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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mark Price, Brian Goorjian, Shane Heal, Adrian Hurley, Lindsay Gaze, Cal Bruton, Trevor Gleeson, Conner Henry, Alan Black, Scott Fisher, Phil Smyth, Mike Ellis, Al Westover, Brett Brown. Excerpt:Dr Adrian Hurley OAM (born 21 April 1944) is a former Australian basketball coach and a former player. He is now retired and is presently President of Basketball NSW and serves on advisory committees for Basketball Australia and the National Basketball League. Playing career Hurley began his basketball career in Wollongong in the early sixties. He won a number of State junior titles and played on the NSW Open team that won the Australian Championships in 1967. He played for NSW for 5 years and captained the 1970 NSW team. In the early seventies he moved to the USA where he coached basketball in Eugene Oregon. At this time he completed his PhD in Education. Coaching career On returning to Australia he lectured at Wollongong Institute of Education and commenced coaching the Illawarra Hawks in State and Australian Championships. He coached Illawarra to a number of State titles during this period. Hurley began his National Basketball League coaching career with the Illawarra Hawks in 1980. In 1981 he moved to Canberra as the foundation basketball coach of the Australian Institute of Sport. He served as Head Coach at the AIS from 1981 to 1992. From 1983 to 1992 he was a Vice President of the World Coaches Association and President of the Oceania Region Coaching. During his time at the AIS he was assistant coach of the Australia national basketball team at the 1982 FIBA World Championships and the 1984 Olympic Games. He was appointed as the head coach of the Australian Men's team in 1985 and coached the Boomers at the 1998 and 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1986 and 1990 FIBA World Championshi... ... Read more

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Chapters: Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Lindsay Reeler, Denise Annetts, Karen Rolton, Karen Price, Jodie Fields, Shelley Nitschke, Jan Lumsden, Zoe Goss, Belinda Haggett, Belinda Clark, Julia Price, Lisa Sthalekar, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Julie Stockton, Lyn Larsen, Kate Blackwell, Leonie Coleman, Denise Emerson, Peta Verco, Rene Farrell, Alex Blackwell, Wendy Blunsden, Raelee Thompson, Karen Brown, Lisa Keightley, Margaret Jennings, Lauren Ebsary, Joanne Broadbent, Erin Osborne, Jill Kennare, Kirsten Pike, Miriam Knee, Sally Griffiths, Michelle Goszko, Anne Gordon, Melissa Bulow, Mel Jones, Sharon Tredrea, Bronwyn Calver, Lorraine Hill, Emma Sampson, Rachael Haynes, Jess Cameron, Sarah Andrews, Leah Poulton, Julie Hunter, Sarah Elliott. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 193. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990 on the Gold Coast, Queensland) is a cricketer who plays for New South Wales and the Australian women's team. She made her international debut in February 2010. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, she is the daughter of Greg Healy, who was part of the Queensland squad, while her uncle Ian Healy was Australia's Test wicket-keeper and held the world record for the most Test dismissals. Healy first came to prominence in late 2006 when she became the first girl to play among boys in the private schools' competition in New South Wales. She moved up the state age group ranks and made her debut for the senior New South Wales team in the 200708 season. She played most of her first two seasons as a specialist batsman due to the presence of Leonie Colemana wicket-keeper for Australiain the state side. Coleman left New South Wales at the start of the 200910 season and Healy took up the glovework on a full-time basis for her state. During the same sea...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18501459 ... Read more

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A clever, funny memoir from a young woman who fulfills her Mission: Impossible dreams by joining the CIA, only to discover that the life of a spy is not at all what she expected.

Lindsay Moran was a bright-eyed, idealistic Harvard graduate who hoped to serve her patriotic duty while living a life she'd first dreamed of as a child watching James Bond movies and reading Harriet the Spy. After applying to the CIA and passing lie detector tests, background investigations, and psychological screenings, she soon found herself in training at the Farm, learning how to crash cars through barriers at a hundred miles an hour, not to mention how to withstand interrogation.

But she was simultaneously learning that the life of a spy wasn't nearly the glamorous-not to mention principled-job she thought it would be. Her first posting, to Macedonia, confirmed it, as she witnessed firsthand the culture inside an organization whose intelligence failures led to tragic results during her own tenure. With a true story both thoughtful and funny, a wonderful new talent pulls open the doors to the CIA.Amazon.com Review
In Lindsay Moran's Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy, the author comes across is an amusingly candid cross between Bridget Jones and James Bond, with a little Gloria Steinem thrown in to remind readers of the inherent sexism that runs rampant both in the US government and abroad. Moran, a few years out of Harvard and fresh from a Fulbright scholarship in Bulgaria, decides to follow her childhood dream of becoming and spy and, after a grueling interview process that involves several polygraphs and an abandoned foreign boyfriend, goes to work for the CIA. What follows is a surprisingly honest behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to become a real-life CIA agent, signal-sites and all.

Yet more than an insider's guide to the life and times of an undercover agent, Blowing My Cover is a story about a highly educated, obviously intelligent yet occasionally insecure young woman trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life, and who she wants to have beside her. As we follow Moran to the "Farm", a six-month training camp where new recruits are forced into alarmingly real POW situations and asked to perform death-defying car chases reminiscent of old Dukes of Hazard episodes, we also witness her extreme loneliness at being cut off from her friends and family and her fear that she'll never meet "the one" and settle down. One of the most poignant scenes happens early on in Moran's training, when she meets up with some friends in New York at a party and realizes she can't even tell her closest confidents what she does for a living.

For anyone who's ever wondered what it really means to be a CIA agent, Moran's tale is a worthwhile read. Better yet, for anyone who's ever wondered what she wants to be when she grows up (even at age 30), Blowing My Cover is an ultimately hopeful story of possibilities. --Gisele Toueg ... Read more

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CIA Agent Autobiography
The author has an ability to tell a good, coherent account of her experiences in CIA training (first half of the book), and in her assignments in Eastern Block Europe. She is often very funny, and tells it like it is. She did not seem like the most committed agent in terms of patriotism, but she was apparently very good at what she was hired to do- get intel from a very chaotic and obscure part of the "modern" world. I would recommend the book- it is a good read, and informative on how the CIA works. (i.e. bureaucratic, stale, and self perpetuating).

