Folio Society
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11,157 medlemmar
222 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 28
Rankning 16.74
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:54 PM
- 8 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC, merrystar, Willoyd, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeremy53
2
13,681 medlemmar
247 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 61
Rankning 12.07
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:33 PM
- 7 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
3
6,829 medlemmar
83 recensioner
½ 4.4
Global rankning 161
Rankning 5.6
Tillagt 2012-02-25, 09:25 AM
4
1,494 medlemmar
35 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 171
Rankning 5.35
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 04:31 PM
- 3 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC, ahef1963
- Förklaringar
- CarltonC: A delightful Wodehouse novel, combining the setting of Blandings Castle, with Lord Emsworth, Lady Constance, Beach, Baxter and the Empress of Blandings as backing characters, and the anarchy that is Uncle Fred (5th Earl of Ickenham) and his unfortunate nephew, Pongo Twistleton. The main story, to the extent that it is important, involves Horace Pendlebury-Davenport (a poet and friend of Pongo) who needs a sum of money (starting at £500 but reduced later to £250) to purchase an onion soup bar, so that he has an income and can marry Polly Pott. Now the Duke of Dunstable (uncle of Horace and the man with the money to fund the soup bar purchase) has invited himself to stay at Blandings Castle. Uncle Fred views Polly Pott as a surrogate daughter and so wants to be able to introduce Polly Pott to the Duke of Dunstable and for him to think well of her, so that he will let Horace have the money to purchase the soup bar. To achieve this, Uncle Fred impersonates Sir Roderick Glossop to get himself (and Polly Pott impersonating his daughter) invited down to Blandings Castle by Lord Emsworth. Lord Emsworth invites Uncle Fred (posing as Glossop) as he wants to evict the Duke of Dunstable, who has shocked him by advising that he wants to take the Empress of Blandings (an enormous, prize winning black Berkshire sow) to make her fit. Uncle Fred (posing as Glossop) is to certify that the Duke of Dunstable is insane, as he throws eggs at gardeners (and others) who whistle or sing The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond, All of this is the recipe for one of the most delightful and amusing stories that I have ever read. Even less than with any of the other Wodehouse novels that I have read is the plot important. The complicated plot and numerous characters just form a structure upon which Wodehouse can place vastly humorous scenes and incidents. It is extremely silly and very funny. I particularly enjoyed the character of Claude "Mustard" Pott, a private detective and former bookie, and having checked Wikipedia am somewhat disappointed that this was Wodehouse's only outing of this character. However, although this is a very funny novel, this is not where to start reading Wodehouse, as the novel benefits from the inclusion of minor characters from other novels, mainly the earlier Blandings novels, so that you appreciate the full humour of some of the scenes with Lord Emsworth, Baxter and Beach, by knowing their previous exploits. There is also a colliding of fictional universes with the cameo appearance of Sir Roderick Glossop, who appears in several Jeeves and Wooster short stories and novels . Highly recommended for those already well acquainted with Wodehouse's timeless stories.
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8,970 medlemmar
201 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 140
Rankning 6.56
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:45 PM
- 4 Members
- CarltonC, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963
6
22,935 medlemmar
336 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 91
Rankning 8.99
Tillagt 2012-03-03, 11:01 AM
- 5 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, Bluewolf0411, PaulCranswick, ManWithAnAgenda
7
19,056 medlemmar
403 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 65
Rankning 11.5
Tillagt 2014-01-10, 03:14 PM
- 7 Members
- CarltonC, merrystar, wcarter, PaulCranswick, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, Jeremy53
8
4,379 medlemmar
116 recensioner
4
Global rankning 144
Rankning 6.44
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:55 PM
- 4 Members
- CarltonC, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
4,911 medlemmar
106 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 23
Rankning 18.08
Tillagt 2012-02-26, 12:20 PM
- 8 Members
- jillmwo, booksinbed, CarltonC, Willoyd, PaulCranswick, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda, JacobKirckman
- Förklaringar
- JacobKirckman: Folio at their best: non-academic, footnotes not required, nicely bound and good to hold. As always with Folio, avoid when footnotes and other information is required. (Trollope is light reading as afar as I'm concerned, so I don't really care about references).
