Author: Reg. D. Lyons
Publisher: S.A.G. A. Publications A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
SAVE NOW MORE THAN 60% OFF Our SUPER AWESOME HOLIDAY POST BLACK FRIDAY to BLACK CHRISTMAS BEYOND UNTIL THE END OF CYBER MONDAY MIDNIGHT!! ORDER NOW!! What are you waiting for? ORDER NOW and Save More than 60 % off the Reg. Price. Victor DeBeers is a big game hunter, known in famous hunting circles around the globe as 'the Flying Dutchman' ,a ladies man,he has no idea of how his world is about to come crashing down when he goes after the rare subspecies male White Lion of South Africa. Victor believes in what he can see and kill! Not some village legend about it being a Ghostly Guardian of the Jungle. Terence Ababa i s a direct descendant of the bush people who also warns Victor of the legend and curse which goes unheeded. Now, back in his home in Manhattan, New York, the Flying Dutchman must race against time to prove his innocence to a striking aggressive female F.B.I. agent and find a cure to his terrible blood lust before it’s too late and more women are attacked and murdered in the Big Apple.
White Lion Hunt
Author: Reg. D. Lyons
Publisher: S.A.G. A. Publications A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
SAVE NOW MORE THAN 60% OFF Our SUPER AWESOME HOLIDAY POST BLACK FRIDAY to BLACK CHRISTMAS BEYOND UNTIL THE END OF CYBER MONDAY MIDNIGHT!! ORDER NOW!! What are you waiting for? ORDER NOW and Save More than 60 % off the Reg. Price. Victor DeBeers is a big game hunter, known in famous hunting circles around the globe as 'the Flying Dutchman' ,a ladies man,he has no idea of how his world is about to come crashing down when he goes after the rare subspecies male White Lion of South Africa. Victor believes in what he can see and kill! Not some village legend about it being a Ghostly Guardian of the Jungle. Terence Ababa i s a direct descendant of the bush people who also warns Victor of the legend and curse which goes unheeded. Now, back in his home in Manhattan, New York, the Flying Dutchman must race against time to prove his innocence to a striking aggressive female F.B.I. agent and find a cure to his terrible blood lust before it’s too late and more women are attacked and murdered in the Big Apple.
Publisher: S.A.G. A. Publications A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
SAVE NOW MORE THAN 60% OFF Our SUPER AWESOME HOLIDAY POST BLACK FRIDAY to BLACK CHRISTMAS BEYOND UNTIL THE END OF CYBER MONDAY MIDNIGHT!! ORDER NOW!! What are you waiting for? ORDER NOW and Save More than 60 % off the Reg. Price. Victor DeBeers is a big game hunter, known in famous hunting circles around the globe as 'the Flying Dutchman' ,a ladies man,he has no idea of how his world is about to come crashing down when he goes after the rare subspecies male White Lion of South Africa. Victor believes in what he can see and kill! Not some village legend about it being a Ghostly Guardian of the Jungle. Terence Ababa i s a direct descendant of the bush people who also warns Victor of the legend and curse which goes unheeded. Now, back in his home in Manhattan, New York, the Flying Dutchman must race against time to prove his innocence to a striking aggressive female F.B.I. agent and find a cure to his terrible blood lust before it’s too late and more women are attacked and murdered in the Big Apple.