The Free Thinker
Five stars: one each for candor, humor, bravery, persistence, and moral sense. The negativity of some reviews is appalling; I suspect many are projections of attitude unaccompanied by significant service to one's country. Lindsay Moran volunteered, she served, she wasn't paid much, and she didn't stop until she hit a moral pothole of a size she could not leap.

The secret reserve of all the great intelligence services has been the free thinker. The Abwehr, KGB, OSS, and MI6 all had them. The free thinker possesses a highly developed moral sense, and a self-awareness that allows her to articulate thoughts that all of us have, but lesser minds suppress. It seems Moran's detractors are confused by her articulation of private thoughts. But enough dry histories and white papers have been written; what Moran gives us, quite uniquely, is a peek into an actual living mind, as it navigates the bureaucratic stultification of what the C.I.A. is today.

Moran lasers in on the big problem: intelligence work puts the case officer on the razor's edge of moral choice, frequently forcing the choice called "the greater good", which our society officially abhors making. Most memoirs aim to add to the historical record, but have no immediate relevance. But for this reader, the book actually cracked a puzzle. As our society has evolved, and become more decent, this same decency has squeezed out the free thinkers, replacing thought process with bureaucracy. Thus Moran was not allowed to approach someone with terrorist ties. Whether Moran was actually correct we cannot know. But though George Smiley was fiction, there really were great, masterful, multicultural minds of genius who rose above the strictures of society to save the future. They are dead now, and they left no intellectual heirs.

Ms. Moran, I am sorry I have not had the chance to meet you.

The Ins & Outs of a Biz You Don't Hear About Often
This book is awesome: hilarious, easy-to-read, fun, and will make you a LOT more savvy about how the world works -- meaning (specifically) the spy trade, the ideolog(ies) of those who ply it (& the often accompanying job-induced emotional/empathetic numbness), and how people in "Third World" (i.e., Eastern European countries) get by on a day-to-day basis.

And (like physicist Janna Levin), the author's CUTE!

(Sorry though, fellas, she's married.)

Simply pathetic..
First of all, there are some statistics worth mentioning before discussing this book that relate to the CIA. First of all, the employee turnover rate in the Clandestine Service is roughly 2.5%. In the entire CIA, it is roughly 3% It is not a prison, employees are free to resign whenever they desire. The average turnover rate is the US private sector is 17%-25%. While NCS employees may not be up to Ms. Moran's lofty standards, they typically hail from the finest educational institutions in America and most have some type of military and/or professional experience. Almost all could earn a higher salary in the private sector. There are numerous individuals within the NCS that left six-figure positions in order to join. This a group of the most highly dedicated, patriotic, intelligent, capable, qualified individuals in the entire world. While Ms. Moran makes joining the CIA sound like joining the cub scouts, NCS employees go through one of the most difficult hiring processes anywhere, including multiple 3-4 hour interviews, psychological testing, intelligence testing, and of course an extensive background investigation. Although I do find it telling that Ms. Moran joined near the end of the Clinton Administration, at probably the lowest point in CIA's history. The Clinton Administration almost destroyed the organization, and from this account, probably did for awhile.

A couple of things really jarred me about this book. Maybe at the time she joined, Ms. Moran was not told about the realities of the job. Nowadays and traditionally, any recruiter will be very upfront that you will be attempting to develop agents that wil be committing treason against their country or organization. If that bothers you, go work someplace else. They tell you only your spouse and maybe parents will know who you really work for. Having relations with foreign nationals is closely monitored, for obvious reasons. To claim that the ethical considerations of the job are not an issue until one actually joins the organization is patently ridiculous.

The descriptions of the training are good enough, but don't really add to any Baer or Paseman account. None of this was terribly groundbreaking. Everyone knows the gist of the Farm experience. Ms. Moran does an admirable job of describing her experience, albeit with the annoying critiques on her collegues. Ms. Moran clearly is not likeable person, at least if her book is any indication. In her book, she seems incredibly immature, self-pitying, and arrogant, which of course is ridiculous considering the qualifications of her co-workers. I know Ms. Moran was the only Harvard graduate in the CIA and this made things extremely difficult for her, however I think she could have done a better job having patience with the other slack-jawed imbeciles she was forced to associate with.

Finally, her reason for leaving was stated as some sort of ethical battle and the failure of the organization to stop 9/11. This is complete nonsense. She left because she couldn't hack the job. Fair enough, it happens in such an incredibly challenging career, but to claim that it's because she was morally conflicted? Absurd.

All in all terrible. Ms. Moran should be ashamed at writing this pathetic cash-in. I can only hope that this travesty of a publication will find its way to the forgotten netherworld of history..

Entertaining and Eye-opening
Really fun, fast read - where else can you learn about the CIA's"Farm" and Bulgaria night life at the same time?The author writes effortlessly and is easy to like. My main question: how was she allowed to divulge so much about CIA training, particularly how idiotic some of it is? In any case, it's kind of alarming for the country, but good for her for telling her story, and for getting out intact! ... Read more

