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James Arthur is Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Staffing and Professor of Education and Civic Engagement at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues. Among his many works on the education of character and virtue are The Communitarian Agenda in Education (2001) and Education with Character (2003). David Carr is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh and currently Professor of Ethics and Education in the University of Birmingham Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, UK.  He has written much on the significance of art and literature for educating moral character and recently edited a volume of essays entitled Perspectives on Gratitude: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2016). Kristján Kristjánsson is Professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics, and Deputy Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on issues at the intersection of moral philosophy, moral psychology and moral education. His latest book is Aristotelian Character Education (2015).




73 Ebooks by James Arthur

Andrew Peterson & Robert Hattam: The Palgrave International Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Social Justice
This state-of-the-art, comprehensive Handbook is the first of its kind to fully explore the interconnections between social justice and education for citizenship on an international scale.  …
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€160.49
David Carr & James Arthur: Varieties of Virtue Ethics
This book explores recent developments in ethics of virtue. While acknowledging the Aristotelian roots of modern virtue ethics – with its emphasis on the moral importance of character – this collecti …
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€160.49
James Arthur & Laurent Clozel: Simple Algebras, Base Change, and the Advanced Theory of the Trace Formula. (AM-120), Volume 120
A general principle, discovered by Robert Langlands and named by him the ‘functoriality principle, ‘ predicts relations between automorphic forms on arithmetic subgroups of different reductive groups …
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€92.99
Ian Davies & Carole Hahn: SAGE Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy
This handbook brings together new work by some of the leading authorities on citizenship education, and is divided into five sections. The first section deals with key ideas about citizenship …
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€134.99
James Arthur: Charms Against Lightning
‘That feeling of becoming a new person in a different place, even if it’s an illusion, is intoxicating to me, and always has been. I love writing about places, but only places where I don’t belong.’& …
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€14.99
James Arthur: Faith and Secularisation in Religious Colleges and Universities
This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational policy, …
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€106.17
James Arthur & UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA ROBERT PHILLIPS: Issues in History Teaching
Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary …
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€30.05
James Arthur: Education with Character
The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government’s policy of ‘promoting education with character.’ Schools are identified as having a …
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€34.31
James Arthur & Karen Bohlin: Citizenship and Higher Education
What are the obligations of the university to society and its communities? What are the virtues of university education? What are the university’s ethical responsibilities to its students? The role …
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€106.33
James Arthur & Ian Davies: Citizenship Through Secondary History
Citizenship through Secondary History reveals the potential of history to engage with citizenship education and includes: a review of the links between citizenship education and the teaching and …
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€29.99
Dr James Arthur & James Arthur: Schools and Community
Communitarianism, as a movement, is clearly a dominant theme within New Labour’s educational policy. How does this affect education and the life and work of schools?Research has shown that there is a …
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€34.23
James Arthur & Jon Davison: Professional Values and Practice
The professional code of the General Teaching Council lists eight new standards, each of them analysed here in detail using questions and activities to describe what trainee teachers need to know, …
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€26.51
James Arthur & Liam Gearon: Education, Politics and Religion
In recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a …
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€93.95
James Arthur: Formation of Character in Education
The Formation of Character: From Aristotle to the 21st Century offers an introduction to the foundations, practices, policies and issues of character formation historically. Following a chronological …
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€48.69
James Arthur: Formation of Character in Education
The Formation of Character: From Aristotle to the 21st Century offers an introduction to the foundations, practices, policies and issues of character formation historically. Following a chronological …
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€48.69
James Arthur: Virtues in the Public Sphere
Virtues in the Public Sphere features seventeen chapters by experts from a variety of different perspectives on the broad theme of virtue in the public sphere. Spanning issues such as the notion of c …
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€48.89
James Arthur: Virtues in the Public Sphere
Virtues in the Public Sphere features seventeen chapters by experts from a variety of different perspectives on the broad theme of virtue in the public sphere. Spanning issues such as the notion of c …
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€48.64
James Arthur: Representation Theory of Real Reductive Lie Groups
The representation theory of real reductive groups is still incomplete, in spite of much progress made thus far. The papers in this volume were presented at the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research …
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€128.99
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Daniel (University of Birmingham, UK) Wright: Teaching Citizenship in the Secondary School
This text supports student teachers, NQTs and practitioners in implementing the Citizenship Order in secondary schools – to be introduced in September 2002. With a practical, clear focus, the authors …
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€44.70
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Daniel (University of Birmingham, UK) Wright: Teaching Citizenship in the Secondary School
This text supports student teachers, NQTs and practitioners in implementing the Citizenship Order in secondary schools – to be introduced in September 2002. With a practical, clear focus, the authors …
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€44.95
James Arthur: Faith and Secularisation in Religious Colleges and Universities
This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational po …
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€3.75
James Arthur: Faith and Secularisation in Religious Colleges and Universities
This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational po …
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€3.73
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Karen (Boston University, USA) Bohlin: Citizenship and Higher Education
What are the obligations of the university to society and its communities? What are the virtues of university education? What are the university”s ethical responsibilities to its students? The rol …
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€64.92
