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Farr's Physics for Medical Imaging , E-Book

By: Alim Yucel-Finn,Fergus Mckiddie,Sarah Prescott,Rachel Griffiths

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Farr's Physics for Medical Imaging , E-Book

By: Alim Yucel-Finn,Fergus Mckiddie,Sarah Prescott,Rachel Griffiths

Written by topic experts, this new edition of Farr's Physics for Medical Imaging is designed specifically for trainee radiologists preparing for the physics component of their FRCR exams. The book effectively explains the principles and techniques behind the most common forms of medical imaging, including X-ray, CT, ultrasound, MRI, nuclear medicine, and fluoroscopy. Trainee radiologists and radiographers will find this an easy to understand and useful adjunct to their exam preparation – even those who haven't studied physics since school. - Designed for those studying for their FRCR part 1 exams – covers everything you need to know - Easy to read and navigate, suitable for those with varying levels of physics knowledge - Written by topic experts - physicists and a radiologist, to make the information more accessible to radiology trainees - Clear line drawings and sample images illustrate the principles discussed - Fully revised and updated - Reflects changes to the FRCR examination - Increased amount of clinical content - Covers new legislation concerning radiological safety - New chapter on radiology information technology

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702083658

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9780702083655

South Carolina Myths and Legends

The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries

By: Rachel Haynie

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South Carolina Myths and Legends

The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries

By: Rachel Haynie

Part of our ever-popular Legends of America series, South Carolina Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in South Carolina's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in South Carolina history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493015915

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And Now She's Gone

A Novel

By: Rachel Howzell Hall

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And Now She's Gone

A Novel

By: Rachel Howzell Hall

“Sharp, witty and perfectly paced, And Now She’s Gone is one hell of a read!” —Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before Isabel Lincoln is gone. But is she missing? It’s up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray’s search for Isabel Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous with every new revelation about the woman’s secrets and the truth she’s hidden from her friends and family. Featuring two complicated women in a dangerous cat and mouse game, Rachel Howzell Hall's And Now She’s Gone explores the nature of secrets — and how violence and fear can lead you to abandon everything in order to survive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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1250753163

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The Crimson Code

By: Rachel Lee

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The Crimson Code

By: Rachel Lee

DECEMBER 25: A BOMB RIPS THROUGH A PACKED CATHEDRAL IN JAKARTA. As the hours pass, terrorist explosions continue around the globe, triggering worldwide panic and creating a nightmare beyond words…. Inside the covert agency known only as Office 119, agents Renate Bächle and Lawton Caine are called upon to identify the groups responsible for the bloodshed. But the so-called "Black Christmas" attacks are nothing more than a smoke screen for a far more sinister conspiracy. At its heart are ruthless secret societies with blood ties that date back thousands of years, whose goals are nothing less than global domination. Renate and Lawton are only beginning to fathom how far the darkness extends. With the U. S. president set to deploy nuclear weapons against the wrong targets and religious violence erupting across Europe, they must untangle the interwoven plots before time runs out and Armageddon becomes a terrifying reality.

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MIRA

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142688365X

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Race and Human Evolution

By: Milford H. Wolpoff,Rachel Caspari

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Race and Human Evolution

By: Milford H. Wolpoff,Rachel Caspari

Race and Human Evolution shows how the debate over the "Eve" theory reflects a long history of theories about human origins and race that has been fraught with social and political implications.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684810131

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9780684810133

Wildcard

By: Rachel Lee

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Wildcard

By: Rachel Lee

Following a victorious evening, shots ring out, leaving the Democratic presidential front-runner near death. As the official investigation begins, FBI special agent Tom Lawton is sidelined, given work intended to keep him out of the way. Determined to find out why, he launches an investigation of his own—and uncovers a web of deceit constructed by his own superiors. Soon he has uncovered far too much. Working alone is no longer an option, and Tom's only hope is Agent Renate Bächle, a woman with secrets of her own. On the run for his life, he must determine whether he can trust this mysterious foreigner to guide him through the corridors of a conspiracy that threatens a nation, or whether she is simply another spider in the web.…