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Chapters: Ellyse Perry, Lindsay Reeler, Denise Annetts, Peggy Antonio, Karen Rolton, Karen Price, Betty Wilson, Jodie Fields, Shelley Nitschke, Jan Lumsden, Zoe Goss, Belinda Haggett, Belinda Clark, Julia Price, Lisa Sthalekar, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Julie Stockton, Lyn Larsen, Kate Blackwell, Leonie Coleman, Denise Emerson, Peta Verco, Anne Palmer, Rene Farrell, Alex Blackwell, Wendy Blunsden, Raelee Thompson, Karen Brown, Lisa Keightley, Mary Allitt, Margaret Jennings, Una Paisley, Muriel Picton, Lauren Ebsary, Joanne Broadbent, Jill Kennare, Kirsten Pike, Mollie Dive, Miriam Knee, Sally Griffiths, Michelle Goszko, Anne Gordon, Melissa Bulow, Margaret Peden, Mel Jones, Sharon Tredrea, Bronwyn Calver, Lorraine Hill, Emma Sampson, Rachael Haynes, Sarah Andrews, Kris Britt, Hilda Hills, Leah Poulton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 189. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only andcorrect as of 3 January 2009.* Appearances (Goals) Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian sportswoman who played for both the Australia national women's cricket team and the national women's football team at the age of 16. Perry was born in Wahroonga, Sydney. She went to primary school at Beecroft Primary School in , Sydney.She also attended Pymble Ladies College, completing year 12 in 2008 with the title of Sports Captain. In cricket, Perry is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls with a right-handed fast-medium action. She was selected for the Australian youth team's tour of New Zealand in February 2007, and then for the senior team in July 2007. She made her One-Day International debut against New Zealand in Darwin on 22 July 2007 at the age of 16 years and 8 months: this made her the youngest ever cricketer ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15767011 ... Read more

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Chapters: Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Lindsay Reeler, Denise Annetts, Peggy Antonio, Karen Rolton, Karen Price, Betty Wilson, Jodie Fields, Shelley Nitschke, Jan Lumsden, Zoe Goss, Belinda Haggett, Belinda Clark, Julia Price, Lisa Sthalekar, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Julie Stockton, Lyn Larsen, Kate Blackwell, Leonie Coleman, Denise Emerson, Peta Verco, Anne Palmer, Rene Farrell, Alex Blackwell, Wendy Blunsden, Raelee Thompson, Karen Brown, Lisa Keightley, Mary Allitt, Margaret Jennings, Una Paisley, Muriel Picton, Lauren Ebsary, Joanne Broadbent, Erin Osborne, Jill Kennare, Kirsten Pike, Mollie Dive, Miriam Knee, Sally Griffiths, Michelle Goszko, Anne Gordon, Melissa Bulow, Margaret Peden, Mel Jones, Sharon Tredrea, Bronwyn Calver, Lorraine Hill, Emma Sampson, Rachael Haynes, Jess Cameron, Sarah Andrews, Hilda Hills, Leah Poulton, Julie Hunter, Sarah Elliott. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 205. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990 on the Gold Coast, Queensland) is a cricketer who plays for New South Wales and the Australian women's team. She made her international debut in February 2010. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, she is the daughter of Greg Healy, who was part of the Queensland squad, while her uncle Ian Healy was Australia's Test wicket-keeper and held the world record for the most Test dismissals. Healy first came to prominence in late 2006 when she became the first girl to play among boys in the private schools' competition in New South Wales. She moved up the state age group ranks and made her debut for the senior New South Wales team in the 200708 season. She played most of her first two seasons as a specialist batsman due to the presence of Leonie Colemana wicket-keeper for Australiain the state side. Coleman left New South Wa...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18501459 ... Read more

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Stuff produced pictorial featuring: Nichole Hiltz, Vanessa Ferlito, Nadine Velazquez, Aishwarya Rai, Nikki Cox, Jennifer Morrison, Samaire Armstrong, Kristina Anapau, Amanda Swisten, Avril Lavigne, Bianca Kajlich, Brooke Burns, Brittany Daniel, Lindsay Price, Jordan Ladd, Asia Argento, Maggie Lawson, Rachel Bilson, Vanessa Marcil, Joy Bryant, Jaime Pressly, Sarah Wynter, Kelly Rowland, Cameron Richardson, Mila Kunis, Brooke Burke, Taryn Manning, Carmen Electra, Gabrielle Union, Rosario Dawson, Eliza Dushku, Kristin Kreuk, Christina Applegate, Kirsten Dunst, Linda Cardellini, Jessica Alba, Jamie-Lynn Discala, Elisha Cuthbert, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Jessica Biel, Naomi Watts, Lucy Liu, Kelly Hu, Scarlett Johansson, Katie Holmes, Kate Beckinsale, Beyonce Knowles, Kate Bosworth, Jennifer Garner, Keira Knightley, Tara Reid. ... Read more

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You’ve seen it everywhere: Adults are solving them in newspapers; kids are downloading them from the Internet; people are buying books of them and solving them cover-to-cover. No, they’re not crossword puzzles! It’s Sudoku, the logic game that America is learning to love. All you have to do is fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every box contains the numbers 1 through 9. Can you do it? And once you start, can you stop? ... Read more

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great for kids just learning number puzzles
This is a fantastic book for kids to get introduced to sudoku. The book begins with easy 2x2, then 3x2 and finally gets to regular 3x3 puzzles. It was really easy to explain to my seven year old how to figure them out and he would rather spend an hour with sudoku than video games.

Highly recommended!
This book has 120 Sudoku puzzles with grids of 4x4, 6x6, and 9x9. All the puzzles are of the classic type using numbers. There are no alphabet sudoku puzzles that are played with letters. The puzzles increase gradually in difficulty from the beginning to the end of the book. Although this book is for kids, the simple 4x4 puzzles are limited to only 20 puzzles. For a book with solely 4x4 puzzles and with alphabet sudoku, check the book "Kindergarten Sudoku".

Sudoku Instructions for Every Age
How to understood Sudoku - start off with "Superstar Sudoku for Kids".Great book for children and adults that have never played this game.I am an adult and wanted a book that was simple to understand but at the same time taught me how to play this game.After a week I understood how to play Sudoku and have since moved on to more adult complex Sudoku.This was definitely the starting point for me.I then purchased this book for a friend who did not have the patience to take time out to read some complicated instructions.I recommend this book as one of the best beginner books for children and adults.I am now hooked on Sudoku.

Great fun - my kids love it!
There are so many Sudoku books for kids on the market, I really didn't know which one to choose. In the end I decided I liked the look of the cover of this one and that is how I made my decision! I don't regret it for a moment. I have 3 kids, aged 6, 7 and a bit, and 10, and they have so much fun doing these sudoku puzzles.

