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A Journey Through History
A Journey through History on Accessible World. Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 8pm Eastern. Facilitator leads the discussion of that month's history book including the playing of author interview and other related audio clips. Sponsored by Helping Hands for the Blind.
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Journey through History to discuss The gunfighters: how Texas made the West wild DB129769 by Bryan Burrough. 05/05/2026
BARD annotation The gunfighters: how Texas made the West wild DB129769 Author: Burrough, Bryan Reading Time: 12 hours, 53 minutes Read by: Fred Sanders Subjects: U.S. History, True Crime, Social Sciences “The “Wild West” gunfighter is such a stock figure in our popular culture that some dismiss…
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Journey through History to discuss The Harvey girls DB132858 by Juliette Fay and facilitated by David Faucheux. 04/07/2026
BARD annotation The Harvey girls DB132858 Author: Fay, Juliette Reading Time: 11 hours, 51 minutes Read by: Cassandra Campbell Subjects: Historical Fiction, General Fiction “1926: Charlotte Crowninshield was born into one of the finest Boston society families. Now she’s on the run from a brutal...
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Journey through History to discuss Fear: Trump in the White House DB91876 by Robert Woodward. 07/02/2024
Join us on July 2, 2024, first Tuesday, to review another blockbuster and best seller by Robert Woodward , Fear: Trump in the White House DB91876 Duration: 12 hours 20 minutes. NLS Annotation Fear: Trump in the White House DB91876 Woodward, Bob Reading time: 12 hours, 22 minutes. Robert Petkoff A...
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Journey through History to discuss Mercury rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the new battleground of the Cold War DB110864 by Jeff Shesol. 06/04/2024
NLS Annotation Mercury rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the new battleground of the Cold War DB110864 Shesol, Jeff Reading time: 11 hours, 40 minutes. James Frangione Biography History, Juvenile “A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A RECKONING WITH THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY ACROSS AMERICA DB103908. 05/07/2024
On May 7th, JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY introduces best-selling author, poet and teacher, Clint Smith, who brings his Harvard sociology training on his visits (with recorder) to Civil War and Reconstruction Era Monuments from New Orleans to New York and Virginia to Texas in his book How the word is...
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Journey through History to be led by David Faucheux and discussing By her own design DB110548 by Piper Huguley. 04/02/2024
By her own design DB110548 Huguley, Piper Reading time: 12 hours, 48 minutes. Tracey Conyer Lee Historical Fiction Historical Romance Fiction Romance “1953, New York City. Less than a week before the society wedding of the year where Jacqueline Bouvier will marry John F. Kennedy, a pipe bursts at...
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Journey through History to discuss America’s first daughter DB88020 by Stephanie Dray. 03/05/2024
Please join us on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM Eastern to discuss America’s first daughter DB88020 by Stephanie Dray. NLS Annotation America’s first daughter DB88020 Dray, Stephanie Reading time: 21 hours, 53 minutes. Pilar Witherspoon A production of the National Library Service for the…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW the SECOND HALF OF American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer DB 61087. 02/06/2024
Tuesday night a stalwart group of History Buffs read and reviewed the first half of American Prometheus which is a product of over twenty-five years of painstaking research by its two prize winning authors. The first half or “TRIUMPH” portion of the book focuses on how he resolved his social...
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Journey through History to discuss American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer DB61087 by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin. 01/02/2024
Our next month’s book to discuss is the best seller “American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” DB61087 by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin, 699 pages. Because of its length, we will cover the growing up and transformation of the brilliant Oppenheimer and ultimate triumph…
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Journey through History meets to discuss Lady Tan’s Circle of Women DB 115160 by Lisa See. 12/05/2023
Hello Journey through History book group fans, Our book for 12/5/23 in A Journey through History is Lady Tan’s Circle of Women DB 115160 by Lisa Se. David Faucheux will be leading our discussion and has provided the below email received from the author Lisa See in the email history with some…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW ‘THE WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY, AND MURDER’ DB 113965 by David Grann and not PERIL as announced Tuesday. 11/07/2023
A Journey through History will be discussing The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder DB 113965 when we next meet on 11/7/23. When we met on 10/3/23, our November book was announced as Peril by Bob Woodward but on further review, we discovered we had already discussed this book at our...
