Dustin's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:44:24 -0700 60 Dustin's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Screwtape Letters: & Screwtape Proposes a Toast]]> 26179124 68 C.S. Lewis Dustin 5 4.47 1942 The Screwtape Letters: & Screwtape Proposes a Toast
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> <![CDATA[Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future]]> 25541028 392 Ashlee Vance 0062301233 Dustin 5 4.12 2015 Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
author: Ashlee Vance
name: Dustin
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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Elon is an inspiration to think bigger. This biography does an excellent job on providing insights into Musk's vision for Tesla, Space X, and Solar City. It is very fascinating how and why Elon decided to invest into these businesses. He is on a mission to make the world a better place... And he's actually doing it!
]]> <![CDATA[Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence]]> 163106 352 Daniel Goleman 157851486X Dustin 5 3.92 2002 Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation]]> 10589332 0 Jay Elliot 1455807974 Dustin 3 3.91 2009 The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation
author: Jay Elliot
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average rating: 3.91
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> Washington: A Life 8255917
Despite the reverence his name inspires Washington remains a waxwork to many readers, worthy but dull, a laconic man of remarkable self-control. But in this groundbreaking work Chernow revises forever the uninspiring stereotype. He portrays Washington as a strapping, celebrated horseman, elegant dancer and tireless hunter, who guarded his emotional life with intriguing ferocity. Not only did Washington gather around himself the foremost figures of the age, including James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, he orchestrated their actions to help realise his vision for the new federal government, define the separation of powers, and establish the office of the presidency.

Ron Chernow takes us on a page-turning journey through all the formative events of America's founding. This is a magisterial work from one of America's foremost writers and historians.]]> 904 Ron Chernow 1594202664 Dustin 5 4.14 2010 Washington: A Life
author: Ron Chernow
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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I love how this Washington: A Life shows a 360 view of George Washington's life. Our school history books don't do nearly as good of a job on telling the story of the most important person in American history. One of the most interesting take always from reading this book is the evidence of divine intervention that was with Washington throughout winning the independence for the United States of America. Washington is an awesome example of leadership by example, if Washington would have made different decisions that would have been self serving the history of the United States would have been drastically different!
]]> <![CDATA[The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith]]> 3116205 Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.

Taking his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity, Keller uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Within that parable Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.

Look out for Timothy Keller's latest book, The Songs of Jesus, coming from Viking on November 10, 2015.]]> 139 Timothy J. Keller 0525950796 Dustin 5
Personally I can think of periods of my life where I've been both the elder brother and younger brother. This is a must read!]]> 4.41 2008 The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
author: Timothy J. Keller
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average rating: 4.41
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The Prodigal God provides an excellent context of the two sons in Jesus parable that most people refer to as "the Prodigal Son" he says the story should the titled "The Two Sons". I've heard the prodigal son story many times and normally the focus is on the younger son who disrespected his father, took his inheritance and blew it, then came home and asked for forgiveness... And Keller does an awesome job of explaining that the eldest brother is equally in need of the fathers grace, mercy and forgiveness.

Personally I can think of periods of my life where I've been both the elder brother and younger brother. This is a must read!
]]> <![CDATA[Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World]]> 13589149
“A touchstone of the [new evangelical] movement.� � The New York Times

Tim Keller, pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and the New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God , has taught and counseled students, young professionals, and senior leaders on the subject of work and calling for more than twenty years. Now he pulls his insights into a thoughtful and practical book for readers everywhere.

With deep conviction and often surprising advice, Keller shows readers that biblical wisdom is immensely relevant to our questions about work today. In fact, the Christian view of work—that we work to serve others, not ourselves—can provide the foundation of a thriving professional and balanced personal life. Keller shows how excellence, integrity, discipline, creativity, and passion in the workplace can help others and even be considered acts of worship—not just of self-interest.]]> 288 Timothy J. Keller 0525952705 Dustin 5 4.28 2012 Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
author: Timothy J. Keller
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average rating: 4.28
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One of the best books I've read. Every Good Endeavor does a great job explaining that we are all called to work, and staying joyful during the daily grind is an expression of worship. I highly recommend this book!
]]> <![CDATA[The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century]]> 529579 The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era—with changes in store,

� The U.S.-Jihadist war will conclude—replaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia.
� China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power.
� A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly.
� Technology will focus on space—both for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications.
� The United States will experience a Golden Age in the second half of the century.