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MIRA

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1426883641

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9781426883644

In the Trenches

Those Who Were There

By: Rachel Bilton

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In the Trenches

Those Who Were There

By: Rachel Bilton

A wide range of personal experiences are covered in the seventeen chapters of this book. All the stories are written by the participants who describe exactly what happened to them while they fought in the greatest battles of the First World War. What makes them special is that their stories were written while the images were fresh in their minds. The experiences recorded are those of civilians, officers and men, in the mud of the Western Front, in the sand of the desert, on the scorching beaches of Gallipoli and on the forgotten front of Salonika. Where possible information about these men has been provided to explain their life before and after the war. Also included are rarely seen images that augment the text.The stories cover the whole of the war, starting with the chance meeting of a reporter and men of the Royal Field Artillery resting after the retreat. Wilfrid Ewart paints a vivid picture of everyday life in the trenches during the first winter of the war. Captain Pollard, a VC winner, provides a grim vignette, breathlessly told, of an infantry charge on a German trench. Sergeant Cooper details life in the French Foreign Legion at Gallipoli and the 'fierce fighting such as men reckless to the point of indifference can execute'. Charles Douie describes the battlefields of the Somme when the guns are silent. The bitter story of the hell endured by the men who bled and died during the battle for Passchendaele is told by A.M. Burrage, ex-Private X. The psychiatric problems of war are clearly outlined by David Phillips and Herbert Read tells of days of fighting, hunger, desperation, loss of life, all thrown away for no gain when the order to evacuate the post was given. Two stories close the war: the first battle between tanks and a poignant description of the end of the war.

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Pen and Sword

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1473867150

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9781473867154

Three Masquerades

Novellas by Rachel Ingalls

By: Rachel Ingalls

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Three Masquerades

Novellas by Rachel Ingalls

By: Rachel Ingalls

The fiction of Rachel Ingalls has haunted me for years. The plots are dramatic, even exaggerated, but the books are quiet and short. The language is plain but curious. I’ve gathered here three works of hers. Two of these are frightening and one less so, although I sometimes change my mind about which one that is. —from the Introduction by Daniel Handler Daniel Handler assembled this collection from Rachel Ingalls’ wide selection of novellas as a perfect introduction to her beguiling talent. I See a Long Journey and On Ice, novellas Mr. Handler considers basically perfect, originally appeared with a third, Blessed Art Thou, a story he considers to be in an entirely different tone. He felt that Friends in the Country from Ms. Ingalls’ later collection, The End of Tragedy, was a more natural companion to the two earlier works. The author happily agreed.

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Catapult

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1619027798

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Speaking of Bears

The Bear Crisis and a Tale of Rewilding from Yosemite, Sequoia, and Other National Parks

By: Rachel Mazur

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Speaking of Bears

The Bear Crisis and a Tale of Rewilding from Yosemite, Sequoia, and Other National Parks

By: Rachel Mazur

As majestic as they are dangerous, and as timeless as they are current, bears continue to captivate readers. Speaking of Bears is not your average collection of stories. Rather it is the history, compiled from interviews with over 100 individuals, of how Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, all in California’s Sierra Nevada, created a human-bear problem so bad that there were eventually over 2,000 incidents in a single year. It then describes the pivotal moments during which park employees used trial-and-error, conducted research, invented devices, collaborated with other parks, and found funding to get the crisis back under control. Speaking of Bears is for bear lovers, national park buffs, historians, wildlife managers, biologists, policy and grant-makers, and anyone who wants to know the who, what, where, when, and why of what once was a serious human-bear problem, and the path these parks took to correct it. Although these Sierran parks had some of the worst black bear problems in the country, hosted much of the research, and invented the bulk of the technological solutions, they were not the only ones. For that reason, intertwining stories from several other parks including Yellowstone, the Great Smoky Mountains, and Banff-Canada are included. For anyone seeking solutions to human-wildlife conflicts throughout the world, the lessons-learned are invaluable and widely applicable.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493014986

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9781493014989

Washington Brotherhood

Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War

By: Rachel A. Shelden

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Washington Brotherhood

Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War

By: Rachel A. Shelden

Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s--particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories. Shelden uses primary documents--from housing records to personal diaries--to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington "bubble" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived.

