Location: Maricopa, AZ 85139, United States

7PM MONDAY, MAY 20 Peter Heller: The dog stars A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR ATLANTIC MONTHLY, iTUNES, GUARDIAN, AMAZON, HUDSON BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, FLAVORWIRE, & SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Peter Heller visits with his fiction debut and staff favorite The dog stars.

"Extraordinary... one of those books that makes you happy for literature." — Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz

Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog and a gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. But when a random transmission beams through his radio, a hope ignites deep inside him that a better life exists somewhere. Risking everything, he follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could have hoped for.

A personal invitation from Changing Hands co-owner Gayle Shanks »

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Peter Heller is an award-winning adventure writer and long-time contributor to NPR. He is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and National Geographic Adventure and the author of The whale warriors. He lives in Denver, Colorado. He can be reached at peterheller.net.

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Annalee Newitz (Scatter, Adapt, and Remember)

Annalee Newitz is the founding editor of the science Web site io9.com and a journalist with a decade’s experience in writing about science, culture, and the future for such publications as Wired, Popular Science, and The Washington Post. She is the editor of the anthology She’s Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Geeky Stuff and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She lives in San Francisco. (added from Random House)… (more)

6:30-8:30PM WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Writing Workshop with Amira de la Garza: Finding Our Writing in Our Shadows ASU Associate Professor and Southwest Borderlands Scholar Amira de la Garza shares practices and writing exercises "to open spaces that can seem closed to your writing."

Drawing inspiration from the shadows in our lives and our blocked memories is not only possible, but those spaces can also be a rich source of material. Using her studies of Jungian work on the shadow, dreams, and embodied methodologies, de la Garza teaches shadow-work techniques to help you work out of your "blocked" or "triggered" spaces.

WORKSHOP DETAILS COST: $25 Registration and pre-payment at 480-730-0205. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AMIRA DE LA GARZA (formerly María Christina González) is an Associate Professor and Southwest Borderlands Scholar at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. She has held two Fulbright scholarships to Mexico, where she was inspired to create the Four Seasons of Ethnography. She directs the Innovative Inquiry Project at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at ASU, including the launch of a local press to publish and distribute innovative methodologies. She is working on her second book, and several collections of poetry. More »

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6PM THURSDAY, MAY 23 Summer Lovin' Tour: 5 Teen Authors, 1 Night! Five authors, one night!

Changing Hands is proud to be an official stop for the Summer Lovin' Tour with SARAH OCKLER (Book of Broken Hearts), KIMBERLY DERTING (Dead Silence), JESSI KIRBY (Golden), MORGAN MATSON (Second Chance Summer), and SHANNON MESSENGER (Let the Sky Fall), who present their newest teen novels.

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7PM THURSDAY, MAY 23 Summer Lovin' Tour: 5 Teen Authors, 1 Night! Five authors, one night!

Changing Hands is proud to be an official stop for the Summer Lovin' Tour with SARAH OCKLER (Book of Broken Hearts), KIMBERLY DERTING (Dead Silence), JESSI KIRBY (Golden), MORGAN MATSON (Second Chance Summer), and SHANNON MESSENGER (Let the Sky Fall), who present their newest teen novels.

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7PM FRIDAY, MAY 24 K. L. Armstrong and M. A. Marr: Loki's Wolves New York Times bestselling teen authors Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong present their debut novel for middle readers, Loki's Wolves, the first installment of the Blackwell Pages series.

Norse myths once predicted Ragnarök, the end of the world, that only the gods can stop. But those gods died a long time ago. Matt Thorsen, along with most people in the modern-day town of Blackwell, is a direct descendant of the dead gods. So when the rune-readers reveal that Ragnarök is coming, and kids—led by Matt—will stand in for the dead gods in the final battle, he can hardly believe it. Now he and his friends must race to put together an unstoppable team to prevent the end of the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Kelley Armstrong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Women of the Otherworld paranormal suspense series, Darkest Powers YA urban fantasy trilogy, and the Nadia Stafford crime series. Melissa Marr is the author of the New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series, Carnival of Souls, and Graveminder, as well as a manga series (Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales) and various short stories. She is also coeditor with Kelley Armstrong of the Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions and Shards and Ashes Anthologies. When not writing, editing, or traveling, Melissa is buried under a plethora of books, dogs, and children in Virginia.