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4,361 medlemmar
129 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 112
Rankning 7.61
Tillagt 2015-06-04, 10:00 AM
- 5 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
11
2,760 medlemmar
57 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 135
Rankning 6.71
Tillagt 2012-10-25, 10:06 AM
- 4 Members
- arne.frey, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom
12
2,198 medlemmar
55 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 289
Rankning 3.44
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 04:29 PM
- 2 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC
13
5,252 medlemmar
150 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 62
Rankning 12.02
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 03:08 PM
- 6 Members
- Pepys, featherwate, CarltonC, wcarter, PaulCranswick, ahef1963
14
38,772 medlemmar
718 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 45
Rankning 13.94
Tillagt 2012-03-03, 11:01 AM
- 9 Members
- CarltonC, merrystar, wcarter, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Steve_D, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411
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av Jane Austen
80,524 medlemmar
1,366 recensioner
½ 4.4
Global rankning 13
Rankning 21.5
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:54 PM
- 10 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, Willoyd, gypsysmom, ahef1963, teddiepants, kara.shamy, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411
16
53,828 medlemmar
770 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 7
Rankning 26.21
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:54 PM
- 13 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, wcarter, Bluewolf0411, PaulCranswick, cej1027, gypsysmom, erin4, ahef1963, Steve_D, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
17
42,214 medlemmar
1,137 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 16
Rankning 20.64
Tillagt 2012-03-03, 11:01 AM
- 10 Members
- booksinbed, Smiler69, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
18
av Umberto Eco
19,498 medlemmar
310 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 48
Rankning 13.61
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:56 PM
19
av Mervyn Peake
4,416 medlemmar
67 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 79
Rankning 10.18
Tillagt 2012-03-12, 06:09 PM
- 5 Members
- Moomin_Mama, arne.frey, CarltonC, wcarter, Willoyd
20
5,764 medlemmar
221 recensioner
4
Global rankning 24
Rankning 18.05
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 02:16 PM
- 10 Members
- booksinbed, featherwate, CarltonC, merrystar, wcarter, Willoyd, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, ManWithAnAgenda
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av J. L. Carr
2,301 medlemmar
118 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 60
Rankning 12.22
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 02:36 PM
- 7 Members
- booksinbed, featherwate, CarltonC, Willoyd, PaulCranswick, teddiepants, ManWithAnAgenda
22
13,876 medlemmar
242 recensioner
4
Global rankning 74
Rankning 10.52
Tillagt 2012-10-25, 10:06 AM
- 7 Members
- booksinbed, arne.frey, CarltonC, wcarter, Willoyd, PaulCranswick, ahef1963
23
1,890 medlemmar
31 recensioner
4
Global rankning 80
Rankning 10.13
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 04:36 PM
- 5 Members
- CarltonC, Willoyd, GuyKennedy, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
24
38,427 medlemmar
432 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 50
Rankning 13.36
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:33 PM
- 9 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, wcarter, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
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24,198 medlemmar
240 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 101
Rankning 8.39
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:44 PM
- 6 Members
- CarltonC, wcarter, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy
26
av Robert Byron
1,226 medlemmar
13 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 477
Rankning 1.77
Tillagt 2013-08-18, 05:44 PM
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- CarltonC
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av Laurie Lee
1,240 medlemmar
33 recensioner
4
Global rankning 343
Rankning 2.92
Tillagt 2013-08-18, 05:40 PM
- 2 Members
- CarltonC, PaulCranswick
- Förklaringar
- CarltonC: Immensely enjoyable autobiography of Laurie Lee, mainly about walking through Spain. It starts in 1934 when he was 20, leaving his village walking to London (via Southampton and the south coast where he busks with a violin to make a living), working as a labourer on a construction site in London for a year and taking part in a brief strike. He then takes a boat to Vigo in Spain and the majority of the book is about walking down through Spain, seeing the squalour that the majority of the population live in, but the hospitality that he is nearly always shown. He makes a living busking and this is well portrayed. He also meets characters on his way. However, his most luminous prose describes the landscape and his journey through it. His story ends in the summer of 1936 as civil war breaks out in Spain and Laurie Lee is taken back to England (collected by a destroyer from Gibraltar). In an epilogue he describes his realisation that the struggle for power in Spain is not over and his return to Spain (to fight in the civil war). A really enjoyable read.