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UNC Press Books

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1469610868

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9781469610863

Southern University Law Center

By: Dr. Rachel L. Emanuel and Carla Ball

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Southern University Law Center

By: Dr. Rachel L. Emanuel and Carla Ball

Founded in 1947, the Southern University Law Center (SULC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a model for student body and faculty diversity. While SULC was once required by law to be an all-black institution, the school's founders and subsequent leadership have created a legacy of providing access and opportunity to legal education that continues today. SULC graduates, beginning with the legendary civil rights attorney, political leader, and educator Jesse N. Stone Jr. and others in the school's first graduating class of 1950, have become trailblazers. The alumni have been successful in law, business, government, and other careers in Louisiana and places beyond. This book highlights their successes as well as the historical events that have shaped this institution. From student-led efforts to desegregate public accommodations to alumni leadership in achieving greater diversity in the Louisiana judiciary, SULC has and continues to produce lawyer-leaders who effect positive change.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467127507

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9781467127509

Harlequin Special Edition June 2017 Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rachel Lee,Teresa Southwick,Kerri Carpenter

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Harlequin Special Edition June 2017 Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rachel Lee,Teresa Southwick,Kerri Carpenter

Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: A CONARD COUNTY HOMECOMING Conard County: The Next Generation by Rachel Lee Paraplegic war veteran Zane McLaren just wants to be left alone to deal with the demons his time in the army left behind. Fortunately, his service dog, Nell, has other ideas that include his pretty neighbor, Ashley Granger. THE NEW GUY IN TOWN The Bachelors of Blackwater Lake by Teresa Southwick Florist Faith Connelly has sworn off men, but sexy newcomer Sam Hart tempts her, even though both of them have painful pasts to look back on. Because he buys flowers from her, she knows he's a "two dates and you're out" kind of guy, so what's the harm in flirting a little? But when a wildfire forces Faith to take shelter with Sam, both of them confront the past in order for love to grow. FALLING FOR THE RIGHT BROTHER Saved by the Blog by Kerri Carpenter When Elle Owens returns to Bayside, she hopes everyone has forgotten the embarrassing incident that precipitated her flight from town ten years ago. They haven't, but Cam Dumont, her former crush's sexy older brother, doesn't care what anyone thinks—he's determined to win her over. Can Elle forget about the ubiquitous Bayside Blogger long enough to tell Cam how she truly feels about him? Look for Harlequin Special Edition's June 2016 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more stories of life, love and family! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Special Edition!

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1488031479

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9781488031472

Myths and Mysteries of South Carolina

True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained

By: Rachel Haynie

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Myths and Mysteries of South Carolina

True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained

By: Rachel Haynie

Part of our new and growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends of South Carolina explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in South Carolina's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in South Carolina history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762767669

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9780762767663

Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio,Rachel A. Annunziato,Abigail Locke,Gareth J. Treharne

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Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio,Rachel A. Annunziato,Abigail Locke,Gareth J. Treharne

Health Psychology takes a truly international and critical biopsychosocial approach, providing students with a holistic understanding of health behaviour, culture and change. Thoroughly updated with the latest research, this comprehensive introduction to foundational and cutting-edge topics in health psychology gives you the tools you need to critically appraise theory and research, and to apply this knowledge to real-world public health issues. Praised for its coverage of social justice, macro-social and cultural issues in health, this edition features three new chapters on parenting and health, responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and gender-affirmative healthcare for transgender people. Now in full colour, it also includes updated pedagogy, with international Key Studies, Critical Discussions and Insights boxes to extend your learning. Written by experts in the field, this must-read for students of Health Psychology, Health Promotion and Health Behaviour demonstrates how theory and research learned in the classroom impacts public policy around the world. David F. Marks is a psychologist specializing in Health Psychology, Mental Imagery and Consciousness research. Michael Murray is Emeritus Professor of Social and Health Psychology at Keele University. Emee Vida Estacio is a chartered psychologist, author, speaker and health promotion specialist. Rachel A. Annunziato is Professor of Psychology at Fordham University. Abigail Locke is Professor of Critical Social and Health Psychology and Head of School at Keele University. Gareth J. Treharne is Professor of Psychology at te Whare Wananga o Otago (the University of Otago).

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SAGE Publications Limited

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1529616190

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9781529616194

Legislating Against Tax Avoidance

By: Rachel Anne Tooma

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Legislating Against Tax Avoidance

By: Rachel Anne Tooma

Proposes a uniform statutory GAAR for the Federation of Australia, and examines "the experiences of countries with (e.g., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa) and without (e.g., the United States of America and the United Kingdom) a statutory GAAR"--Page ix.