Written with the keen insight and thoughtful analysis that has made George Friedman a renowned expert in geopolitics and forecasting, The Next 100 Years presents a fascinating picture of what lies ahead. For continual, updated analysis and supplemental material, go to ]]> 272 George Friedman 038551705X Dustin 2
It's fun to think about the real life Star Wars and possible world wars... But the predictions are to bold for me. Maybe I need to read a book about the next 20 years... As maybe that's all I can handle. ]]> 3.64 2008 The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century
author: George Friedman
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average rating: 3.64
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I like the macro geo-political 30,000 foot view provided in this book. It helps me sleep better at night thinking no matter what happens the world will keep going in the direction it is heading. However, I feel that one of the principles in this book promotes hedonism. If i believed every point in this book then i would feel that their is no point in focusing on the current state of affairs in our government and world events. Maybe I'm just a short sighted idealist... But I like to think our decisions and who we vote for make a difference in the world we live in today.

It's fun to think about the real life Star Wars and possible world wars... But the predictions are to bold for me. Maybe I need to read a book about the next 20 years... As maybe that's all I can handle.
]]> <![CDATA[Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us]]> 3828382
Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. But more important, they're enabling countless new tribes to be born—groups of ten or ten thousand or ten million who care about their iPhones, or a political campaign, or a new way to fight global warming. And so the key question: Who is going to lead us?

The Web can do amazing things, but it can't provide leadership. That still has to come from individuals—people just like you who have passion about something. The explosion in tribes means that anyone who wants to make a difference now has the tools at her fingertips.

If you think leadership is for other people, think again—leaders come in surprising packages. Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts. Chris Sharma leads a tribe of rock climbers up impossible cliff faces, while Mich Mathews, a VP at Microsoft, runs her internal tribe of marketers from her cube in Seattle. All they have in common is the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead.

If you ignore this opportunity, you risk turning into a "sheepwalker"—someone who fights to protect the status quo at all costs, never asking if obedience is doing you (or your organization) any good. Sheepwalkers don't do very well these days.

Tribes will make you think (really think) about the opportunities in leading your fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers. . . . It's not easy, but it's easier than you think.]]> 151 Seth Godin 1591842336 Dustin 3 3.80 2008 Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
author: Seth Godin
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)]]> 324748
In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip.

Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart.

Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security.
Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.]]> 80 Seth Godin 1591841666 Dustin 3 3.78 2007 The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[Navigate: Selling the Way People Like to Buy]]> 7112730 133 Dustin Hillis 0981565727 Dustin 5 4.33 2009 Navigate: Selling the Way People Like to Buy
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> The 4-Hour Workweek 368593
Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:
- How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want?
- How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs?
- How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist?
- How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"?
- What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income?
- How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it's beyond repair?
- What automated cash-flow "muses" are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks?
- How to cultivate selective ignorance-and create time-with a low-information diet?
- What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are?
- How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50-80% off?
- How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office]]> 308 Timothy Ferriss 0307353133 Dustin 4 3.93 2007 The 4-Hour Workweek
author: Timothy Ferriss
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]]> <![CDATA[Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!]]> 180116
The acknowledged expert in the psychology of change, Anthony Robbins provides a step-by-step program teaching the fundamental lessons of self-mastery that will enable you to discover your true purpose, take control of your life, and harness the forces that shape your destiny.]]> 544 Tony Robbins 0671791540 Dustin 5 4.16 1992 Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
author: Tony Robbins
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness]]> 78427
Build up your money muscles with America's favorite finance coach.

Okay, folks, do you want to turn those fat and flabby expenses into a well-toned budget? Do you want to transform your sad and skinny little bank account into a bulked-up cash machine? Then get with the program, people. There's one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that's with "The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition".

By now, you've heard all the nutty get-rich-quick schemes, the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of kooky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. Hey, if you're tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, take a look at this--it's the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely making over your money habits. And it's based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies.

With "The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition," you'll be able to:
Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt--meaning cars, houses, everything
Recognize the 10 most dangerous money myths (these will kill you)
Secure a big, fat nest egg for emergencies and retirement!]]> 229 Dave Ramsey 0785289089 Dustin 5 4.20 1994 The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
author: Dave Ramsey
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]]> <![CDATA[EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches]]> 11306337
Your company is only as strong as your leaders. These are the men and women doing battle daily beneath the banner that is your brand. Are they courageous or indecisive? Are they serving a motivated team or managing employees? Are they valued?

Your team will never grow beyond you, so here’s another question to consider—are you growing? Whether you’re sitting at the CEO’s desk, the middle manager’s cubicle, or a card table in your living-room-based start-up, EntreLeadership provides the practical, step-by-step guidance to grow your business where you want it to go. Dave Ramsey opens up his championship playbook for business to show you how to:

-Inspire your team to take ownership and love what they do
-Unify your team and get rid of all gossip
-Handle money to set your business up for success
-Reach every goal you set
-And much, much more!