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1,016 medlemmar
19 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 333
Rankning 3
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 04:32 PM
- 2 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC
- Förklaringar
- CarltonC: A humorous story of the obstacles arising when Ronnie Fish, an English gentleman, decides that he wants to wed Sue Brown, a chorus girl, which was frowned upon socially in 1930's England. Of course, this is an England that never existed and the action nearly all takes place in Blandings Castle, the country house of Lord Emsworth. The writing is an unmitigated joy, flowing easily with many humorous stories, and the characterisation, although played for comedy with very recognisable types, is well drawn.The plot is tight, keeps moving and is cleverly constructed. The sub-plot, about Lord Emsworth's prize pig, the Empress of Blandings is also well integrated with the main story. The weather in the book may include storms and downpours, but it is a delight to read, and leaving a very warm feeling. Heavy Weather is a direct sequel to Summer Lightning, having many of the same characters and happening just a week or so later, so though hugely enjoyable in its own right, it is best read after Summer Lightning. The Folio Society edition, beautifully and copiously illustrated by Paul Cox, is a joy in itself.
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60 medlemmar
4.1
Global rankning 337
Rankning 2.96
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 05:03 PM
- 2 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC
30
av Primo Levi
4,023 medlemmar
70 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 359
Rankning 2.81
Tillagt 2012-03-14, 06:09 AM
31
3,690 medlemmar
66 recensioner
4
Global rankning 349
Rankning 2.86
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:43 PM
- 2 Members
- CarltonC, PaulCranswick
32
4,462 medlemmar
121 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 416
Rankning 2.46
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 05:04 PM
- 3 Members
- CarltonC, merrystar, ahef1963,featherwate
33
av Ray Bradbury
53,813 medlemmar
994 recensioner
4
Global rankning 2
Rankning 39.95
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 12:43 PM
- 16 Members
- benbulben, angelikat, booksinbed, featherwate, arne.frey, CarltonC, merrystar, wcarter, Bluewolf0411, cej1027, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Steve_D, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
34
18,308 medlemmar
190 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 83
Rankning 10
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:49 PM
35
50,331 medlemmar
450 recensioner
½ 4.5
Global rankning 12
Rankning 22.32
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:03 PM
- 11 Members
- TheoClarke, arne.frey, CarltonC, wcarter, Willoyd, nadyaduck, DCBlack, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53,featherwate ,Bluewolf0411 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
36
23,680 medlemmar
329 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 5
Rankning 29.78
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:56 PM
- 14 Members
- Smiler69, CarltonC, merrystar, wcarter, Willoyd, DCBlack, PaulCranswick, cej1027, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, ahef1963, teddiepants, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
37
1,323 medlemmar
16 recensioner
4
Global rankning 10
Rankning 25.15
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:03 PM
- 9 Members
- CarltonC, wcarter, Willoyd, nadyaduck, Comatoes, teddiepants, HU2013, reallyobese, Jeremy53
38
49,543 medlemmar
745 recensioner
½ 3.7
Global rankning 8
Rankning 25.81
Tillagt 2012-03-03, 11:02 AM
- 12 Members
- booksinbed, arne.frey, CarltonC, wcarter, Bluewolf0411, PaulCranswick, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, erin4, ahef1963, Steve_D, Jeremy53
39
43,970 medlemmar
704 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 9
Rankning 25.43
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:54 PM
- 10 Members
- arne.frey, CarltonC, Bluewolf0411, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, erin4, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda, distantriver
40
16,334 medlemmar
475 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 21
Rankning 18.29
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:56 PM
- 9 Members
- booksinbed, arne.frey, CarltonC, wcarter, Willoyd, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
41
4,313 medlemmar
36 recensioner
4
Global rankning 27
Rankning 16.86
Tillagt 2012-03-14, 03:28 AM
- 8 Members
- CarltonC, wcarter, Willoyd, Michael.Rimmer, HU2013, elkeo, reallyobese, Jeremy53,JacobKirckman
- Förklaringar
- JacobKirckman : When Folio are at their weakest. Beautifully bound and illustrated, and fine paper. But why (especially at the prices charged) exclude the foot and endnotes so important to the serious scholar? I have this two-volume set, sitting almost unused in my library, whilst the Penguin Paperback (same edition) is almost worn through - just because the Penguin is of actual use...