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IBFD

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9087220340

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9789087220341

Experimental Filmmaking and Punk

Feminist Audio Visual Culture in the 1970s and 1980s

By: Rachel Garfield

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Experimental Filmmaking and Punk

Feminist Audio Visual Culture in the 1970s and 1980s

By: Rachel Garfield

Just as punk created a space for bands such as the Slits and Poly Styrene to challenge 1970s norms of femininity, through a transgressive, strident new female-ness, it also provoked experimental feminist film makers to initiate a parallel, lens-based challenge to patriarchal modes of film making. In this book, Rachel Garfield breaks new ground in exploring the rebellious, feminist punk audio-visual culture of the 1970s, tracing its roots and its legacies. In their filmmaking and their performed personae, film and video artists such as Vivienne Dick, Sandra Lahire, Betzy Bromberg, Ruth Novaczek, Sadie Benning, Leslie Thornton, Abigail Child and Anne Robinson offered a powerful, deliberately awkward alternative to hegemonic conformist femininity, creating a new “punk audio visual aesthetic”. A vital aspect of our vibrant contemporary digital audio visual culture, Garfield argues, can be traced back to the techniques and forms of these feminist pioneers, who like their musical contemporaries worked in a pre-digital, analogue modality that nevertheless influenced the emergent digital audio visual culture of the 1990s and 2000s.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350197653

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9781350197657

Experimental Eco-Design

By: Cara Brower,Rachel Mallory,Zachary Ohlman

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Experimental Eco-Design

By: Cara Brower,Rachel Mallory,Zachary Ohlman

Suitable for those interested in green design. This book offers a source listing of materials, manufacturers, design studios, and organizations.

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Rotovision

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2888930609

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9782888930600

The Steal

A Cultural History of Shoplifting

By: Rachel Shteir

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The Steal

A Cultural History of Shoplifting

By: Rachel Shteir

A history of shoplifting, revealing the roots of our modern dilemma. Rachel Shteir's The Steal is the first serious study of shoplifting, tracking the fascinating history of this ancient crime. Dismissed by academia and the mainstream media and largely misunderstood, shoplifting has become the territory of moralists, mischievous teenagers, tabloid television, and self-help gurus. But shoplifting incurs remarkable real-life costs for retailers and consumers. The "crime tax"-the amount every American family loses to shoplifting-related price inflation-is more than $400 a year. Shoplifting cost American retailers $11.7 billion in 2009. The theft of one $5.00 item from Whole Foods can require sales of hundreds of dollars to break even. The Steal begins when shoplifting entered the modern record as urbanization and consumerism made London into Europe's busiest mercantile capital. Crossing the channel to nineteenth-century Paris, Shteir tracks the rise of the department store and the pathologizing of shoplifting as kleptomania. In 1960s America, shoplifting becomes a symbol of resistance when the publication of Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book popularizes shoplifting as an antiestablishment act. Some contemporary analysts see our current epidemic as a response to a culture of hyper-consumerism; others question whether its upticks can be tied to economic downturns at all. Few provide convincing theories about why it goes up or down. Just as experts can't agree on why people shoplift, they can't agree on how to stop it. Shoplifting has been punished by death, discouraged by shame tactics, and protected against by high-tech surveillance. Shoplifters have been treated by psychoanalysis, medicated with pharmaceuticals, and enforced by law to attend rehabilitation groups. While a few individuals have abandoned their sticky-fingered habits, shoplifting shows no signs of slowing. In The Steal, Shteir guides us through a remarkable tour of all things shoplifting-we visit the Woodbury Commons Outlet Mall, where boosters run rampant, watch the surveillance footage from Winona Ryder's famed shopping trip, and learn the history of antitheft technology. A groundbreaking study, The Steal shows us that shoplifting in its many guises-crime, disease, protest-is best understood as a reflection of our society, ourselves.

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Penguin

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1101516283

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9781101516287

Map of a Nation

A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

By: Rachel Hewitt

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Map of a Nation

A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

By: Rachel Hewitt

This “absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey”—the first complete map of the British Isles—"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome” (The Guardian, UK). Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and this is—amazingly—the first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it. The Ordnance Survey’s history is one of political revolutions, rebellions and regional unions that altered the shape and identity of the United Kingdom over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It’s also a deliciously readable account of one of the great untold British adventure stories, featuring intrepid individuals lugging brass theodolites up mountains to make the country visible to itself for the first time.

