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  • August 26, 2013
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Leaving Annalise Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Pamela Fagan Hutchins, author of the mystery romantic thriller, Leaving Annalise, as she tours the blogosphere September 2 – 27! ABOUT LEAVING ANNALISE Volume 2 in the Katie & Annalise Series: One unexpected and hotly fought-over little boy, two dead bodies, and a series of home vandalisms throw Texas attorney turned island chanteuse Katie Connell into a tizzy. Juggling all of this, Bloody Mary cravings, baggage, and the bad guys too, she waffles between the jumbie house that brought her back from the brink and the man she believes is the love of her life.   ABOUT PAMELA FAGAN HUTCHINS
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  • August 22, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Depression and Your Child Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Deborah Serani, author of the self-help parenting book, Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, as she tours the blogosphere September 2 – October 31! ABOUT DEPRESSION AND YOUR CHILD: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Title: Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Genre: Self-Help, Parenting Author: Deborah Serani Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (September 16, 2013) Pages: 242 Language: English ISBN-10: 1442221453 ISBN-13: 978-1442221451 Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it,
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  • August 20, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mark J. Grant’s Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen virtual book tour!  Mark’s tour is part of a huge Kindle Fire Giveaway.  See details below on how you can enter to win! ABOUT LILA: THE SIGN OF THE ELVEN QUEEN Title: Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen Genre: Children’s Fiction Author: Mark J. Grant Publisher: Mascot Books Pages: 230 Language: English ISBN-10: 162086357X ISBN-13: 978-1620863572 Lila is a polite six-year-old girl who lives with her mama and papa in New York City. She has two cats, and would now like to have a dog–except dogs are not allowed
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with T.J. MacLeslie, Author of ‘Designed for Relationship’

T.J. MacLeslie has been involved in a variety of Christian ministries since 1990, including pastoring, church planting, leadership development, prayer, and spiritual formation. He currently lives in the UK with his wife and two children where he leads a team focused on prayer and spiritual formation. You’ll often find him walking the fields with his dog, reading a book, or enjoying a warm cup of coffee. Visit him online at http://about.me/tj_macleslie. ———— INTERVIEW ———– Thank you for this interview, T.J.! Can you tell us why you wrote Designed for Relationship? As a minister and missionary, I have the opportunity to walk alongside people from all walks of life, and
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Guilty Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller novel, The Guilty, as he tours the blogosphere September 2 – 27 on his sixth virtual book tour! ABOUT THE GUILTY Jack Marconi is back. In The Guilty, Jack finds himself investigating a local restaurateur who’s not only obsessed with the sexy, dark romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, he’s accused of attempting to murder his school teacher girlfriend. As the now brain-damaged young woman begins recalling events of that fateful winter night when she was allegedly pushed down the front exterior stairs of a West Albany mansion, she becomes the target of the
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First Chapter: Gem City Gypsy by Kristin Kuhns Alexandre

Title: Gem City Gypsy Genre: New Adult Fiction Author: Kristin Kuhns Alexandre Publisher: Sisterhood Publications Pages: 158 Language: English ISBN-10: 1940016029 ISBN-13: 978-1940016023 Purchase at AMAZON When you read “Gem City Gypsy” you must conceptualize a whole world. Gypsies. Socialites. The Wright Brothers. The KKK. Industrialization leading to WWI. So many vivid elements. The story is about a gypsy girl who must leap over bodies to survive the sinking Lusitania and escape murderous Germans who kill her mentor in Ireland. She later returns to her hometown, recreated as a wealthy woman trying to meld into the upper class.  Neci Star captures our imagination and heart as she claws her
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Teen Nonfiction Author Susan Louise Peterson

Susan Louise Peterson is an author and school psychologist living in Las Vegas, NV. She has taken a twenty year journey working in the tough inner city schools of Las Vegas, Nevada as a teacher and later a school psychologist. Susan has worked with students from pre-kindergarten to high school levels. Working in a large inner city high school she noticed that many teenagers were dealing with communication issues related to their parents, teachers and other adults. Students were given limited information from adults when they asked questions and usually did not understand the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ type of responses they received from adults. In response, Susan Louise Peterson
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  • August 9, 2013
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{Featured Author} Susan Louise Peterson, author of The Yes Book for Teenagers & The No Book for Teenagers – Win $25 Amazon GC!

