian Laidlaw, a handsome Australian businessman turned accidental philanthropist.
Is Doc being hunted by the poachers she once fought, or is there some other bloodthirsty predator prowling the wilderness?
The unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey Archer.
In one of the most luxurious cities on earth, a billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged into crisis.
Thousands of miles away, in the leafy Berkshire countryside, Lord Hartley, the latest in a line of peers going back over two hundred years, lies dying. But his will triggers an inheritance with explosive consequences.
Two deaths. Continents apart. Completely unrelated.
So why are they at the centre of a master criminal's plot for revenge? And can Scotland Yard’s Chief Superintendent William Warwick uncover the truth before an innocent man's life and legacy are destroyed?
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Witness 8 (Paperback)
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What if the only witness to a murder is more twisted than the killer?
Ruby Johnson is a nanny and maid to wealthy families in Manhattan's West 74th Street. She knows their routines. Their secrets. One night, on her way home, Ruby witnesses a neighbour's murder.
She knows the victim. She knows the killer. She makes an anonymous call to the police and names the murderer. But Ruby didn't tell the truth... Because there's something wrong with Ruby Johnson.
Eddie Flynn, conman turned trial lawyer, must defend an innocent man accused of this terrible crime. As Ruby's deadly game begins, one thing is certain. It won't be the last murder this witness is involved in...
A familiar foe. A battle for the heart of a country at war with itself.
South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to Mafeking, 'the place of stones', to recruit and train men for the fighting ahead. Amber, his wife, the successful novelist, accompanies him - eager to see more of the country her husband is about to risk his life for. But when war is declared, Amber must flee with their baby son and pray for her husband's survival against impossible odds.
Eight hundred miles to the south, in Cape Town, Ryder Courtney - adventurer, maverick, industrialist - is using his wealth and connections to bankroll the British war effort. His artist wife Saffron, frustrated by stuffy Cairo society, has joined him with their three children. There is peace in the Courtney household, or so Saffron believes, until their eldest son, Leon, stows away on a train to the front line, determined to join his distinguished uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, in changing the course of history. Saffron and Ryder have no choice but to leave the safety of the Cape Colony and follow. Leon is convinced that his parents are without honour and courage. Little does he realise that he has no chance of escaping the people they used to be.
Two families torn apart, caught up in a battle for the heart of a country at war with itself.
The Courtneys and the Ballantynes come together once again in the sequel to the worldwide bestsellers The Triumph of the Sun and King of Kings.
The ANC has ruled South Africa for three decades during which time the country has gone from the promise of the Rainbow Nation to disfunction and despair. In The Super Cadres, bestselling author Pieter du Toit examines this legacy from the early halcyon days through to the disappointment of the Ramaphosa presidency.
Du Toit asks key questions before coming to a critical observation and a damning conclusion:
- What was the state of the ANC when it took power?
- Was ANC failure inevitable? Did they inherit a country so stricken by apartheid that success was impossible?
- When did the first signs of misrule and corruption occur?
- How did each of the presidencies perform, from Mandela to Ramaphosa? What role did each play in the road to failure?
- What was President Cyril Ramaphosa doing to stop state capture while he was deputy president?
Du Toit concludes that at the very centre of ANC – and thus state - failure is ‘cadre deployment’ which the ANC adopted as official party policy under President Thabo Mbeki. He shows how, over time, the appointment of cadres at every level of government inevitably led to the (con)fusion of party and state, the spread of incompetence, and the dire corruption that ate into every part of the country once Jacob Zuma took over.
What if the greatest writer of all time isn’t who we think he is? What if he isn’t even a he? Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . .
In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain’s mistress she has access to the theatre, and finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. And yet, creating some of the world’s greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at a great cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history. His name? William Shakespeare . . .
In modern day New York, playwright Melina Green is determined to see one of her shows make the stage. After years of struggle to be recognised she has finally written again, inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor — Emilia Bassano, England’s first published female poet. Although the challenges are different for her, four hundred years later, a woman’s voice is still not heard like a man’s. But what lengths will she be willing to go to in order to achieve her dreams?
Moving between Elizabethan England and modern day Manhattan, By Any Other Name is a beautifully written, compelling novel that explores the theme of identity and the ways in which two women, centuries apart—one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—are both forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard.
Food and memory are inextricably linked; flavours and dishes evoke
emotion, rooted in nostalgia or specific experiences. The Hungry Table
embodies this idea. For Fatima Saib, food exists as a backdrop to her
childhood memories, intertwined with her precious relationship with her
late father. Derived from this culinary inspiration, the book expertly
weaves story and memory through a journey of over 90 contemporary
recipes, most with a nod to the author’s South African-Indian heritage.
