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Book SynopsisIn the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln, Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew, Act Anew, a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery, union, emancipation, and reconstruction. How did Lincoln define equality? How did he harmonize his rejection of slavery as immoral with his toleration of it where it existed? What were his views on race, and did they change over time? What did freedom mean to him? This unique selection of Lincoln''s own words offers readers a chance to explore for themselves how Lincoln understood the prevailing concerns of his America. Professor Simpson provides contextual information in introductions to each of the book''s eight chapters and all sixty-four documents are preceded by a brief note.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Principal Dates in the Life of Abraham Lincoln xii Introduction 1 Chapter One the Monstrous Injustice, 1854-1857 7 1.1 Fragment on Slavery (c. 1854-1859) 9 1.2 Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 (excerpts) 10 1.3 To George Robertson, August 15, 1855 20 1.4 To Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855 21 1.5 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857 (excerpts) 25 Chapter Two The Debate with Douglas, 1858 28 2.1 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16 1858 (The “House Divided” Speech) 30 2.2 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858 (excerpts) 37 2.3 Speech at Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858 (Second Lincoln Douglas Debate; excerpt) 38 2.4 Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858 (excerpts) 42 2.5 Speech at Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858 (Fourth Lincoln-Douglas Debate; excerpt) 44 2.6 To James N. Brown, October 18, 1858 46 Chapter Three Stand By Our Principles, 1859-1860 48 3.1 Speech at Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 1859 (excerpt) 49 3.2 Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859 (excerpts) 52 3.3 Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860 56 Chapter Four Preserving the Union, 1860-1862 73 4.1 To William Kellogg, December 11, 1860 76 4.2 To John A./ Gilmer, December 15, 1860 76 4.3 To Thurlow Weed, December 17, 1860 78 4.4 To Alexander H. Stephens, December 22, 1860 78 4.5 To James T. Hale, January 11, 1861 79 4.6 First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 80 4.7 Message to Congress, July 4, 1861 88 4.8 To Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861 101 4.9 First Annual Message, December 3, 1861 (excerpt) 103 4.10 Message to Congress, March 6, 1862 105 4.11 Proclamation Revoking David Hunter’s Emancipation Order, May 19, 1862 106 Chapter Five The Winding Road to Emancipation, 1862-1863 109 5.1 Remarks to Border State Representatives, July 12, 1862 113 5.2 Draft of Emancipation Proclamation, July 22, 1862 115 5.3 To Reverdy Johnson, July 26, 1862 116 5.4 To Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862 117 5.5 To August Belmont, July 31, 1862 119 5.6 Remarks on Colonization to Black Ministers, August 14, 1862 120 5.7 To Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 125 5.8 Reply to Chicago emancipation Memorial September 13, 1862 (excerpts) 126 5.9 Preliminary emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 129 5.10 To Benjamin F. Butler, et al., October 14, 1862 131 5.11 Second Annual Message, December 1, 1862 (excerpts) 132 5.12 Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 142 5.13 To John A. McClernand, January 8, 1863 144 Chapter Six A New birth of Freedom, 1863 146 6.1 To Andrew Johnson, March 26, 1863 148 6.2 Order of Retaliation, July 30, 1863 149 6.3 To Nathaniel P. Banks, August 5, 1863 149 6.4 To James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863 151 6.5 To Salmon P. Chase, September 2, 1863 155 6.6 To Andrew Johnson, September 11, 1863 156 6.7 To Nathaniel P. Banks, November 5, 1863 157 6.8 Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 158 Chapter Seven Revolution, Reconstruction, and Reelection, 1863-1864 159 7.1 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863 161 7.2 Third Annual Message, December 8, 1863 (excerpt) 164 7.3 To Alpheus Lewis, January 23, 1864 168 7.4 To Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864 169 7.5 To Albert G. Hodges, April 4, 1864 170 7.6 Address at Baltimore, Maryland, April 18, 1864 172 7.7 Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction, July 8, 1864 175 7.8 To Charles D. Robinson, August 17, 1864 176 7.9 Draft of Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn, September 12, 1864 179 7.10 To Henry W. Hoffman, October 10, 1864 180 7.11 Response to Serenade, November 10, 1864 181 Chapter Eight With Malice Toward None, 1864-1865 183 8.1 Fourth Annual Message, December 6, 1864 (excerpts) 185 8.2 Response to Serenade, February 1, 1865 189 8.3 Proposed Message to Congress, February 5, 1865 190 8.4 Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 192 8.5 Speech to the 140th Indiana Regiment, March 17 1865 193 8.6 To John A. Campbell, April 5, 1865 195 8.7 Speech on Reconstruction, April 11 1865 196 Selected Bibliography 201 Index 203

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Book SynopsisA new and newly annotated selection of letters--the only selected edition available in hardcover--from the English eighteenth-century historian, novelist, and politician whose correspondence is one of the most admired in English literature. Author of the first gothic novel and son of the first prime minister of Great Britain, Horace Walpole had wide-ranging interests that included literature, politics, world affairs, collecting, antiquities, and architecture. He wrote to his numerous correspondents on these and other topics in prose that is celebrated for its charm, eloquence, and wit. This new Everyman's edition offers an extensive selection of Walpole's letters, helpfully arranged by subject so the reader can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry Hill. This edition offers new annotations throughout, with introductions to its various sections and a general introduction on Walpole as a letter writer. In addition, the text of the letters has been corrected and previously excised passages have been restored.