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Journey through History TO REVIEW MY SIXTY YEARS ON THE PLAINS: TRAPPING, TRADING AND INDIAN FIGHTING DB20468 by William Thomas Hamilton. 10/03/2023
Autobiography by William Thomas Hamilton one of the legendary Mountain Men who explored and settled the Louisiana Purchase which he published in 1905. He began his exploits in 1842as a fur trapper and later Army Scout assisted by his extraordinary skills in Indian sign language. Here’s the NLS...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY to REVIEW ‘MISS DEL RIO A NOVEL’ DB111757 with host David Faucheux 09/05/2023
Miss Del Rio novel DB111757 by Barbara Louise Mujica 13 hours and 9 minutes long It is a largely true book selected by David Faucheux, our Historic fiction editor. It is the dramatic and vividly described life as told by her best friend including their life and flight from revolutionary Mexico in...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY to discuss “ONE HELL OF A GAMBLE” DB46210 by A. A. Fursenko and Timothy J. Naftali. 08/01/2023
Our August book was written by two prominent Historians, One Russian and the other American, who took advantage of the demise of the Soviet Union and thaw in the Cold War to access KGB AND OTHER Soviet and American files in 1990 to find out what truly happened. While it cleared up a number of...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW AVENGERS OF THE NEW WORLD : THE STORY OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION BY LAURENT DUBOIS DB60295. 06/06/2023
The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on one of the most profitable colonies in the Atlantic world. Their success was devastating not only to their former masters but to colonial…
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Journey Through History to discuss Captain James Cook DB41944 by Richard Hough. 05/02/2023
We will review Captain James Cook by Richard Hough (DB41944). It chronicles the life of James Cook, born 1728, who began working with his father as a day laborer at age eight, rose from lowest rank in the merchant marine, then to the Royal Navy to become the most celebrated explorer of his time....
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Journey through History to review “Switchboard Soldiers” DB109619 led by David Faucheux 04/04/2023
On April 4, David Faucheux will present his historic fiction, Switchboard Soldiers, a novel, by Jennifer Chiaverini (DB109619) NLS ANOTATION: In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American Forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with…
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Journey through History to discuss The Face Maker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I DB108939 by Lindsey Fitzharris 03/07/2023
The Face Maker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris, DB108939. Approximate reading Time: 8 hours, 20 minutes Armed with a Cambridge diploma and compassionate manner, Dr. Harold Gillies from New Zealand, opened the first hospital...
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Journey Through History to review Mao’s Last Dancer (Db 60921) by Cunxin Li 02/07/2023
This is a Memoir with a happy ending. how a ten year old Chinese peasant boy living at a starvation level in a Mao Commune became a international Ballet star after recruitment into and undergoing rigorous training at Mao’s wife’s National Ballet school. While visiting Houston Texas he defected…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO DISCUSS FALLEN IDOLS DB106840. 01/03/2023
During the busy Winter Holidays don’t forget our book to review on January 3.. It is shorter than some.. If you can’t finish it suggest reading Chapters 9 through 11. 10, Our reading suggestion for January (FALLING IDOLS: TWELVE STATUES THAT MADE HISTORY is a short 9 hour 10 minutes. The Author...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW THE STORYTELLER OF Casablanca DB 107192. 12/06/2022
David Faucheux will be presenting the following book on December sixth The storyteller of Casablanca DB107192 NLS ANNOTATION: Morocco 1941, Twelve year-old Josie and her family fled Nazi occupied France for Casablanca where they awaited safe passage to America. Seventy years later, Zoey is a wife...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO TO REVIEW DEFYING HITLER DB94884 11/01/2022
Brad Snyder and Alan Lemly co-hosted the October session discussing the book ISAAC STORM by Erik Larson. Everyone seemed to like it. There were no challengers with the Erik Larson Best Sellers we had reviewed. On Tuesday, November 1st we will leave the familiar Trumpian, Anglo-American literary...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO DISCUSS ISAAC STORM DB48811 BY ERIK LARSON 10/04/2022
On October 4 we will be reviewing Isaac Storm: a Man, a Time, and the deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson(db48811). This was published more than a hundred years after the Galveston Flood and was this author six best selling books four of which we have discussed. Name them if you can.…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY to discuss The Splendid and the Vile DB100054 by Erik Larson 09/06/2022
