Adam Usden

Adam Wagner

Adam Wasson

Adam Weymouth's work has been published widely, including in Granta, The Atlantic, The Observer and the BBC. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. He has been named by the National Writing Centre as one of ten writers shaping the UK's future.

Adam Weymouth

Adam Wisniewski-Snerg (1937-95) was born on the outskirts of Warsaw. His science fiction writing is largely focused around the consequences of totalitarianism. Although largely unread during his lifetime, after his suicide in 1995 his work began to receive major critical attention. He is now considered to be, along with Stanislaw Lem, one of Poland's greatest science fiction writers.

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Ade Edmondson

Adele Lang

Adele Nozedar is an author and photographer. Previously, she was in a cult indie band, then ran her own indie record label and became A&amp;R Director/General Manager of a major record company. 
 
Her wide-ranging passions are reflected in her books, which include The Hedgerow Handbook (2012), The Signs and Symbols Sourcebook (2011), The Secret Language of Birds (2006), and The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans (2013).

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Adele Puhn

Adeline Yen Mah

Adelle Waldman is a freelance writer and book critic. She worked as a reporter at the New Haven Register and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal's website. Her articles also have appeared in The New York Times Book Review,The New Republic,Slate,The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Adelle Waldman

Aditi Kakade Beaufrand is an Indian illustrator based in France. She likes experimenting with bright, happy colours. She grew up reading fairytales, watching animated films and imagining adventure stories, and her style is an embodiment of her Indian heritage and western culture. She loves animals and taking long walks on the beach, but she is never too far away from a pencil and a paper to draw her perception of the world.

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Aditya Chakrabortty

Adiva Geffen is a bestselling writer and playwright. Her plays have appeared on major stages in Israel, she lectures and leads numerous writing workshops and she is a board member of the Israeli Writers’ Association. 
 
 Geffen started out as a special-education teacher, before serving as the spokesperson for the Habima National Theatre for more than a decade. She founded and subsequently led the Israeli Theatre Award for ten years, and now serves as head of The Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association, the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. 
 
 Born in Haifa, Israel and the mother of three sons, Geffen now lives in Tel Aviv with her partner Aharon Meidan.

Adiva Geffen

Adnan Sarwar, 35, is a former British soldier who served in the Iraq War.  He has since worked as a military consultant to film and is a writer based in London.  Read more at www.adnansarwar.com / @adnansarwar

Adnan Sarwar

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Loos (1877-1933) was a leading Austro-Hungarian architect, perhaps most famous for the revolutionary 'Loos House' opposite the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, which caused outrage when it was built in 1912, and the wonderful American Bar, also in Vienna. He wrote extensively on architecture and design, working in reaction to the elaborate mass of decoration celebrated by the Vienna Secession movement.

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Adonis

Adriaan Van Dis

Adrian Bean

Adrian Bliss is a creator, writer and performer from London, best known for his comedy sketches which, explore everything from history to natural science to religion. Adrian's work has earned him nearly 20 million followers across social media and has been featured in CNN, The Times and Vogue. Adrian was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play Inside Everyone sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.

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Dan Charnas

Night after night, chefs and their crews are able to multitask and produce in a way that puts deskbound workers to shame. In Work Clean, Dan Charnas uncovers their secret: mise-en-place - the organizational system that transforms the lives of its practitioners through focus and self-discipline. 
 
Through interviews with top chefs working in professional kitchens all over the world, culinary students, line cooks and restaurant employees, Charnas reveals the ten major principles of mise-en-place -- including 'Arranging spaces', 'Finishing actions' and 'Slowing Down to Speed Up' -- and demonstrates how they can be used to boost productivity in all aspects of life.

Work Clean

The Life-Changing Power of Mise-En-Place to Organize Your Life, Work and Mind

Michael Hayman

Nick Giles

Business as usual is over. Today's winners have shifted from profit-hunting, to finding their mission and campaigning it relentlessly until it becomes a market reality that changes people's lives. 
 
Drawing on the experiences of tech innovators including Google and Airbnb, retail giant Whole Foods, and fast-growing British businesses Ella's Kitchen and Decoded, Mission reveals the power of purpose, culture and campaigning in the world-beating businesses of the future. 
 
It provides a roadmap for finding your defining purpose, honing it into a story that transforms your customers into advocates and becoming an unstoppable force with the power to change the world.

Mission

How the Best in Business Break Through

Bob Burg

John David Mann

Ben is an ambitious young executive charged with persuading 500 employee shareholders to agree to a merger that will save their company. But despite his best efforts, he can't convince anyone to buy in to the deal. 
 