Susan Louise Peterson is an author and school psychologist living in Las Vegas, NV. She has taken a twenty year journey working in the tough inner city schools of Las Vegas, Nevada as a teacher and later a school psychologist. Susan has worked with students from pre-kindergarten to high school levels. Working in a large inner city high school she noticed that many teenagers were dealing with communication issues related to their parents, teachers and other adults. Students were given limited information from adults when they asked questions and usually did not understand the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ type of responses they received from adults. In response, Susan Louise Peterson
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First Chapter: Rock Haulter by Stephen Hayes

Title: Rock Haulter Author: Stephen Hayes Format: ebook Length: 433 pages Publisher: Stephen Hayes Purchase at AMAZON The second installment in the Magic Crystals series, immediately following the events of ‘The Seventh Sorcerer’. The original villain is back, only this time he is on a different mission, taking orders from the evil and cunning Hammerson Sorcerers, and his path will intersect those of John Playman and his friends on Rock Haulter. A desperate race must ensue, Moran and the powers of the Hammersons against the Chopville teens. The prize will be the most powerful of all the Magic Crystals and a control over the balance of life, but such
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First Chapter: I, Walter by Mike Hartner

Title: I, Walter Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity 4 Popsicle Publishing Pages: 224 Language: English ISBN-10: 0973356154 ISBN-13: 978-0973356151 Purchase at AMAZON This is the life story of Walter Crofter, an English commoner who ran from home at the age of 11.  After two years living on the street, he ended up on a Merchant Mariners boat in the service of the Crown. On his first voyage, he rescued a girl from pirates.  A very important girl, who stole his heart before she was returned to her home. This is the story of his life.  What adventures he had at sea; what took him off the waters, and what
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First Chapter: Brimstone and Water by Sharon House

Title: Brimstone and Water Author: Sharon House Format: Paperback & Electronic Length: 264 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing Purchase at AMAZON Orphaned as a toddler, Caralynn Davidson grieves the loss of her grandfather as she takes over the reins of the family estate near a small Swiss village, but the Brimstone and Water from millennia ago that destroyed an ancient civilization is about to change Caralynn’s life. She receives a letter from her grandfather, charging her with the mission of bringing an ancient soul to rest. “But I thought only God could bring a soul to rest,” she whispers with the loosely held pages still in her hand. Mynah is
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  • August 5, 2013
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First Chapter: The Seventh Sorcerer (The Magic Crystals Series) by Stephen Hayes

Title: The Seventh Sorcerer Author: Stephen Hayes Format: ebook Length: 345 pages Publisher: Stephen Hayes Purchase at AMAZON On the surface, Chopville appears not unlike any other small town in rural Australia. However, its underbelly is more than extraordinary. Amongst its modest community reside six people from two very different families — they make up the six most powerful people in the world today. Branded as “Sorcerers”, they are the only six people in the world with true magical power. Yet these two families do not cooperate together and although there is no open fighting in the year 2010, things weren’t always that peaceful. John Playman knows this as
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First Chapter: The Controlled by Becky Komant

Title: The Controlled Author: Becky Komant Publisher: BK Press Pages: 292 Language: English ISBN-10: 099181150X ISBN-13: 978-0991811502 Purchase at AMAZON Sarah Ruiz thought she had it all – until someone entered her life who was hell-bent on destroying her. Sarah Ruiz is a business owner, a fitness trainer and a mom.  Married to the ever-so-charming and wealthy Alex Ruiz, Sarah appears to have the perfect life.  But behind closed doors, he revealed a side of himself that destroyed her love for him.  With five beautiful children and unable to leave her situation, Sarah knows she must make changes. Sarah’s journey to freedom take a turn when a man, Gabe
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First Chapter: Lion’s Head Deception

Title: Lion’s Head Deception Author: Chuck Waldron Publisher: Booklocker Pages: 318 Language: English ISBN-10: 1626463689 ISBN-13: 978-1626463684 Purchase at AMAZON In the prologue, the backdrop for Lion’s Head Deception is set, amongst rioting and unrest in a destabilized city. Matt Tremain is a shy, private person who discovers a passion for writing blogs—a mission that propels him into investigative reporting. A tipster warns him of a diabolical scheme Matt simply can’t ignore. After the tipster is killed, Matt honors his memory by going forward to investigate the truth behind the conspiracy. He meets a television reporter and a cameraman also investigating the intrigue. Are they potential partners or rivals?
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{First Chapter} Marcie by Carly M. Duncan