The puzzles in the book are very carefully graded, starting with very easy 4x4 puzzles and progressing through more difficult 4x4s to easy 6x6s, then through more difficult 6x6s to a series of 9x9s. It seems to me that if you start at the right place for your kids and follow the order of the book, the kids get gradually better and better. My 6 year old started with the 4x4s and is now doing the harder 6x6s and really enjoying them!

At the end of the book there are some "Extra" puzzles which have a code word hidden in them. I haven't seen this kind of sudoku puzzle anywhere else, but my eldest daughter really loves them. We would like more of these.

This is a great book - chunky, fun and great value for money! Your kids will definitely enjoy it. ... Read more

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One after another, aged Nazis are being murdered in Europe, South America, and the United States. Enter FBI Special Agent Taz Fallon, who soon discovers the killings aren't the work of a vigilante bent on revenge for the Holocaust. Instead, they turn out to be part of an elaborate plot to put a new generation of Nazis into power. And the key to the entire scheme is a huge cache of paintings looted by Hitler from Jewish families during the Second World War.

In The Führer's Reserve, Paul Lindsay weaves a tale of high stakes art smuggling, vicious homicides, and brilliant investigative prowess. Are Hitler's stolen masterpieces really hidden somewhere in Illinois?Could a secret Nazi sympathizer, known only as der Kurator, actually sell these works of art to finance a new Fascist movement? Can agent Taz Fallon, working with a beautiful young art historian, risk destroying Rembrandts, Titians, Vermeers, and countless other treasures to stop a Nazi coup?With a storyline as authentic as today's headlines, Lindsay -- a former, highly decorated FBI agent himself -- provides page-turning thrills and captivating insights into the way real world sleuths solve unimaginable crimes.It's no wonder that USA Today has written of Paul Lindsay, "Step aside, John Grisham!"Amazon.com Review
It's hard to find a new angle on old Nazis, particularly those with cryptic deathbed clues to Hitler's buried treasure. But the current cultural preoccupation with the cloudy provenance of art masterpieces in many of the world's great museums, most notably those that disappeared from the collections of Jews in the 1930s and '40s, makes Lindsay's newest thriller especially relevant. FBI agent Taz Fallon retrieves a Chicago millionaire's son from kidnappers--a man with ties to militant Jewish organizations the Bureau would like to penetrate. But first the man wants another favor from Taz: finding a cache of masterpieces hidden across the Midwest decades ago by a mysterious man known as the Curator. The Curator has hired ruthless killers to retrieve the paintings, which will be sold to finance the resurgence of Nazism. Sivia, a beautiful young art historian who joins forces with Taz, has her own reasons for trying to beat them to the treasure. Deciphering the coded clues in one painting to the location of the next, Taz and Sivia catch up to the killers in a bloody, exciting denouement, but the real shocker is the Curator's identity, which will surprise even the most attentive reader. This dramatic, fast-paced story has an intriguing, iconoclastic hero, a plot as right now as today's headlines, and a solid grounding in the author's own 20 years with the FBI. --Jane Adams ... Read more

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Good thriller
Old-age Nazi members are being eliminated one after another across different continents.An FBI agent, Taz Fallon, starts to slowly investigate these bizzare incidents. He comes on a trail of someone known as The Curator, who is collecting Hitler's stolen art masterpieces from former Nazis in order to prepare for the birth of the next Reich Movement. Along with an art historian, Taz comes face to face with hired killers, art masterpieces and history which buries many old secrets. Great action and fine moving story-line.

I liked it
May not have been the best book ever written and I can't say there is anything original in this one.The most annoying part was having to sit and listen to the FBI agents discover what Deker and his partners in crime had discover 20 pages ago.You could also see the "plot twists" coming from 5 miles off.

I am always a sucker for books dealing with a resergeance of the Nazi idology.I was surpised with how much I enjoyed this book it does a wonderful job of keeping you awake

Good Premise Poorly Executed
Of the four Paul Lindsay books this is the weakest. It starts out well with the attempted recovery of a cache of masterpiece paintings stolen by the Nazis in WW2. There is some ingenous linkage with numbers on the frames to the location, but as the plot moves along it becomes more and more ridiculous with the mandatory romantic interest and wild shoot-em-ups. The ending is so preposterous that, unlike one review that said "it will leave readers gasping" it left this reader ready to throw up.

Exciting Read!
This was a very good book to read. The book had two heroes,Taz
Fallom and Sivia Roth. Our villains were Curt Decker and the Curator.The Fuhrer's Reserve is a cache of old and valuable paint
ings that were stolen and hid by the Nazis(from the Jews of Europe).The paintings are being hunted by a group hoping to bring
the Nazis back to power. Fallon and Roth are in hot pursuit of the Criminals hunting for the paintings.There is nonstop action
from start to finish of this book.The final identity of the evil
Curator is a surprise. There is also a conspiracy that is to be
undertaken. This all makes for a surprise ending. You will enjoy this book.Read it.

Entertaining
The Fuhrer's Reserve is a very readable book. Lindsay gives some depth to the main character, FBI Agent Taz Fallon, by giving him emotional issues. The problem is, you still do not really care about him. He is merely an instrument providing a means to an end.

The plot is original, and littered with attempted plot twists. What I am trying to say is that I enjoyed reading this book, and I am not upset that I spent my time reading this book, but the plot twists and revelations were as easy to anticipate as sunrise and sunset. ... Read more

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AIRTIGHT CASE is the fifth book in this unique mystery series centering around Lindsay Chamberlain, a forensic anthropologist living in Georgia. Connor writes with a style much like Patricia Cornwell and has Lindsay solve ancient crimes while fighting trauma in her own life. This series includes, "Skeleton Crew," "Rumor of Bones," "Dressed to Die," and "Questionable Remains." ... Read more

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Really terrific
Finely written, a terrific and gripping pair of plots, and well-fleshed-out characters, including the secondary and tertiary ones.A fine mystery throughout.