On September 6 we will review our second World War Two Churchill book, The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, covering WWII from May 1940 to May 1941. It focuses on how Winston Churchill and his Family coped with the Blitz which killed over forty-thousand Londoners and led England to foil…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW DIAMOND EYE, DB107522. 08/02/2022
As usual, we will skip July and meet on August 2 when David Faucheux present his historic fiction but is a realistic history of the 1937 NAZI invasion of the Ukraine. A real page-turner with realistic character description. The title is The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn, db107522. Again, except for...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO DISCUSS THE DAUGHTERS OF YALTA DB 102417. 06/07/2022
On Tuesday, June 7, your History Group will discuss the consequences of WWII after Yalta and the expanded roles of the privileged daughters of the three powerful leaders. Here’s the NLS annotation: The daughters of Yalta: the Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans : a story of love and war…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW THE TAKING OF JEMIMA BOONE DB 106571 05/03/2022
the Journey Through History Group will review The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial settlers , Tribal Nations and the kidnap that shaped America by Matthew Pearl( Db106571). Reading time: six hours fifty seconds. Synopsis from Bookshare.org. The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW THE ENGINEERS WIFE DB101544 LED BY DAVID FAUCHEUX 04/05/2022
The Engineers Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood She built a monument for all time. Then she was lost in its shadow. Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionally—she knows who she is and what she wants, and she’s determined to make change. But then her husband Wash asks the unthinkable: give up...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW THE FAMILY ROE: DB105723. 03/01/2022
In March, (finally after fifty years) the real people behind Roe V. Wade are revealed. Families were afflicted by alcohol and drugs. There was never an abortion. The opposition to Roe V. Wade is rising and faces a conservative Supreme court. FROM BOOKSHARE.ORG A masterpiece of reporting on the...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO REVIEW ‘PERIL’ BY BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA 02/01/2022
Our next month’s title ‘PERIL’ by Bob Woodward. Was there really a “PERIL”? Last March 5, 1919, we reviewed Fields of Blood: Violence in congress and the road to Civil War by Jane Freeman where Congressmen from slave states carried and used clubs and guns to intimidate beat and even kill (at…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY with MICHELLE BERNSTEIN leading THE REVIEW OF The doctors Blackwell: how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine DB 104506 01/04/2022
The doctors Blackwell: how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine DB 104506 Nimura, Janice P. Reading time 11 hours, 27 minutes. Read by Laural Merlington. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Subjects:...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY led by David Faucheux TO REVIEW THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN DB103929 by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 12/07/2021
In December we move from the grim tenements of Belfast to the glittering mansions of the 1900’s New York rich and powerful although living alongside the despised minorities. THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN IS WRITTEN BY Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray who are both attorneys as well as...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO DISCUSS SAY NOTHING: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY INN NORTHERN IRELAND DB94329 11/02/2021
We will review a fourteen hour true crime story, its history and long-term consequences. Was it war or just plain murder? It occurs in the slums of Belfast Northern Ireland during the Troubles (1968-1998). It delves into the lives of the participants at all levels providing insight of the causes...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY REVIEWS EDISON A BIOGRAPHY DB 96904 by Edmund Morris 10/05/2021
In October we return to more familiar ground with a biography by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.Edison DB 96904 Morris, Edmund. Reading time 25 hours, 7 minutes. Read by Arthur Morey. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Subjects…
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Journey through History to discuss The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership and the Fate of the Empire DB78621 by Andrew O’Shaughnessy 09/07/2021
We will review The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership and the Fate of the Empire, DB78621. Join us for some historic analysis of the causes of England’s longest war. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY will discuss The Light over London DB93702 by Julia Kelly led by David Faucheux 08/03/2021
SYNOPSIS In Julia Kelly’s The Light over London, we enter two timelines: one during World War II and the other in the present. A diary and photograph send antiques dealer Cara Hargraves on a journey to discover the identity of the smiling woman in uniform. Louise Keene leaves her Cornish village...