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Granta Publications

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1847084524

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9781847084521

Family Law

[Connected eBook with Study Center]

By: Leslie Joan Harris,June R. Carbone,Lee E. Teitelbaum,Rachel Rebouche

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Family Law

[Connected eBook with Study Center]

By: Leslie Joan Harris,June R. Carbone,Lee E. Teitelbaum,Rachel Rebouche

Family Law, Sixth Edition is a modern and teachable casebook, offering comprehensive coverage and a mix of interdisciplinary materials. It compares innovative developments in some states with the reaffirmation of traditional principles in others, and does so in the context of a wider focus on family and the state, the role of mediating institutions, and the efficacy of law and particular methods of enforcing the law. The casebook deals with the complexity of family law both in the organization of the chapters—separate units on family contracts, jurisdiction, and practice, for example, can be shortened, skipped, or taught in almost any order—and the diversity of material within each chapter. Each unit combines primary cases with comprehensive notes, supplemented with academic and policy analyses that provide a foundation for evaluation. Detailed problems extend the coverage or apply the commentary to real world examples. Key Features: A streamlined and updated chapter on the legal significance of being married, including an updated section on reproductive rights to reflect the potential influence of Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellersted Major revisions to the chapters on marriage and informal domestic partnerships to reflect the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges A complete update of the parentage cases to incorporate the latest developments on same-sex partners, three parent recognition, third party visitation, adoption, and assisted reproduction Revised sections on the role of settlement agreements and out-of-court processes in divorce and the dissolution of relationships Coverage of cross-disciplinary topics, including financial principles, genetics/statistics, clinical psychology, social history, policy discussions, counseling, negotiation, ADR, and ethics

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Aspen Publishing

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1454897732

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Gastrointestinal Nursing

A Lifespan Approach

By: Paul Ong,Rachel Skittrall

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Gastrointestinal Nursing

A Lifespan Approach

By: Paul Ong,Rachel Skittrall

Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract make up some of the most common illnesses experienced across the lifespan affecting individuals in infancy, childhood and adulthood. This essential guide to the gastrointestinal system will enable nurses and allied health professionals to apply principles of anatomy and physiology to clinical practice. Taking a practical and evidence-based approach, each chapter explores associated anatomy, function and abnormalities. Chapters use selected pathology and associated pathophysiology, from across the lifespan, to support understanding of how disorders can disrupt the development and function of the gastrointestinal tract. The accessible writing style and full colour illustrations make this an ideal introduction for students and professionals new to gastrointestinal care.

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Routledge

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1498769594

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In the Waves

My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine

By: Rachel Lance

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In the Waves

My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine

By: Rachel Lance

One of "The Most Fascinating Books WIRED Read in 2020" "One part science book, one part historical narrative, one part memoir . . . harrowing and inspiring.”—The Wall Street Journal How a determined scientist cracked the case of the first successful—and disastrous—submarine attack On the night of February 17, 1864, the tiny Confederate submarine HL Hunley made its way toward the USS Housatonic just outside Charleston harbor. Within a matter of hours, the Union ship’s stern was blown open in a spray of wood planks. The explosion sank the ship, killing many of its crew. And the submarine, the first ever to be successful in combat, disappeared without a trace. For 131 years the eight-man crew of the HL Hunley lay in their watery graves, undiscovered. When finally raised, the narrow metal vessel revealed a puzzling sight. There was no indication the blast had breached the hull, and all eight men were still seated at their stations—frozen in time after more than a century. Why did it sink? Why did the men die? Archaeologists and conservationists have been studying the boat and the remains for years, and now one woman has the answers. In the Waves is much more than just a military perspective or a technical account. It’s also the story of Rachel Lance’s single-minded obsession spanning three years, the story of the extreme highs and lows in her quest to find all the puzzle pieces of the Hunley. Balancing a gripping historical tale and original research with a personal story of professional and private obstacles, In the Waves is an enthralling look at a unique part of the Civil War and the lengths one scientist will go to uncover its secrets.

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1524744174

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Top 10 Sydney

By: Rachel Neustein,Steve Womersley

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Top 10 Sydney

By: Rachel Neustein,Steve Womersley

DK Eyewitness Top 10: Sydney will lead you straight to the very best attractions Sydney has to offer. Whether you’re looking to visit the spectacular Sydney Opera House, experience one of the city’s best restaurants, bars or clubs, or relax at one of the world renowned Sydney beaches; this travel guide is packed with essential information for every traveler, whatever your budget. Fully revised with dozens of Top 10 lists; including the Top 10 best sporting venues, the Top 10 greatest beaches and pools, the Top 10 most fashionable places to shop in Sydney, and the Top 10 best theatre and music venues in the city. The guide is filled with insider tips every traveler needs, including comprehensive reviews and recommendations of Sydney’s best hotels, restaurants, clubs, bars, theatre, shopping, and day trips. Packed with over 350 color photographs, illustrations, detailed cutaways of Sydney’s greatest attractions to ensure you don’t miss a thing. Your guide to the Top 10 best of everything in Sydney.