During his week at the company, Ben realizes that his aggressive style is actually making it harder to reach his goals. 
 
Will Ben find a way to sway the shareholders before the climactic vote? The answer may surprise you, as you follow Ben on his journey to understanding that the path to genuine influence lies less in taking leadership than in giving it.

The Go-Giver Leader

A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business

Linda Rottenberg

These days everybody needs to think and act like an entrepreneur. We all need to be nimble, adaptive, daring - and maybe even a little crazy - or risk being left behind. 
 
But how do you take smart risks without risking it all? 
 
Whether you're serving coffee and fantasizing about launching a microbrewery or sitting at your desk brainstorming a new idea that can improve your company, Linda Rottenberg provides a road map to getting started, going bigger and achieving your dreams.

Crazy is a Compliment

The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags

Randall Lane

Forbes

Silicon Valley's newest billionaires are a unique and unconventional breed of entrepreneur: young, bold, and taking the world by storm with their extreme speed, insatiable hunger, and progressive leadership. They turn just one brilliant insight into money at a rate never before seen - creating companies that, even with no revenue, garner insane valuations. 
 
This book, introduced, edited, and updated by Forbes editor Randall Lane, is the first comprehensive look at who these instant tech billionaires are and how they achieved their quick wins. This definitive collection shares everything we can learn from these incredible game changers, and what their next moves spell for the future of business.

You Only Have To Be Right Once

The Rise of the Instant Billionaires Behind Spotify, Airbnb, WhatsApp, and 13 Other Amazing Startups

The Unprecedented Rise of the Instant Tech Billionaires

Nancy Duarte

Patti Sanchez

To envision the future is one thing, getting others to go there with you is another. By harnessing the power of persuasive communication you can turn your idea into a movement. 
 
In Illuminate, acclaimed author Nancy Duarte and communications expert Patti Sanchez equip you with the same communication tools that great leaders like Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to move people. 
 
In this visual and accessible communication guidebook, Duarte and Sanchez lay out a plan to help you lead people through the five stages of transformation using speeches, stories, ceremonies, and symbols and inspire those around you to support and execute your vision.

Illuminate

Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols

David Butler

Linda Tischler

Tomorrow's business winners need two things: scale and agility. The answer to both is design. 
 
For over a century, The Coca-Cola Company has used design to scale its flagship brand to over 200 countries. And in recent years it has sustained that growth while becoming even more agile - something most established businesses struggle with. 
 
In Design to Grow, Coca-Cola's vice president of Innovation and Entrepreneurship David Butler gives an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at Coca-Cola's design-led strategy for growth. He shows how any business can use the same approach to get to the next level.

Design to Grow

How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility (and How You Can, Too)

General Stanley McChrystal

David Silverman

Tantum Collins

Chris Fussell

As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal discarded a century of management wisdom and pivoted from a pursuit of mechanical efficiency to organic adaptability. 
 
In this book, he shows how any organization can make the same transition to act like a team of teams - where small groups combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share their experience. 
 
Drawing on a wealth of evidence from his military career and sources as diverse as hospital emergency rooms and NASA's space program, McChrystal frames the existential challenge facing today's organizations, and presents a compelling, effective solution.

Team of Teams

New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

The FT's weekly interview has become an institution. From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, the list reads like an international Who's Who of our times. 
 
Lunch with the FT is a selection of the best: 52 classic interviews conducted in the unforgiving proximity of a restaurant table. From Angela Merkel to Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Martin Amis to one of the Arab world's most notorious sons, this book brings you right to the table to decide what you think of or world's most powerful players.

Lunch with the FT

52 Classic Interviews

Larry Downes

Paul Nunes

It used to take years for new products and services to dethrone industry leaders. Now any business, in any industry, can be instantly devastated by a start-up offering something better and cheaper. How can you protect yourself, and harness the power of Big Bang Disruption? 
 
The good news is that any business can master the strategy of the start-ups. In this essential book, Larry Downes and Paul Nunes draw on extensive research by the Accenture Institute for High Performance and interviews across 30 industries to give you the tools to take control of your future.

Big Bang Disruption

Business Survival in the Age of Constant Innovation

The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works, the further away his goals seem to be. 
 
One day, desparate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter, he seeks advice from the enigmatic Pindar, a legendary consultant referred to by many devotees sinply as the Chairman. Over the next week, Pindar introduces Joe to a series of successful 'go-givers' who teach him how to open himself up to the power of giving.