Sad to see the end.
This is the fifth and final book in the Lindsay Chamberlain series.I am sorry to come to the end of this very intriguing series.I love the mix of complex murder with facts about archeology and the cutting edge stuff that is occuring in this field.Lindsay is a wonderful creation.She's human with human foibles.This book begins with Lindsay running for her life in the middle of an amnesiac attack.What happened to put her in this state keeps resurfacing as her memory recovers, and she realizes that the nightmare is not over.There is a very intriguing ancient mystery (late 1700's) that comes up at the dig. Lindsay and her archeological crew are at a late 1700 farmstead dig in Tennessee.There are a lot of characters in the book and it's difficult to keep them all straight at times. But the mystery and the motives behind it are absolutely wonderful!I am not sure why Ms. Connor has left Lindsay to pursue another mystery series.I know that I will miss her now that I've read this one.I won't be beginning Ms. Connor's other series, but I would certainly read more Lindsay Chamberlain if there were any.

very bad!
Sorry to say I could not bring myself to read more than one quarter of this book.The characters are cardboard cutouts and the dialog amateurishly written.The archeologists in the story behave like children and seem to have no more than a grade school education.I stuck with the book for as long as I did because the house at the archeological dig was supposed to be haunted, and I love a good ghost story, but the writing was so poor and the characters were so silly and boring.After the main character mentioned for the second time that her job was so dangerous and that she had been shot, stabbed, kidnapped, almost drowned, lost in a cave, and buried alive, I just had to quit!UNBELIEVABLE!!!I just couldn't read any more!

I'm buying a second copy
I have really enjoyed every book in this series and this may be the best to date.I never re-read a mystery.Once I know who-done-it there isn't much point in reading the story a second time.Beverly Connors books are the exception to my rule.There is enough excitement and enough detail to keep you going back a second or even third time.

I gave my original copyof AIRTIGHT CASE to a friend (who loved it).Now I have to buy a new copy so that I can get my Lindsay Chamberlain fix before the next novel in this series is published.

I stayed up until 3 in the morning finishing this book --
On a weeknight.Knowing I had to get up and go to work in the morning.So be warned -- start this book when you know you'll have to read it nonstop (like a beach?)

It took about one sentence for me to get into the book.The action begins immediately -- archeologist Lindsay Chamberlain is in a hospital with amnesia, and some guy who claims to be her fiance wants to take her home, but she knows something's wrong and tries to get away from him... well, you get the idea.

Before long, the action shifts to an archeological dig in Tennessee just outside Smoky Mountains National Park.The crew on the dig are having major problems with a horribly belligerant site manager and lots of in-fighting.Somehow or another, these two stories have to come together, and they do, around archeologist Lindsay Chamberlain.

I highly recommend this book -- I think it's the best book I've read so far this year. ... Read more

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Couldn't even finish this it was so bad!
If you can't stand the main character, it's kind of hard to read a book about them. I gave it a go...4/5th of one. But Diana is such a pushover wimp and so boring that I couldn't push myself to finish. In addition, the plot is slow and uninteresting, and the love interests are repugnant. Diana may be able to forgive her first "love" for screwing her and then leaving with some napkins to clean up with nary an "I'll call you," but I can't. And her old neighbor is nice, but seems so two dimentional. The reviews say Diana changes in the end, so maybe I jump the gun, but as a chick lit lover, I have to say this isn't even worth borrowing from the library!

after 32 pages, I quit
The writing feels awkward and forced. The main character is pathetic and emotionally/socially stunted at age 30-something. She acts like an extra 50 pounds is equal to 400 pounds. After 32 pages, I decided to see what everyone else was saying. Is this book really worth my time? Those who had the same problems with it that I did . . . are saying no.

Strong start - Disappointing end
I checked this book out of the library and am really glad that I didn't purchase it.Much like other Red Dress Ink books I have enjoyed, the first half of this book was mostly light-hearted, humorous and hard to put down.Sadly, somewhere just after the halfway point of this book I switched from a curious reader to one who just wanted to get the book finished.

Diana started out as a character I think many women can relate to as she discussed life as a single girl wanting to be in a solid relationship, enjoyable job and in better physical shape.I enjoyed reading about the things that annoyed her while she worked at the diner and how she just didn't look forward to eating healthy and exercising.I even enjoyed reading about the time she spent with her elderly best friend.

Eventually I got annoyed with the storyline surrounding Diana.A one-night stand ended up turning into a lot more drama that didn't seem likely to happen in the real world (at least not the real world that I am a part of).The twist toward the end did help to wrap things up and bring the story to a conclusion, but it all played out strange and unrealistically in my eyes.

That said, I am not sorry that I finished the book.It was a quick read and did have some moments that made me chuckle and think about previous feelings I've had about life as a single gal.I really enjoyed the journal entries that showed up every couple of chapters - they were a nice touch.If you need an easy read to get you through some traveling, I would recommend this title, but I don't think I can recommend paying full price for it.Check it out from a library, borrow it from a friend or buy it used!

Funny, light, but deals with some serious topics
I thought this book was pretty good.The humor at times made me laugh out loud.I disagree with some of the comments about this book just sending the simplistic, wrong message, "Lose weight and everything will be great."I don't think this book meant that at all.Yes, weight is one of Diana's struggles, but her struggle with self-esteem & complacency are her main problems.Her lack of self esteem prevents her from finding a better, more fulfilling job and keeps her shut up in her apartment so she can't make any friends.Afterall, when she decided to turn her life around after an "epiphany," she started to change all the parts of her life she was unhappy about:started looking for another job, going to the bar, shopping, avoiding desserts and exercising.That scene of lunch with Diana and her mom where they laughed for what seemed the first time, made her happy too.It wasn't just the weight.

While Diana was at times naive and goofy(ie pregnancy scare), overall I thought she was an endearing character.I also enjoyed the character of the elderly neighbor/best friend.She was wise, kind, and a fun person for Diana to talk to and hang out with.