Saving the White Lions
Author: Linda Tucker
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583946055
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
In this captivating, suspenseful memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting industry, armed only with her indomitable spirit and total devotion. Her story begins in 1991 with a heart-stopping misadventure in the Timbavati Reserve of South Africa. Tucker—then a successful advertising executive—and a group of fellow travelers found themselves surrounded by a pride of angry lions. There was no way out, night had fallen, and the battery in their only flashlight was beginning to flicker. Miraculously, a local medicine woman, with two youngsters in tow, passed, trancelike and fearless, through the lions and escorted them all to safety. For Tucker, that life-threatening experience became a life-changing one. She abandoned her career, left Europe, and returned to Timbavati to track down the medicine woman who had saved her: Maria Khosa. Upon seeing Tucker again, Khosa only smiled and said, “What took you so long?” She had been expecting her, and there was so much to do. Under Khosa’s shamanic tutelage, Tucker learned of her sacred destiny: to be the “keeper of the white lions,” believed to be angelic beings sent to Earth to save humanity at a time of crisis. Khosa also prophesized that the queen of the white lions—the embodiment of the mother of Ra, the sun god—would soon be born, on a day and in a place considered holy by Westerners. On December 25, 2000, in the little South Africa town of Bethlehem, a snowy white lion cub, Marah, was born. From the moment of her first meeting with Marah, Tucker’s story immediately takes off into battle, as she dedicates her every waking moment to prying Marah and her siblings from the grips of the trophy-hunting industry. Compellingly written in the intimate style of a journal, Tucker describes with unflinching honesty her fears, doubts, hopes, and dreams, all the while unfolding for us an unforgettable tale of adventure, romance, spirituality, and most of all, justice.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583946055
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
In this captivating, suspenseful memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting industry, armed only with her indomitable spirit and total devotion. Her story begins in 1991 with a heart-stopping misadventure in the Timbavati Reserve of South Africa. Tucker—then a successful advertising executive—and a group of fellow travelers found themselves surrounded by a pride of angry lions. There was no way out, night had fallen, and the battery in their only flashlight was beginning to flicker. Miraculously, a local medicine woman, with two youngsters in tow, passed, trancelike and fearless, through the lions and escorted them all to safety. For Tucker, that life-threatening experience became a life-changing one. She abandoned her career, left Europe, and returned to Timbavati to track down the medicine woman who had saved her: Maria Khosa. Upon seeing Tucker again, Khosa only smiled and said, “What took you so long?” She had been expecting her, and there was so much to do. Under Khosa’s shamanic tutelage, Tucker learned of her sacred destiny: to be the “keeper of the white lions,” believed to be angelic beings sent to Earth to save humanity at a time of crisis. Khosa also prophesized that the queen of the white lions—the embodiment of the mother of Ra, the sun god—would soon be born, on a day and in a place considered holy by Westerners. On December 25, 2000, in the little South Africa town of Bethlehem, a snowy white lion cub, Marah, was born. From the moment of her first meeting with Marah, Tucker’s story immediately takes off into battle, as she dedicates her every waking moment to prying Marah and her siblings from the grips of the trophy-hunting industry. Compellingly written in the intimate style of a journal, Tucker describes with unflinching honesty her fears, doubts, hopes, and dreams, all the while unfolding for us an unforgettable tale of adventure, romance, spirituality, and most of all, justice.
Mystery of the White Lions
Author: Linda Tucker
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401928560
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The inspiring firsthand account of one woman’s journey into African shamanism and the mysteries of the most sacred animal on the continent: the legendary White Lion In 1991, Linda Tucker was rescued from a pride of lions in the Timbavati game region by a medicine woman known as the “Lion Queen.” So began Linda’s lifelong journey into the wisdom and ceremonies of Old Africa, in which humans and lions are able to cross the species barrier. Such knowledge is in accordance with the most guarded secrets of Ancient Egypt and humankind’s greatest riddle, the Sphinx. Scientists in our day have established that humankind’s most significant evolutionary leap occurred as a result of our ancestors’ interaction with great cats. The White Lion is a genetic rarity within Panthera leo, and occurred in just one region on Earth: Timbavati. Today, White Lions form the center of the notorious “canned” trophy-hunting industry—hand-reared captive lions, shot in enclosures for gross sums of money. By contrast, shamans believe that killing a “lion sun god” is the ultimate sacrilege. How the human species treats such precious symbols of God in nature may determine how nature treats the human species. Whether we view them as prophetic “Lions of God” or simply as rare genetic mutations, the story of the White Lions is a true legend unfolding in our own extraordinary times. Inspiring, captivating, and thoroughly researched, Mystery of the White Lions is an unforgettable portrait of these magnificent beasts and of the overwhelming love that has driven Linda's every action to save them. “Through understanding the White Lion we will understand ourselves and our great role in the chain of being.” —Deepak Chopra
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401928560
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The inspiring firsthand account of one woman’s journey into African shamanism and the mysteries of the most sacred animal on the continent: the legendary White Lion In 1991, Linda Tucker was rescued from a pride of lions in the Timbavati game region by a medicine woman known as the “Lion Queen.” So began Linda’s lifelong journey into the wisdom and ceremonies of Old Africa, in which humans and lions are able to cross the species barrier. Such knowledge is in accordance with the most guarded secrets of Ancient Egypt and humankind’s greatest riddle, the Sphinx. Scientists in our day have established that humankind’s most significant evolutionary leap occurred as a result of our ancestors’ interaction with great cats. The White Lion is a genetic rarity within Panthera leo, and occurred in just one region on Earth: Timbavati. Today, White Lions form the center of the notorious “canned” trophy-hunting industry—hand-reared captive lions, shot in enclosures for gross sums of money. By contrast, shamans believe that killing a “lion sun god” is the ultimate sacrilege. How the human species treats such precious symbols of God in nature may determine how nature treats the human species. Whether we view them as prophetic “Lions of God” or simply as rare genetic mutations, the story of the White Lions is a true legend unfolding in our own extraordinary times. Inspiring, captivating, and thoroughly researched, Mystery of the White Lions is an unforgettable portrait of these magnificent beasts and of the overwhelming love that has driven Linda's every action to save them. “Through understanding the White Lion we will understand ourselves and our great role in the chain of being.” —Deepak Chopra
We're Going on a Lion Hunt
Author: David Axtell
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN: 1250105463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
This charming version of a well-known chant takes place on the African savanna In this beautifully illustrated rendition of a well-known children's chant, two sisters are looking not for a bear but for a lion—a lion that lives on the African savanna, where the girls go through swishy-swashy long grass, a splishy-splashy lake, and a Big Dark Cave. When they finally meet their lion, they have to run, run, run through it all again to get back home. Young readers will enjoy the playful language and beautiful paintings that reset a familiar story in a far-off part of the world.
