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Автор: Rob Scotton

It's Splat's first day of school and he's worried. What if he doesn't make any new friends? Just in case, Splat decides to bring along his pet mouse, Seymour, and hides him in his lunchbox. The teacher, Mrs. Wimpydimple, introduces Splat to the class and he soon starts learning all his important cat lessons. But when Seymour escapes and the cats do what cats do (they chase mice!), Splat's worried again. Maybe now he'll lose all his friends, old and new! Just in time, wise Mrs. Wimpydimple takes charge and teaches everyone an important new lesson. Maybe Cat School is going to be okay after all!

Исполнители: Dan Bittner

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Автор: Jo Stevens

Which birds have the most air miles? Are adders born venomous?Springwatch Unsprung brings together all the most-asked questions from the surprise hit BBC 2 TV spin-off of the same name. The heart of the book is what has become the star of the TV programme – the viewers' anecdotes and questions.Many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers, and some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. All wildlife questions – be they trivial, idiosyncratic, baffling or strange – are covered, making this compilation equally as entertaining and enlightening as it is educational. Arranged by season, the book allows people to discover what is going on around them at any particular time of year.The book is peppered with elements from the Unsprung TV programme such as quizzes, wildlife suggestions for each season, and practical ideas of how to preserve wildlife in your garden.Each seasonal section comprises:• A short introduction to the season including what the wildlife-watcher might expect to see at this time of year• Questions and answers drawing on the latest research, but translated by the Springwatch experts.• Quizzes – simple, mostly multiple choice questions e.g. who collects the most air miles? Spring sees the arrival of many of our migrant birds but which travels the furthest?• What You Can Do – suggestions of seasonal activities including top tips on how to help wildlife at any given time of year, plus 3 or 4 things to make and do. e.g. helping your hogs – what and how to feed hedgehogs and what to do if you find an underweight one that should be hibernating.Springwatch Unsprung will entertain, inform and empower anyone interested in British wildlife.

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Автор: Ник Пайенсон

Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. We have hunted them for thousands of years and scratched their icons into our mythologies. They simultaneously fill us with waves of terror, awe and affection – yet we know hardly anything about them.Whales tend to only enter our awareness when they die, struck by a ship or stranded in the surf. They evolved from land-roaming, dog-like creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years and roam entire ocean basins. Yet despite centuries of observing whales, we know little about their evolutionary past.In this remarkable new book, the Smithsonian’s star palaeontologist Nick Pyenson takes us to the ends of the earth and to the cutting edge of whale research as he searches for the answers to some of our biggest questions about these graceful giants. His rich storytelling takes us deep inside the Smithsonian’s unparalleled fossil collection, to frigid Antarctic waters, and to the arid desert of Chile, where scientists race against time to document the largest fossil whalebone site on earth.Spying on Whales is an illuminating story of scientific discovery that brings readers closer to the most enigmatic and beloved animals of all time.

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Автор: Linda Chapman

Исполнители: Johannes Steck

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Автор: Linda Chapman

Исполнители: Johannes Steck

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Автор: Linda Chapman

Исполнители: Johannes Steck

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Linda Chapman

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Автор: Heike Eva Schmidt

Es ist so weit: Elli macht sich mit Leonardo und Huhn Ente auf den Weg nach Venedig. Dort will sie die Aufnahmepr?fung an der magischen Eisakademie bestehen. Elli macht es Spa?, mit Kindern aus der ganzen Welt zu lernen. Nur Fabio nervt. Als er ihr vor der Pr?fung einen Streich spielt, mischt Elli aus Rache ein magisches Eis zusammen. Fabio blamiert sich ziemlich. Doch was, wenn die Lehrer von Ellis Aktion erfahren? Alle wissen, dass magische Experimente an der Akademie streng verboten sind …

Исполнители: Carolin Sophie G?bel

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Автор: Jonathan Prince

In this groundbreaking and absorbing book Dr. Sharon Moalem, delves back into the evolution of man to offer a radical perspective on survival, the human body, and our understanding of disease. Survival of the Sickest will change the way you think about your body.Dr. Moalem investigates peculiar and puzzling features of human biology to reveal the answers to such provocative questions as:• Why do we need to pee when we’re cold?• Can a person rust to death?• Why are Greeks hairier than Africans?• Can the tanning salon lower cholesterol?• Why are leeches back in vogue?• Can sunglasses cause sunburns?• Who gets drunk faster – Europeans or Asians?In considering the question of why diseases exist, Dr Moalem proposes that most common diseases came into existence for very good reasons. Diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia may all exist because, at some time in our past, they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to human existence. In turn, he also discovers that genetic and cultural differences have led to each race having different and unique ways of reacting to their environment and subsequently how they become susceptible to certain diseases.Survival of the Sickest is a book about life – yours, ours and every little living thing under the sun. About how we all got here, where we're all going and what we can do about it. Revelatory and written in an utterly engaging fashion, Sharon Moalem's book will change the way you think about your body.