I did think the crash through the cafe window was unneccessary, although it did serve to bring Diana and her mom closer together.And I had hoped the character of Michelle could have appeared one more time to experience some sort of humiliating incident.

Talent
This book displays talent. Lindsay Faith is a wonderful author and I would read her again. This is really different from standard chick lit and I think you will love it.

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Often Ernest Hemingway is described as a larger than life figure--and now we know he really was. When Leicester Hemingway died, he left an audio memoir of his adventures hunting with his older brother, Ernest. Hunting with Hemingway, the transcript of these fireside stories, takes one into the truly dangerous adventures--and real-life dress rehearsals--that inspired this literary giant. Found in these tales are the seeds of some of Hemingway's early short stories; their U-Boat chase harkens to Island in the Stream, while wrestling ostrich in Africa is reminiscent of The Green Hills of Africa.In each incredible story, Ernest puts his younger brother into life-threatening situations--only to rescue him at the last moment. Told by Leicester's daughter Hilary, listeners will feel not only the vigorous souls and vivid action of two bold adventurers, but also a daughter's search to connect with her lost family. Hunting with Hemingway is an exciting choice for dedicated Hemingway fans--or anyone who thrills to a good adventure tale.Amazon.com Review
Hilary Hemingway's father, Leicester Hemingway, committed suicide in 1982, 21 years after his famous older brother, Ernest. In 1997, Hilary's mother died and left her a mysterious audiocassette of Leicester telling hunting stories at the family home in Miami Beach. Are the stories true? Interjections by Leicester's wife and a good friend suggest they are well-polished yarns, designed to deflect Ernest idolaters like the unnamed English professor whose nervous laugh and awkward questions punctuate the recording. Does it matter if they're true? "These stories are really good," says Hilary's 7-year-old daughter. "I even like them and I really hate hunting." Indeed, Leicester's suspenseful tales of stalking crocodiles, ostriches, and tigers with his adored big brother evoke the glamorous Hemingway world of men pitted against beasts as a test of courage and grace under pressure. Listening to the recording on her daughter's purple Barney tape player, the author rediscovers "the big, laughing man" who taught her "to enjoy whatever life might throw at me"; shethen comes to terms with his suicide in the face of a debilitating illness. Skillfully interweaving her father's voice with her own reflections in her meditative text, the author reminds us that the Hemingway legacy is not just one of swaggering machismo, but of love for family and pleasure in the physical world. --Wendy Smith ... Read more

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Tall tales.
Just a bunch of made-up tall tales, allegedly based on a mysterious tape recording uncovered by the author after her parents' death.The tape is probably the biggest tall tale of them all. If you're interested in facts, skip this one.Sorry I wasted my money.

Kirkus's Glowing Review
Why isn't this excellent Kirkus review listed on your site along with the less-than-favorable ones from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal?Here's what Kirkus has to say:

Hemingway and Lindsay (Dreamland,1998) carry the Hemingway traditions of hunting family, and storytelling into the new millennium.

After her mother's death in 1997, Hilary, the daughter of Ernest's younger brother Leicester inherits an audiocassette. On the tape is a recording of a fireside story telling session given by Leicester who had committed suicide 15 years earlier. Hilary transcribes these tales she has never heard before, weaving them with the chatter of his fireside companions and with her own feelings and the result is a book that rejoices in the simple beauty of a story. A huntsman and writer like his brother, Leicester describes adventures that he and Ernest experienced around the globe-with tales of nighttime crocodile hunts and slim escapes from stone- throwing baboons. Together, Leicester and his brother-often his savior-make a dynamic duo, and his tales are awesome, admirable, and a bit incredible. The pair escapes vicious packs of cannibal dogs, kills a king cobra, captures wild ostriches in Africa, and slays a Komodo dragon in the Far East. Or do they? As Hilary, Lindsay and their daughters listen to the recording, they just can't decide whether these are true stories or tall tales. Here, the story becomes a personal and touching one as well. Leicester Hemingway chose "the family exit" rather than suffer a double amputation make necessary by his diabetes. Hearing her father's stories helps Hilary finally mourn his loss and gain a new perspective on her family tradition.

Hilary honors her father and celebrates her family legacy with this collection of fantastic hunting stories.

a delightful book
This is a delightful book. Don't let the boorish reviews fromPublishers Weekly and Library Journal (listed here on Amazon) mislead you. It's a charming story.

Yet another talented Hemingway
Its too bad Leicester Hemingway did not mine his own life for stories. I've never been able to find anything written by him other than "My Brother, Ernest Hemingway," and that was a fairly average read. Other than some insights and background it possessed to which only Leicester might ever have been privy it wasn't particularly noteworthy.Still, that book did hint that the talent in the family stretched beyond Ernest, and now Hilary Hemingway comes along to prove that fact.

This book has been attacked in some quarters as being pure fiction and, unfortunately, Hilary destroyed the only evidence that might have help prove that the source of the many tales therein was indeed her father, Leicester Hemingway. The tales recounted within are reputedly those left behind by her father on an audiocassette. But Hilary destroyed the only copy which is, admittedly odd, given that the tapes also apparently helped her to come to terms with her relationship with her father.

Hilary came into possession of the tape some fifteen years after her father commited suicide, a suicide which further added to the tragedy and myth of mental illness leading to suicide being an inherited trait in the family. Leicester was prompted to commit suicide when he lost his legs to diabetes. Hilary stuggled for years to forgive him.

This book recounts both stories of her father's adventuring (some with his more famous brother, Ernest, and some on his own)and the story of the process of how she came to grips with her father's decision to commit suicide. It is a book both about her father's life and her personal process of healing after his death. As we see in reading this book, which is actually relatively short, Hilary is a very talented writer. Although I should point out her husband, Jeffrey Lindsay, was a co-author on this book so where Hilary's work begins and ends is not certain.

Regardless, its a very compelling read whether the stories of her father are fiction or not. Frankly, most of them sound very plausible (a few do stretch the limits of credibility) and I guess we will just have to take her word that Leicester did indeed leave a recording containing these stories.