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN: 1250105463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
This charming version of a well-known chant takes place on the African savanna In this beautifully illustrated rendition of a well-known children's chant, two sisters are looking not for a bear but for a lion—a lion that lives on the African savanna, where the girls go through swishy-swashy long grass, a splishy-splashy lake, and a Big Dark Cave. When they finally meet their lion, they have to run, run, run through it all again to get back home. Young readers will enjoy the playful language and beautiful paintings that reset a familiar story in a far-off part of the world.
The Spectacular White Lion Heart
Author: R. D. Lyons
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359665136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
An Action Horror from the Get Go! This Supernatural Thriller Crime-Drama novel is set in South Africa Modern day! This will keep you on the edge of your seat right to the end! with lots of Suspense and intrigue sure to please.A South African Urban Legend has it that the White South African Lion of the Timbavati is actually the 'Guardian of the Jungle'a Rare Sub-Species Big Bad White Lion!!! a White Magic Beast! For Whoever tries to hunt it may receive the terrible soul transference curse! of the WHITE LION if they survive the encounter at all! The tables are turned on an expert Big Game hunter, Victor DeBeers. Known as the Flying Dutchman. When women start to turn up in grisly finds in the Big Apple, A beautiful and motivated FBI investigator gets involved! Investigator Ramirez wants and needs to find out the truth about the horrifying murders and the secret about Victor before it is too late.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359665136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
An Action Horror from the Get Go! This Supernatural Thriller Crime-Drama novel is set in South Africa Modern day! This will keep you on the edge of your seat right to the end! with lots of Suspense and intrigue sure to please.A South African Urban Legend has it that the White South African Lion of the Timbavati is actually the 'Guardian of the Jungle'a Rare Sub-Species Big Bad White Lion!!! a White Magic Beast! For Whoever tries to hunt it may receive the terrible soul transference curse! of the WHITE LION if they survive the encounter at all! The tables are turned on an expert Big Game hunter, Victor DeBeers. Known as the Flying Dutchman. When women start to turn up in grisly finds in the Big Apple, A beautiful and motivated FBI investigator gets involved! Investigator Ramirez wants and needs to find out the truth about the horrifying murders and the secret about Victor before it is too late.
Unfair Game
Author: Michael Ashcroft
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785906127
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In April 2019 Lord Ashcroft published the results of his year-long investigation into South Africa's captive-bred lion industry. Over eleven pages of a single edition of the Mail on Sunday he showed why this sickening trade, which involves appalling cruelty to the 'King of the Savannah' from birth to death, has become a stain on the country. Unfair Game, to be published in June 2020, features the shocking results of a new inquiry Lord Ashcroft has conducted into South Africa's lion business. In the book, he shows how tourists are unwittingly being used to support the abuse of lions; he details how lions are being tranquilised and then hunted in enclosed spaces; he urges the British government to ban the import of captive-bred lion trophies; and he demonstrates why Asia's insatiable appetite for lion bones has become a multimillion-dollar business linked to criminality and corruption, which now underpins South Africa's captive lion industry.
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785906127
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In April 2019 Lord Ashcroft published the results of his year-long investigation into South Africa's captive-bred lion industry. Over eleven pages of a single edition of the Mail on Sunday he showed why this sickening trade, which involves appalling cruelty to the 'King of the Savannah' from birth to death, has become a stain on the country. Unfair Game, to be published in June 2020, features the shocking results of a new inquiry Lord Ashcroft has conducted into South Africa's lion business. In the book, he shows how tourists are unwittingly being used to support the abuse of lions; he details how lions are being tranquilised and then hunted in enclosed spaces; he urges the British government to ban the import of captive-bred lion trophies; and he demonstrates why Asia's insatiable appetite for lion bones has become a multimillion-dollar business linked to criminality and corruption, which now underpins South Africa's captive lion industry.
