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New Books for Summer - July 2024

 


Welcome to our July Newsletter, which includes a selection of new and forthcoming natural history titles to enjoy over the Summer months. 


Highlights include:


* The long-awaited, Conservation of Dragonflies, by Michael Samways
* The new edition of A Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles
Vol. 2 of Duff's Beetles of Britain and Ireland is in the final stages of preparation, and should be published in September
. (If you have already placed an order there is no need to order again - we will have your order recorded).


* Two new orchid guides due out soon:
 - Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, by C. Kreutz
 - Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean, published by RBG Kew.


Our team is also currently cataloguing a large library of orchid books, which contains many unusual used and collectable items. You may browse the collection here:
Browse the orchid lover’s library


Ian & Julie Johnson and the team at Pemberley Books


 


 

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The Damselflies and Dragonflies of Sussex: their status and distribution

by Martin, A.; Linington, S.; Foreman, B.

Cat No. : 59647, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 170 col photos

Paperback £20.00

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The Damselflies and Dragonflies of Sussex is an update on the Dragonflies of Sussex published in 2005. There have been many changes in the distribution, and some new species arriving (more)


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Conservation of Dragonflies: Sentinels of Freshwater Conservation

by Samways, M.J.

Cat No. : 53596, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos, col illus

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This is the first, comprehensive, modern text on the conservation of this iconic group of insects. Dragonflies are sensitive to the health of freshwater systems, and the quality of vegetation along (more)


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A Guide to Butterflies of Borneo

by Chung, A.Y.C.; Bosuang, S.; Chan, C.L.; Peng, T.T.

Cat No. : 60137, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos

Paperback £54.00

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Cat No. : 60136, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos

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Butterflies have long been admired for their beauty and ecological importance. Borneo, known for its rich biodiversity, is home to over 960 butterfly species, with 81 species unique to the (more)


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A Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles

by Agassiz, D.; Beavan, S.; Heckford, B. (Eds)

Cat No. : 59247, Published : 2024

Paperback £24.99

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2nd revised and updated edition. The first edition was published in 2013 by the Royal Entomological Society. This second edition has been fully revised and updated by the same editors. It (more)


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Orthoptera and Dermaptera (The Grasshoppers, Groundhoppers, Crickets and Earwigs of Central and Northern Britain and Ireland)

by Williams, D.W.

Cat No. : 59740, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos

Paperback £12.50

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The British and Irish Orthoptera consist of a relatively small number of large and often conspicuous species, all can with experience, be identified in the field. This identification guide covers the (more)


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Hairy-foot, long-tongue: Solitary bees, biodiversity & evolution in your backyard

by Perkins, D.J.

Cat No. : 54686, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 250+ photos, col illus

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This introductory book explains bee biology and diversity complemented with beautiful drawings and photographs. It forms an essential companion to a field guide, an accessible and affordable (more)


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Stoats, Weasels, Martens & Polecats (New Naturalist 149)

by MacPherson, J.

Cat No. : 53813, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos

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A definitive account of the bright-eyed assassins of the British countryside.

Stoats, weasels, martens and polecats belong to the mustelid family, along with badgers and otters, and feral American (more)


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Dragonfly-Friendly Gardening

by Mackenzie Dodds, R.

Cat No. : 59362, Published : 2024

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Learn from Britain's leading dragonfly expert how to invite dragonflies and damselflies into your garden and create the conditions for them to thrive.

In this compact and accessible wildlife (more)


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Cahier d’identification des Orthoptères de France, Belgique, Luxembourg et Suisse

by Sardet, E.; Roesti, C.; Braud, Y.

Cat No. : 58108, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col illus, col photos, maps

Hardback £39.00

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Text French. 2nd edition. Designed for the field, this new edition of this exhaustive and unique guide to Orthoptera brings together more than 260 grasshoppers and crickets from France, Belgium, (more)


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Routledge Handbook of Insect Conservation

by Pryke, J.S.; Samways, M.J.; New, T.R.; Cardoso, P.; Gaigher, R. (Eds)

Cat No. : 58253, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 53 col photos, 20 col illustrations, 13 tables

Hardback £215.00

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This handbook presents a comprehensive overview of insect conservation and provides practical solutions to counteract insect declines, at a time where insects are facing serious threats across the (more)


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The Good Bug: A Celebration of Insects - and What We Can Do to Protect Them

by McGavin, G.

Cat No. : 58393, Published : 2024, Illustrations : b/w line drawings

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Following on from the success of The Good Bee, this beautifully illustrated celebration of insects by leading entomologist George McGavin highlights the pivotal role they play in our (more)


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Planet Insect: How insects conquered the Earth

by Nicholls, S.

Cat No. : 59361, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 200 col photos

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Insects are the most successful group of animals ever to have lived: they comprise a million species and perhaps 10 quintillion individuals. Much of life on earth depends on the activities of these (more)


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What Do Bees Think About?

by Lihoreau, M.; Duncan, A. (Trans.)

