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Agnès Martin-Lugand
Luc Langevin
Carène Ponte
Patricia Darré
Laure Manel
Frédéric Crotta & Gabriel Greene
Amélie Antoine
Ollivier Pourriol
Anne Idoux-Thivet
Sabrina & Yoan Bombarde
The melancholy of kangaroos
The keys to illusion
With ifs and maybes
There is somebody home
The melancholy of kangaroos
Trouble in the House of Saud
Expectations
French Flair, the art of not trying too hard
The workshop of memories
Never without you Louna
Bruno Combes
ILLU S TRATED & BEAU X L I V R E S
It was you
T HRI L L ERS AN D C RI M E
Tatiana de Rosnay
Tamara by Tatiana
Gilles Vervisch
David Lajarge & El Bajo
Joseph et Myriam Gemayel
Thomas Pesquet
Olivier Norek
Céline Copier
Will you switch off that phone!
Plato’s secret
EARTHs
Where innocents meet
Overwhelmed women on holidays
No-Man’s Land YO UN G ADULT S
Morgane Bicail
Don’t get involved Camille Pujol
Diary of a dreamer
GRA P HIC N OVEL S & C O M I C S
Aby Cyclette
Welcome to Kiwiland Nathalie Jomard
Bouboule the cat takes a nap Juan Sàenz Valiente
Sudestada
Pablo de Santis & Juan Sàenz Valiente
Cobalt
À la lumière du petit matin In the light of dawn
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Avec des si et des peut-être With ifs and maybes
Thirty-something Hortense shares her time
Maxine is a high school teacher. She shares
between the dance studio she has set up with two old friends and the small flat under the Paris rooftops where she hides a passionate affair with a married man. She says she is happy. One day, disaster strikes: Hortense falls and hurts her ankle. She needs to quit her work and her flat until it recovers. Her parents’ old farmhouse in Provence, where she finds refuge, will prove an ideal setting to pause and reflect: can one lie to oneself and still be happy? A big favourite amongst French best-selling authors, Agnès Martin-Lugand has written five novels and has been translated in 32 languages. Her sincerity, simplicity and a unique ability to provoke deep empathy from her readers have won her a cult following and a regular spot at the top of the best-sellers charts. A Top 10 French best-selling author (Gfk 2017), she has sold 2 million books in France alone.
FEEL-GOOD FICTION March 2018 420 pages
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a flat with militant vegan eco-warrior Claudia, enjoys karaoke – and French pop music, and will go for the occasional (hundred-yard) run with besties Samya and Audrey. Maxine is also a manic ponderer, the kind of girl who keeps wondering what would happen if she said X rather than Y and did this rather than that. Until one morning, when a major surprise comes along. : a lost ID and a broken ankle result in a radical life change. Winner of the E-crire Aufeminin literary prize, Carène Ponte is also the author of Un merci de trop and Tu as promis que tu vivrais pour moi, both published by Michel Lafon.
FEEL-GOOD FICTION April 2018 300 pages
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2 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN FRANCE ALONE. TOP 10 BEST-SELLING FRENCH AUTHOR 2017. RIGHTS SOLD IN 35 LANGUAGES
« Agnès Martin Lugand gives the feeling that happiness is possible. » Valérie TRIERWEILER, Paris Match « Agnès Martin Lugand’s talent for endearing characters and stories that readers identify with. » Le Figaro
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GENERAL F ICTION
GENERAL F ICTION
Agnès Martin-Lugand
Amélie Antoine
La mélancolie du kangourou The melancholy of kangaroos
Les secrets Expectations
It is never too late to love again.
He knows everything about her. Except the truth. Two couples, two stories, four destinies that collide…
A ntoine’s wife dies during labour, leaving him
Fairy tales usually end in the same way:
a broken man, struggling to find the ressources to care for his baby daughter. He hires Rose, a vivacious young woman with an indomitable lust for life, to look after the newborn. As months go by, will she be able to help Antoine find himself as a father and overcome his grief?
“And so they lived happily ever after and had lots of children.” But life is no fairy tale. Mathilde and Adrien love each other and have almost given up hope of ever being able to have a child. Yascha and Elodie have become parents without choosing – when it was actually the last thing they wanted. Two couples who have nothing in common and who should never have met – had Mathilde not decided to go to any length to finally to start a family, her family. Amid coincidences and things that seem meant to be, little arrangements with the truth and great betrayals, none of them will ever be the same again.