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0756683718

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Bromley's Family Law

By: Nigel Lowe,Gillian Douglas,Emma Hitchings,Rachel Taylor

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Bromley's Family Law

By: Nigel Lowe,Gillian Douglas,Emma Hitchings,Rachel Taylor

Bromley's Family Law' is a well-established and popular textbook with students and practitioners alike. This edition has been updated to take into account recent developments in family law.

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Employment Law

Private Ordering and Its Limitations

By: Timothy P. Glynn,Rachel S. Arnow-Richman,Charles A. Sullivan

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Employment Law

Private Ordering and Its Limitations

By: Timothy P. Glynn,Rachel S. Arnow-Richman,Charles A. Sullivan

The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. Employment Law: Private Ordering and Its Limitations, Fourth Edition is organized around the rights and duties that flow between parties in an employment relationship. Through cases, detailed discussion of the facts, and accessible notes and questions, this book examines the laws that are intended to balance the competing interests and contractual obligations between employer and employee. The note materials also encourage students to think critically and creatively about how best to protect the interests of workers or employers. Practitioner exercises in planning, drafting, advising, and negotiating develop transactional lawyering skills. New to the Fourth Edition: Important Supreme Court and lower court cases in key areas including the scope of “employment,” whistleblower and anti-retaliation protections, anti-discrimination laws, disability and other accommodations, noncompetition agreements, and mandatory arbitration clauses Addition of cases and note materials on hot topics including employment protections in the gig economy, workplace speech protections in a time of deep social and political conflict, the workplace implications of AI and other technologies, emergent privacy and cyber security issues, and innovations in accommodating workers’ lives Updated problems and exercises Streamlined case and note editing Professors and students will benefit from: Comprehensive and deep coverage of key areas of workplace regulation Practical exercises in each chapter Note materials designed to provide both context and knowledge of emergent legal and social science scholarship Thematic consistency across chapters providing a unifying framework for the discussion of disparate topic areas

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Higher Education Administration

A Guide to Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues

By: Rachel S. Blechman,Norma M. Goonen

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Higher Education Administration

A Guide to Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues

By: Rachel S. Blechman,Norma M. Goonen

Goonen and Blechman provide an analysis useful as a desk reference or as a text for practicing and prospective administrators and university counsel. They examine the legal points, ethical questions, and practical steps an administrator or university counsel should be aware of in dealing with some of the most frequently encountered issues in the administration of a college, university, or other postsecondary institution. Each chapter targets a selected area of academic affairs, and the format includes four sections—legal parameters, ethical considerations, practical suggestions, and an illustrative case. Hiring issues, compensation and employment issues, promotion and tenure, terminations, non-renewals, and reductions in force, academic freedom, student disputes on academic matters, and transcript and degree issues are all analyzed. Goonen and Blechman provide a general guide that can be readily utilized and understood by those without specific prior training in the law or in higher education administration. The discussions and information the guide contains will be valuable to current and prospective practitioners as they seek to balance the legal, ethical, and practical issues that surface in every decision in the increasingly complex higher education arena.

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Developmental Transitions

Exploring stability and change through the lifespan

By: Sarah Crafter,Rachel Maunder,Laura Soulsby

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Developmental Transitions

Exploring stability and change through the lifespan

By: Sarah Crafter,Rachel Maunder,Laura Soulsby

How can we make sense of change and stability through the lifespan of human development? What role does personal experience, our relationships with others, and historical and sociocultural contexts play in shaping these changes? This is the first book to offer an integrative overview of the range of developmental transitions which occur through the lifespan. Bringing together different theoretical and conceptual perspectives and a broad range of empirical research including quantitative and qualitative approaches, this book encompasses a range of complex transitional forms. Covering topics such as health transitions, transitions in friendships and romantic relationships, career transitions, and societal transitions, this book takes the reader beyond a focus on childhood and adolescence, to look at the whole lifespan. Reflecting a perspective that takes into account a sociocultural past and present, this book seeks to show how transitions can be viewed as both an experience of uncertainty and possibility. Transitions perform important functions and present psychosocial opportunities. Developmental Transitions is essential reading for all undergraduate and graduate students of developmental and cultural psychology and is also a valuable resource for academics and practitioner audiences interested in stability and change as people age.