White Hunters
Author: Brian Herne
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 146686754X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Brian Herne's White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris is the story of seventy years of African adventure, danger, and romance. East Africa affects our imagination like few other places: the sight of a charging rhino goes directly to the heart; the limitless landscape of bony highlands, desert, and mountain is, as Isak Dinesen wrote, of "unequalled nobility." White Hunters re-creates the legendary big-game safaris led by Selous and Bell and the daring ventures of early hunters into unexplored territories, and brings to life such romantic figures as Cape-to-Cairo Grogan, who walked 4,000 miles for the love of a woman, and Dinesen's dashing lover, Denys Finch. Witnesses to the richest wildlife spectacle on the earth, these hunters were the first conservationists. Hard-drinking, infatuated with risk, and careless in love, they inspired Hemingway's stories and movies with Clark Gable and Gregory Peck.
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 146686754X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Brian Herne's White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris is the story of seventy years of African adventure, danger, and romance. East Africa affects our imagination like few other places: the sight of a charging rhino goes directly to the heart; the limitless landscape of bony highlands, desert, and mountain is, as Isak Dinesen wrote, of "unequalled nobility." White Hunters re-creates the legendary big-game safaris led by Selous and Bell and the daring ventures of early hunters into unexplored territories, and brings to life such romantic figures as Cape-to-Cairo Grogan, who walked 4,000 miles for the love of a woman, and Dinesen's dashing lover, Denys Finch. Witnesses to the richest wildlife spectacle on the earth, these hunters were the first conservationists. Hard-drinking, infatuated with risk, and careless in love, they inspired Hemingway's stories and movies with Clark Gable and Gregory Peck.
White Lion II
Author: Reg D. Lyons
Publisher: S.A.G.A.(Super Awesome Graphic Arts) New Media Publishing A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Co.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
What if the most deepest, darkest secrets imaginable,thousands of years old! ..are uncovered and forced into the light...what then? it would be some kind of case...The case would be the most shocking! baffling! bizarre! case of all time! One Man! Man-Hunter will travel Victor DeBeers would take on such a case!...Good thing he's not alone!!!" With Dark secrets revealed,. the most Darkest Energies are released and when they do emerge utter havoc reigns! As Victor unravels this most Disturbing,Nefarious missing persons case involving two young women, he has no idea at first how far down the Rabbit hole he must go to uncover the ugly truths hidden deep beneath another unseen world of the Jinn. Victor soon realizes that he must stop one of the Greatest Evils that faces mankind but in order to do this he must enlist the aid of his Fiance FBI Forensic Investigator Mejia Ramirez, An Inspector of New Scotland Yard, the Chief Lieutenant of INTERPOL, A Paranormal Psychologist and a Great Sanuzi or Seer from South Africa and his Nephew Apprentice! Victor and the Task Force must find the missing key, in order to win the battle of Minds and Spirits before they get to a point of no return! Also Victor must conquer the unknown and the Beast within him! However, there is much more.he must know and unveil so shocking enough for anyone to put the fear of God into!
Publisher: S.A.G.A.(Super Awesome Graphic Arts) New Media Publishing A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Co.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
What if the most deepest, darkest secrets imaginable,thousands of years old! ..are uncovered and forced into the light...what then? it would be some kind of case...The case would be the most shocking! baffling! bizarre! case of all time! One Man! Man-Hunter will travel Victor DeBeers would take on such a case!...Good thing he's not alone!!!" With Dark secrets revealed,. the most Darkest Energies are released and when they do emerge utter havoc reigns! As Victor unravels this most Disturbing,Nefarious missing persons case involving two young women, he has no idea at first how far down the Rabbit hole he must go to uncover the ugly truths hidden deep beneath another unseen world of the Jinn. Victor soon realizes that he must stop one of the Greatest Evils that faces mankind but in order to do this he must enlist the aid of his Fiance FBI Forensic Investigator Mejia Ramirez, An Inspector of New Scotland Yard, the Chief Lieutenant of INTERPOL, A Paranormal Psychologist and a Great Sanuzi or Seer from South Africa and his Nephew Apprentice! Victor and the Task Force must find the missing key, in order to win the battle of Minds and Spirits before they get to a point of no return! Also Victor must conquer the unknown and the Beast within him! However, there is much more.he must know and unveil so shocking enough for anyone to put the fear of God into!