Laure Manel is a teacher. Her début novel La délicatesse du homard, self-published online then published in print by Michel Lafon, was a major success with over 50.000 copies sold.
FEEL GOOD FICTION
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE
May 2018
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Amélie Antoine’s début novel Fidèle au Poste, initially self-published on the Internet and by Editions Michel Lafon in 2016, was a major best-seller, won the first Amazon France SelfPublishing Prize, was translated into English and sold to an Australian publisher for film adaptation. Her second book, Quand on n’a que l’humour, confirmed her as an original talent, a born story-teller and an acute observer of human emotions.
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Laure Manel
Bruno Combes
L’atelier des souvenirs The workshop of memories
Parce que c’était toi It was you
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What if writing could bring different generations closer?
When she inherits her grandmother’s house
Camille and Stephen were childhood
in the Meuse region, Alice decides to give up her aimless life as a PhD student in Paris and settle in the countryside where she begins holding writing workshops in two old people’s homes. Suzanne, Germaine, Jeanne, Elisabeth, Georges, Lucien, the elderly people she meets along the way are all as adorable as each other… and determined to make her happy again.
sweethearts in Arcachon. When they meet by chance, 25 years later, neither Camille’s much-loved children, nor her husband Richard with whom she works as a lawyer, can stop the whirlwind of emotions that brings them together again for furtive rendez-vous and unforgettable embraces. Overtime, Stephen grows weary of this ‘bourgeois’ arrangement and demands she makes a decision. Camille is terrified of losing him, but can she bring herself to lose her children?
A real stylistic masterclass, this finely-crafted feel-good novel with its amusing, moving cast of secondary characters is a perceptive study of loneliness, nostalgia, friendship, tenderness and love. Anne Idoux-Thivet is a qualified history teacher and specialist in medieval history. L’Atelier des souvenirs is her début novel.
FEEL GOOD FICTION January 2018 210 pages
« I bought the book this morning and spent all day reading it. It’s as fresh and light as a newly-baked sponge cake. » Readers’ reviews
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Bruno Combes was born in Bordeaux, France, and lives in the picturesque village of Saint Emilion, amidst the vineyards. Parce que c’était toi is his third novel and the sequel to his bestselling debut novel Seulement si tu en as envie (both books can be read independently).
ROMANCE April 2018 352 pages
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GENERAL F ICTION
Anne Idoux-Thivet
Joseph et Myriam Gemayel
Le secret de Platon Plato’s secret
Le rendez-vous des innocents Where innocents meet
Similar to Sophie’s world, by Jostein Gaarder and The rule of four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason : a mix of fiction and philosophical discussions that makes philosophy engaging and accessible.
Eminent philosophy teacher Eugène Loeve
has taken his students to the island of Santorini, Crete, off which some claim Atlantis is submerged. Plato was convinced that Atlantis had existed, and Professor Loeve seems to share his opinion. When he mysteriously disappears, is it because he was close to discovering the truth? Three of his students set off to find him: Étienne, an anxious metaphysician who finds his only solace in philosophy; Cali, an inquisitive conspiracy theorist and dabbler; and aloof Phalène, a rational thinker who is trying her hand at cultural journalism. Their adventure will take them from Crete to Italy, passing through France and ending up in a cave in Athens that could hold the key to the mystery.
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Born in 1974 in Rouen, France, Gilles Vervisch is a philosophy lecturer. He is the author of numerous works that aim to make philosophy accessible by engaging with pop culture and topics of general interest, including Star Wars - la philo contre-attaque and Comment ai-je pu croire au Père Noël? and a regular guest on TV and radio shows.
February 2018 384 pages
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L ieutenant Rosalie Mengues is haunted by
the discovery of an unidentified young boy’s dead body. When a clue is later found on an arson scene, she knows she will follow the lead wherever it takes her and give a name to the boy no one has bothered to claimed as their own. Faced with a grueling investigation that will lead from drug dealers to an international network of children traffickers, Myriam will need all the help and support she can get. It will come in the unlikely guise of Dr Joseph Semiramis, a specialist in forensics architecture, an innovative expertise which reconstructs crimes through the marks left on the walls. Authors Joseph and Myriam Gemayel share a married life and a passion for writing. Lebanese born Joseph is a practicing coroner in Paris. He has travelled the world on various NGO missions. Former police captain Myriam has worked for seventeen years in the police forces.