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Book SynopsisA newly edited selection from the most famous, colorful, and vivid diarist in the English language--in the most accessible, uncensored, and clearly annotated edition available.Though he rose to become the most powerful administrator in King Charles II's navy, when Samuel Pepys began writing his secret journal in 1660 he was just a young clerk living in London. Over the next nine years, he became eyewitness to some of the most significant events in seventeenth-century English history, among them, the Restoration, the Great Plague of London in 1665, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. Pepys's diary gives vivid descriptions of spectacular events, but much of the richness of the work lies in the details it provides about the minor dramas of daily life. While Pepys was keen to hear the king's views, he was also always ready to talk with a soldier, a housekeeper, or a child rag-picker. He records with searing frankness his tumultuous personal life, including his marriage, in

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Book SynopsisPacked with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years.The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, seductive queens, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe—these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill.This second volume of Alison Weir’s critically acclaimed history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry and courtly love, dynastic ambition, conflict between church and throne, baronial wars, and the ruthless interplay between the rival monarchs of Britai

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Book SynopsisOn the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figureA hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power as Nicholas and Alexandra's confidant and the guardian of the sickly heir to the Russian throne. His debauchery and sinister political influence are the stuff of legend, and the downfall of the Romanov dynasty was laid at his feet.But as the prizewinning historian Douglas Smith shows, the true story of Rasputin's life and death has remained shrouded in myth. A major new work that combines probing scholarship and powerful storytelling, Rasputin separates fact from fiction to reveal the real life of one of history's most alluring figures. Drawing on a wealth of forgotten documents from archives in seven countries, Smith

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Book SynopsisTHE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERTombstone is written in a distinctly American voice. T.J. Stiles, The New York TimesWith a former newsman's nose for the truth, Clavin has sifted the facts, myths, and lies to produce what might be as accurate an account as we will ever get of the old West's most famous feud. Associated Press The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill.On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, eight men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds, killing three men and wounding three others.The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer. Cattle rustlers had been terrorizing the back country of Mexico and selling the livestock they stole t

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Book SynopsisThe Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller[The] authors' finest work to date. Wall Street JournalThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America''s frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing powerBob Drury and Tom Clavin.It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's First Frontier beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world.This is the setting of Blood and Treasure, and the guide to this epic narrative is America's first and arguably greatest pathfinder, Daniel Boonenot the coonskin cap-

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Book SynopsisJohn Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch-The Dirty Tricks Department-and its role in World War II.In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After a disconcerting amount of time, William Wild Bill Donovan, the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), walked in the door. You know your Sherlock Holmes, of course, Donovan said as an introduction. Professor Moriarty is the man I want for my staff...I think you're it.Following this life-changing encounter, Lovell became the head of a secret group of scientists who developed dirty tricks for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA. Their inventions included Bat Bombs, suicide pills, fighting knives, silent pistols, and camouflaged explosives. Moreover, they forged

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Book SynopsisFinalist, New England Book AwardsVivid. The Wall Street JournalA dazzling addition to the history of the American Revolution. ?Kirkus Review (starred)Finally... a full and fascinating portrait of a true hero of the American Revolution, until he was visited by villainy. A riveting read. ?Tom Clavin, New York Times bestselling author of Follow Me to HellBenedict Arnold committed treason for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him.Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoathis achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most successful soldier of the era. GOD SAVE BENEDICT ARNOLD tells the gripping story of Arnold's rush of audacious featshis capture of Fort Ticonderoga, his Maine mountain expedition to attack Quebec, the famous artillery brawl at Valcour Island, the turning-point battle at Saratogathat laid the groundwork

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Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again. Brad Thor, #1 bestselling authorMeltzer and Mensch are masters. Jon Meacham, author The Soul of AmericaA true story that reads like a thriller. Alexander S. Vindman, LT. Col., U.S. Army (Ret.)An outstanding and memorable reading experience....a true page-turner from beginning to end. BookreporterFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II.In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would de

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Book SynopsisVolodymyr Zelensky captivated the world when his country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. His appearances were accompanied by countless inspiring statements. But there''s a single one that informs Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: We are all simple people.Jessie Kanzer sees Zelensky as a Spiritual Leader for Our Times. As a Soviet refugee, she picks up on the deep philosophical ramifications behind his words. Rich and yet easy-to-read, the life lessons in Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky are accessible and wise, and are more about starting where you are than about war.Kanzer herself has a bit part in Zelensky''s life story, acting in one of his movies filmed in the States. She''s a self-described spiritual nerd who followed Zelensky long before he stood before a blue and yellow backdrop on the national stage. She writes, What is so incredible about our man Volodymyr is that his belief in himself stems not from seeing himself as special, but from

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Book SynopsisThe first major study of Ranulf de Blondeville, a name once recounted in the same breath as Robin Hood.

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Book SynopsisA rare insight into the lives of Napoleonic soldiers taken from over 1,600 letters, most of which have never been published before.

