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The hidden power of the five hearts by Kimberly Snyder

The hidden power of the five hearts

Kimberly Snyder

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and stuck in a cycle of low energy, anxiety, and fear? There is a powerful, often overlooked solution to these challenges: the hidden power within your heart.For centuries, ancient wisdom has recognized the heart...

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Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg

Supercommunicators

Charles Duhigg

Brought to you by Penguin.Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share...

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Something in the woods loves you by Jarod Anderson

Something in the woods loves you

Jarod Anderson

An inspiring blend of nature writing and memoir that explores nature's crucial role in our emotional and mental health Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance maps. When his life took him to a painfully dark place, the poet behind The...

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Let it settle by Michael Galyon

Let it settle

Michael Galyon

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A love letter to football by Mark Davies

A love letter to football

Mark Davies

A Love Letter to Football is the story of how the beautiful game, from the litter-strewn pitches of the grassroots to packed stadiums at the top of the sport, can help carry us through our darkest days.In 2016, Mark Davies was diagnosed with a rare and...

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Alien earths by Lisa Kaltenegger

Alien earths

Lisa Kaltenegger

This program features an introduction and epilogue read by the author. Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone. For thousands of years, humans have wondered...

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Therapeutic yoga for trauma recovery by Arielle Schwartz

Therapeutic yoga for trauma recovery

Arielle Schwartz

Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery bridges the path of healing between the psyche and the body by walking you through the sacred practice of yoga so you can release the burdens of trauma from your body and mind. Grounded within the principles of polyvagal...

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Climate, psychology, and change

Climate, psychology, and change

With so many immediate and intensifying crises unfolding around us, how can therapists adapt to promote healing and growth?"As these intriguing essays make clear, some of the finest minds in the world are thinking through the problems and arriving at powerful...

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Take charge of bipolar disorder by Julie A. Fast

Take charge of bipolar disorder

Julie A. Fast

Revised and updated, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder is a groundbreaking, comprehensive program to help those with bipolar disorder--and those who care about them--gain permanent control over their lives. Most people diagnosed with bipolar disorder are sent...

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Nine pints by Rose George

Nine pints

Rose George

An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough scienceBlood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a life-saver, and can transmit deadly...

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You will die in prison by Bernard Phelan

You will die in prison

Bernard Phelan

'An affirmation of the power of love, kindness, courage and human resilience' - Lara Marlowe, author of Love in a Time of War Bernard Phelan was working for an Iranian tour operator when he was arrested on false charges of spying on 3rd October 2022, becoming...

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How to be the love you seek by Nicole LePera

How to be the love you seek

Nicole LePera

In How to Be the Love You Seek, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. LePera - whose integrative, holistic approach to psychology has attracted an international audience of millions - offers a new path to healing our relationships. Harnessing the latest...

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A bit on the side by Virginia Trioli

A bit on the side

Virginia Trioli

Virginia Trioli knows that the enduring joy of life is often found not in the big moments but in the small. When the main course is heavy going or unappetising, the 'bits on the side' make life really delicious. Our small, meaningful selections are the ones...

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Dropping the mask by Noni Hazlehurst

Dropping the mask

Noni Hazlehurst

A 4th-generation performer, Noni Hazlehurst has storytelling in her blood. She has graced our screens, stages and airwaves for fifty years - and won our hearts and respect in the process. From presenting Play School for more than two decades, acting in films...

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A periodic tale by Karl Kruszelnicki

A periodic tale

Karl Kruszelnicki

The only child of Holocaust survivors who fled to Australia in 1950, Karl has always forged his own destiny in an idiosyncratic way. Before he became one of the world's favourite scientific storytellers, he ambled through a convoluted cacophony of a career. ...

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Just don't be a d**khead by Kasey Chambers

Just don't be a d**khead

Kasey Chambers

A whirlwind of great stories and rock-solid life lessons, Just Don't Be a D**khead is Kasey Chambers at her most heartfelt and honest. From her childhood in the Australian outback to the heights of her chart-topping international success as a...

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Wed by the Wayside by Alana Valentine

Wed by the Wayside

Alana Valentine

Alana Valentine's mother, Janice, was remarried in 1969 at the Wayside Chapel, run by the charismatic and controversial minister Ted Noffs and his wife Margaret. Many years after her mother died, Alana found the wedding photo, and the longing to speak to her...