With this in mind, the book is divided into five chapters, each one
tapping into a feeling. The Basics offers an array of chutneys, sauces,
pickles and flavour-enhancers to round off any dish. Togetherness is an
ode to food that is best shared among friends and family, like hot
honey fried chicken and fragrantly layered biryanis. Comfort covers
those recipes that warm the body and soul from the inside out, like
dhal and rasmalai. From Fast, expect deliciously quick-and-easy dishes
like chilli crunch toasted cheese or yoghurt and cardamom potato curry.
And for those slower days, when time is best used to explore and enjoy,
look to Relaxed, for dishes like parathas, sticky BBQ lamb ribs or
creamy cabbage and corn bake.
The Hungry Table ignites the senses, telling a story of time and place,
reminding readers to slow down and enjoy food and the way it makes us
feel. It is an invitation into the kitchen, to enjoy the catharsis of
cooking and the dishes that result, and, perhaps most importantly, to
be nourished by the memories created in the process.
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series
translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo café where customers
arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:
- The father who could not allow his daughter to get married
- A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one
- A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents
- A wife holding a child with no name . . .
They must follow the café's strict rules, however, and come back to the
present before their coffee goes cold.
Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in
Before We Forget Kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their
past to find closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful
future.
Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the Coffee Gets Cold,
Tales from the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades and Before We Say Goodbye.
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Comfort (Hardcover)
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This is comfort food, Ottolenghi-style.
In his much-anticipated new book, Yotam Ottolenghi brings his
inspiring, flavour-forward approach to comfort cooking, delivering new
classics that taste of home.
A bowl of pasta becomes Caramelised Onion Orecchiette with Hazelnuts
& Crispy Sage, a warming soup is Cheesy Bread Soup with Savoy
Cabbage & Cavolo Nero, and a plate of mash is transformed into
Garlicky Aligot Potato with Leeks & Thyme.
Weaving memories of childhood and travel with over 100 irresistible
recipes, Ottolenghi COMFORT is a celebration of food and home – of the
connections we make as we cook, and pass on from generation to
generation.
In five knockout chapters covering Midweek Meals, Weekend Wins, Trusty
Traybakes, Cupboard Love and Perfect Puds, Jamie has produced a
cookbook that will fit seamlessly into your life.
Simply Jamie exists to inspire you to get cooking – it’s full of
delicious, achievable recipes you’ll love to make. Whatever your needs,
you can trust that these tried and tested recipes will slot right into
the rhythms of your week – from 20-minute-to-table dishes and
no-time-to-shop cupboard rescues to weekend wins that create smart
leftover ideas, meaning mealtimes are a doddle in the days that follow.
Recipes include:
- Jarred Pepper Pasta
- Roasted Veg with Camembert Fondue
- Batch-It-Up Bolognese
- Gochujang Chicken Noodle Traybake
- 8 Cool Ways with Salmon
- Smash Burger
- Spicy Paneer & Veg Squash Bake
- Tin Raid Fishcakes
- Hot & Crispy Ice Cream Parcel
- Epic Sticky Toffee Pudding
This is a book about inspiration and bringing joy back into the kitchen.
You Can Heal Your Life has transformed the lives of millions of people.
This is a book that people credit with profoundly altering their
awareness of the impact that the mind has on their health and wellbeing.
In this inspirational book by bestselling author and self-help pioneer
Louise Hay, you’ll find profound insight into the relationship between
the mind and the body.
Exploring the way that limiting thoughts and ideas control and
constrict us, she offers us a powerful key to understanding the roots
of our physical dis-eases and discomforts. Full of positive
affirmations, this practical guidebook will change the way you think
forever!
Louise Hay is an internationally known leader in the self-help field.
Her key message is: "If we are willing to do the mental work, almost
anything can be healed." Louise Hay had a great deal of experience and
firsthand information to share about healing, including how she cured
herself after being diagnosed with cancer.
Chapters Include:
Part 1 - Introduction
· Suggestions to My
Readers
· Some Points of My
Philosophy
· What I Believe
Part II - A Session with Louise
· What Is the Problem?
· Where Does It Come
From?
· Is It True?
· What Do We Do Now?
· Resistance To Change
· How To Change
· Building The New
· Daily Work
Part III - Putting These Ideas to Work
· Relationships
· Work
· Success
· Prosperity
· The Body
· The List
“My message is simple and not confined by borders: You Can Heal Your
Life has been translated into over 40 languages throughout the world
and continues to heal, transform and empower the lives of so many
people.