I only hope we have not heard the last from Hilary Hemingway because she appears to have a true talent for writing.

Hunting for forgiveness.
This book was a joy to read. The tales are basically told by Leicester as they were recorded on an old casette tape.The man is pulling your leg so just go with it and enjoy yourself. In the end you will find that the book is not about Ernest at all. It is about a daughter coming to terms with the passing of her beloved father. If you gain nothing more from reading this bookthan learning that Leicester was a fantastic storyteller then it is time well spent. ... Read more

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Justice has become a distant ideal for disenchanted FBI agent Jack Kincade. Once a bright light of the Bureau, he lives in a seedy motel with his loyal Border collie, his largely off-duty hours dominated by rotgut vodka spiked with hot sauce and an unusual sideline: robbing banks. Then he gets a call about a cold case that has just come back to haunt the Bureau in the worst possible way.

FBI veteran Paul Lindsay's fifth FBI thriller, Traps, portrays an agency wracked by apathy and infighting. But attention is soon paid to a three-year-old unsolved kidnapping when the victim's father places an unmovable eight-hundred-pound bomb under the Cook County Jail and its fifteen thousand inmates and demands that his daughter be found. And the brand-new agent in charge learns that Kincade, of all his agents, is his best bet to solve the case. Kincade is soon roused out of his motel room by Ben Alton, a black agent who has lost a leg to cancer and just returned to duty to be relegated to coordinating the unsolved bank larcenies Kincade's been so busy committing. With so much to lose, Kincade joins Alton, and they surprise themselves when, within a few short hours, they solve the kidnapping. But Alton is taunted by unanswered questions and nags Kincade to stay with the case. As the red herrings fall away, this unlikely team faces a pathological adversary with a vengeance so self-serving he threatens the lives and families of the agents themselves.

Paul Lindsay has filled Traps with his most complex protagonists to date and rich Bureau detail. An ingenious tour de force that lays bare the internal dissension within the FBI, along with the inner souls of its characters, Traps is Paul Lindsay's most gripping and authentic novel yet.Amazon.com Review
Jack Kincade is no lantern-jawed poster boy for the FBI--in fact, he's a bank robber and an explosives expert. But his new boss in the Chicago bureau doesn't know that, and even though he doesn't like Kincade's attitude or his independent streak, he needs all the manpower he can get: the victim of an unsolved kidnapping has threatened to detonate an 800-pound bomb under the Cook County Jail unless the Feds find his daughter. Assigned to work with Ben Alton, an agent with an artificial leg and a chip on his shoulder, Kincade solves the 3-year old case in record time. But someone besides the victim's father has an even bigger grudge against the FBI, and even though Jack and Ben know who it is, more people will die before the killer kidnaps Ben's daughter and the trap the agents set for him drives this solid thriller to its riveting conclusion. --Jane Adams ... Read more

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A Very Different Take: Traps by Pual Lindsay
As readers of Paul Lindsay novels know, the former FBI agent often portrays the modern day FBI in a less than flattering manner. What John Grisham did for layers in his novels, Paul Lindsey has done for the FBI. However, usually Paul Lindsey novels have at their core an agent hero fighting a flawed system where stats and appearances weigh more heavily than actual police work. In this thoroughly depressing novel, which also lacks any shred of humor found in his other works, the hero is fatally flawed on so many levels; the conclusion becomes anti-climatic and expected.

Jack Kincade is an alcoholic, a degenerate gambler according to his ex-wife's attorney, a non-existent father to his son, Cole, and a burned out FBI agent. Emotionally dead to himself and others, he spices up his life by robbing banks using a technique perfected years ago involving night deposits. Assigned to investigate those same cases, which are very low dollar in terms of risk and reward, he has managed to dead end them all to this point. However, a lie can only be sustained so long.

Thanks to the unexpected re-opening of a three-year-old kidnapping case after the frustrated father plants a bomb under the local jail, Jack Kincade's world slowly begins to its final collapse. Partnered with Agent Ben Alton who is currently in remission form cancer after doctors amputated part of one leg, they begin to work the case. But in so doing, while successful on one level, Alton makes a fatal error in judgment with massive repercussions for everyone. With all the speed and emotion of geologic plates, this novel grinds toward a steadily darker life for all the characters involved in this novel.

This certainly is not the best that Paul Lindsey has to offer. Virtually all the characters involved in this 260-page novel, are robotic in thought, emotion, and deed. That fact coupled with the incredible amount of loathing and self hatred expressed by many of these characters is appalling. The redeeming motivations found in his works are sadly lacking in this effort. Hopefully, this book is not a sign that like his fictional characters; Paul Lindsey is burned out as an author.

Really Liked
This is definitely one of Mr Lindsay's best FBI novels to date.Jack Kincaid, our tragic hero, is someone I felt sorry for, yet admired at the same time, flaws and all.Loved his detecting skills.The story was riveting and came to a thrilling climax.I'd pretty much figured out the ending, so was kind of reluctant to finish because I didn't want to be right.Overall, a very enjoyable FBI procedural, with a likable tragic hero.Looking forward to what comes next from Mr Lindsay.

You'll get caught in the author's trap...
As the title implies, traps of various kinds pepper the plot, including "bank traps," which underachieving FBI agent Jack Kincade uses to rip off bank night deposit drops. The money doesn't go towards supporting an affluent lifestyle; this down-and-out divorcee is living in a dive motel, drinking cheap vodka, and driving a battered minivan. But poker money has to come from somewhere.

Jack, who's found all the ways to dodge work a bureaucracy can offer, must investigate a massive bomb threat. A desperate man planted the bomb hoping to force the FBI to finally solve his daughter's murder. Jack partners with Ben Alton to follow some leads.

The two couldn't be more different. Ben, a family man, is a go-getter who worked his way up from the projects. He sets his mind to something and doesn't give up. But he's not working at 100% because he recently lost the lower half of his leg to cancer, and though he's back a month early to help with the investigation, the boss assigns him to desk duty for his own safety.