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Автор: Jon Osborne

Sei bereit. Sei schnell. Sei gnadenlos. Nathan Stiedowe hat einen Plan: der perfekte Killer zu werden. Seine Vorbilder sind «Meister» ihres Faches, kaltbl?tige Monster wie Charles Manson. Nathan ahmt ihre Taten nach und begeht die grausamsten Morde der Geschichte ein zweites Mal, jedoch ohne die Fehler zu machen, deretwegen seine Idole geschnappt wurden. Sein Meisterwerk soll eine Frau werden, die ihm vor vielen Jahren entkommen ist. Sie ist ein schwieriges Opfer, denn ihr Job ist es, Serienkiller zur Strecke zu bringen. Dana Whitestone ist dem «Cleveland-Slasher» auf der Spur. Er hat in zwei Wochen vier kleine M?dchen hingerichtet. Er ist der beste Killer, der ihr je untergekommen ist. Dana ahnt, dass dies ihr letzter Fall sein k?nnte. Denn der Killer hat jedem seiner Opfer einen Plastikbuchstaben in die Bauchh?hle eingen?ht. Zusammengef?gt ergeben sie ein Wort: D A N A «Erschreckend, spannend, absolut originell!» Karin Slaughter

Исполнители: Nicole Engeln

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Автор: Jeremy Purseglove

In recent years the Somerset Levels suffered from the worst flooding in over twenty years. Inevitably the residents asked for more drainage, more dredging and more money. Flooding in the area has been an issue since it was a marshland, but is more drainage and more dredging the answer?Exploring the old arguments and new solutions raised over the last 400 years, this completely updated edition of the classic Taming the Flood reveals how harnessing nature, rather than attempting to repress it, is the only answer.As a practical landscape architect and ecologist working in the water industry, Jeremy Purseglove has been actively involved in land drainage engineering to try to enhance, rather than destroy, the heritage of our rivers and wetlands. Taming the Flood draws extensively on this experience, analysing many of the conflicting demands made on rivers and wetlands. Purseglove charts the conservation, agriculture and development, and outlines practical proposals for the protection and use of these sensitive ecological habitats.From the Lancashire mosses and the Derwent Ings, Otmoor and the Fens, to Romney Marsh and the Somerset Levels, he traces the history and natural history of our rivers and wetlands, describing in vivid detail both the beauty of these strange and ancient landscapes, and the often disastrous results of attempts to tame them.

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Автор: Alejandro Vagelli A

The Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, is a fascinating species that possesses a series of remarkable biological characteristics making it unique among coral reef fishes. It has been the focus of studies in reproduction, ecology, population genetics and evolution. In addition, since its rediscovery in the late 1990s, it has become tremendously popular in the international ornamental fish trade, and indiscriminate collecting has led to its inclusion in the 2007 IUCN Red List as an endangered species. This book is divided into three main parts: a general introduction to the fish, including a historical synopsis with an overview of the Banggai Archipelago; a comprehensive treatment of the species’ natural history (distribution, morphology, reproduction, embryology, ecology, genetics, systematics and evolution); an account of the conservation of the species, including descriptions of its fishery, attempts to protect it under CITES, and introduction programmes. The book also includes an appendix offering information on captive breeding, juvenile mortality reduction, and common diseases. This book is a unique resource for ichthyology students and researchers working on fish biology, ecology and conservation, and for marine ornamental fish hobbyists and aquarium professionals. Visit www.wiley.com/go/vagelli/cardinalfish to access the figures and tables from the book.

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Автор: Alejandro Vagelli A

The Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, is a fascinating species that possesses a series of remarkable biological characteristics making it unique among coral reef fishes. It has been the focus of studies in reproduction, ecology, population genetics and evolution. In addition, since its rediscovery in the late 1990s, it has become tremendously popular in the international ornamental fish trade, and indiscriminate collecting has led to its inclusion in the 2007 IUCN Red List as an endangered species. This book is divided into three main parts: a general introduction to the fish, including a historical synopsis with an overview of the Banggai Archipelago; a comprehensive treatment of the species’ natural history (distribution, morphology, reproduction, embryology, ecology, genetics, systematics and evolution); an account of the conservation of the species, including descriptions of its fishery, attempts to protect it under CITES, and introduction programmes. The book also includes an appendix offering information on captive breeding, juvenile mortality reduction, and common diseases. This book is a unique resource for ichthyology students and researchers working on fish biology, ecology and conservation, and for marine ornamental fish hobbyists and aquarium professionals. Visit www.wiley.com/go/vagelli/cardinalfish to access the figures and tables from the book.