THRILLER April 2018 324 pages
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TH RILLERS AND CRIM E
TH RILLERS AND CRIM E
Gilles Vervisch
TH RILLERS AND CRIM E
Olivier Norek
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A masterful plot, and Olivier Norek’s unique ability to find humanity in the darkest places.
Fleeing a murderous regime and a war-torn
country, Adam arrives in Calais, hoping to find his wife Nora and daughter Maya. What he discovers is a lawless no-man’s land for damned souls in which the police dare not set foot, giving carte blanche to a murderer… From the very first crime, Adam decides to get involved. Why? Simply because he’s a cop and because confronted with the fading hope that he will see Nora again, it’s the only way to stop himself going mad. Bastien is a French policeman who knows this anarchic territory and the terrors it holds. When the foreign cop asks for his help, it forces him to open his eyes to the reality and make a choice. THRILLER
Olivier Norek is a lieutenant in Greater Paris police investigation Bureau with 18 years’ experience. He is the author of three widely acclaimed best-selling thrillers and winner of several prestigious literary prizes. He wrote the script for season 6 of Engrenages (SPIRAL) T.V. series, sold in 70 countries worldwide.
October 2017 480 pages
Material Available: pdf Sample chapter Rights sold: English (MacLehose Press), Germany (Blessing), Italy (Rizzoli, on auction), Spanish (Grijalbo), Cezch Republic (Prah, option)
« The master of the thriller. » Elle
40.000 COPIES SOLD
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Camille Pujol
Ne t’attache pas Don’t get involved
Le journal d’une âme réveuse Diary of a dreamer
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A Whirlwind Love Affair
Sixteen-year-old Alexie Browner leads a quiet
On the last day of the summer holidays,
and ordered life. Unlike her neighbour, the seductive and enigmatic Jérémy, who embraces every risk and challenge with gusto. Driving at breakneck speed through the town centre, he introduces his new friend to an adrenalin rush that is a million miles from her usual teenage preoccupations.
Adelaïde hands a letter to Noah, not to be opened before midnight. The letter holds the key to a postal box, and a message : she is leaving and will not see him again. In the postal box, Noah finds Adelaide’s diary, the key to her dreams her hopes, but also to the dramatic secret behind her sudden departure. Adelaide has lied. She hasn’t left to pursue her dream of being a dancer. She is in hopsital, and receiving treatment for an illness that may prove incurable.
His expectations do not end there: he also wants her to become his new co-pilot who will accompany him on his craziest challenges. Is there any future for this dangerous relationship that has to remain secret and which is overshadowed by Jérémy’s stubborn silence about his previous co-pilot? ROMANCE November 2017 308 pages
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Morgane Bicail, 17, became known through Wattpad where her stories have been read several million times. Her first novel, PhonePlay, was a 2016 publishing phenomenon with over 60,000 copies sold (rights sold in Italy).
YA FICTION January 2018 304 pages
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But Noah hasn’t said his last word. He is determined to show her that together they can make a dream come true, even if it could be the last one. Camille Pujol, is a16 years old passionate reader and writer. She has made a name for herself on the self-publishing site Wattpad where she has 50.000 followers. Her début novel Blue was published by Michel Lafon in 2017.
YOU N G ADU LT S
YOU N G ADU LT S
Morgane Bicail
Patricia Darré
Les clés de l’illusion The keys to illusion
Il y a quelqu’un dans la maison There is somebody home
Both educational and entertaining, in the model of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time and Cédric Villani’s Birth of a Theorem, a book that will delight lovers of pop science programmes.
A fabulous read for those who like their psychic stories riveting, clever and well written.
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We only see what our brain wants us to see »
says Luc Langevin. Tricks performed by illusionists on stage work by exploiting the gap between our perception and reality using rules of physics, optics and neurosciences. Luc Langevin’s particular world of magic mostly uses cognitive illusion to fool our brain – which generates 90% of our visual information. He knows how to manipulate that 90% by controlling our brain, which he compares to a passageway to which he shuts or opens the doors in order to lead us where he wants. Sharing the secrets of his power over the human brain, La clé de l’illusion gives us the keys to becoming masters of psychology so that we can positively influence our relationships and succeed in negotiations, job interviews, oral exams or seduction attempts in all spheres.
SCIENCES PSYCHOLOGY February 2018
Born in 1983 in Quebec, Luc Langevin is an internationally famous and award-winning Canadian illusionist. An engineering physics graduate with a MA in optics, his early fascination was in physics before turning to magic – which he always viewed from a logical, rational perspective. For him, the art of illusion is merely a means of playing with natural laws that we do not yet understand.