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Book SynopsisIn September 1914 Neville Marshall gave up a successful horse treatment practice to join first the Belgian and then the British Army. His diary, dormant in family archives for 105 years, and letters describe his tumultuous war service. An Irish Guardsman, who was seconded to three Lancashire battalions, he rose in rank from 2nd Lieutenant to Acting Lieutenant-Colonel. Wounded at least nine times and awarded five gallantry medals, he revelled as well as suffered in his encounters with the German enemy. Outspoken on the conduct of the war, he was without doubt a gifted and courageous leader who led from the front. Fiercely loyal to his men, he earned their respect and affection. Yet with soldiers who were uncaring of their own states of body and mind or lacking physical fitness and self-respect, he worked tirelessly to restore their morale and battle readiness through strict disciplinary regimes.While undoubtedly a patriot and a hero, Marshall VC was not without character flaws, impetuou

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Book SynopsisExamines an under-studied aspect of Alexander's career and character, exploring his role as both a soldier and a politician.

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Book SynopsisThe first in a trilogy, Grass Beyond the Mountains is a story of discovery and endurance on North America''s western frontier by three good old-fashioned cowboys.     With laconic cowboy humor and the ease of a born writer, Richmond Hobson describes the life-and-death escapades, the funny and tragic incidents peopled with extraordinary frontier characters, in a true adventure that surpasses the most thrilling Wild West fiction.     In the fall of 1934, three cowhands with a dream of owning a cattle ranch made their way from peaceful Wyoming to the harsh, uncharted territory of the British Columbian interior. In conditions as challenging as any encountered by the western frontier pioneers of a hundred years earlier, the three men and their equipment-laden horses conquered the tortuous miles over narrow passes and mountain summits, hewed their first cabin from virgin timber, and attempted to carve out a space for themselv

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Book SynopsisNational BestsellerTo this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose “statue-like solidity” concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here is the impetuous young officer whose miraculous survival in combat half-convinced him that he could not be killed. Here is the free-spending landowner whose debts to English merchants instilled him with a prickly resentment of imperial power. We see the general who lost more battles than he won and the reluctant president who tried to float above the partisan feuding of his cabinet. His Excellency is a magnificent work, indispensable to an understanding not only of its subject but also of the nation he brought into being.

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Book SynopsisIn the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world. Through brilliant and often darkly comic portraits of these men and their lives, their foibles and obsessions, Miranda Carter delivers the tragicomic story of Europe’s early twentieth-century aristocracy, a solipsistic world preposterously out of kilter with its times.

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Book SynopsisNow a Wall Street Journal BestsellerIt was the right thing to do. And someone had to do it.Aziz was more than an interpreter for Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux during Chad''s eight deployments to Afghanistan. He was a teammate, brother, and friend. More than once, Aziz saved Chad''s life. And then he needed Chad to save his.When President Joe Biden announced in April 2021 that the United States would be making a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, Robichaux knew he had to get Aziz and his family out before Taliban forces took over the country. As the rescue team began to go to work, they became aware of thousands more--US citizens, Afghan allies, women, and children--facing persecution.This gripping account of two war heroes and friends puts human hearts and names alongside the headlines of one of the most harrowing moments in our history, giving you a closer look at:The resilience of Afghanistan an

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Book SynopsisThe African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is the companion book to the six-part, six-hour documentary of the same name, which aired on national, prime-time public television in the fall of 2013. The series is the first to air since 1968 that chronicles the full sweep of 500 years of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent and the arrival of the first black conquistador, Juan Garrido, in Florida in 1513, through five centuries of remarkable historic events right up to today—when Barack Obama is serving his second term as President, yet our country remains deeply divided by race and class. The book explores these topics in even more detail than possible in the television series, and examines many other fascinating matters as well, such as the ethnic origins—and the regional and cultural diversity—of the Africans whose enslavement led to the creation of the African American people. It delves into the multipli

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Book Synopsis A big, beautifully designed book, kate spade new york’s SHE celebrates the women whose bold personalities and styles play an important role in the lives of women across the country. This “must-have tome . . . which pays homage to trailblazers as varied as Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton” (ELLE) invites readers into a way of living that is singularly joyous, distinctly feminine, and wildly interesting. Here the most exciting and vibrant women in America are the ones who stand out from the crowd. SHE pays tribute to: Revered activists like Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm Classic fictional characters like Mary Richards and Carrie Bradshaw Treasured icons like Marilyn Monroe and Nina Simone Contemporary firebirds like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dolly Parton With rich photography, spirited quotes and profiles, amusing anecdotes, words of wisdom, personaTrade Review“a must-have tome…which pays homage to trailblazers as varied as Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton” * ELLE *