Cat No. : 59116, Published : 2024

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Bees in particular exhibit unexpected and fascinating cognitive skills. In What Do Bees Think About? animal cognition researcher Mathieu Lihoreau examines a century of research into insect (more)


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Annelida

by Rouse, G.; Pleijel, F.; Tilic, E.

Cat No. : 58499, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 16 page plate section, 155 col photos + illus

Paperback £49.99

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Cat No. : 48185, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 16 page plate section, 155 col photos + illus

Hardback £147.50

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New in paperback. Annelids (the segmented worms) exist in a remarkably diverse range of mostly marine but also freshwater and terrestrial habitats, varying greatly in size and form. Annelida (more)


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A Sky Full of Kites: A Rewilding Story

by Bowser, T.

Cat No. : 58636, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 8 col plates

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Foreword by Gordon Buchanan. Red kites were once Britain's most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they'd been wiped out in Scotland and England following centuries of ruthless persecution. When (more)


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Bird Pellets: A Complete Photographic Guide

by Drewitt, E.

Cat No. : 56287, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 500+ photos

Paperback £27.95

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This book is the first comprehensive guide to bird pellets, the undigested remains of food that form together into a ball or sausage-like shape and are regurgitated. It showcases the range of pellets (more)


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The Birds of Cyprus: An Annotated Checklist

by Flint, P.

Cat No. : 59243, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 67 col photos, 3 figs

Paperback £45.00

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Storm-petrels

by Thomas, R.

Cat No. : 56032, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : 150 col photos

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Cat No. : 56033, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : 150 col photos

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The definitive work on the European Storm-petrel and its relatives, by one of the world's leading experts on the species.

Imagine a bird as small as a sparrow, which lives most of its life on the (more)


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Identifying Migratory Birds by Sound in Britain and Europe

by Wroza, S.

Cat No. : 57879, Published : 2024, Illustrations : photos and sonograms

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Identify migrants at dusk or at night with this book, containing detailed text on flight and contact calls, annotated sonograms and QR codes to the calls themselves.

Every spring and autumn, (more)


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The East Atlantic Flyway of Coastal Birds: 50 Years of Exciting Moments in Nature Conservation and Research

by Prokosch, P. (Ed.)

Cat No. : 57008, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos + illus

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The East Atlantic Flyway is a spectacular migratory route for millions of shorebirds, covering 16,000 kilometers from Arctic breeding grounds to wintering destinations in Europe and (more)


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Snakes & Snakebite in Southern Africa

by Marais, J.

Cat No. : 58501, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 120 col photos

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3rd revised editon. An essential guide to identifying all dangerous snakes in the region, as well as several commonly encountered harmless snakes, Snakes and Snakebite in Southern Africa also (more)


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Twelve Trees: And what they tell us about our past, present and future

by Lewis, D.

Cat No. : 60117, Published : 2024

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Twelve amazing species of trees that can teach us about our past, present and future.

In Twelve Trees, professor Daniel Lewis takes us around the world - from Australia to the United States, (more)


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A Photographic Guide to Small Mammal Bones in Barn Owl Pellets

by Ramsey, S.J.; Crawley, D.

Cat No. : 60115, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos

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This guide has been specially created to help those dissecting owl pellets to identify and submit records of small mammals present in the pellets to the Mammal Society, in order to help biological (more)


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Key to Hawkweeds in Gloucestershire

by Rich, T.

Cat No. : 60028, Published : 2024, Illustrations : photos

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Hawkweeds are the ultimate botanist’s challenge with some 420 species in the UK. Identifying them in Gloucestershire is made a lot easier when the list is narrowed down to the 49 we are likely to (more)


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Drawing Nature: The Creative Process of an Artist, Illustrator, and Naturalist

by Feltner, L.M.

Cat No. : 56294, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 530+ col + b/w illus

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A visually stunning exploration of the artistic process by an award-winning nature artist.

Drawing Nature presents the creative process of an acclaimed nature artist, guiding readers from (more)


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Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae

by Young, C.M.; Sewell, M.A.; Boyle, M.J. (Eds)

Cat No. : 55625, Published : 2024, Illustrations : illus

Paperback £135.00

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2nd edition. Provides the most vital and updated scientific content on the biology, ecology and evolution of marine larval forms.

Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae, Second Edition covers (more)


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Landscape and Landforms of the North Cotswolds

by Jeans, P.

Cat No. : 60032, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos, col maps

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Describes and illustrates the principal landforms of the North Cotswolds, and how they were formed through time. It was originally published as a series of articles in GNS News from 2020-2023. (more)


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Marianne North: A Victorian Painter for the 21st Century

by Howarth-Gladston, L.

Cat No. : 58395, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 111 col illus

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This lavishly-illustrated book re-assesses the work of the nineteenth-century botanical painter Marianne North (1830-1890) and the purpose-built gallery that houses her paintings at the Royal (more)


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Butterflies of Vietnam. Vol. 5: Pieridae

by Monastyrskii, A.

Cat No. : 58272, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : 34 col plates

Paperback £39.50

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The fifth volume of the monographic series “Butterflies of Vietnam”. This volume is about the family Pieridae – one of the most popular groups of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. The format of the new (more)


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Beetles of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2: Staphylinidae

by Duff, A.G.

