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Semiotics / semiology

hardcover. This collection of essays brings together both historical studies and contemporary theoretical perspectives on vision. It seeks to trace the influence of vision on feminism, race, gender, sexual orientation, film and art. Editor(s): Brennan, Teresa; Jay, Martin. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 772. Volume III. only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000690
ISBN
9780415914741
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Avishag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many previously baffling aspects of animal signalling and holds up a mirror in which ordinary human behaviours take on surprising new significance. Num Pages: 304 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; GTE; PD; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033320
ISBN
9780195129144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Suitable for those interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and sexuality studies, this book investigates the influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are central to contemporary American political rhetoric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; GTE; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326939
ISBN
9780822326939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. This study suggests that the language of landscape exists with its own syntax, grammar, and metaphors, and that we imperil ourselves by failing to learn and speak this language. Spirn examines urban, rural and natural landscapes, and discusses the thought of renowned landscape authors. Num Pages: 320 pages, 84 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; GTE; WMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082944
ISBN
9780300082944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.68

Paperback. The subject of this anthology is non-verbal communication signals with contributing studies from societies and cultures of Africa and African Diaspora. The goals are to document popular gestures, explore their meanings, and understand how they frame interactions and colour perception. Editor(s): Agwuele, Augustine. Num Pages: 214 pages, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; CFG; GTC; GTE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791868
ISBN
9781781791868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.61

Paperback. Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning its structures, processes, conditions and effects in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745696218
ISBN
9780745696218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Hardcover. Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning its structures, processes, conditions and effects in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745696201
ISBN
9780745696201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.77

Paperback. A festscrift made to honour the great scholarly work of Professor Soren Brier. It contains articles written by international scholars within academic fields such as: semiotics, library and information science, order cybernetics, ethics in science, metaphysics. Editor(s): Thellefsen, Thorkild; Sorensen, Bent; Cobley, Paul. Num Pages: 447 pages. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Samfundslitteratur Denmark
Number of pages
447
Condition
New
SKU
V9788770710282
ISBN
9788770710282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.46

Hardback. Criteria and methods of a structural analysis of pictorial language as a way of understanding the semiotic system of the visual arts. This is presented with a discussion of an information-processing model for optical illusions and computer simulations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; GTE; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334891
ISBN
9780880334891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.33

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 81. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441181459
ISBN
9781441181459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.13

Paperback. Contrary to the usual image of the press in its search for truth, this book depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. It is an account of how propagandistic our mass media are, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radical way. It reveals how issues are framed and topics are chosen. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVN; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099533115
ISBN
9780099533115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.34

Paperback. Translation of Cours de linguistique generale. Translator(s): Harris, Roy. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472512055
ISBN
9781472512055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.36

hardcover. Focusing on analogical sensing, rather than digital reasoning, Merrell argues that human sensation and cognition should be thought of in terms of continually changing signs that can be accounted for in terms of topological forms. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: GTE; JMAQ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037046
ISBN
9780802037046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.56

Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: GTE; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351702
ISBN
9781584351702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.04

Paperback. How does a sign represent something other than itself? How do we come to understand the meaning of a written symbol? What happens when a sign crosses international borders of language and culture? Can clothes constitute a sign? Can colours? This work explores the world of symbols. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 130 illustrations, further reading list, index. BIC Classification: AC; GTE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500300879
ISBN
9780500300879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 77 black & white halftones, 8 col. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415672573
ISBN
9780415672573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.12

Paperback. Brings thinking about semantics to bear on the question of how, and how much, language corresponds to thought. This title argues that lying is a function not of words but of sentences; it belongs to the semantic aspect of language. It forges links between linguistic and literary categories on the one hand and ethics and good manners on the other. Translator(s): Churchill, Larry R.; Brown, Jane K.; Brown, Marshall. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Translation
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985497
ISBN
9780295985497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.32