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Karen (Boston University, USA) Bohlin: Citizenship and Higher Education
What are the obligations of the university to society and its communities? What are the virtues of university education? What are the university”s ethical responsibilities to its students? The rol …
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€65.18
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Jon (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Davison: Professional Values and Practice
The professional code of the General Teaching Council lists eight new standards, each of them analysed here in detail using questions and activities to describe what trainee teachers need to know, un …
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€3.71
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Jon (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Davison: Professional Values and Practice
The professional code of the General Teaching Council lists eight new standards, each of them analysed here in detail using questions and activities to describe what trainee teachers need to know, un …
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€3.73
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur: Education with Character
The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government’s policy of ‘promoting education with character.’ Schools are identified as having a …
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€58.91
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur: Education with Character
The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government’s policy of ‘promoting education with character.’ Schools are identified as having a …
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€58.91
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Ian (Consultant Architect, UK) Davies: Citizenship Through Secondary History
Citizenship through Secondary History reveals the potential of history to engage with citizenship education and includes:
  • a review of the links between citizenship education and the teach …
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€46.30
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Ian (Consultant Architect, UK) Davies: Citizenship Through Secondary History
Citizenship through Secondary History reveals the potential of history to engage with citizenship education and includes:
  • a review of the links between citizenship education and the teach …
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€46.27
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA ROBERT PHILLIPS: Issues in History Teaching
Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary …
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€46.19
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA ROBERT PHILLIPS: Issues in History Teaching
Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary …
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€46.74
James Arthur: Subject Mentoring in the Secondary School
Student teachers have always worked with professionals during their teaching practice, but as teacher training becomes more school based, the role of the mentor has become much more important. Even …
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€49.62
James Arthur: Subject Mentoring in the Secondary School
Student teachers have always worked with professionals during their teaching practice, but as teacher training becomes more school based, the role of the mentor has become much more important. Even …
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€49.94
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Ian (Consultant Architect, UK) Davies: The Routledge Education Studies Textbook
The Routledge Education Studies Textbook is an academically wide-ranging and appropriately challenging resource for students beyond the introductory stages of a degree programme in Education Stu …
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€44.97
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Ian (Consultant Architect, UK) Davies: The Routledge Education Studies Textbook
The Routledge Education Studies Textbook is an academically wide-ranging and appropriately challenging resource for students beyond the introductory stages of a degree programme in Education Stu …
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€44.91
James (University of Glasgow, UK) Arthur & Jon (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Davison: Education Matters
Education Matters draws together a selection of the most influential papers published in the British Journal of Educational Studies by many of the leading scholars in the field over the past six …
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€53.34
James (University of Glasgow, UK) Arthur & Jon (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Davison: Education Matters
Education Matters draws together a selection of the most influential papers published in the British Journal of Educational Studies by many of the leading scholars in the field over the past six …
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€53.34
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Jon (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Davison: Social Literacy, Citizenship Education and the National Curriculum
This timely book looks at social literacy within the revised National Curriculum which places an obligation on schools and teachers to promote social cohesion, community involvement and a sense of …
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€71.40
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Jon (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Davison: Social Literacy, Citizenship Education and the National Curriculum
This timely book looks at social literacy within the revised National Curriculum which places an obligation on schools and teachers to promote social cohesion, community involvement and a sense of …
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€71.28
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Hilary Cremin: Debates in Citizenship Education
What are the key issues in Citizenship Education today?Debates in Citizenship Education encourages student and practising teachers to engage with and reflect on some of the key topics, concepts and …
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€48.71
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Andrew (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Peterson: Routledge Companion to Education
Who are the key thinkers in education?What are the hot topics in education?Where will education go from here?The Routledge Companion to Education presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide …
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€50.14
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Andrew (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Peterson: Routledge Companion to Education
Who are the key thinkers in education?What are the hot topics in education?Where will education go from here?The Routledge Companion to Education presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide …
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€50.14
James (University of Glasgow, UK) Arthur & Terence (University of Newcastle, Australia) Lovat: The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values
The academic fields of religion and values have become the focus of renewed interest in contemporary thinking about human activity and its motivations. The Routledge International Handbook of Educati …
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€61.19
James (University of Glasgow, UK) Arthur & Terence (University of Newcastle, Australia) Lovat: The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values
The academic fields of religion and values have become the focus of renewed interest in contemporary thinking about human activity and its motivations. The Routledge International Handbook of Educati …
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€61.19
James Arthur & Liam Gearon: Education, Politics and Religion
In recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a …
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€44.87