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Journey Through History To Discuss Saving Freedom DB102486 By Joe Scarborough 06/01/2021
On June 1, 2021 we will read a book by MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization DB102486 8 hours 5 minutes Read by author. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism…
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO DISCUSS DREAMS FROM MY FATHER DB43877 by Barack Obama 05/04/2021
ON May 4, 2021 we will discuss Dreams from my father, db43877. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS: Dreams from my father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Before Barack Obama became a politician he was, among other things, a writer. Dreams from My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a...
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Journey through History hosted by David Faucheux to discuss ‘The Night Watchman’ DB98896 by Louise Erdrich 04/06/2021
ANNOUNCEMENT: David Faucheux will Co Host and present his quarterly non-fiction history selection on April 6, 2021. Last Tuesday, Sherry Wells selection for March was read and liked by most participants. Two members objected to war subject matter. Some members complained about wordiness or detail...
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO DISCUSS ‘THE CROWDED HOUR’ DB96418 03/02/2021
In recognition of Presidents Day, we return to flamboyant Teddy Roosevelt whose famous charge up Kettle Hill set America’s course towards imperialism and role as colonial master and nation builder. How did we do? Who was the worst screw-up in the invasion of Cuba according to the author? The...
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Journey Through History to discuss The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism DB94498 by John U. Bacon 02/02/2021
On February 2 we go North across the Canadian Border in the year 1917. NLS ANNOTATION: The great Halifax explosion: a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism DB94498 Bacon, John U. Reading time: 10 hours, 40 minutes. Read by Johnny Heller. A production of the National...
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A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY TO DISCUSS The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America’s great migration DB71929 01/05/2021
Last Tuesday, on December 1, David Faucheux prepared the recorded portion of the program and facilitated the discussion on the book Neffertiti. It was agreed that any story about the lives of persons who lived over three thousand years ago had to be fictional, although it read like a novel it was...
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Journey through History with cohost David Faucheux leading the discussion of Nefertiti DB64454 12/02/2020
Last night’s discussion of Author in Chief: the untold story of our “presidents, their books and the shaping of American history “was ably led by guest host, Michele Bernstein. On Tuesday, December First Cohost David Faucheux will lead us in the discussion of Nefertiti, our quarterly Historical...
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Journey through History will be guest hosted by Michelle Bernstein to discuss Author in chief: the untold story of our presidents, their books, and the shaping of American history DB98626 11/10/2020
Author in chief: the untold story of our presidents, their books, and the shaping of American history Author: Fehrman, Craig Book Number: DB98626
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A Journey Through History To Review Legacy Of Ashes DB71592 10/06/2020
The History group met Tuesday night and unanimously applauded the biography of Virginia Hall, world’s most successful but unrecognized spy.
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Journey through History to discuss A woman of no importance: the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII DB95178 by Sonia Purnell 09/01/2020
Book to be discussed: A woman of no importance: the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII DB95178 NLS ANNOTATION: A woman of no importance: the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII DB95178
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Journey through History we will be discussing the historic fiction book presented by Cohost David Faucheux, Pompeii a Novel. 08/04/2020
On August 4th we will be discussing the historic fiction book presented by Cohost David Faucheux, Pompeii a Novel. NOTES FROM NLS Title Pompeii a novel Names Harris, Robert. Book Number DB057646
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Journey Through History to review ‘His Excellency: George Washington (DB59070) 06/02/2020
The History Group almost unanimously liked Lincoln’s Spies by Douglas Waller except for the repetitious battle scenes.
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JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY to discuss Lincoln’s Spies: their secret war to save a nation, DB97436 by Douglas Waller 05/05/2020
Last night Co HOST, David Faucheux presented His quarterly program on Historical fiction with the book and author interview ‘The shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putman and the Barbary Pirates’, db86275.
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Journey through History to discuss THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI LIEUTENANT PUTNAM AND THE BARBARY PIRATES BY HALEY JAMES DB86275 04/07/2020
ANNOUNCEMENT:A Journey Through History will meet on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 to discuss THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI_ LIEUTENANT PUTNAM AND THE BARBARY PIRATES BY HALEY_ JAMES D. B86275.Read by James Bamer Aproximate reading time: 15 hours; 45 minutes.
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