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Автор: H. G. Wells

Исполнители: Gary Appleton

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Автор: Conn Iggulden

Spark your imagination, forge your own adventures and unearth long-lost skills. In this long-awaited follow-up to his much-loved bestseller, written with his sons Cameron and Arthur, Conn Iggulden presents a brand-new compendium of cunning schemes, projects, tricks, games and tales of extraordinary courage. Whether it’s building a flying machine (keep your temper with this one) or learning how to pick a padlock (or your own front door, but not someone else’s), discovering our forgotten explorers and the world’s greatest speeches, or mastering the lauded task of solving a Rubik’s cube, The Double Dangerous Book for Boys is the ultimate companion to be cherished by readers and doers of all ages.

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Автор: Джонатан Франзен

A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The CorrectionsIn The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigour to the themes – both human and literary – that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis, these pieces contain all the wit and disabused realism that we’ve come to expect from Franzen.Taken together, these essays trace the progress of a unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature and with some of the most important issues of our day, made more pressing by the current political milieu. The End of the End of the Earth is remarkable, provocative and necessary.

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Автор: Arundhati Roy

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Автор: Simon Stallard

Irresistible feasts to share and remember with family and friends from the ocean, fields and clifftops of Cornwall.Simon Stallard set up The Hidden Hut to huge critical acclaim in 2011. An outdoor restaurant in Cornwall, tucked down on a remote sandy beach with no road access and completely off grid. He cooks up huge atmospheric open-air feasts for their diners throughout the year. In 2017, over 22,000 people applied for just 600 covers over their summer season, with tickets selling out within minutes of release each month, making it the hottest restaurant ticket in the UK. Simon’s cooking techniques have become iconic in Cornwall – from fire pits in the sand to wind-chime fish smokers and wood-fired rotisseries – his feasts are influenced by the smouldering fires and field-to-fork Cornish produce that fill his outdoor beach kitchen.The Hidden Hut cookbook showcases inspiration for creating magical and memorable feasts. The recipes are adapted for the home cook and include delicious, achievable dishes for both small family meals and larger gatherings. Many of the recipes have the option to be cooked indoors conventionally or outdoors over fire.As well as sharing the feasts that made them so famous, there are further favourite Hidden Hut recipes for filling your flask with soups, chowders and spiced dhals, alfresco summer salads, warming winter braises and homely Cornish treats.

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Автор: Diana Wynne Jones

You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but it will be against the rules for you to enter play in any world. If you succeed in returning Home, then you may enter play again in the normal manner.When Jamie unwittingly discovers the scary, dark-cloaked Them playing games with human’s lives, he is cast out to the boundaries of the worlds. Only then does he discover that there are a vast number of parallel worlds, all linked by the bounds, and these sinister creatures are using them all as a massive gamesboard.Clinging to Their promise that if he can get Home he is free, he becomes the unwilling Random Factor in an endless game of chance.Irresistible Diana Wynne Jones fantasy adventure, featuring an insect-loving shapeshifter, an apprentice demon hunter and a whole host of exotic characters clinging to the hope that one day they will return Home.

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Автор: Оуэн Колфер

A thrilling short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written by an award-winning, bestselling authorIreland, 1955: Charley’s used to being lookout for Mammy – or ‘Sal Capone’, as she’s known in the local papers. He doesn’t want to be part of a criminal gang, but he’d rather that than have his mammy dragged off to prison; she’s only trying to keep him safe from Dad. But on the day of Charley’s fourteenth birthday and a hold-up at gunpoint of the village post office – Charley’s role changes. The stakes have been raised and Charley realises that the outcome of this crime could change their lives for ever.An exciting, drama-filled tale brought to life by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick’s atmospheric artwork.Look out for the other eleven stories – also available as e-shorts!