To those of you who may be new to using affirmations, I’d like to share
with you the following: Every thought we think and every word we speak
creates our future. Life is really very simple. What we give out, we
get back.
What we think about ourselves becomes the truth for us. I believe that
everyone, myself included, is responsible for everything in our lives,
the best and the worst.
Affirmations are like seeds that you plant and expect to grow. I urge
you to discover the power of affirmations as there are no limits to
what they can bring.
All is well, you are safe. Life loves you, and so do I.”
—Louise Hay
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Earthling Food (Paperback)
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From the authors of the bestseller and winner as the best vegan
cookbook in the world at the 2023 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards,
There’s a Vegan on my Verandah, comes a dazzling new plantbased
cookbook: Earthling Food with an Afrikaans version, Skepselkos which is
also available.
Home cooks, Isabella Niehaus and Louis Jansen van Vuuren again join
forces in creating an extraordinary publication of vegan recipes. The
uniqueness of the book is that they are joined by ten food loving
friends. These include renowned chefs and local culinary heroes. These
conversations between the authors and their friends bring a
behind-the-scenes look at the inspiration and creativity that drives
South Africa’s plant-based food scene.
Readers will be inspired by the stories and the recipes, offering an
appreciation for the artistry and innovation that goes into plant-based
cooking.
With Earthling Food/Skepselkos, Isabella and Louis invite you to embark
on a culinary adventure like no other. Whether you’re a seasoned chef
or a novice in the kitchen, there’s something for everyone in this
enchanting cookbook.
Earthling Food/Skepselkos is more than just a cookbook – it’s a journey
of fl avor, culture, and creativity that will leave a lasting
impression and a desire to explore the green terrain.
From the author of LONG BRIGHT RIVER, a Barack Obama Pick and a New
York Times bestseller, comes a once-in-a-generation story; a novel
you'll never forget.
Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars.
Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the
searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying
to help find their missing son.
Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for
help. That they knew what happened to the boy.
Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief
has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the
two disappearances aren’t connected.
Some say they are.
A Child Missing. A Mother Accused. Charlie Parker Is Their Only Hope.
In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can
commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child. Everyone -
ambitious politicians in an election season, hardened police, ordinary
folk - has an opinion on the case, and most believe she is guilty.
But most is not all. Defending Colleen is the lawyer Moxie Castin, and
working alongside him is the private investigator Charlie Parker, who
senses the tale has another twist, one involving a husband too eager to
accept his wife's guilt, a disgraced psychic seeking redemption, and an
old crooked house deep in the Maine woods, a house that should never
have been built.
A house, and what dwells beneath.
In The Syndicate of Twenty-two Natives Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo offers an
elegy to her father, the late Professor Stan Sangweni, which explores
the personal saga of a family’s lineage rooted in eZuka on Suspence
Farm, Newcastle, in what is now northern KwaZulu-Natal.
In turn, Prof Sangweni opens a window into a past where his
grandfather, with foresight and ingenuity, became part of The Syndicate
of Twenty-two Natives, a group that secured land for their families,
including his family of seven wives, and for succeeding generations at
a time when Black people in South Africa were being systematically
dispossessed of their land.
While packing up her father’s study as her parents prepare to move from
their home after 27 years, Lindiwe and her father uncover his lifelong
collection of documents and pictures that detail the intricacies of his
life as a devoted family man, an ANC veteran and anti-apartheid
activist, a pioneer of public service excellence in post-apartheid
South Africa and an inveterate stickler for detail in every aspect of
his life. Inspiring, often humorous, occasionally cataclysmically
disruptive and generally victorious, this memoir is a tribute and a
testament to the enduring legacy of those who pave the way amidst the
trials of history for future generations.
THE STORM IS COMING . . .
Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing
and Iron Flame from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times
bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
The remarkable new novel from the author of the multimillion-selling
international sensation The Midnight Library
'What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet
. . .'
When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a
Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better
of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no
plan.
Among the rugged hills and golden beaches Grace searches for answers
about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is
stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible
truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.
Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the
lifechanging power of a new beginning.
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Super Sleuth (Paperback)
David Walliams; Illustrated by Adam Stower
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From million-copy bestselling author David Walliams comes his first
ever murder mystery – with thrills, spills and laughs galore.
Dilly loved a good murder. Not a REAL murder. A made-up murder. One you
would find in a murder mystery novel.