Cat No. : 27107, Published : SEPT 2024, Illustrations : 60 plates with 360 col photos, b/w photos; b/w line drawings

Hardback £119.00

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Volume 2 covers just the very large family Staphylinidae or rove beetles. An extended preface to this volume provides information on finding rove beetles, collecting equipment, identification tips, (more)


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Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland: Third Edition - Fully revised and updated

by Ball, S.; Morris, R.

Cat No. : 51408, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : 660 col photos, 53 tables 162 maps

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3rd fully revised and updated edition. A new, improved and updated edition of the bestselling photographic guide Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to the (more)


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Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

by Kreutz, C.A.J.

Cat No. : 55872, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : c. 4000 col photos + illus

Hardback £39.95

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This guide presents the first comprehensive overview of all named orchid taxa from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Nomenclature, type information, a description, and notes on etymology, (more)


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Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean

by Kühn, R.; Pedersen, H.Æ.; Cribb, P.

Cat No. : 58502, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : 2000 col plates, 300 maps

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2nd edition. An updated, comprehensive guide to the orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 2nd edition is a comprehensive (more)


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The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Its Rise and Fall

by Maeckle, M.

Cat No. : 59651, Published : AUG 2024, Illustrations : 20 b/w illus

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Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico. Their incredible journey - nearly 3,000 miles long - takes them through Oklahoma, Texas, and other US states, where butterfly (more)


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Die Borken- und Eichenkernholzkäfer in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz [The Bark Beetles and Oak Pinhole Borers of Germany, Austria and Switzerland]

by Rohe, W.

Cat No. : 45062, Published : AUG 2024, Illustrations : c. 600 col figs

Hardback £76.95

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Text German. Bark beetles (Scolytinae; Curculionidae) play a central role in Europe's forest ecosystems. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland there are c. 125 species. This book acts as an (more)


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The Bridleway: How Horses Shaped the British Landscape

by Francis-Baker, T.

Cat No. : 58900, Published : AUG 2024

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Tiffany Francis-Baker explores how the relationship between humans and horses has shaped the British landscape and how this connection has become part of our nation's ecosystems.

Many of us enjoy (more)


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ID Handbook of European Birds

by van Duivendijk, N.; Guyt, M.

Cat No. : 59354, Published : AUG 2024, Illustrations : 5500 col photos

Hardback £67.50 £90.00 (Save £22.50)

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2 volumes. A groundbreaking two-volume illustrated reference book covering all of Europe's birds. Would you like to be able to identify any bird species in Europe, in all plumages, in every season? (more)


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Birds of Vietnam

by Craik, R.C.; Minh, L.Q.

Cat No. : 58994, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : 1900+ illus, c. 870 distribution maps

Hardback £45.99

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2nd edition. Vietnam, home to rare secretive pheasants, jewel-like pittas, spectacular laughingthrushes and enigmatic babblers, is Asia’s most exciting new birding destination. A global biodiversity (more)


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The Fascinating World of Fungi

by Coleman, M.; Boddy, L. (Eds)

Cat No. : 59631, Published : AUG 2024, Illustrations : 50 col illus

Paperback £25.00

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The Fascinating World of Fungi introduces fungi and their importance in sustaining all life on Earth. People have had intimate associations with fungi for millennia. But most of us are unaware how (more)


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The Natural History of Blenheim's High Park

by Farjon, A. (Ed.)

Cat No. : 59358, Published : AUG 2024, Illustrations : col illus

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High Park, at Blenheim in Oxfordshire UK, is a SSSI of great significance for its numerous ancient oaks and the organisms associated with these trees. This book gives a detailed, lavishly illustrated (more)


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Wildbienen ganz nah: Die 100 häufigsten Arten schnell und sicher unterscheiden [Wild bees up close: Differentiate the 100 most common species quickly and reliably]

by Scheuchl, E.; Willner, W.

Cat No. : 45142, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : 400 col illus

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Text German. This novel identification book shows the most common and widespread native species. The typical identification features are explained directly on the photo and a separate chapter (more)


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The Casebearer Moths (Coleophoridae) of Northern Europe - Genitalia

by Tabell, J.; Siloaho, R.; Sippola, L.

Cat No. : 59079, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos, b/w line drawings

Hardback £125.00

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Text English/Finnish/Swedish. This is the first of two volumes to treat northern European casebearer moths (Coleophoridae), covering all 189 known species. All male and female genitalia illustrated (more)


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Suomen Perhoset ja Toukat Pt 1 [Finnish butterflies & moths and their caterpillars]

by Silvonen, K.; Kulmala, K.; Waselius, P.; Silvonen, J.

Cat No. : 59347, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos

Hardback £79.00

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Text Finnish. Part 1 covers the developmental stages of 268 species of Finnish butterflies and moths (Papilionoidea - Lasiocampoidea - Bombycoidea (incl. Sphingidae) - Drepanoidea- Notodontidae - (more)


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