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The Churchill Sisters

The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters

By: Dr. Rachel Trethewey

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The Churchill Sisters

The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters

By: Dr. Rachel Trethewey

As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey's biography, The Churchill Sisters, tells their story. Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill girls – Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary – would have shone. But they were not in another family, they were Churchills, and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father – ‘the greatest Englishman’ – to their brother, golden boy Randolph, to their eccentric and exciting cousins, the Mitford Girls, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. While Marigold died too young to achieve her potential, the other daughters lived lives full of passion, drama and tragedy. Diana, intense and diffident; Sarah, glamorous and stubborn; Mary, dependable yet determined – each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes, these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history, at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. Yet this is not a story set on the battlefields or in Parliament; it is an intimate saga that sheds light on the complex dynamics of family set against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. Drawing on previously unpublished family letters from the Churchill archives, The Churchill Sisters brings Winston’s daughters out of the shadows and tells their remarkable stories for the first time.

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Chamber Divers

The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

By: Rachel Lance

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Chamber Divers

The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

By: Rachel Lance

The previously classified story of the eccentric researchers who invented cutting-edge underwater science to lead the Allies to D-Day victory In August 1942, more than 7,000 Allied troops rushed the beaches of Normandy, France, in an all but-forgotten landing. Only a small fraction survived unscathed. It was two summers before D-Day, and the Allies realized that they were in dire need of underwater intelligence if they wanted to stand a chance of launching another beach invasion and of winning the war. Led by the controversial biologists J. B. S. Haldane and Dr. Helen Spurway, an ingenious team of ragtag scientists worked out of homemade labs during the London Blitz. Beneath a rain of bombs, they pioneered thrilling advances in underwater reconnaissance through tests done on themselves in painful and potentially fatal experiments. Their discoveries led to the safe use of miniature submarines and breathing apparatuses, which ultimately let the Allies take the beaches of Normandy. Blast injury specialist Dr. Rachel Lance unpacks the harrowing narratives of these experiments while bringing to life the men and women whose brilliance and self-sacrifice shaped the outcome of the war, including their personal relationships with one another and the ways they faced skepticism and danger in their quest to enable Allied troops to breathe underwater. The riveting science leading up to D-Day has been classified for generations, but Chamber Divers finally brings these scientists’ stories—and their heroism—to light.

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0593184955

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How to Abolish Prisons

Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment

By: Rachel Herzing,Justin Piché

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How to Abolish Prisons

Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment

By: Rachel Herzing,Justin Piché

An incisive guide to abolitionist strategy, and a love letter to the movement that made this moment possible. Critics of abolition sometimes castigate the movement for its utopianism, but in How to Abolish Prisons, long-time organizers Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché reveal a movement that has made the struggle for abolition as real as the institutions they are fighting against. Drawing on extensive interviews with abolitionist crews all over North America, Herzing and Piché provide a collective reconstruction of what the grassroots movement to abolish prisons actually is, what initiatives it has launched, how it organizes itself, and how its protagonists build the day-to-day practice of politics. Readers sit in on the Winnipeg rideshares of Bar None and the meetings of the Chicago Community Bail Fund as they assess the utility of politicized mutual aid. They follow the campaigns and coalitions of Critical Resistance in Oakland and San Francisco and Survived and Punished in New York City, and learn about the prisoner correspondence projects that keep activists behind bars and outside them in constant coordination. Abolitionist campaigns are constructing on-the-ground initiatives across North America to deconstruct carceral society and build resistant communities.Through the words, deeds, and personalities of this beautifully peopled movement, How to Abolish Prisons emerges as a stunning snapshot of a movement’s thinking in motion.

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Ronald Reagan

By: Rachel Grack

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Ronald Reagan

By: Rachel Grack

Lifeguard. Actor. President. Jelly bean fanatic? These are just a few things that emerging readers will learn about Ronald Regan in this beginning biography title about his life, presidency, and legacy. Special features include a thought-provoking question, a timeline of life events, and a profile to help readers better understand the man who helped end the Cold War.