The White Lions of Timbavati
Author: Chris McBride
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The author was a wildlife manager at Timbavati, a Transvaal game reserve. He made a significant study of white lions, a unique and endangered species.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The author was a wildlife manager at Timbavati, a Transvaal game reserve. He made a significant study of white lions, a unique and endangered species.
White Spirit Animals
Author: J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1591432480
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Explores the powers and wisdom of sacred White Spirit Animals • Looks in-depth at the lessons of the major White Spirit Animals: the White Bear, White Lion, White Elephant, White Wolf, and White Buffalo • Explains how to use shamanic dreaming and trans-species telepathy to communicate with these great spiritual teachers • Reveals how White Spirit Animals are calling humanity to restore balance, respect, reverence, and honor to protect our animal kin, ourselves, and the earth Beautiful rarities of nature, all-white animals are held sacred by many indigenous cultures and offer deep wisdom to all who will listen. In addition to the White Buffalo, there are other revered white animals, such as the White Wolf, White Lion, White Elephant, and White Bear. Each of these White Spirit Animals belongs to a species at the apex of their ecosystem, meaning the environment in which they live will unravel without them. Speaking through ancient and modern prophecy and the many humans who communicate with them, these White Spirit Animals are urgently calling to humanity to restore balance and protect our animal kin, ourselves, and the earth. Combining sacred elder lore, science, and her own telepathic dreams, Zohara Hieronimus looks at the special role played by White Spirit Animals in spiritual traditions and prophecy around the globe, where they are seen as guardians of animal wisdom, each with a special purpose and gift. She reveals how they have collaborated with humanity since the last ice age, inspiring spiritual practices and conferring shamanistic powers, and are considered the stewards of the great spiritual transformations that occur during transitional times. Sharing the waking vision of White Spirit Animals that called her to write this book, and their message of CPR for the earth--conservation, preservation, and restoration--she explains how to use shamanic dreaming and trans-species telepathy to communicate with these great spiritual teachers. Exploring each one of the major White Spirit Animals--White Buffalo, White Lion, White Elephant, White Wolf, and White Spirit Bear--and the cultures in which they are honored, the author shows, for example, how the White Buffalo is called a harbinger of peace and abundance by many Native American tribes and the White Bear, the great earth healer, teaches us about nurturance and patience. As a bridge between the spiritual and physical worlds, between humans and animals, White Spirit Animals are calling us to open our hearts to the wild, to the sacredness of the wind, the water, the earth, and dream a new world into being to heal our own personal and collective wounds and restore the earth to balance.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1591432480
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Explores the powers and wisdom of sacred White Spirit Animals • Looks in-depth at the lessons of the major White Spirit Animals: the White Bear, White Lion, White Elephant, White Wolf, and White Buffalo • Explains how to use shamanic dreaming and trans-species telepathy to communicate with these great spiritual teachers • Reveals how White Spirit Animals are calling humanity to restore balance, respect, reverence, and honor to protect our animal kin, ourselves, and the earth Beautiful rarities of nature, all-white animals are held sacred by many indigenous cultures and offer deep wisdom to all who will listen. In addition to the White Buffalo, there are other revered white animals, such as the White Wolf, White Lion, White Elephant, and White Bear. Each of these White Spirit Animals belongs to a species at the apex of their ecosystem, meaning the environment in which they live will unravel without them. Speaking through ancient and modern prophecy and the many humans who communicate with them, these White Spirit Animals are urgently calling to humanity to restore balance and protect our animal kin, ourselves, and the earth. Combining sacred elder lore, science, and her own telepathic dreams, Zohara Hieronimus looks at the special role played by White Spirit Animals in spiritual traditions and prophecy around the globe, where they are seen as guardians of animal wisdom, each with a special purpose and gift. She reveals how they have collaborated with humanity since the last ice age, inspiring spiritual practices and conferring shamanistic powers, and are considered the stewards of the great spiritual transformations that occur during transitional times. Sharing the waking vision of White Spirit Animals that called her to write this book, and their message of CPR for the earth--conservation, preservation, and restoration--she explains how to use shamanic dreaming and trans-species telepathy to communicate with these great spiritual teachers. Exploring each one of the major White Spirit Animals--White Buffalo, White Lion, White Elephant, White Wolf, and White Spirit Bear--and the cultures in which they are honored, the author shows, for example, how the White Buffalo is called a harbinger of peace and abundance by many Native American tribes and the White Bear, the great earth healer, teaches us about nurturance and patience. As a bridge between the spiritual and physical worlds, between humans and animals, White Spirit Animals are calling us to open our hearts to the wild, to the sacredness of the wind, the water, the earth, and dream a new world into being to heal our own personal and collective wounds and restore the earth to balance.