James Arthur & Liam Gearon: Education, Politics and Religion
In recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a …
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English
DRM
€44.97
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur: Policy Entrepreneurship in Education
Policy Entrepreneurship in Education aims to build the confidence and skills of education academics in securing higher impact for their work. It offers guidance and identifies methods of capturing an …
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€46.34
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur: Policy Entrepreneurship in Education
Policy Entrepreneurship in Education aims to build the confidence and skills of education academics in securing higher impact for their work. It offers guidance and identifies methods of capturing an …
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€46.31
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Tom (University of Birmingham, UK) Harrison: Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools
Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools addresses the contemporary issues of quantification and measurement in educational settings. The authors draw on the research of the Jubilee Centre at the U …
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€60.98
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Tom (University of Birmingham, UK) Harrison: Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools
Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools addresses the contemporary issues of quantification and measurement in educational settings. The authors draw on the research of the Jubilee Centre at the U …
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€61.19
James Arthur & Ian Davies: SAGE Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy
This handbook brings together new work by some of the leading authorities on citizenship education, and is divided into five sections. The first section deals with key ideas about citizenship …
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€94.00
James Arthur: Back to the Boy
‘The thought behind this book is not just me wanting to tell my story in the standard autobiographical fashion but to create a kind of self-help book that includes my story. There are many things …
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€3.99
James Arthur: Citizens of Character
The contributors discuss why character education is considered valuable, what character education is taken to mean, and identify and test hypotheses about various influences (schools, families, …
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€16.88
James Arthur: Citizens of Character
The contributors discuss why character education is considered valuable, what character education is taken to mean, and identify and test hypotheses about various influences (schools, families, …
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€16.85
James Arthur: Of Good Character
There has been across the world a resurgence of interest in ‘values education’ (values education is known internationally by a number of names) at school education, research and policy levels. In …
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€8.10
James Arthur: Raspberry Pi
RASPBERRY PI This book serves as a beginner’s guide to the world of Raspberry Pi, the different models, how to use them, and what their capabilities are. Inside, you will discover the power of the Ra …
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€2.99
TBD & James Arthur: Arduino
ARDUINO The Arduino technology started as an idea in 2003 by Hernando Barragán to simplify the BASIC stamp microcontroller, and reduce costs for students who wanted to purchase such technology. Since …
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€2.99
TBD & James Arthur: Linux
LINUX   Linux is an operating system that is seriously underrated, and in the eyes of many is far superior to any Windows or Mac OS available. Using Linux as your operating system can allow yo …
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€2.99
James Arthur & Julia Cleverdon: Educating for a Characterful Society
The UK National Curriculum states that schools should reaffirm commitment to the virtues of truth, justice, honesty, trust and a sense of duty. This aim, loosely defined as ‘character’ education, is …
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€19.08
James Arthur & Julia Cleverdon: Educating for a Characterful Society
The UK National Curriculum states that schools should reaffirm commitment to the virtues of truth, justice, honesty, trust and a sense of duty. This aim, loosely defined as ‘character’ education, is …
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€19.15
James Arthur & Sabena Jameel: Ethics and the Good Doctor
Ethics and the Good Doctor brings together existing literature and an analysis of empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues to examine the ethical nature of medical …
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€21.29
James Arthur & Sabena Jameel: Ethics and the Good Doctor
Ethics and the Good Doctor brings together existing literature and an analysis of empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues to examine the ethical nature of medical …
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€21.22
James Arthur & Andrew Peterson: Ethics and the Good Teacher
Ethics and the Good Teacher brings together reviews of existing literature and analysis of empirical data from three research projects conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues – The …
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€21.20
James Arthur & Andrew Peterson: Ethics and the Good Teacher
Ethics and the Good Teacher brings together reviews of existing literature and analysis of empirical data from three research projects conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues – The …
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€21.41
James Arthur & Andrew Peterson: Ethics and the Good Nurse
Ethics and the Good Nurse draws on internationally leading empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and explores nursing as a virtuous profession through a close …
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€23.58
James Arthur & Andrew Peterson: Ethics and the Good Nurse
Ethics and the Good Nurse draws on internationally leading empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and explores nursing as a virtuous profession through a close …
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€23.80
James Arthur: Christian Education in the Virtues
A Christian Education in the Virtues examines the connection between human nature and human flourishing. It draws on ancient and medieval sources to explore the formation of the person based on a …
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€3.72
James Arthur: Christian Education in the Virtues
A Christian Education in the Virtues examines the connection between human nature and human flourishing. It draws on ancient and medieval sources to explore the formation of the person based on a …
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€3.73
James Arthur: Virtud
El autor examina la fuerte conexión entre la naturaleza humana y el verdadero renacimiento de las personas. Un carácter virtuoso está más abierto a la relación comunitaria, pero exige motivos claros …
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€11.99
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Scott (Texas Tech University System, USA) Parsons: Ethics and the Good Soldier
Building on extensive, internationally leading empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, this book explores the soldier as a virtuous professional through a close …
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€24.80
James (University of Birmingham, UK) Arthur & Scott (Texas Tech University System, USA) Parsons: Ethics and the Good Soldier
Building on extensive, internationally leading empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, this book explores the soldier as a virtuous professional through a close …
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€24.80