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1648344267

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If the Tide Turns

A Thrilling Historical Novel of Piracy and Life After the Salem Witch Trials

By: Rachel Rueckert

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If the Tide Turns

A Thrilling Historical Novel of Piracy and Life After the Salem Witch Trials

By: Rachel Rueckert

Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path. "If the Tide Turns weaves together two fascinating worlds in a page-turning story of love, friendship, and self-discovery. It transports the reader to the time of witch trials and piracy, shrugging off popular caricatures and exploring real-life people—the hardships they faced and the hope that sustained them. A stirring and luminous read!" —Amanda Skenandore, author of The Nurse's Secret 1715, Eastham, Massachusetts: As the daughter of a wealthy family, Maria Brown has a secure future mapped out for her, yet it is not the future she wants. Young, headstrong, and restless, Maria has no desire to marry the aging, mean-spirited John Hallett, regardless of his fortune and her parents’ wishes. As for what Maria does want—only one person has ever even asked her that question. Samuel Bellamy, an orphaned sailor searching for work, meets Maria by chance, enthralling her with talk of far-flung places and blasphemous ideals. But neither is free from the social order into which they were born. When Sam is banished from Maria’s parents’ home after asking for her hand, he vows to return a wealthy man, and Maria promises to keep the faith until then. Sam is drawn into piracy and discovers a brotherhood more equal and fulfilling than any on land, despite its dangers. Beguiled by the chance to both fight for justice and make a fortune to bring home to Maria, Sam is torn between duty to his crew and his desire to return. Separated by more than just the ocean, time slips by as Sam and Maria cling to their love for each other. Maria is determined to stay strong in her conviction in Sam, but as rumors swirl and her position in Eastham turns perilous, Maria is forced into an impossible decision. Now, on a journey no less treacherous and eventful than Sam’s, Maria draws on every shred of her courage and resilience not merely to survive, but to honor her own yearning for freedom . . .

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Kensington

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1496747534

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Organisational Behaviour

Core Concepts and Applications

By: Jack Maxwell Wood,Retha Wiesner,Rachel R. Morrison,Aharon Factor,Tui McKeown

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Organisational Behaviour

Core Concepts and Applications

By: Jack Maxwell Wood,Retha Wiesner,Rachel R. Morrison,Aharon Factor,Tui McKeown

The sixth Australasian edition of Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and Applications stands as an exemplary resource tailored for one-semester courses in Organisational Behaviour. With a deliberate focus on succinctness, relevance, and visual presentation, its fourteen chapters are meticulously crafted to captivate rather than inundate students. Throughout the text, a plethora of case studies and real-world instances delve into how organisations across the Australian, New Zealand, and Asian regions navigate pressing contemporary business concerns. These include the imperative of sustainable business practices, grappling with environmental impact and climate change, mitigating the gender pay gap, addressing employee stress, fostering resilience and work-life balance, adapting to the dynamics of millennials and an ageing workforce, enhancing employee retention strategies, and navigating the complexities of globalisation and outsourcing. Additionally, topics such as fostering diversity in the workplace, responding to the workforce transformations precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, managing remote teams effectively, honing crisis management skills, and harnessing the potential of emerging technologies—particularly the ascendancy of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools—are comprehensively explored. This latest edition amplifies its focus on sustainability, entrepreneurial and adaptive leadership, and the pivotal role of technology in catalysing digital transformation within organisational contexts. Complemented by the latest research in the field, this text provides a thorough analysis of contemporary organisational behaviour.

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1394267339

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International Bestsellers and the Online Reconfiguring of National Identity

By: Rachel Noorda,Millicent Weber,Melanie Ramdarshan Bold

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International Bestsellers and the Online Reconfiguring of National Identity

By: Rachel Noorda,Millicent Weber,Melanie Ramdarshan Bold

International bestsellers are the ideal sites for examining the complicated relationship between literary culture and national identity. Despite the transnational turns in both literary studies and book history, place is still an important configurer of twenty-first-century book reception. Books are crucial to national identity and catalysts of nationalist movements. On an individual level, books enable readers to shape and maintain their own national identities. This Element explores how contemporary readers' understandings of nation, race/ethnicity, gender, and class continue to shape their reading, using as case studies the online reception of three bestseller titles-Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies (Australia), Zadie Smith's NW (UK), and Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians (USA). In doing so, this Element demonstrates the need for and articulates a transnational conceptualisation of the relationship between reader identity and reception.

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1009117793

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