EntreLeadership is a one-stop guide filled with accessible advice for businesses and leaders to ensure success even through the toughest of times.]]> 306 Dave Ramsey 1451617852 Dustin 5 4.18 2011 EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches
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]]> <![CDATA[Sacred Pathways: Discover Your Soul's Path to God]]> 9784271 272 Gary L. Thomas 0310329884 Dustin 5 4.16 1996 Sacred Pathways: Discover Your Soul's Path to God
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]]> <![CDATA[In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing With Manipulative People]]> 378161 122 George K. Simon Jr. 096516960X Dustin 5 3.99 1996 In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing With Manipulative People
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (Paperback)]]> 7214 Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0785263705 here.

"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened." ―Donald Miller

In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and, once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account, Miller describes his remarkable journey back to a culturally relevant, infinitely loving God.

For anyone wondering if the Christian faith is still relevant in a postmodern culture.

For anyone thirsting for a genuine encounter with a God who is real.

For anyone yearning for a renewed sense of passion in  life.

Blue Like Jazz is a fresh and original perspective on life, love, and redemption.

]]> 243 Donald Miller 0785263705 Dustin 5 3.90 2003 Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (Paperback)
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High]]> 15014
When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life's most difficult and important conversations, say what's on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want. You'll learn how to:

Prepare for high-impact situations with a six-minute mastery technique
Make it safe to talk about almost anything
Be persuasive, not abrasive
Keep listening when others blow up or clam up
Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want]]> 240 Kerry Patterson 0071401946 Dustin 5 4.04 2002 Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> The Furious Longing of God 4569522 144 Brennan Manning 1434767507 Dustin 5 4.21 2009 The Furious Longing of God
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]]> The Ragamuffin Gospel 173526
Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged edition--now with full appendix, study questions, and the author's own epilogue, ""Ragamuffin" Ten Years Later," Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth. The Father beckons us to Himself with a "furious love" that burns brightly and constantly. Only when we truly embrace God's grace can we bask in the joy of a gospel that enfolds the most needy of His flock--the "ragamuffins."

Are you bedraggled, beat-up, burnt-out?

Most of us believe in God's grace--in theory. But somehow we can't seem to apply it in our daily lives. We continue to see Him as a small-minded bookkeeper, tallying our failures and successes on a score sheet.

Yet God gives us His grace, willingly, no matter what we've done. We come to Him as ragamuffins--dirty, bedraggled, and beat-up. And when we sit at His feet, He smiles upon us, the chosen objects of His "furious love."

Brennan Manning 's now-classic meditation on grace and what it takes to access it--simple honesty--has changed thousands of lives. Now with a Ragamuffin's thirty-day spiritual journey guide, it will change yours, too.]]> 240 Brennan Manning 1576737160 Dustin 5 4.18 1990 The Ragamuffin Gospel
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> Mere Christianity 11138 191 C.S. Lewis 0684823780 Dustin 5 4.32 1952 Mere Christianity
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]]> <![CDATA[Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption]]> 8664353
The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.]]> 475 Laura Hillenbrand 1400064163 Dustin 5 4.38 2010 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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]]> <![CDATA[The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success]]> 9420697 162 Darren Hardy Dustin 5 4.20 2010 The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success]]> 12084105 Do you ride the escalator-or take the stairs? No matter how you define success, it always requires one thing: self-discipline. But as popular speaker and strategist Rory Vaden explains, we live in an "escalator world"-one that's filled with shortcuts, quick fixes, and distractions that make it all too easy to slide into procrastination, compromise, and mediocrity. What seems like an easier path is really much harder in the end-and, most important, it won't take you where you want to go.

How do successful people stay focused and achieve results? This lively and insightful guide presents a simple program for taking the stairs-that is, for overcoming the temptations of quick fixes and procrastination, conquering creative avoidance, and transcending personal setbacks in order to tackle the work that leads to real success.

Whatever your goals are, Rory Vaden's proven approach will get you there-one stair at a time.]]> 224 Rory Vaden 0399537236 Dustin 5 4.10 2012 Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success
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average rating: 4.10
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This book is simply awesome! The 7 Steps for Improving self-discipline are spot on. My favorite part is where Vaden talks about how to handle "priority dilution"... very helpful!
]]> The Alchemist 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Dustin 4 Great story! 3.85 1988 The Alchemist
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average rating: 3.85
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Great story!
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