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Book SynopsisShe employs Julia Domna as a case study to explore the creation of ideology between the emperor and its subjects.Trade ReviewUsing contemporary and later literary sources and artifacts such as imperial coins and monument inscriptions produced during the Severan dynasty, Langford questions Empress Julia Domna's power and influence in Severan politics. Choice Provocative and original... Langford's conclusions are daring and... mark out significant new territory in the study of the political culture of the High Empire. -- Adam Kemezis Bryn Mawr Classical Review In just 123 pages, Langford adds a new dimension to the proliferation of texts about Rome's first third-century empress. -- Ryan Ricciardi New England Classical JournalTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionJulia Domna Who?Carving Out a NicheSeveran Dynastic Propaganda and Julia Domna1. Not Your MommaProblematizing Julia Domna as the Mater CastrorumWomen and the MilitaryFaustina the Younger: The Mother of All Mothers of the CampThe Military and the Domus Augusta: All in the Family?Severus and the Mater Castrorum TitleSeverus, the Military, and Julia DomnaAbout Face!Conclusion2. Romancing the RomansJulia Domna and the Populus RomanusThe Nature of the SourcesThe Princeps and the PlebsThe Roman Populace, Public Demonstrations, and Divine InspirationSeveran Propaganda and the Urban PlebsRoman Matrona, Mother, and ProtectressSeverus, the Populus Romanus, and the CollegiaAnd Julia Domna?But What Does It All Mean?3. Mater Senatus, Mater PatriaeJulia Domna as Senatorial SaviorNatural Rivals: Imperial Women and the SenateSeverus's SenateCreating Consensus in the Senate: Wooing, Marginalizing, and ExterminatingNegotiating Dynasty: Maternal Megalomania and Senatorial SubversionsJulia Domna in Cassius DioModerating Maternal MegalomaniaConclusionIdeological CrisisOn the Dangers of Taking Ideology Too SeriouslyAppendix A: Hoard Details of the Severan Hoard Analysis Database by Clare RowanAppendix B: Frequency of Julia Domna Coin Types in Hoards around the MediterraneanAppendix C: Dating the Mater Senatus, Mater Patriae TitlesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPublished to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before.Trade ReviewThis book supplants [Carl] Sandburg and supersedes all other biographies. Future Lincoln books cannot be written without it, and from no other book can a general reader learn so much about Abraham Lincoln. It is the essential title for the bicentennial. -- James L. Swanson Publishers Weekly A complete view of Lincoln's life... thorough. -- Diane Cole U.S. News & World Report A monumental boxed effort that weighs in at 10 pounds... The result is a picture of Lincoln from all sides, in a style that is relentless but not daunting. Bloomberg News A magisterial enterprise. -- William Safire New York Times If you aspire to Ultimate Lincoln Knowledge this is a must-read. Chicago Tribune These monumental volumes deserve a wide readership. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Burlingame is a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship, and students of the 16th president have been waiting for this book for years. For all his learning-Burlingame may know more about Lincoln and his era than anyone in the world-his take on his subject is fresh, and he doesn't gloss over Lincoln's less appealing attributes. Abraham Lincoln comes as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades. Time.com An exhaustive and stylishly written biography. -- Greg Rienzi Gazette A stunning feat of research. -- Michael F. Bishop Publishers Weekly The two-volume set is being heralded as the ultimate new biography of Lincoln, an essential work to be used by all future biographers of the 16th president. -- Anne Byle Grand Rapids Press The granddaddy of all the recent books [on Lincoln] is Michael Burlingame's Abraham Lincoln: A Life... monumental in size, depth and scholarship, this is the new standard biography of our time and surpasses all other life portraits of our 16th president, and is the most important book of the bicentennial. -- James L. Swanson Washington Times No review could do complete justice to the magnificent two-volume biography that has been so well-wrought by Michael Burlingame. -- Christopher Hitchens Atlantic Monthly The bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth has generated a plethora of Lincoln-related items, but none impresses more than this two-volume biography... Essential. Choice The author knows more about Lincoln than any other living person. -- James McPherson New York Review of Books Most thorough account of the development of Lincoln as a man and politician against the backdrop of America's struggle to mature as an idea and a nation... Not a Lincoln for our times, but the Lincoln of his times, and future biographers would do well to take note(s). Books and Culture: A Christian Review This magisterial work tells a rich, thoroughly documented, birth-to-death story of America's greatest president. Its bulk is formidable, but it holds countless rewards for undaunted readers. -- Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch Burlingame very likely knows more about Lincoln than anyone who's ever lived, including Mary Todd, and his biography, 20 years in the writing, has a revelation on every page, dug out during the biographer's tireless research into musty libraries and forgotten attics that no one has ever thought to look in before. If there is anything knowable that you want to know about Lincoln, this is the place to find it. -- Andrew Ferguson American Spectator A monumental and meticulous two-volume study of the 16th president... should be required reading for anyone seriously interested in Lincoln. -- Mark Bowden AtlanticTable of ContentsAuthor's Note1. "I Have Seen a Good Deal of the Back Side of This World" Childhood in Kentucky (1809–1816)2. "I Used to Be a Slave" Boyhood and Adolescence in Indiana (1816–1830)3. "Separated from His Father, He Studied English Grammar" New Salem (1831–1834)4. "A Napoleon of Astuteness and Political Finesse" Frontier Legislator (1834–1837)5. "We Must Fight the Devil with Fire" Slasher-Gaff Politico in Springfield (1837–1841)6. "It Would Just Kill Me to Marry Mary Todd" Courtship and Marriage (1840–1842)7. "I Have Got the Preacher by the Balls" Pursuing a Seat in Congress (1843–1847)8. "A Strong but Judicious Enemy to Slavery" Congressman Lincoln (1847–1849)9. "I Was Losing Interest in Politics and Went to the Practice of the Law with Greater Earnestness Than Ever Before" Midlife Crisis (1849–1854)10. "Aroused as He Had Never Been Before" Reentering Politics (1854–1855)11. "Unite with Us, and Help Us to Triumph" Building the Illinois Republican Party (1855–1857)12. "A House Divided" Lincoln vs. Douglas (1857–1858)13. A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath" The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)14. "That Presidential Grub Gnaws Deep" Pursuing the Republican Nomination (1859–1860)15. "The Most Available Presidential Candidate for Unadulterated Republicans" The Chicago Convention (May 1860)16. "I Have Been Elected Mainly on the Cry 'Honest Old Abe'" The Presidential Campaign (May–November 1860)17. "I Will Suffer Death Before I Will Consent to Any Concession or Compromise": President-elect in Springfield (1860–1861)18. "What If I Appoint Cameron, Whose Very Name Stinks in the Nostrils of the People for His Corruption?": Cabinet-Making in Springfield (1860–1861)19. "The Man Does Not Live Who Is More Devoted to Peace Than I Am, But It May Be Necessary to Put the Foot Down Firmly" From Springfield to Washington, February 11-22, 186120. "I Am Now Going To Be Master" Inauguration, February 23-March 4, 186121. "A Man So Busy Letting Rooms in One End of His House, That He Can't Stop to Put Out the Fire that is Burning in the Other" Distributing Patronage, March-April 186122. "You Can Have No Conflict Without Being Yourselves the Aggressors" The Fort Sumter Crisis, March-April 186123. "I Intend to Give Blows" The Hundred Days, April-July 186124. "Sitzkrieg" The Phony War, August 1861-January 186225. "This Damned Old House" The Lincoln Family in the Executive Mansion26. "I Expect to Maintain This Contest Until Successful, or Till I Die, or Am Conquered, or My Term Expires, or Congress or the Country Forsakes Me": From the Slough of Despond to the Gates of Richmond, January-July, 186227. "The Hour Comes for Dealing with Slavery" January-July 186228. "Would You Prosecute the War with Elder-Stalk Squirts, Charged with Rose Water?" The Soft War Turns Hard, July-September 186229. "The Great Event of the Nineteenth Century" September-December 186230. "Go Forward, and Give Us Victories" From the Mud March to Gettysburg, January-July 186331. "The Signs Look Better" Victory at the Polls and in the Field, July-November 186332. "I Hope to Stand Firm Enough to Not Go Backward, and YetNot Go Forward Fast Enough to Wreck the Country's Cause": Reconstruction and Renomination, November 1863-June 186433. "Hold on with a Bulldog Grip and Chew and Choke as Much as Possible" The Grand Offensive, May-August, 186434. "The Wisest Radical of All" Reelection, September-November, 186435. "Let the Thing Be Pressed" Victory at Last, November 1864-April 186536. "I Feel a Presentiment That I Shall Not Outlast theRebellion. When It Is Over, My Work Will Be Done" April 9-15, 1865Notes