The Go-Giver

A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

L. David Marquet

TIMELESS PRINCIPLES OF EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP | OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD 
 
‘One of the 12 best business books of all time’ USA Today 
 
‘The best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution’ Fortune 
 
‘David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes around only once in a generation. His ideas and lessons are invaluable' Simon Sinek, Start With Why 
 
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Captain David Marquet was used to giving orders. In the high-stress environment of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine, it was crucial his men did their job well. But the ship was dogged by poor morale, poor performance and the worst retention in the fleet. 
 
One day, Marquet unknowingly gave an impossible order, and his crew tried to follow it anyway. He realized he was leading in a culture of followers, and they were all in danger unless they fundamentally changed the way they did things. 
 
Marquet took matters into his own hands and pushed for leadership at every level. Before long, his crew became fully engaged and the Santa Fe skyrocketed from worst to first in the fleet. 
 
No matter your business or position, you can apply Marquet's approach to create a workplace where everyone takes responsibility for their actions, people are healthier and happier — and everyone is a leader.

Turn The Ship Around!

A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

Seth Godin

When was the last time you did something for the first time? 
 
Starting a new project is one of the most daunting experiences any person can go through. But if you're stuck at the starting line, you don't need more time or permission; you just need to poke. 
 
Poke the Box is a call to action about the initiative you're taking-in your job or in your life. Godin will help you contribute more, risk more, and face the possibility of failure without dread. 
Poke the Box just may be the kick in the pants you need to shake up your life.

Poke the Box

When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?

Al Pittampalli

In the last few years, meetings have earned a bad reputation. They're considered a waste of time by many, yet they remain a staple of all work environments. Instead of dreading the meeting, companies should work to bring structure and purpose back into the meeting. 
 
 Al Pittampalli proposes "The Modern Meeting" and its seven critical principles of effective meeting management. Pittampalli shares examples of transforming workplaces by revamping the purpose of the meeting and a company's meeting culture. Simply put, he wants companies to stop wasting time. 
 
 Read This Before Our Next Meeting is a call to action employees and their bosses need to create companies that do meaningful work.

Read This Before Our Next Meeting

How We Can Get More Done

Sophia Amoruso

The first thing Sophia Amoruso sold online wasn't fashion. It was a stolen book. At age 17 she was a dumpster-diving, shoplifting anarchist. By 29 she was the founder and CEO of Nasty Gal, a $100 million plus fashion empire. 
 
Filled with brazen wake-up calls ('You are not a special snowflake'), frank observations ('Failure is your invention'), and behind-the-scenes stories from Nasty Gal's meteoric rise, #GIRLBOSS is more than just Amoruso's story, it is a book for anyone seeking a unique path to success - even when that path is winding as all hell and lined with naysayers.

#Girlboss

Laura Vanderkam

Everyone has an opinion, anecdote, or horror story about powerful women in successful careers. But instead of relying on scattered stories, time management expert Laura Vanderkam decided to get some hard data. 
 
Looking at time-logs of 1,001 days in the lives of women who make at least $100,000 a year, Vanderkam found some surprising patterns: these women slept more than they thought, went to the gym, played with their children, and had lunches with friends. With examples from hundreds of women I Know How She Does It proves that you don't have to give up on the things you really want and offers specific strategies to help you build a life that works, one hour at a time.

I Know How She Does It

How Successful Women Make the Most of their Time

Itay Talgam

A conductor is an iconic symbol of leadership. But what does a maestro actually do to ensure cooperation, harmony and a flawless performance? The key is to embrace ignorance. 
 
For twenty years, orchestra conductor Itay Talgam has taught non-musicians the art of leading like a conductor - from CEOs to entrepreneurs, politicians to schoolteachers. Now, he brings that art to leaders everywhere. Featuring Talgam's anecdotes and insights, and six of the most iconic conductors as examples, The Ignorant Maestro will change the way you think about listening, humility and the path to unpredictable brilliance, and empower you to lead your team to greater harmony.

The Ignorant Maestro

How Great Leaders Inspire Unpredictable Brilliance

Alain de Botton

Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to have a measure of control over our lives. Yet for many of us, it is a straitjacket from which we cannot free ourselves. 
 
Criss-crossing the world to visit workplaces both ordinary and extraordinary, and drawing on the wit and wisdom of great artists, writers and thinkers, Alain de Botton explores our love-hate relationship with our jobs, to explain why it is we do what we do all day, and through sympathy, humour and insight, to seek to help us make the most of it.

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Douglas Stone

Sheila Heen

Feedback is everywhere. Friends, family, colleagues, doctors, even strangers - they all assess, coach and criticize our performance, personalities and appearance. Yet although we know that feedback is essential for relationships and careers, we dread it and even dismiss it. That's because although we want to learn and grow, we also want to be accepted just as we are. 
 
Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. In it, the world-renowned team behind the Harvard Negotiation Project offer a simple framework and powerful tools that show us how to take on life's blizzard of comments and advice with curiosity and grace.

Thanks for the Feedback

The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Guy Kawasaki

Fully revised and expanded for the first time in a decade, The Art of the Start 2.0 now features Guy Kawasaki's advice on the tools which make it easier than ever to get established - including social 
media, crowdfunding and cloud computing. 
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, own a business, or want to get more entrepreneurial within any organisation, this book will help you make your crazy ideas stick. It's an adventure that's more art than science - the art of the start.

The Art of the Start 2.0

The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

James Rickards

The US dollar is under attack from all sides. If - or when - it fails, the entire international monetary system will collapse. Again. The potential results: Financial warfare. Deflation. Hyperinflation. Market collapse. Chaos. 
 
Rickards offers a bracing analysis of the fundamental problem: money is transitory and ephemeral; wealth is permanent and tangible. Governments, banks, and institutions will muddle through, but the real victims will be small investors. Fortunately, it is not too late to prepare for the coming death of money. In this riveting book, James Rickards shows us how.

The Death of Money

The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System

Michael Raynor

Mumtaz Ahmed

In every sector there's an outlier. An exceptional company that faces the same difficulties as competitors, but constantly delivers superior results. What are they doing differently? And what can they teach us? 
 
The authors analysed 25,000 companies spanning forty-five years to find the answers. What they discovered were three clear rules that the most exceptional companies follow when faced with difficult decisions. With a powerful combination of detailed case studies and rigorous data analysis, reading, learning and applying The Three Rules will help your organization become truly exceptional.

The Three Rules

How Exceptional Companies Think

Peg Fitzpatrick

Whether you're promoting a business, a product, or yourself, the art of social media is crucial. In this definitive guide, Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist for Apple and one of the pioneers of business blogging, tweeting, facebooking and tumbling, teams up with Canva colleague Peg Fitzpatrick to reveal over 100 practical tips, tricks and insights that have driven their success. 
 
They present a ground-up strategy to guide you through building your foundation, amassing your digital assets, going to market, optimizing your profile, and effectively integrating social media and blogging. For beginners overwhelmed by choice to seasoned professionals, The Art of Social Media is full of tactics that have been proven to work. Or as Guy puts it, "Great Stuff, No Fluff."

The Art of Social Media

Power Tips for Power Users

Lauris Liberts

Startup Vitamins

Get Shit Done. Less Meetings, More Doing. Passion Never Fails. 
 
These mantras have bred the likes of Twitter and Instagram. Now the essence of the startup world has been captured in book form. 
 
There's rocket-fuelled insight from the pioneers of the Lean revolution, alongside timeless wisdom from Zuckerberg, Bezos and Jobs. 
 
Whenever you're in search of inspiration and motivation, pick up this book. And then Get Shit Done. 
 
 
'It's the new buzz acronym taking over the start-up world and kicking workers into action' -Evening Standard 
 
 
Lauris Liberts is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Startup Vitamins, which supplies motivation to the startup world. In Latvia he built the only European competitor of Facebook that's still locally dominant, then expanded globally with the Draugiem Group, Behappy.me and DeskTime. 
 
Startup Vitamins offers inspiration through posters, mugs, t-shirts and more. It's based in California and Latvia and ships globally - fast.

Get Shit Done

Jack Monroe

Cook locally and seasonally with 120 affordable, simple and delicious recipes from the bestselling and award-winning food writer and anti-poverty campaigner behind Tin Can Cook and A Girl Called Jack. 
 
'Every now and again a food writer with a fresh and authentic voice comes along, and Jack Monroe is that rare find' NIGELLA LAWSON 
 
A Year in 120 Recipes is a mouth-watering seasonal guide through how to make the most of the food around you. 
 
By dividing the year into six sections, Jack Monroe teaches us how to make the most of seasonal produce, with affordable and tasty recipes to please everyone. 
 
Recipes include: 
· Radish, Pea and Mint Risotto 
· Smoked Mackerel with Rhubarb Salsa 
· Lamb and Aubergine 'Baba Gosht' Curry 
· Brown Sugar Meringues with Blackberry Yoghurt 
 
Using accessible ingredients and easy-to-follow guidance, Jack's recipes are bursting with taste and goodness while always keeping to a tight budget. 
 
Let A Year in 120 Recipes help you discover simple cooking and delicious eating all year round. 
 