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Exit wounds by Peter Godwin

Exit wounds

Peter Godwin

Peter's mother is dying. Born in England and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in Zimbabwe, she now lies on a hospital bed in the partitioned living room of his sister's London apartment, her accent having overnight become posher than the...

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Transformer by Neill Atkinson

Transformer

Neill Atkinson

'Does anyone in this room think that I can do wonders? I'm a normal guy from the Black Forest . . . I am the "normal one"' Jurgen Klopp, 9 October 2015 Jürgen Klopp's announcement in January 2024 that he was to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of...

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Dark city by John Silvester

Dark city

John Silvester

From madmen to matriarchs, stooges to heroes, eye-watering bungles to sweet justice - strap yourself in for a masterclass in storytelling from Australia's most formidable crime reporter. True crime icon John Silvester has been reporting on Australia's criminal...

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Slutdom by Hilary Caldwell

Slutdom

Hilary Caldwell

Sex should be good for everyone. Slutdom argues for a world without sexual shame where you can get what you need - and deserve. 'When women are enjoying better sex, the people they have sex with will too. Sexual equality is good for everyone.' Despite decades...

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How to live an extraordinary life by Anthony Pompliano

How to live an extraordinary life

Anthony Pompliano

Anthony Pompliano shares 65 letters to his children, distilling lessons from his rich experiences across the globe. From succeeding in business and forming lasting relationships to managing wealth and attaining happiness, he guides on living fully. Pompliano's...

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How was it for you? by Eve Smith

How was it for you?

Eve Smith

The author of this book is a sex worker. Let's call her Eve. Eve is someone's partner. Someone's mother. 'It is heartening to find humour and a glimmer of hope' - Jo Brand 'Unflinching . . . Everyone should read this book' - Emily Edwards, author of The Herd...

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My good bright wolf by Sarah Moss

My good bright wolf

Sarah Moss

My Good Bright Wolf is a memoir about thinking and reading, eating and not eating, about privilege and scarcity, about the relationships that form us and the long tentacles of childhood. Sarah Moss, author of The Fell and Summerwater, confronts all of this in...

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The happy high achiever by Mary E. Anderson

The happy high achiever

Mary E. Anderson

Are you an ambitious person? Have you been taught that happiness is the price of admission for success? In this game-changing road map for high achievers, clinical psychologist Dr Mary Anderson shares her 8 Essentials - powerful principles that will allow you...

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Untold by Snežana Wood

Untold

Snežana Wood

Before she went on The Bachelor and met her now husband, Sam Wood, Snežana was a kid who helped her parents every day after school in their second jobs as cleaners. She was a young woman who was told she couldn't pursue the career she wanted - to join the...

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Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear

Evelyn Araluen

I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers. This fierce debut from award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury. Dropbear interrogates the complexities...

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Kingmaker by Graham Brady

Kingmaker

Graham Brady

The last fourteen years have seen turbulence at the centre of politics that is perhaps unique in British history. From coalition to Brexit, Covid to Partygate, Trussonomics to this year's election, our government has never felt so fractured. And as Prime...

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Survival is a promise by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Survival is a promise

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

This program is read by the author. A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde. We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts,...

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The Friday afternoon club by Griffin Dunne

The Friday afternoon club

Griffin Dunne

"A memoir and coming-of-age story chronicling the successes and disappointments, wit and wildness of Dunne and his multigenerational family of larger-than-life characters"--

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Scam goddess by Laci Mosley

Scam goddess

Laci Mosley

A delightfully subversive essay collection from Laci Mosley, host of the award-winning "Scam Goddess" podcast, about the frauds, cons, and schemes that make up our world--and how the scammer mindset has affected her own upbringing, career, friendships, love...

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Algo supuestamente divertido que nunca volveré a hacer by David Foster Wallace

Algo supuestamente divertido que nunca volveré a hacer

David Foster Wallace

Este artículo es una de las radiografías más agudas e irreverentes de la cultura americana de fin de siglo, en la que se entremezclan la familiaridad, el asombro y una mordacidad descabellada. Foster Wallace elabora enAlgo supuestamente divertido que nunca...