Of all the available agents, these two seem the least likely to succeed, but Jack's sharp powers of deduction and Ben's unstoppable energy work together well, and with some luck, the old crime issolved. But questions still remain, and the pair dig deeper to find another more-horrifying layer of murderous revenge. They must stay one step ahead of the villain and his traps; Jack's got to stay ahead of the FBI's internal police.

This audiobook had me hooked from start to finish. The pace never slows, nor does it move too fast that you can't understand what's happening. I'm no expert on the FBI, but the author certainly made me feel I was inside the organization, with its politics and personalities. Some events stretched the limits of disbelief, but I don't think they went too far.

As for the performance by the reader, it was mostly OK, but I have a few compaints. The voice of Jack was very gruff. At first I didn't think I'd want to sit through a whole book with that voice. I got used to it, but I never really liked it. He also mispronounced "interment" as "internment." My biggest gripe however is how his voice dropped off at the end of sentences. Since Ilisten while driving, hearing those words was quite a problem.

And sure, the "odd couple" pairing of Ben and Jack has been done to death, but this author pulled it off. They fire off some funny lines and it never became tiresome. The writing style is clear, never overwrought.This book isn't the same old thing. It's actually darn good.

fascinating crime thriller
It has been three years since his daughter has been kidnapped and the FBI still has not the slightest idea what happened to Leah Ziven.Her father Conrad builds a bomb and plants it under the Cook County jail, which houses over 15,000 prisoners.Only he has the combination to disarm the bomb and he won't give it out until they find his daughter.

FBI agent Jack Kincade, a man who robs banks as a sideline is partnered with Ben Alton, an amputee victim with something to prove.The hastily formed team finds the girl's body and the ransom at an abandoned shack.Leah's father gives them the data they need to remove the bomb but that doesn't end the case because the killer is still out there.Ben and Jack (not Jerry, silly) are on his case, trying to break him, a very dangerous thing to do to a psychopath with nothing left to lose.

TRAPS is a fascinating crime thriller due to the enigmatic anti-hero Jack Kincade.He's a drunk and a gambler who cut off all communication with his son.He robs banks to support his gambling habit yet in spite of all these failing, readers feel drawn to this bad boy because they sense there is a kernel of decency and goodness buried in his heart, waiting to bloom under the right conditions.Paul Lindsay will appeal to readers who like the novels of Patricia Cornwell and Robert W. Walker.

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The mysteries are too close for comfort for Dr. Megan Rhys!
There are mysteries that hit you between the eyes with a 2X4, they are so obvious.There are others that pull the bad guy out of the woodwork at the last second, as in "where did HE come from?"

Then there is Strange Blood: A Crime Novel, by Lindsay Jayne Ashford.Think of her writing style as a cross between P.D. James (a complement)and Patricia Cornwell (less so).

Here we have forensics psychologist Dr. Rhys, investigating a series of gruesome murders.Is there a connection among the victims?Is her sister a target?Then there is Rhys with her own personal relationships and demons.

What I liked about this novel was that you didn't have to have read the first book about Dr. Rhys in order to enjoy this one.The plot weaves to and fro, with the reader thinking that "Ah-ah!I know who dunnit!"Then your earlier impressions come crashing to the floor, and a new theory pops up.

I look forward to another book by Lindsay Jayne Ashford.

Dr. Megan Rhys is up to the challenge in this thriller
Reviewed by Knevits Stephens

Megan has a few things going for her. She has Patrick, her boyfriend of five months, and a good job. Megan is Dr. Megan Rhys, a forensics psychologist. Megan and Patrick had been to Dublin for a few days together. On the plane home she checks her phone to make sure it is off for the flight. Upon landing, she turns her cell phone back on and sees that she has messages. She receives a call from Steve Foy, a detective, who tells her that there has been a murder and she is needed.

The victim had been stabbed to death and a 5-point star was carved into her head. The detectives are trying to decide if it is cult related or a sexual killer who is trying to cover his tracks.

Detective Foy believes that the murder is cult related and doesn't look into other angles. Megan is starting to believe that maybe he is not to be trusted.

Other women are showing up dead. The police are still looking at just the one suspect who they believe is the killer. As the interrogations take place, lots of secrets are being revealed.

Megan decides she is going to find out who the killer is, and learn why he is killing. She is starting to have people turn on her, even ones she loves, but that won't stop her from solving this case. She is determined to see it through to the end.

There are so many questions to answer. Is it a crime of passion or a black magic ritual? Are the killings personal or a stalking? Why use the pentagram if not a killing from a cult? Read this book to find out how all the little things add up to a killer and learn the reason why.

I really liked the story. There are some graphic details in the book but overall an exciting read.

Armchair Interviews says: A chilling thriller with a forensic specialist as the main character.

tense serial killer thriller
In England forensic psychologist Dr. Megan Rhys heads the Heartland University Department of Investigative Psychology as well as providing consulting services to the British police.Currently Megan has personal issues with a former Ph.D. student, which she hopes to derail before she runs into professional condemnation.

To occupy her mind and escape her troubles, Megan is profiling a serial killer who carves pentagrams on the foreheads of his victims.Looking into the background of the first victim wife and mother Tessa Ledbury, Megan learns the deceased was involved with Wiccan coven chief Sean Raven.Wolverhampton Detective Superintendent Steve Foy assumes between the Raven connection and the etching that the occult, probably one of the witches, is involved.Megan has doubts re Foy's theory especially as the murder count rises, but struggles to offer a counterpoint even as she profiles the killer.

STRANGE BLOOD, the sequel to FROZEN, is a tense serial killer thriller starring an engaging heroine.Megan is terrific as once again she struggles with a police superintendent although Foy is nothing like West Midlands Police Detective Superintendent Martin Leverton of FROZEN fame who wanted Megan to fail.Readers will enjoy Megan's profiling efforts as things don't go quite smoothly as she tries to make the puzzle fit in a constantly morphing arrangement in which either she has to many pieces or lacks pieces.

Harriet Klausner
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