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2-3:30PM SATURDAY, MAY 25 Chanting Workshop with Pinna Joseph: Purifying Chants and Medicine Melodies Chants from many world cultures can be purifying in nature. Additionally, we can create our own personal medicine melodies to aid in our healing journeys. At this workshop, we will develop our repertoire in these areas and deepen our own practice of chant. Chantress, sound artist, Yoga of the Voice™ instructor, and Somatic Sounding™ co-founder Pinna Joseph will conduct this workshop.

WORKSHOP DETAILS COST: $20 No previous singing experience required. Registration and pre-payment at 480-730-0205.

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Janni Lee Simner (Bones of Faerie, Thief Eyes, Faerie Winter, Faerie After)

Janni Lee Simner lives in the Arizona desert, where the plants know how to bite and even the dandelions have thorns. In spite of these things--or perhaps because of them--she's convinced she lives in one of the most stunning places on Earth. Janni has written the three books of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy--Bones of Faerie, Faerie Winter, and Faerie After--as well as a contemporary Icelandic fantasy, Thief Eyes. She's also published four books for younger readers and more than thirty short stories, including one in the Welcome to Bordertown anthology. (added from Random House)… (more)

6PM TUESDAY, MAY 28 Janni Lee Simner: Faerie After Bestselling novelist Janni Lee Simner visits to launch Faerie After, the final book in her Bones of Faerie fantasy trilogy.

After a devastating war between humanity and Faerie, the world was changed. Plants and trees became angry, and children, such as Liza, were discovered to have magical powers. Now there are signs of sickness in the forest, piles of ash left where living creatures once stood. Liza discovers that the Faerie realm is slowly turning to dust, and that its fate is inexorably linked to that of the human realm. To find a solution, Liza must risk crossing over, putting her life and all she cares about at risk.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Janni Lee Simner lives in the Arizona desert, where the plants know how to bite and even the dandelions have thorns. In spite of these things--or perhaps because of them--she's convinced she lives in one of the most stunning places on Earth. Janni has written the three books of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy as well as a contemporary Icelandic fantasy, Thief Eyes. She's also published four books for younger readers and more than thirty short stories, including one in the Welcome to Bordertown anthology.

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7PM TUESDAY, MAY 28 Janni Lee Simner: Faerie After Bestselling novelist Janni Lee Simner visits to launch Faerie After, the final book in her Bones of Faerie fantasy trilogy.

After a devastating war between humanity and Faerie, the world was changed. Plants and trees became angry, and children, such as Liza, were discovered to have magical powers. Now there are signs of sickness in the forest, piles of ash left where living creatures once stood. Liza discovers that the Faerie realm is slowly turning to dust, and that its fate is inexorably linked to that of the human realm. To find a solution, Liza must risk crossing over, putting her life and all she cares about at risk.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Janni Lee Simner lives in the Arizona desert, where the plants know how to bite and even the dandelions have thorns. In spite of these things--or perhaps because of them--she's convinced she lives in one of the most stunning places on Earth. Janni has written the three books of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy as well as a contemporary Icelandic fantasy, Thief Eyes. She's also published four books for younger readers and more than thirty short stories, including one in the Welcome to Bordertown anthology.

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7PM FRIDAY, MAY 31 Jen Sincero: You Are a Badass Advice columnist, success coach, and national bestseller Jen Sincero presents her new book You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.

Sincero cuts through the din of the self-help genre with her own verbal meat cleaver. Full of blunt humor, advice, and the occasional swear word, You Are a Badass offers readers new opportunities for growth through 35 chapters of exercises, suggestions, and hilariously inspiring stories. From "Fear is for Suckers" to "Your Brain is Your Bitch," these chapters show you how to stop doubting your greatness, love what you don't love about yourself, and tap into "source energy" to live a bigger life than you've ever imagined.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jen Sincero is a musician, comedienne, and the author of the novel Don't sleep with your drummer. At the moment she lives in California and can be found on the web at jensincero.com.