Sherlock Holmes was her favourite detective, so much so that she had
named her dog Watson after his faithful companion. Dilly had trained
her Watson to sniff out clues and follow scent trails. Something he
would happily do for a dog biscuit. Or two.
So far, Dilly and Watson hadn’t had much luck cracking cases – beyond
lost cats, or missing biscuits that turned out to have been eaten all
along. But now the detective duo found themselves on a luxury ocean
liner bound for London. A thousand passengers. A thousand nautical
miles of ocean around them. It was the perfect place for a murder…
Or two. Or three. Or four. Or MORE!
When an unusual building appeared overnight in a remote northern Cape
community in the 1970s, and disappeared a few weeks later, it seemed to
point to a series of baffling existential overlaps.
Some individuals claimed that occasionally they found themselves on the
other side of a restive civil war divide, in identity embodiments that
were highly contrary versions of themselves. In other cases, absurd
social situations seemed to mock ‘normal reality’ by alternating with
it. When a small-town journalist reported on the events, his quiet life
became cruelly disrupted by unwanted attention.
Were these accounts imagined or real? Real enough to the eyewitnesses.
Traumatised and adrift, the journalist wrote up his story in reportage
style when a childhood friend invited him to recuperate on her farm. He
believed he had narrowly escaped the disappearance of an entire region
– a place nobody has ever heard of – and its people, including the love
of his life. As the mystery unfolds, with an aura of retrieved memory,
the narrator’s lost love becomes an increasingly evocative presence.
The Equality of Shadows is a compelling novel – in some places
uproariously funny, in others filled with deep pathos – about the
vagaries of identity, love and time.
THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL BESTSELLING NOVEL BY COLLEEN HOOVER – SOON TO BE A
MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BLAKE LIVELY.
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from
working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the
small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to
Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a
gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life
seems too good to be true.
Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also
sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way
he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of
her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing.
Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating”
rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first
place.
As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts
of Atlas Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left
behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly
reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.
With this bold and deeply personal novel, It Ends with Us is a
heart-wrenching story and an unforgettable tale of love that comes at
the ultimate price.
FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED 6TH EDITION OF THE WORLD'S BESTSELLING
PREGNANCY GUIDE.
'My best friend during my pregnancy' Mariella Frostrup
With 18.5 million copies in print, What to Expect When You’re Expecting
is read by 93 per cent of women who read a pregnancy book and was named
one of the ‘Most Influential Books of the Last 25 Years’ by USA Today.
This cover-to-cover new edition is filled with must-have information,
advice, insight, and tips for a new generation of parents.
With Heidi Murkoff's trademark warmth, empathy, and humour, What to
Expect When You're Expecting answers every conceivable question
expectant parents could have, including dozens of new ones based on the
ever-changing pregnancy and birthing practices, and choices they face.
Advice for partners is fully integrated throughout the book.
All medical coverage is completely updated for the UK, including the
latest on prenatal screening and the safety of medications during
pregnancy, as well as a brand-new section on postpartum birth control.
Current lifestyle trends are incorporated, too: juice bars, raw diets,
e-cigarettes, push presents, baby bump posting, the lowdown on omega-3
fatty acids, grass-fed and organic, health food fads, and GMOs. Plus
expanded coverage of IVF pregnancy, multiple pregnancies, breastfeeding
while pregnant, water and home births, and caesarean trends (including
VBACs and ‘gentle caesareans’).
The best pregnancy guide just got even better.
This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three
remarkable lives – all connected by a single drop of water.
In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies
hidden in the sand fragments of a long-forgotten poem, the Epic of
Gilgamesh.
In Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the
dirt-black Thames. Arthur’s only chance of escaping poverty is his
brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a
printing press, Arthur’s world opens up far beyond the slums, with one
book soon sending him across the seas: Nineveh and Its Remains.
In 2014 Turkey, Narin, a Yazidi girl living by the River Tigris, waits
to be baptised with water brought from the holy sit of Lalish in Iraq.
The ceremony is cruelly interrupted, and soon Narin and her grandmother
must journey across war-torn lands in the hope of reaching the sacred
valley of their people.
In 2018 London, broken-hearted Zaleekhah, a hydrologist, moves to a
houseboat on the Thames to escape the wreckage of her marriage.
Zaleekhah foresees a life drained of all love and meaning – until an
unexpected connection to her homeland changes everything.
A dazzling feat of storytelling from one of the greatest writers of our
time, Elif Shafak’s There are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping
novel that spans centuries, continents and cultures, entwined by
rivers, rains, and waterdrops:
‘Water remembers. It is humans who forget.’
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