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Book SynopsisQuandt, Robert Hunter, James Thomson, Patrick Vaughan, Marin Strmecki, James Mann, David Ignatius, Adam Garfinkle, Stephen F. Szabo, Francis Fukuyama, Charles GatiTrade ReviewA highly readable volume of reflections on the legendary Cold Warrior by academics, journalists and Brzezinski's colleagues that nonetheless avoids the dryness of a classical academic tract... A welcome addition to the field of political science, simultaneously being a portrait of a complex, intellectually rigorous, and self-confident Polish-American academic and national security advisor in the Carter administration, as well as a reflection upon American foreign policy in the post-war era. New Eastern Europe Zbig is an informative and challenging introduction to Zbigniew Brzezinski... For armchair enthusiasts and those struggling to unravel the complicated issues of international affairs and foreign policy, Zbig is a good place to start. New York Journal of Books This biography tells us a lot not just about Zbig but about America's own checkered history in Brzezinski's lifetime. Campaign for the American Reader Will fill a gap on Brzezinski in serious political science collections. Library Journal Captures his extraordinary insights into international politics as well as his commitment to a morally inspired political realism. It will be read with great satisfaction... The editor and the contributors ought to be commended for their superb accomplishment. International Affairs Part biography, personal reflection, history, and policy analysis, this expertly compiled book provides a fascinating insight into the private and public worlds of one of the foremost architects of American foreign policy in the twentieth century, and indeed today... This is no small achievement, as the book is easily one of the best retrospectives of a public figure in recent years... Gati's lengthy and detailed interview with Brzezinski (a recollection of sorts) permits the reader the direct insight of the man himself following the various accounts of the contributors. It's an exceptional feature in what otherwise would still have been a first-rate profile... The book is easy to return to, and hard to put down... Skillfully edited, relentlessly referenced, and well composed, this should be essential reading for any observer (academic or otherwise) of American politics and foreign policy. Russian Review Zbig: The Strategy and Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski is a valuable contribution to the field of U.S. foreign policy history since 1945 because of Zbig the intellectual, the policy-maker, and the commentator... Brzezinski's role as a Cold War scholar and intellectual, the descriptions of how it was to work (and study) under him, and his elder statesmanship as delineated in Zbig add to the study of not only Zbig himself but U.S. foreign relations in general. -- Benedict von Bremen Sehepunkte Charles Gati has produced a valuable, informative book that examines the many facets of Brzezinski's life and works and seeks to place the man, his era, and his writings within the broader context of the United States, along with its adversaries and partners, adapting to a changing world. Journal of Cold War Studies Dozens of books have been written about Henry Kissinger, America's master diplomat during the cold war. Until now, none has appeared in English about Kissinger's great rival and sparring partner, Zbigniew Brzezinski... [ Zbig is] long overdue. Financial Times This is a rich and much- deserved presentation of Brzezinski's accomplishments. The Polish ReviewTable of ContentsForeword, by Jimmy CarterPreface, by Charles Gati Part I: From the Ivy LeagueChapter 1. Zbig, Henry, and the New U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Chapter 2. The Fall of Totalitarianism and the Rise of Zbigniew Brzezinski Chapter 3. Anticipating the Grand FailurePart II: To the National Security CouncilChapter 4. Setting the Stage for the Current Era Chapter 5. Beijing's Friend, Moscow's Foe Chapter 6. The Caricature and the ManChapter 7. Dealing with the Middle East Chapter 8. Working Hard, Having Fun at the NSC Chapter 9. The Evening Report Part III: The Policy AdvocateChapter 10. Brzezinski, the Pope, and the "Plot" to Free Poland Chapter 11. Witnessing the Grand Failure in Moscow, 1989 Chapter 12. Brzezinski and Iraq: The Makings of a Dove Chapter 13. Solving the Arab-Israeli Conflict Chapter 14. The Strategic ThinkerPart IV: PortraitsChapter 15. The ProfessorChapter 16. An Appreciation Chapter 17. A Self-Assessment Acknowledgments Chronology Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index Illustrations follow page 111