Title: Marcie Author: Carly M. Duncan Paperback: 136 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Language: English ISBN-10: 148011832X ISBN-13: 978-1480118324 Purchase at AMAZON When Kate’s mother, Marcie, dies mysteriously she is forever tormented by the many questions surrounding her mother’s death. In Marcie’s absence Kate clings to her mother’s husbands, searching for solace. As family secrets are revealed Kate works to build her own life and family, but the mystery of her mother’s death sidetracks her until she finally gets the answer she’s always hoped for. First Chapter: FEBRUARY 1977 A call in the middle of the night can never bear good news. In fact, the sound of each ring sends a
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  • August 1, 2013
  • Book Blasts, Featured
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Lilliana Anderson’s Phoenix: The Beauty in Between Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Lilliana Anderson’s Phoenix: The Beauty in Between Book Blast September 30 – October 31!  Lilliana will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card to one lucky person at the end of the blast.  To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! ABOUT PHOENIX: THE BEAUTY IN BETWEEN Title: Phoenix: The Beauty in Between Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Author: Lilliana Anderson Publisher: Lilliana Anderson Pages: 208 Language: English After being unceremoniously kicked out of home at a young age, Paige was forced to fend for herself. In a bid to
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  • August 1, 2013
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Little Shepherd Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2013 & Giveaway

Join Cheryl C. Malandrinos, author of the Christmas children’s picture book, Little Shepherd, as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 4 – 29, 2013 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT LITTLE SHEPHERD Obed is in the hills outside Bethlehem on the night of Christ’s birth. Can he trust the miracle of Christmas to keep his flock safe while he visits the newborn King? GUARDIAN ANGEL PUBLISHING AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE INDIEBOUND.ORG ————————————————————— ABOUT CHERYL C. MALANDRINOS   Cheryl Malandrinos is a freelance writer, children’s author and editor. Her first children’s book, Little Shepherd, was released in August 2010 by Guardian Angel Publishing. She is
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How to Promote Your Book Without Breaking the Bank

Authors are doing it every day – finding ways to promote their books without breaking the bank.  Money doesn’t grow on trees as we all know but at Pump Up Your Book, we offer different ways to promote your book that won’t send you to the poor house. In order to promote your book, the author does everything in his or her power to get the word out about their book but sometimes it’s just not enough.  That’s why they come to us.  Some of them have an unlimited budget and others are watching their pennies and that’s fine.  We let authors know the different ways you can promote
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  • July 26, 2013
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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{Virtual Book Tour} Lion’s Head Deception Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

Join Chuck Waldron, author of the dystopian thriller, Lion’s Head Deception, as he tours the blogosphere August 5 – October 31 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  Chuck’s tour is part of a huge Kindle Fire Giveaway.  See details below on how to enter! {ABOUT LION’S HEAD DECEPTION} In the prologue, the backdrop for Lion’s Head Deception is set, amongst rioting and unrest in a destabilized city. Matt Tremain is a shy, private person who discovers a passion for writing blogs—a mission that propels him into investigative reporting. A tipster warns him of a diabolical scheme Matt simply can’t ignore. After the tipster is
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Alana Terry, author of ‘The Beloved Daughter’

Alana Terry is a homeschooling mother of three. “The Beloved Daughter” is her debut Christian novel and won second place in the Women of Faith writing contest. Alana is also the author of “A Boy Named Silas,” the story of her son’s complicated medical history and “What, No Sushi?” a children’s chapter book about the Japanese-American internment. Visit her website at www.alanaterry.com or connect with her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aboynamedsilas. Q: Thank you so much for this interview, Alana! Can you tell us where you are from? I was born in California, in the Bay Area. I went to college on the East Coast and moved back to California
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Designed for Relationship Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Join T.J. MacLeslie, author of the Christian living/spiritual relationship book, Designed for Relationship, as he tours the blogosphere August 2 – 30, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT DESIGNED FOR RELATIONSHIP Mankind has always struggled with the big questions: Why are we here? What is life all about? The search for answers has led in many directions, not all of them helpful. In this age, we are inundated with information, but this flood of knowledge has not necessarily produced wisdom. We find answers to the really important questions as elusive as ever. It really is all about relationship! This is the
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  • July 14, 2013
  • Book Blasts, Featured
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents KD Pryor’s The Portal’s Choice Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join KD Pryor, author of the YA paranormal, The Portal’s Choice, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! KD will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host KD, please email Dorothy at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com. ABOUT THE PORTAL’S CHOICE Journal, just in case . . . I didn’t ask to meet ghosts. Shoot, I was fine without them in my life. Uncle Craig and Hannah were nasty to me, but at
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Children of the Knight Virtual Publicity Book Tour