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The journalist and renowned psychic shares
the stories of seven haunted houses she has been called to ‘clean’. She doesn’t turn up with a crucifix and holy water. Rather, she spends a day and a night – or several – and observes: moving furniture, knocks on doors, sighs, smells, shouts, weeping… and terrified occupants at their wit’s end. Then she investigates: who has lived here? What happened to them? And she tries to get in contact – to negotiate and free the tormented soul from the suffering that keeps them prisoner of the house. It is a work of compassion and love, with surprising results. Expect the spirits of Hundred Years War soldiers, lights that switch on as if by magic, children covered in scratches during their sleep inter alia. SPIRITUALITY TRUE STORY
Patricia Darré is a radio journalist and renowned psychic. She is the author of four previous best-selling titles on mediumship: Un souffle vers l’éternité (A breath of eternity), Les Lumières de l’invisible (Lights of the invisible), L’Invisible et la science (The invisible and science) and N’ayez pas peur de la vie (Don’t be scared of life).
February 2018 240 pages
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Luc Langevin
Ollivier Pourriol
Riyad, ton univers impitoyable Trouble in the House of Saud
Facile! L’art français de réussir sans trop forcer French Flair, the art of not trying too hard
House of Cards in the House of Saud. A document that reads like a thriller, written by two specialists of the region.
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In rugby, the term French Flair has come to
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describe a style (also called ‘champagne rugby’) that is unpredictable, creative and spontaneous. This is nothing new. Since Montaigne, French philosophers have put forward that a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ can sometimes reap in more results than effort and discipline, not only at work but also in love, sports, the arts et al. Rounding up lessons learnt from the likes of Descartes and Bergson, Stendhal and Sartre, Rodin and Alain Passard, Cyrano de Bergerac and Valmont, Ollivier Pourriol explains how to be efficient à la française.
4 November 2017, when dozens amongst the country’s most powerful politicians and the world’s richest men were held hostage in the Ritz Carlton? Who is MBS, aka Mohammad Bin Salman? Do we have anything to fear? Frédéric Crotta is a senior reporter for France 2, specialized in international current affairs. Gabriel Greene is an international consultant and Middle East specialist. His network and expertise collected over the course of the past thirty years have made him a key actor for the recent liberation of French hostages in Syria.
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Ollivier Pourriol is a philosopher, author, journalist and lecturer. He likes to write and discuss on a variety of popular topics, with a particular interest for cinema and sports. He runs regular philosophy conferences for the general public at the Paris Philharmonic and the Maison de la Poésie.
POP PHILOSOPHY SELF HELP
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Frédéric Crotta & Gabriel Greene
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Sabrina & Yoan Bombarde
Plus jamais sans toi Louna Never without you Louna What would you do if social services took away your baby?
It all starts in 2012. Baby Louna, three-month
old, is taken to hospital by her parents. Her face shows a bruise. Although her mother Sabrina explains that she suffers from angioedema, a rare genetic condition that causes the skin to bruise, the hospital staff immediately files in a report to social services, Louna is placed into care and her parents arrested. For the next four years, while Louna is moved from one foster family to the next, her parents’ requests for a medical expertise are ignored and their court case lies buried under a pile of similar cases. Eventually cleared of all charges, Louna’s parents have decided to share their story to avoid history repeating and let Louna know how much they have fought for her.
TRUE STORY January 2018 250 pages
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In the footsteps of Tamara de Lempicka
David Lajarge & El Bajo
Tu vas lâcher ce téléphone?! Will you switch off that phone! A practical, friendly and quirky How To Guide to detoxing your life from mobile phone addiction.
Polish aristocrat, iconic artist, queen of the années
Introduction Test your addiction level in 20 questions
folles in Paris, Tamara de Lempicka is a legend and a mystery. Who are you Tamara ? asks Tatiana de Rosnay in this wonderful portrait and conversation with her muse, in the vein of her previous international best-selling biography of Daphné du Maurier, Manderley for ever.