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Book SynopsisQuandt, Robert Hunter, James Thomson, Patrick Vaughan, Marin Strmecki, James Mann, David Ignatius, Adam Garfinkle, Stephen F. Szabo, Francis Fukuyama, Charles GatiTrade ReviewA highly readable volume of reflections on the legendary Cold Warrior by academics, journalists and Brzezinski's colleagues that nonetheless avoids the dryness of a classical academic tract... A welcome addition to the field of political science, simultaneously being a portrait of a complex, intellectually rigorous, and self-confident Polish-American academic and national security advisor in the Carter administration, as well as a reflection upon American foreign policy in the post-war era. New Eastern Europe Zbig is an informative and challenging introduction to Zbigniew Brzezinski... For armchair enthusiasts and those struggling to unravel the complicated issues of international affairs and foreign policy, Zbig is a good place to start. New York Journal of Books This biography tells us a lot not just about Zbig but about America's own checkered history in Brzezinski's lifetime. Campaign for the American Reader Will fill a gap on Brzezinski in serious political science collections. Library Journal Captures his extraordinary insights into international politics as well as his commitment to a morally inspired political realism. It will be read with great satisfaction... The editor and the contributors ought to be commended for their superb accomplishment. International Affairs Part biography, personal reflection, history, and policy analysis, this expertly compiled book provides a fascinating insight into the private and public worlds of one of the foremost architects of American foreign policy in the twentieth century, and indeed today... This is no small achievement, as the book is easily one of the best retrospectives of a public figure in recent years... Gati's lengthy and detailed interview with Brzezinski (a recollection of sorts) permits the reader the direct insight of the man himself following the various accounts of the contributors. It's an exceptional feature in what otherwise would still have been a first-rate profile... The book is easy to return to, and hard to put down... Skillfully edited, relentlessly referenced, and well composed, this should be essential reading for any observer (academic or otherwise) of American politics and foreign policy. Russian Review Zbig: The Strategy and Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski is a valuable contribution to the field of U.S. foreign policy history since 1945 because of Zbig the intellectual, the policy-maker, and the commentator... Brzezinski's role as a Cold War scholar and intellectual, the descriptions of how it was to work (and study) under him, and his elder statesmanship as delineated in Zbig add to the study of not only Zbig himself but U.S. foreign relations in general. -- Benedict von Bremen Sehepunkte Charles Gati has produced a valuable, informative book that examines the many facets of Brzezinski's life and works and seeks to place the man, his era, and his writings within the broader context of the United States, along with its adversaries and partners, adapting to a changing world. Journal of Cold War Studies Dozens of books have been written about Henry Kissinger, America's master diplomat during the cold war. Until now, none has appeared in English about Kissinger's great rival and sparring partner, Zbigniew Brzezinski... [ Zbig is] long overdue. Financial Times This is a rich and much- deserved presentation of Brzezinski's accomplishments. The Polish ReviewTable of ContentsForeword, by Jimmy CarterPreface, by Charles Gati Part I: From the Ivy LeagueChapter 1. Zbig, Henry, and the New U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Chapter 2. The Fall of Totalitarianism and the Rise of Zbigniew Brzezinski Chapter 3. Anticipating the Grand FailurePart II: To the National Security CouncilChapter 4. Setting the Stage for the Current Era Chapter 5. Beijing's Friend, Moscow's Foe Chapter 6. The Caricature and the ManChapter 7. Dealing with the Middle East Chapter 8. Working Hard, Having Fun at the NSC Chapter 9. The Evening Report Part III: The Policy AdvocateChapter 10. Brzezinski, the Pope, and the "Plot" to Free Poland Chapter 11. Witnessing the Grand Failure in Moscow, 1989 Chapter 12. Brzezinski and Iraq: The Makings of a Dove Chapter 13. Solving the Arab-Israeli Conflict Chapter 14. The Strategic ThinkerPart IV: PortraitsChapter 15. The ProfessorChapter 16. An Appreciation Chapter 17. A Self-Assessment Acknowledgments Chronology Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index Illustrations follow page 111