Hardback. Explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals and animal-evolved signals. This book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted redundancies and explains how desirable redundancies enhance communication reliability. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: GTE; PSVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027954
ISBN
9780674027954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631035
ISBN
9780691631035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.89

Paperback. Presents a treatise that looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a 'five-pound note' with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFA; GTE; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140235906
ISBN
9780140235906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Using examples such as "Big Brother" and "Billy Elliot", Bignell offers a comprehensive, intelligent and readable introduction into the critical approach in contemporary media studies. This second edition includes sections on men's style magazines, docusoaps and "reality TV". Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTE; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719062056
ISBN
9780719062056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.52

Paperback. Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s which revolutionized the study of literature and culture, as well as history and psychoanalysis. But Barthes was a man who disliked orthodoxies. This book surveys Barthes' work in prose. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 13 halftones and 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB; GTE; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801593
ISBN
9780192801593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.36

Hardback. Showcases the energy and diversity of the young field of music semiology, appealing to readers who want to explore the meaning of music in our lives. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 228 pages, 60 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465625
ISBN
9781580465625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.12

Paperback. In the newly revised version of 'The Sourcebook of Magic', readers can discover the basic 77 NLP patterns for transformational magic, sorted into key categories. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: GTE; JMAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Crown House Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904424253
ISBN
9781904424253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.32

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474281980
ISBN
9781474281980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 393 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: CFG; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Canadian Scholars Press Canada
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551302508
ISBN
9781551302508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.43

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTE; HRQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474289818
ISBN
9781474289818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.29

Hardback. Wedge's central argument, presented clearly and illustrated in engaging cases, is that all experience, even the experience of one's own self, is a construction of signs. Symbolic forms such as language, myth, ritual, and drama create and shape our realities and provide useful tools for encouraging therapeutic change. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: GTE; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393702354
ISBN
9780393702354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. Humanity has always used symbols - material objects used to denote difficult, abstract concepts - to describe thoughts and feelings, or to protect secret truths from common knowledge. This A-Z guide is a work of reference that brings to light various symbols and symbolisms of the world, many aspects of which have been lost to time. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; GTC; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780331263
ISBN
9781780331263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119335
ISBN
9781551119335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.16

Hardback. Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself. Editor(s): Nora, Pierre; Kritzman, Lawrence D. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 751 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1566. The Construction of the French Past. Symbols. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 642 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Nora, Pierre; Kritzman, Lawrence D. Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTE; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 54. Weight: 1508. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
751
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109260
ISBN
9780231109260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.52

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472569479
ISBN
9781472569479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.49

paperback. Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. This title identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult terms. It is suitable for those who wish to know why signs are crucial to human existence. Illustrator(s): Jansz, Litza. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, ill. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848311855
ISBN
9781848311855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.28

Paperback. An examination of the promise looking at aspects ranging from its semiotic value to legal representations and its place in literature. This work considers texts such as Diderot's "Madame de la Carliere" and Moliere's "Dom Juan". Editor(s): Brandt, Per Aage; Prassoloff, Annie. Series: Poetica et Analytica. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; GTE; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883984
ISBN
9788772883984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.40

Paperback. Series: Meaning Systems. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; GPFC; GTE; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270354
ISBN
9780823270354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

Paperback. INTRODUCING guide to the cult author, semiologist and analyzer of advertising, Roland Barthes Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
4th ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848312043
ISBN
9781848312043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.95

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. 280 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GTE; HRQC. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 16. Weight: 426.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441161963
ISBN
9781441161963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; GTE; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024961
ISBN
9780253024961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; GTE; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024817
ISBN
9780253024817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.93

Paperback. One of the texts to emerge from the Althusserian tradition, this book analyzes the ideological unconscious that always exists, without becoming explicit, in any discursive field. Editor(s): Read, Malcolm K. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AN; CFG; DSB; GTE; JFC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874130560
ISBN
9780874130560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.87

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