Part 1 Motivate yourself - 25 benefits to be earned from reasons Wake up happy, Improve your Concentration, Sleep better, Gain in creativity, Find out who your real friends are… Part 2 Implement the detox - 30 tips Ranked according to difficulty levels, from buying an alarm clock to setting up ‘free zones’ at home or switching your screen to Black+White
Tatiana de Rosnay is the Franco-British author of eleven novels, including the international best-seller Sarah’s Key (11 millions copies sold worldwide). Her daughter, Charlotte Jolly de Rosnay, is a photographer and a regular contributor to Elle. BEAU LIVRE
•Facts and figures as well as tips and challenges •Topical and an ideal present •6 February is International No Mobile Phone Day
SELF HELP / HUMOUR GIFT
October 2018
David Lajarge’s years as a coach on digital wellbeing have taught him a thing or two on the dangers of hyperconnectivity. Illustrator Jérémy Barrault, aka El Bajo has worked for Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and the Ministry for Culture inter alia.
January 2018
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TERREs EARTHs
An ode to the astonishing beauty - and the fragility - of our planet Earth.
A rare and beautiful photography book of the Earth from Space, taken during astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s 6-month expedition on the European Space station. TERREs invites us to the show: whether pictures of natural wonders or man-made phenomena, all are magnificent and mesmerizing. Born in Rouen in 1978, Thomas Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, pilot and the youngest European Space Agency astronaut to date. After training for more than seven years, he was selected for a six-month mission on the International Space Station, from November 2016 to June 2017
PHOTOGRAPHY November 2017 320 pages 160 pictures Format 285 x 365 4 color illustrations Bound - Dust jacket
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ILLU S TRATED & B EAU X LIV RES
Céline Copier
Femmes débordées, le livre qui va vous simplifier la vie en vacances Overwhelmed women on holidays A passionate multitasker’s secret formula for managing busy lives with complete poise.
A re you fed up with running late
every morning – and every evening? Does your life feel like a constant struggle to juggle endless chores? Does it get worse in the run-up to your holidays? This book is for you! With its time saving tips, to-do lists, techniques and organisation strategies, this practical How To Simplify Your Life guide, written in a fun and guiltfree tone will enable you to:
- Organize your holidays with perfect serenity - Find the best deals for unforgettable family holidays - Plan the perfect suitcase - Keep your children busy and happy during their holidays, whatever their age - Run smooth and stress-free family holidays
HOW TO GUIDE June 2018 176 pages
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Céline Copier is an influencer and a passionate multi-tasker. She created the hugely popular website Femmesdebordees.fr in 2010 when she was juggling a pressurised job with two children aged 7 and 10. Thanks to her powers of organisation, she continues to hold down a management role in a high-profile company. 26
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Aby Cyclette
Welcome to Kiwiland The funny and tender logbook of a young
backpacker’s New Zealand adventures. An illustrated practical guide a la Guy Delisle Aby Cyclette was born in Strasburg, France, 27 years ago. She was trained in the art of comics by local masters Baru, Yan Lindingre and Jochen Gerner. She moved to Québec in 2014, then further afield to New Zealand in 2016 with a secret plan of learning the haka.
GRAPHIC REPORTAGE May 2018 300 pages Format 150x210 Illustrated
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Nathalie Jomard
Chat Bouboule, intermittent de la sieste Bouboule the cat takes a nap
N athalie Jomard shines her corrosive humour on her fabulous cat Bouboule.
Nathalie Jomard is an illustrator and French blogger in the same vein as Margaux Mottin and Pénélope Bagieu. Her blog, Petit précis de grumeautique 1 (Little guide to sproghood 1) details with humour and sarcasm the ups and downs of life with her child nicknamed « the Sprog ». She is the author of six albums, three in the Sprog series and three of the celebrated « Bouboule the Cat », she has also illustrated a dozen comic strips, notably the series Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes de Vénus, (Men are from Mars, women are from Venus), co-published by Michel Lafon and Jungle.
COMICS / HUMOUR GIFT May 2018 96 pages Format 205x205 4 colours illustrations
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Juan Sàenz Valiente
Sudestada Meet Georges… a sleuth with few scruples…
grumpy and unpleasant. He has had it with matrimonial cases. He doesn’t do good works. When famous choreographer Elvira Puente’s husband walks into his office, suspecting a lover, Georges doesn’t know yet how much this new case will put his life upside down. Juan Sàenz Valiente was born in Buenos Aires in 1981. His previous works include comic strip album Sarna, L’Hypnotiseur, an early collaboration with Pablo de Santis adapted as a TV series by HBO, and graphic novel Cobalt, his more recent collaboration with Pablo de Santis, also published by Michel Lafon. He has recently been awarded the prestigious Carlos Trillo Award
GRAPHIC NOVEL NOIR April 2018 128 pages Format 180x260 4 colours illustrations
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