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2PM SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Club Read | Case File 13: Zombie Kid Club Read members meet to discuss Case File 13: Zombie Kid by J. Scott Savage, who attends via Skype, and eat free pizza from Clockwork Pizza.

In the file of case number 13, find all you need to follow the dark adventures of Nick, Carter, and Angelo, three boys who possess an unhealthy obsession with monsters. In this volume alone, there are voodoo queens, graveyards—even the dreaded Zombie King himself. There's also the part where Angie gets mashed potatoes all in her face, and the part where Nick uses his cool zombie powers to save the day.

CLUB READ BADGE MEMBERS: Get 3 bonus points for attending, and 1 point when you purchase Case File 13: Zombie Kid.

WHAT IS CLUB READ? Great books, prize giveaways, tasty treats, author visits and more—it's all part of our free Club Read program for kids, and you're invited! We meet once a month to discuss a book, do some fun activities, and have a great time.

EARN POINTS FOR FREE PRIZES! Sign up today (it's free) and get your Club Read badge, bookmark, temporary tattoo, and lanyard. You get 3 bonus points just for attending the Club Read meeting, and an additional point when you buy the Club Read selection at Changing Hands. You can also save your points for all kinds of cool prizes, from books and toys to a Changing Hands gift card. More info »

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7PM SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Anne Rodgers: Kiss and Tell Former journalist Anne Rodgers shares her book Kiss and Tell: Secrets of Desire from Women 15 to 97.

Ever wondered if your sex life is "normal"? Think that other people's sexual experiences are different, better, and more exciting than your own? Or do you worry you'll get too old for sex altogether? Then you'll be interested in the intimate details, risqué stories, and hard-won wisdom from real women. Based on a survey of 1,300 women and 100 in-depth interviews, the ladies of Kiss and Tell are breathtakingly honest about their sexual desires, divulging what they think about during sex, what they wish their lovers would stop doing and what consistently puts them in the mood. If sex is a lifelong journey, then Kiss and Tell is the travelogue you've been waiting for.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ANNE RODGERS was journalist who ended her newspaper career in order to write Kiss and Tell, a heavily-researched project that consumed several years. Her journalism background includes editing and writing positions at the Austin American-Statesman and Palm Beach Post. She currently does freelance writing in South Florida, where she also enjoys a beloved and thriving side business in dog sitting.

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7PM MONDAY, JUNE 3 Lisa Lenard-Cook: Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir Award-winning author Lisa Lenard-Cook presents Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir.

Lenard-Cook takes you step-by-step through the building blocks of memoir writing from finding your story to developing character, plot, and scene. She says, "a memoir is a dance between the writer in the present looking back and the experiencing self in the past who actually experiences the events as they occur." Tonight, she shows how you can move from locating the occasion of the telling––the catalyst for your story––to finding the ground from which to tell it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lisa Lenard-Cook is the PEN-shortlisted author of Dissonance, Coyote Morning, and The Mind of Your Story. She is a faculty member at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and at the Narrative Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. With Lynn C. Miller, she founded the ABQ Writers Co-Op, a creative community for Southwest writers.

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7PM TUESDAY, JUNE 4 Ken Robinson: Finding Your Element #1 bestseller Sir Ken Robinson, whose TED talk is the most-watched in the organization's history, visits with his new book Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life.

The author of The Element gives readers an inspirational and practical companion guide to self-improvement, happiness, creativity, personal transformation, and finding your own Element. Among the questions that Robinson answers are: How do I find out what my talents and passions are?; What if I love something I'm not good at?; What if I'm good at something I don't love?; What if I can't make a living from my Element?; How do I help my children find their Element? As concerns about the economy, education and the environment continue to grow, Robinson says that the need to connect to our personal talents and passions has never been greater.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR SIR Ken Robinson, Ph.D, is a leading force in the development of creativity and human resources and an internationally recognized expert. His reputation is based on his own groundbreaking research and leadership in creativity, education and training. He is also in demand as an inspirational speaker with a unique talent for conveying a profoundly serious message with enormous humour, passion and wit. He speaks to audiences throughout the world on the changing needs of business, education and organizations in the new global economies. In 2000, he was voted "Business Speaker of the Year" by over 200 European companies.