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Автор: Tamsin Pickeral

The Majesty of the Horse is a celebration of an animal that has shaped the fate of mankind.Written as a glorious celebration of this noblest of animals, the book explores the sheer beauty and grandeur of horses, revealing the central role they have played in human societies throughout the world and across the ages.The book showcases equine photographer Astrid Harrisson’s amazing portraiture and stunning images of horses in motion, with pictures that capture the essence of many different breeds. It pays homage not only to the physical splendour of the horse – its grace, strength,and extraordinary adaptability – but also to the animal’s remarkable diversity. Equestrian specialist Tamsin Pickeral traces the evolution of the most significant and fascinating breeds, among them , the tiny, fiery Caspian, a native of the Caspian Sea’s south shore; the proud Thoroughbred; the genetically pure Icelandic Pony; the heroic Shire horse; and many others.For millenia, horses have enabled mankind to work the land effectively, travel across vast territories, go to war, and ride for sport and pleasure. The Majesty of the Horse reveals the stories behind the breeds of horses that humans have bred to produce the most efficient horse to fight on, to pull a plough, to travel on, pull a coach, or work with.Equestrian expert Tamsin Pickeral and award-winning horse photographer Astrid Harrisson spent a year combing the world in search of the best horses for The Majesty of the Horse.

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Автор: K. Downey

This key document, produced by the BFS IOA, outlines important aspects on operation of BFS technology to ensure both compliance with cGMP regulations and the production of drug products of the appropriate quality, safety and efficacy. The Points to Consider document provides recommendations specific to the operation of Blow-Fill-Seal technology for the manufacture of sterile pharmaceuticals and liquid medical devices. One of the aims of this document is to define the minimum standards expected and to develop consistency across all users of BFS technology for the manufacture of drug products.The Pharmaceutical Blow-Fill-Seal International Operators Association (BFS IOA) is an international industry association for pharmaceutical and associated companies, which have a direct or indirect involvement with Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) manufacturing. BFS IOA is a non-profit organization, and is financed by subscription of more than 60 member companies worldwide and by sponsorships from the industry.

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Автор: Mark Cocker

J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writingDespite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands – peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them.Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written and its companion volume The Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing at its absolute best. Such luminaries as Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing, and the bestselling author Mark Cocker has provided an introduction on the importance of Baker, his writings and the diaries – creating the essential volume of Baker's writings.Papers, maps, and letters have recently come to light which in turn provide a little more background into J A Baker’s history. Contemporaries – particularly from his time at school in Chelmsford – have provided insights, remembering a school friend who clearly made an impact on his generation.Among fragments of letters to Baker was one from a reader who praised a piece that Baker had written in RSPB Birds magazine in 1971. Apart from a paper on peregrines which Baker wrote for the Essex Bird Report, this article – entitled On the Essex Coast – appears to be his only other published piece of writing, and, with the agreement of the RSPB, it has been included in this updated new paperback edition of Baker’s astounding work.

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Автор: Michael Wigan

‘Sometimes the river was too high to see the fish pairs well, sometimes the wind shook up the surface too much to get a clear view. […] You know if they have already spawned and buried their eggs in the gravel because hit by the light they run, and squiggle downstream. Un-spawned, they face the light. It is one of nature’s great spectacles.’So begins Michael Wigan’s fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish. He explores the natural history of the salmon, this most mysterious of fishes that has fascinated man for centuries, evoking passion and adventure throughout the ages.He explores the life cycle of the salmon, weaving his own experiences and stories into an evocative narrative. Crucially, he addresses the pressing matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populations. History suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needs.In his unique and passionate voice, the author transports us to another world – his writing is beautifully evocative and his excitement for the salmon palpable throughout.

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Автор: Wolfgang Wilhelm

New release of the classic in English-Arabic! Ladybird Marie is sick. She can no longer paint. Her hands and wings are in splints. Diana, the dragonfly always helps other animals and helps Marie. Will Marie ever paint again? As the summer comes to an end, Diana feels unwell. Now who can help Diana?فِي العَدَدِ القَادِم مِن سِلْسِلَة القِصَص! اللغة الإنكليزيَّة – العَربيَّة..الخُنْفُسَاء مَاري يَائِسَة. فَهِيَ لَمْ تَعُدْ قَادِرة عَلى الرَّسْمِ ، وَذَلِكَ لأنَ يَدَهَا وَجَنَاحَها مُلتَويَين. أما اليعسوبة لُولِيتا ، التي تساعد دائماً جميع الحيوانات ، فَسَتُطَبِّبُ ماري أيضاً. فهل سَتَتَمَكن ماري مِنَ الرَسْمِ بِشَكلٍ جَيِّد من جَدِيد؟ وَعِندَما قَارَبَ الصَّيف عَلَى الإنْتِهاءِ سَاءَ حَالُ لُولِيتا. فمَن سَيَقُومُ بِمُسَاعَدَتِها الآن؟

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