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSometimes a book just bowls you over with how good it is. For instance, I can remember starting my review of A. S. Byatt's Possession with the sentence 'Sometimes a critic just wants to say Wow.' Still, I never expected to feel anything approaching Nabokovian bliss when reading five lengthy biographical essays about figures and incidents from 19th-century British history. But Kathryn Hughes's Victorians Undone is just amazing, and her 'Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum' are so various, so imaginatively structured, so delicately salacious and so deliciously written that I sighed with pleasure as I turned the pages and even felt those tiny prickles along the neck that A. E. Housman once claimed were the sign of true poetry . . . This is popularized history done right, done with panache. Hughes has infused new life into dry-as-dust facts to produce a learned work that is brazenly, impudently vivacious.—Michael Dirda, Washington PostThe average biographer peers into a Great Man's mind. Kathryn Hughes's Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum, in contrast, narrates the lives of five body parts.—New York TimesThe tales are entertaining, but Hughes's real achievement is historical—amounting to a new understanding of, as she puts it, 'what it meant to be a human animal in the nineteenth century.'—The New YorkerLively, iconoclastic and consistently riveting, this is popular history in the best sense.—The Wall Street JournalThe body parts in these Tales of the Flesh . . . illuminate the wider cultural world in which their owners participated.—New York Review of BooksVictorians Undone is excellent at providing a sniff of the 19th century that other forms of life writing have discreetly ignored.—Public BooksIntriguing, gleefully contentious and—appropriately enough—fizzing with life, Victorians Undone is the most original history book I have read in a long while.—The Daily MailA page-turner . . . brilliant all the way through. One of the best books I’ve read in ages.—Sunday ExpressThis lively study goes behind the frills and furbelows to explore aspects of the Victorians’ notoriously strange attitude to the body.—The GuardianElegantly sidestepping the usual clichés of Victorian history, from foggy streets to whimpering urchins, each page becomes a window on to a world that is far stranger than we might expect. It is writing that takes the raw materials of everyday life, starting with the body’s ‘bulges, dips, hollows, oozes and itches,’ and makes them live again. A dazzling experiment in life writing . . . Every page fizzes with the excitement of fresh discoveries.—The GuardianIt is rich and scholarly, something fascinating to be discovered on every page . . . Hughes is a thoroughly engaging writer: serious-minded but lively, careful yet passionate . . . Some of the encounters in its pages, whiffy and indelible, will stay with me for ever.—The ObserverVictorians Undone is a work of formidable scholarship, but Hughes has a fluid, jaunty style that propels the reader from idea to idea. Reading it is like unraveling the bandages on a mummy to find the face of the past staring back in all its terrible and poignant humanity.—Financial TimesHistory so alive you can smell its reek . . . With her love of bodily detail, Hughes does indeed put the carnal back into biography.—The TelegraphNo one remotely interested in books should miss it.—The Sunday TimesI can’t think of a recent social history I’ve enjoyed more.—The Big IssueBeautifully constructed, narrated not only with wit and gusto, but a clear sense of purpose.—Mail on SundaySex certainly rears its many heads, but so does every other aspect of Victorian life, from farming techniques to court etiquette, dentistry to oil painting.—The TimesHughes regularly surprises us by showing just how much her subjects’ physical selves impinged on their contributions to our culture, and sometimes on the very course of history.—The Times Literary SupplementDeeply researched and wonderfully entertaining . . . Hughes undoes conventional representations of the Victorians and connects us with them anew, alert to the pastness of the past, but also to its continuities with the present.—Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Lady Flora's Belly2. Charles Darwin's Beard3. George Eliot's Hand4. Fanny Cornforth's Mouth5. Sweet Fanny AdamsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSometimes a book just bowls you over with how good it is. For instance, I can remember starting my review of A. S. Byatt's Possession with the sentence 'Sometimes a critic just wants to say Wow.' Still, I never expected to feel anything approaching Nabokovian bliss when reading five lengthy biographical essays about figures and incidents from 19th-century British history. But Kathryn Hughes's Victorians Undone is just amazing, and her 'Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum' are so various, so imaginatively structured, so delicately salacious and so deliciously written that I sighed with pleasure as I turned the pages and even felt those tiny prickles along the neck that A. E. Housman once claimed were the sign of true poetry . . . This is popularized history done right, done with panache. Hughes has infused new life into dry-as-dust facts to produce a learned work that is brazenly, impudently vivacious.—Michael Dirda, Washington PostThe average biographer peers into a Great Man's mind. Kathryn Hughes's Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum, in contrast, narrates the lives of five body parts.—New York TimesThe tales are entertaining, but Hughes's real achievement is historical—amounting to a new understanding of, as she puts it, 'what it meant to be a human animal in the nineteenth century.'—The New YorkerLively, iconoclastic and consistently riveting, this is popular history in the best sense.—The Wall Street JournalThe body parts in these Tales of the Flesh . . . illuminate the wider cultural world in which their owners participated.—New York Review of BooksVictorians Undone is excellent at providing a sniff of the 19th century that other forms of life writing have discreetly ignored.—Public BooksIntriguing, gleefully contentious and—appropriately enough—fizzing with life, Victorians Undone is the most original history book I have read in a long while.