Join Michael Bowler, author of the edgy YA, Children of the Knight, as he tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! {ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT} According to legend, King Arthur is supposed to return when Britain needs him most. So why does a man claiming to be the once and future king suddenly appear in Los Angeles? This charismatic young Arthur creates a new Camelot within the City of Angels to lead a crusade of unwanted kids against an adult society that discards and ignores them. Under his banner of equality, every needy child is welcome, regardless
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{FEATURED AUTHOR} Elizabeth Fountain, author of ‘An Alien’s Guide to World Domination’ + Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Elizabeth Fountain left a demanding job as a university administrator in Seattle to move to the small town of Ellensburg, Washington, and pursue her dream of writing novels.  She started writing in grade school; fortunately, most of her tortured high school poetry and song lyrics are lost to posterity. Her first book was five years in the making, and offered lots of opportunities to give up along the way; that might be why it’s a tale of people, aliens, and dogs who face the impossible, and do it anyway.  An independent publishing house in Calgary, Champagne Book Group, released the novel in April. Now Liz has three more novels
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  • July 7, 2013
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Lost Heir Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Andi O’Connor, author of the fantasy novel, The Lost Heir, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE LOST HEIR Always a meticulous planner, Darrak Hunter leads a dull life until his dreams become plagued with visions of a peculiar and distant world.  Waking up to a brilliant purple sun looming ominously in the sky, Darrak is met by a mysterious violet-eyed sorcerer who whisks him away from the struggling Earth. Thrown into the clutches of a foreign world where magic is reality and not all is as it seems, Darrak embarks on a journey
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  • July 7, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Brimstone and Water Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sharon House, author of the historical romance, Brimstone and Water, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT BRIMSTONE AND WATER Orphaned as a toddler, Caralynn Davidson grieves the loss of her grandfather as she takes over the reins of the family estate near a small Swiss village, but the Brimstone and Water from millennia ago that destroyed an ancient civilization is about to change Caralynn’s life. She receives a letter from her grandfather, charging her with the mission of bringing an ancient soul to rest. “But I thought only God could bring a soul
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Deviltry Afoot Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carol Pritt, author of the paranormal novel, Deviltry Afoot, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 27 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DEVILTRY AFOOT A mother’s love is a powerful force of nature. Tina’s daughter is savagely murdered.  Tina comes to know the police won’t be able to solve the crime because the answers are to be found in the supernatural realm and sets out determined to find answers herself. Donald chose evil when he was a living being. Brought back to spirit he continues spreading terror. As Tina explores, others come to know that something outside the norm is
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  • July 4, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Enchanted Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Win $100 Amazon Gift Card!

Join Elaine Cantrell, author of the fantasy romance, The Enchanted, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – September 27 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  Elaine will be giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card at the end of her tour on September 27.  Enter through the Rafflecopter form below! *** Contest is over!  Congratulations to Linda Henderson for winning the $100 Amazon Gift Card!*** ABOUT THE ENCHANTED Forced by his father into a marriage he didn’t want, Prince Alan soon finds that his bride isn’t the sweet, submissive creature he expected.  Morgane has the heart of a dragon and beauty beyond compare,
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Angel Killer Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join PJ Nunn, author of the mystery novel, Angel Killer, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ANGEL KILLER The death of a child is every mother’s nightmare.  But what if the child has no mother?  What if their little bodies are discarded like garbage and no one even seems to care that they’re gone? Shari Markham, psychologist for the Dallas Police Department, knows what it feels like to be unclaimed and unwanted. She can’t turn away, even if it means demons dancing in her dreams at night.  But when her relentless pursuit of information
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Marcie Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carly M. Duncan, author of the chick lit novel, Marcie, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MARCIE When Kate’s mother, Marcie, dies mysteriously she is forever tormented by the many questions surrounding her mother’s death. In Marcie’s absence Kate clings to her mother’s husbands, searching for solace. As family secrets are revealed Kate works to build her own life and family, but the mystery of her mother’s death sidetracks her until she finally gets the answer she’s always hoped for. Purchase your copy at AMAZON.   ABOUT CARLY M. DUNCAN Carly M. Duncan
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