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Shepherds for sale by Megan Basham

Shepherds for sale

Megan Basham

"This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bold, clear, and very well-researched."--John MacArthurHow deeply have leftist billionaires infiltrated America's churches?Liberal theology isn't new. Pastors and...

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The new rules of aging well by Frank Lipman

The new rules of aging well

Frank Lipman

"How you age is up to you. And it's easy to take charge. From the renowned integrative doctor Frank Lipman comes a radically simple program to reverse the symptoms we reflexively call "normal aging," including feeling achy, stiff, sluggish, weak, and...

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Chicken Little the sky isn't falling by Eric Komisar

Chicken Little the sky isn't falling

Eric Komisar

This is a comprehensive guide for parents who want to raise emotionally healthy, resilient adolescents in a time of great stress when anxiety and mental health disorders are epidemic. In these times of great stress for our kids, resilience is not a given. The...

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You don't have to have a dream by Tim Minchin

You don't have to have a dream

Tim Minchin

'Here's my idea of romance: You will soon be dead. Life will sometimes seem long and tough and, God, it's tiring. And you will sometimes be happy and sometimes sad. And then you'll be old. And then you'll be dead. There is only one sensible thing to do with...

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How to chase change by Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa

How to chase change

Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa

Host of the hit podcast Do You F*cking Mind? offers you the ultimate guide to shifting your mindset to create the change you envision for your life - from your physical and mental health to your relationships, career, self-confidence and beyond - in this...

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Reset, nourish, burn by Susie Burrell

Reset, nourish, burn

Susie Burrell

Designed by dietitians, discover this practical guide to the three simple principles that will help you regain control over your health and manage your weight for good.

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The prophets of doom by Neema Parvini

The prophets of doom

Neema Parvini

Linear and progressive views of history have dominated the popular imagination for the past seventy years in a worldview wedded to the inexorable rise of globalisation and GDP-growth at any cost. However, the end of the Cold War failed to produce the end of...

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The solutionary way by Zoe Weil

The solutionary way

Zoe Weil

Forges a path away from polarization toward ethical problem solving and a more humane, equitable, and healthy society Deep polarization in our society often prevents us from working collaboratively to solve the problems we face. Based on Zoe Weil's decades of...

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Everyone who is gone is here by Jonathan Blitzer

Everyone who is gone is here

Jonathan Blitzer

A New York Times best book of 2024On Barack Obama's Summer Reading List 2024 'Urgent, extraordinary . . . a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.' - Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author Empire of Pain'Moving, sweeping, and...

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Elle by Elle Macpherson

Elle

Elle Macpherson

Stories, memories and life lessons from an Australian icon, coming September 2024

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Henry V by Dan Jones

Henry V

Dan Jones

Bloomsbury presents Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King, written and read by Dan Jones.A brand-new life of England's greatest king from our bestselling medieval historian'A historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning...

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The trading game by Gary (Economist) Stevenson

The trading game

Gary (Economist) Stevenson

Brought to you by Penguin.In this bestselling audiobook read by the author, Gary Stevenson relives his time on the trading floor with raw honesty, gritty humour and true conviction.An outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world...

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Age of revolutions by Fareed Zakaria

Age of revolutions

Fareed Zakaria

Brought to you by Penguin.The international best-selling author explores the revolutions--past and present--that define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we livePopulist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical...

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To run the world by Sergey Radchenko

To run the world

Sergey Radchenko

What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology...

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How to piss off men by Kyle Prue

How to piss off men

Kyle Prue

BE NO MAN'S PEACE.Have you ever been badgered by an annoying pick-up artist at the bar? Ever felt a burning desire to emotionally torture a friend's boyfriend? Have you ever endured just talking to a man before?If so, then this book is for you.With more than...

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The golden road by William Dalrymple

The golden road

William Dalrymple

Bloomsbury presents The Golden Road written and read by William Dalrymple.FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST - A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF THE DIFFUSION OF INDIAN IDEAS'A master storyteller' Sunday...

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Rewire by Nicole Vignola

Rewire

Nicole Vignola

"Are you stuck in a habit of believing that you are not good enough? Do you fixate on a particular narrative about yourself that you wish you could change? Are negative beliefs holding you back from reaching your fullest potential? If this sounds like you,...