 
Praise for Jack Monroe: 
 
'Jack's recipes have come like a breath of fresh air in the cookery world' NIGEL SLATER 
 
'A terrific resource for anyone trying to cook nutritious and tasty food on a tight budget' Sunday Times 
 
'A plain-speaking, practical austerity cooking guide - healthy, tasty and varied' Guardian 
 
'A powerful new voice in British food' Observer 
 
'Packed with inexpensive, delicious ideas to feed a family for less' Woman and Home

A Year in 120 Recipes

Gregory Zuckerman

In 2006 the US was running out of energy. From running a city to turning on a lightbulb, the entire country depended on dwindling energy sources tied up in international politics. Then came the Frackers. 
 
Ambitious and headstrong, these few pioneers - some without degrees or backgrounds in geology - risked their livelihoods in the stubborn search under the soil. What they found transformed the nation, and the world. 
 
With exclusive access, award-winning reporter Gregory Zuckerman chronicles their untold story for the first time and explores just how dangerous fracking really is.

The Frackers

The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Energy Revolution

Josh Kaufman

Want to learn to paint, launch a business, fly a plane? Then pick up this book and set aside twenty hours to go from knowing nothing to performing like a pro. That's it. 
 
 Josh Kaufman, author of international bestseller The Personal MBA, has developed this brilliant approach to mastering anything fast. He shows how to break complexity into simple tasks, make the very best of your limited time and solve unexpected problems. 
 
 In The First 20 Hours you'll learn how to acquire any skill in record time - and have a lot of fun along the way.

The First 20 Hours

How to Learn Anything ... Fast

Sanjay Khosla

Mohanbir Sawhney

When Sanjay Khosla took charge of developing markets for Kraft Foods, the business was floundering. Six years later, annual sales had soared from $5 billion to $16 billion and profitability had increased by 50 percent. The secret? Go Fewer, Bigger, Bolder. 
 
Kellogg School professor Mohanbir Sawhney discovered a similar formula for stellar results when advising Fortune 500 companies. Together they have created a seven-step model for sustained profitable growth in any market and any company, from global giants to small startups. They challenge conventional wisdom and cross the usual boundaries - but they deliver extraordinary results. Fewer, Bigger, Bolder is a game-changing book that couldn't be more timely. Or more needed.

Fewer, Bigger, Bolder

From Mindless Expansion to Focused Growth

Frans Johansson

Success is random. But we can capture this randomness and turn it in our favour 
 
Microsoft Windows was on the brink of being shut down until two people met at a party. Starbucks sold brewing equipment until Howard Schultz experienced his first latte. 
 
According to bestselling author Frans Johansson, planning and careful analysis no longer guarantee success. These people capitalized on their luck and altered the course of their lives. The Click Moment shows how we can follow them, by taking advantage of these turning points, opening ourselves up to chance encounters and harnessing the forces of success that follow.

The Click Moment

Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World

Jeffrey Rothfeder

Since 1949, Honda has grown into the world's fifth largest automaker and top engine manufacturer. It continually creates, and improves, bestselling and award-winning models like the Civic, Accord and Pilot. But what drives this unique company? 
 
 Jeffrey Rothfeder believes it is their deep commitment to unorthodox management tenets - decentralization, simplicity, and cynicism toward the status quo. Insiders call it the Honda Way. 
 
 The first journalist allowed behind Honda's infamously private doors, Rothfeder has interviewed executives, engineers, and frontline employees to get to the heart of the company - to how it has maintained its innovation and flexibility, and how it successfully exports these across the globe.

Driving Honda

Inside the World’s Most Innovative Car Company

Described by his creator as 'short, fat and primitive', Evert Bäckström is a rather unique homicide detective but he is undeniably the real deal with it comes to modern policing. 
 
This series is blackly comic, thrillingly compelling and utterly real.

Bäckström

CAMP GOLD

Caedmon Aisquith

Cairo Trilogy

Can You Solve the Murder?

Capital

Care Bears

Cartoon Kid

Cath Kidston

A crime-fiction series with a twist - private investigator Catherine Berlin, is a damaged soul struggling with a heroin addiction, but she still manages to do her best, even when her own neck is on the chopping block.

Catherine Berlin

Celeste Express

Central Intelligence

Chaos and Flame

Charles Hayden

Charles Paris Dramatisations

Charlie Bass

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

Charlie and Lola

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Chevalier

Chinese Cinderella

Life at Tanglewood isn't all sleepovers, picnics and beach parties. Cherry, Summer, Skye, Coco and Honey all face some tough life challenges in this delicious series from bestselling girls' favourite Cathy Cassidy. Every sister has a secret to share. Which one will be your favourite?

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