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7PM TUESDAY, JUNE 4 Ken Robinson: Finding Your Element #1 bestseller Sir Ken Robinson, whose TED talk is the most-watched in the organization's history, visits with his new book Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life.

The author of The Element gives readers an inspirational and practical companion guide to self-improvement, happiness, creativity, personal transformation, and finding your own Element. Among the questions that Robinson answers are: How do I find out what my talents and passions are?; What if I love something I'm not good at?; What if I'm good at something I don't love?; What if I can't make a living from my Element?; How do I help my children find their Element? As concerns about the economy, education and the environment continue to grow, Robinson says that the need to connect to our personal talents and passions has never been greater.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR SIR Ken Robinson, Ph.D, is a leading force in the development of creativity and human resources and an internationally recognized expert. His reputation is based on his own groundbreaking research and leadership in creativity, education and training. He is also in demand as an inspirational speaker with a unique talent for conveying a profoundly serious message with enormous humour, passion and wit. He speaks to audiences throughout the world on the changing needs of business, education and organizations in the new global economies. In 2000, he was voted "Business Speaker of the Year" by over 200 European companies.

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7PM THURSDAY, JUNE 6 Bill Konigsberg: Openly Straight Lambda Literary Award-winner Bill Konigsberg presents his new teen novel Openly Straight.

Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. He plays soccer. He's won skiing prizes. He likes to write. And, oh yeah, he's gay. He's been out since 8th grade, and he isn't teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy. Not that GAY guy. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. So when he transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret — not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bill Konigsberg won the Lambda Literary Award for Young Adult fiction for Out of the Pocket. Before writing novels, he was a sportswriter for The Associated Press and ESPN.com. He won a GLAAD Media Award for a coming-out essay he wrote while working at ESPN.com, and he blogs at billkonigsberg.blogspot.com. Bill lives in Chandler, Arizona, with his partner, Chuck.

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12:30PM SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Khaled Hosseini: And the Mountains Echoed International bestseller Khaled Hosseini, the Afghani author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (both of which spent nearly a year on the bestseller lists), presents And the Mountains Echoed, his first novel in six years.

In a multigenerational novel revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe—from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos—the story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page.

EVENT DETAILS TICKET (admits two) is free when you purchase And the Mountains Echoed from Changing Hands Bookstore. Letter groups (printed on top of ticket) will be called at 11:30am to fill seats and designated standing room. If available, seating and standing room opens to those without tickets at 12:15pm. Space cannot be guaranteed for late arrivals. Booksigning line forms by assigned letter group after the presentation. Those without tickets may get their books signed after ticket-holders, if time allows. Event details may be subject to unannounced changes. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. The son of a diplomat, Hosseini's family relocated to Paris in 1976, and was later granted political asylum in the United States. Hosseini studied at Santa Clara University and the University of California-San Diego Medical School, and he was a practicing physician from 1996 to 2004. In 2006, after The Kite Runner was already a bestseller, he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. He also founded The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to provide humanitarian assistance to people in Afghanistan. The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns were both international bestsellers, selling 38 million copies, spending nearly a year on bestseller lists, and published in more than forty countries. The Kite Runner was adapted to film in 2007, and nominated for Golden Globes for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Score.

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7PM MONDAY, JUNE 10 Rhonda Riley: The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope Rhonda Riley presents her debut novel The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope, which bestselling author Lauren Groff (The Monsters of Templeton) calls "the most resonant and touching love story I've read in a very long time."

During World War II, teenager Evelyn Roe is sent to manage the family farm in rural North Carolina. There, her life is transformed when she finds what she takes to be a badly burned soldier. She rescues him, and it quickly becomes clear he is not a man, and not one of us. He recovers at an unnatural speed, and just as fast, Evelyn and the man she comes to know as Adam fall in love. But the small town where they live is not ready to accept Adam, his unusual origin, and the supernatural powers of their five daughters. When tragedy strikes, the family must flee to Florida to avoid ostracism and prying doctors. Adrift in their new surroundings, they soon realize that the difference between Adam and other men is greater than they ever imagined. In The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope, Riley captures the beauty of the natural world and explores the power of abiding love and otherness in all its guises.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rhonda Riley is a graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Florida. This is her first novel. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.