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Every shot counts by Mark Nathan Broadie

Every shot counts

Mark Nathan Broadie

Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie's paradigm-shifting approach that uses statistics and golf analytics to transform the game.Mark Broadie is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game of golf. What does it take to drop ten...

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Reality transurfing. Steps I-V by Vadim Zeland

Reality transurfing. Steps I-V

Vadim Zeland

Transurfing is a powerful tool for managing reality. Apply it and life will begin to change according to YOUR order. When you use Transurfing goals are not reached, so much as realised for the most part of themselves. It seems impossible to believe but only at...

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Biohack like a woman by Aggie Lal

Biohack like a woman

Aggie Lal

Biohack Like a Woman, written by health coach and biohacker Aggie Lal, is a revolutionary approach to weight loss and biohacking that's made by a woman for women ... We live in a world where women are bombarded with weight-loss information from every angle....

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A voice by Havva Ramadan

A voice

Havva Ramadan

This collection of words from Havva Ramadan has its origins during lockdown and her work continues to resonate to this day, finding an even wider audience through her rapidly growing online presence. With a million followers, Havva Ramadan's words have struck...

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Raising hare by Chloe Dalton

Raising hare

Chloe Dalton

A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare. Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it...

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The closest thing to crazy by Mike Batt

The closest thing to crazy

Mike Batt

Described variously as a 'polymath', a 'renaissance man' and 'one of the most colourful characters in the music business', Mike Batt has led an extraordinarily vibrant and challenging life that has been full of both glorious victories and bitter failures. For...

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What If We Get It Right? by Ayana Elizabeth. Johnson

What If We Get It Right?

Ayana Elizabeth. Johnson

Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future? Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible...

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Concussed by Sam Peters

Concussed

Sam Peters

By recounting the untold story of the most influential sports campaign in British newspaper history, which turned concussion in professional rugby from a niche issue into front and back page news, Concussed poses the questions all sports lovers need answering...

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Consciousness by John Parrington

Consciousness

John Parrington

"What is the material basis of the thoughts that occur inside our heads?Where do imaginative, creative, or spiritual thoughts come from - can these really be the product of nerve impulses in the brain? And is the human mind radically different from that of...

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Some of our parts by Laura Kennedy

Some of our parts

Laura Kennedy

'Wise, thoughtful and provocative ... An important book for our times' - Róisín Ingle 'Laura is an acute, intelligent and accurate observer and this book successfully combines psychology, philosophy and modern thinking in a fresh and vibrant way' - Brian...

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Every man for himself and God against all by Werner Herzog

Every man for himself and God against all

Werner Herzog

Brought to you by Penguin.Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema: building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among...

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Raising Securely Attached Kids by Eli Harwood

Raising Securely Attached Kids

Eli Harwood

"Learn how to create a lifetime of connection, trust, and open communication with your children through connection-focused parenting. Though there have been countless studies on how attachment styles affect our romantic relationships, Raising Securely Attached...

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The book forger by Joseph Hone

The book forger

Joseph Hone

Brought to you by Penguin.London, 1932. Thomas James Wise is the toast of the literary establishment. A prominent collector and businessman, he is renowned on both sides of the Atlantic for unearthing the most stunning first editions and bringing them to...

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The lords of easy money by Christopher Leonard

The lords of easy money

Christopher Leonard

The New York Times bestselling business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America's most mysterious institutions--the Federal Reserve--to show how its policies​ ​spearheaded by Chairman Jerome Powell over the past ten years have...

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Fierce valor by Jared Frederick

Fierce valor

Jared Frederick

Fans of Stephen E. Ambrose's Band of Brothers will be drawn to this complex portrait of the controversial Ronald Speirs, an iconic commander of celebrated Easy Company during D-Day and beyond, whose ferocious courage and drive across three wars were matched by...

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Wanted by Stephanie Kiser

Wanted

Stephanie Kiser

"After a dysfunctional childhood as one of four kids born to teenage parents and raised "white trash" in poor Rhode Island, Stephanie Kiser finds herself a 22-year-old first-generation college grad drowning in student loan debt. To stay afloat, she surrenders...

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