—The Daily MailA page-turner . . . brilliant all the way through. One of the best books I’ve read in ages.—Sunday ExpressThis lively study goes behind the frills and furbelows to explore aspects of the Victorians’ notoriously strange attitude to the body.—The GuardianElegantly sidestepping the usual clichés of Victorian history, from foggy streets to whimpering urchins, each page becomes a window on to a world that is far stranger than we might expect. It is writing that takes the raw materials of everyday life, starting with the body’s ‘bulges, dips, hollows, oozes and itches,’ and makes them live again. A dazzling experiment in life writing . . . Every page fizzes with the excitement of fresh discoveries.—The GuardianIt is rich and scholarly, something fascinating to be discovered on every page . . . Hughes is a thoroughly engaging writer: serious-minded but lively, careful yet passionate . . . Some of the encounters in its pages, whiffy and indelible, will stay with me for ever.—The ObserverVictorians Undone is a work of formidable scholarship, but Hughes has a fluid, jaunty style that propels the reader from idea to idea. Reading it is like unraveling the bandages on a mummy to find the face of the past staring back in all its terrible and poignant humanity.—Financial TimesHistory so alive you can smell its reek . . . With her love of bodily detail, Hughes does indeed put the carnal back into biography.—The TelegraphNo one remotely interested in books should miss it.—The Sunday TimesI can’t think of a recent social history I’ve enjoyed more.—The Big IssueBeautifully constructed, narrated not only with wit and gusto, but a clear sense of purpose.—Mail on SundaySex certainly rears its many heads, but so does every other aspect of Victorian life, from farming techniques to court etiquette, dentistry to oil painting.—The TimesHughes regularly surprises us by showing just how much her subjects’ physical selves impinged on their contributions to our culture, and sometimes on the very course of history.—The Times Literary SupplementDeeply researched and wonderfully entertaining . . . Hughes undoes conventional representations of the Victorians and connects us with them anew, alert to the pastness of the past, but also to its continuities with the present.—Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Lady Flora's Belly2. Charles Darwin's Beard3. George Eliot's Hand4. Fanny Cornforth's Mouth5. Sweet Fanny AdamsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow three white, non-elite American sailors turned their experiences of captivity into diverse career opportunitiesand influenced America's physical, commercial, ideological, and diplomatic development. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award by the North American Society for Oceanic HistoryFrom 1784 to 1815, hundreds of American sailors were held as white slaves in the North African Barbary States. In From Captives to Consuls, Brett Goodin vividly traces the lives of three of these menRichard O'Brien, James Cathcart, and James Rileyfrom the Atlantic coast during the American Revolution to North Africa, from Philadelphia to the Louisiana Territories, and finally to the western frontier. This first scholarly biography of American captives in Barbary sifts through their highly curated writings to reveal how ordinary individuals in extraordinary circumstances could maneuver through and contribute to nation building in early America, all the while advancing their own interests. The three subTrade ReviewGoodin's book is a contribution to American cultural history, especially of the dynamic and fluid period of the early republic, more than about cultural interchange between North Africa and the United States. His subjects are idiosyncratic, making it hard to draw too many conclusions about their lives and importance to America history.—History AustraliaTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Victims of American Independence?Chapter One. Farmers, Privateers, and Prisoners of the RevolutionChapter Two. Diaries of Barbary Orientalism and American Masculinity in AlgiersChapter Three. Captivity by CorrespondenceChapter Four. From Captives to Consuls and Coup-MakersChapter Five. Accidentally Useful and Interesting to the WorldChapter Six. Sailing the Inland SeaConclusion. Opportunities of Empire EpilogueNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisCommemorating the twentieth anniversary of the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, this exquisite coffee table book with a foreword by best-selling author Tina Brown celebrates the life of one of the most iconic women in the world. For the millions who adored the People's Princess, this lavish book celebrates Diana Spencer's life in pictures. Page after page of inside photos from the legendary National Geographic archives document the royal's most memorable moments in the spotlight; a luminous, personal remembrance by Diana friend and biographer Tina Brown adds context and nuance to a poignant life twenty years after her tragic death. Float down memory lane through more than 100 remarkable images of Diana, from her days as a schoolgirl to her engagement to Prince Charles, the birth of Princes William and Harry, and her life in the media as an outspoken advocate for the poor, the sick, and the downtrodden. This elegant book features reflections from those wTrade Review“A lavish celebration of the princess’s life in pictures.” –Parade “Diana is ours, again, if only for 208 pages.” –New York Times"This sumptuous picture book of more than 100 images of Diana, due Aug. 1, comes from National Geographic with a forward by TIna Brown, her friend, biographer and the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. 'Twenty years after her death we miss her more than ever,' especially her humanity and the 'bond of compassion she forged with her admirers,' Brown writes."—USA Today"From pictures of her as a child to her marriage and the birth of her two children, this book is a comprehensive look at the woman whose kindness created waves that are still felt today."—People“…a sumptuous picture book of more than 100 images of Diana…with a forward by Tina Brown, her friend, biographer and the former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker.” –Detroit Free Press

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