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7PM TUESDAY, JUNE 11 Discussion with Joseph Bortniak: "Relationships and Stuff" Natural psychic, life coach, and animal communicator Joseph Bortniak, the author of Standing in Truth, discusses how relationships can be a lot of fun when they work, and trying when they do not. With intuitive insight, Bortniak shares how you can tell the difference in relationships with family, friends, your career, animal companions, intimate partners, and even yourself.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR JOSEPH BORTNIAK is a Psychic Enlightenment Consultant (or Psychic Life Coach) who provides an environment for self reflection and self inquiry so that "you can have a better understanding of yourself, your life, your career, your friends, your family, and your intimate partnerships with regard to your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies and your feminine and masculine attributes." He has appeared on many television shows and radio programs including Strange Universe, Phoenix TV 3, The Jan D'Atri Show and newspapers including The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix New Times.

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7PM MONDAY, MAY 6 The Single Woman's Guide to Renaissance England: Isabella Whitney, a Very Early Female Poet Cora Fox, Associate Professor of English at ASU, hosts "The Single Woman's Guide to Renaissance England: Isabella Whitney, a Very Early Female Poet," the next talk in the "Fearless Females: The Audacious and Feisty Women of the Middle Ages" series from the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS).

A maidservant in a wealthy London household, Isabella Whitney was the first female writer to publish secular poetry in English. One of Europe's first professional female writers, she published two volumes of poetry in the sixteenth century, a time when less than 5% of women could read or write. In her most famous poem, "Will and Testament," she fires back at her critics, ironically bequeathing London to itself and defining her style as biting and critical, but belaying a kinship with the vibrant city she describes in lavish detail. Fox discusses how Whitney offers us a rare look at everyday life for a woman writer when there really was no such thing.

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ABOUT THE PRESENTER CORA FOX works on English and continental Renaissance poetry and drama, classical intertextuality (and specifically imitations of Ovid's Metamorphoses), the history of emotion, and sexuality and gender studies. She is the author of Ovid and the Politics of Emotion in Elizabethan England and the co-editor of Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ovid and the Ovidian Tradition. Professor Fox has published essays on Spenser, Ovid, Reginald Scot, and Isabella Whitney. Her current book project is tentatively titled Shakespeare and the History of Happiness.

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7PM MONDAY, MAY 6 The Single Woman's Guide to Renaissance England: Isabella Whitney, a Very Early Female Poet Cora Fox, Associate Professor of English at ASU, hosts "The Single Woman's Guide to Renaissance England: Isabella Whitney, a Very Early Female Poet," the next talk in the "Fearless Females: The Audacious and Feisty Women of the Middle Ages" series from the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS).

A maidservant in a wealthy London household, Isabella Whitney was the first female writer to publish secular poetry in English. One of Europe's first professional female writers, she published two volumes of poetry in the sixteenth century, a time when less than 5% of women could read or write. In her most famous poem, "Will and Testament," she fires back at her critics, ironically bequeathing London to itself and defining her style as biting and critical, but belaying a kinship with the vibrant city she describes in lavish detail. Fox discusses how Whitney offers us a rare look at everyday life for a woman writer when there really was no such thing.

See more details at isabella.eventbrite.com »

ABOUT THE PRESENTER CORA FOX works on English and continental Renaissance poetry and drama, classical intertextuality (and specifically imitations of Ovid's Metamorphoses), the history of emotion, and sexuality and gender studies. She is the author of Ovid and the Politics of Emotion in Elizabethan England and the co-editor of Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ovid and the Ovidian Tradition. Professor Fox has published essays on Spenser, Ovid, Reginald Scot, and Isabella Whitney. Her current book project is tentatively titled Shakespeare and the History of Happiness.

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