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av Gawain Poet
7,844 medlemmar
104 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 36
Rankning 15.21
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:55 PM
- 7 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC, DCBlack, erin4, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
43
av Mark Twain
42,913 medlemmar
518 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 15
Rankning 20.99
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:54 PM
- 10 Members
- booksinbed, Fourpawz2, CarltonC, Willoyd, Bluewolf0411, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kaykan, ManWithAnAgenda
44
av Bram Stoker
35,364 medlemmar
624 recensioner
4
Global rankning 51
Rankning 13.32
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 12:44 PM
- 8 Members
- angelikat, Pepys, CarltonC, wcarter, Willoyd, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
45
av Emily Brontë
51,895 medlemmar
699 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 32
Rankning 15.88
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:56 PM
- 10 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, Willoyd, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
46
av John Wyndham
7,441 medlemmar
207 recensioner
4
Global rankning 70
Rankning 10.81
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:47 PM
- 7 Members
- arne.frey, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53
47
av John Wyndham
2,951 medlemmar
86 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 72
Rankning 10.66
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:47 PM
- 7 Members
- arne.frey, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53
48
av John Wyndham
4,733 medlemmar
122 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 71
Rankning 10.73
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:47 PM
- 7 Members
- arne.frey, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53
49
1,039 medlemmar
12 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 93
Rankning 8.84
Tillagt 2012-02-25, 09:29 AM
50
av Jane Austen
38,064 medlemmar
525 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 39
Rankning 15.05
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:42 PM
- 9 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
51
14,661 medlemmar
190 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 63
Rankning 11.57
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 02:48 PM
- 8 Members
- booksinbed, featherwate, CarltonC, Willoyd, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
52
av Jane Austen
28,664 medlemmar
532 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 53
Rankning 12.93
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:54 PM
- 9 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, teddiepants, kara.shamy, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411
53
193 medlemmar
½ 3.6
Global rankning 106
Rankning 8.23
Tillagt 2012-03-14, 03:32 AM
- 4 Members
- CarltonC, wcarter, willow1212k, teddiepants
54
av Jane Austen
37,918 medlemmar
505 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 56
Rankning 12.64
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 01:54 PM
- 8 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, Willoyd, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
55
8,433 medlemmar
232 recensioner
4
Global rankning 94
Rankning 8.76
Tillagt 2012-03-14, 03:36 AM
56
2,589 medlemmar
68 recensioner
½ 3.6
Global rankning 95
Rankning 8.65
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 02:34 PM
- 4 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, Cynfelyn
57
av Paul W. Nash
110 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 4.5
Global rankning 121
Rankning 7.13
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 02:48 PM
- 4 Members
- featherwate, CarltonC, wcarter, teddiepants
58
46,476 medlemmar
281 recensioner
½ 4.5
Global rankning 66
Rankning 11.47
Tillagt 2012-02-25, 09:32 AM
- 8 Members
- CarltonC, merrystar, PaulCranswick, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
59
48,363 medlemmar
309 recensioner
½ 4.4
Global rankning 67
Rankning 11.33
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:44 PM
- 8 Members
- CarltonC, merrystar, PaulCranswick, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
60
227 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.5
Global rankning 130
Rankning 6.84
Tillagt 2012-03-14, 03:30 AM
61
35,528 medlemmar
541 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 107
Rankning 8.06
Tillagt 2012-02-25, 09:26 AM
- 5 Members
- CarltonC, DCBlack, gypsysmom, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
62
54,527 medlemmar
485 recensioner
½ 4.4
Global rankning 57
Rankning 12.48
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:44 PM
- 9 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, PaulCranswick, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jeremy53, ManWithAnAgenda
63
av Dylan Thomas
2,708 medlemmar
34 recensioner
4.1
Global rankning 137
Rankning 6.69
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 02:34 PM
- 4 Members
- featherwate, arne.frey, CarltonC, Willoyd
64
av Jane Austen
21,605 medlemmar
418 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 47
Rankning 13.67
Tillagt 2013-08-22, 09:43 PM
- 8 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
65
5,887 medlemmar
226 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 49
Rankning 13.51
Tillagt 2012-03-03, 11:02 AM
- 8 Members
- booksinbed, CarltonC, merrystar, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, ManWithAnAgenda
66
7,689 medlemmar
290 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 111
Rankning 7.82
Tillagt 2012-03-14, 03:32 AM
- 5 Members
- CarltonC, merrystar, wcarter, cej1027, teddiepants
67
11,165 medlemmar
150 recensioner
3.8
Global rankning 145
Rankning 6.19
Tillagt 2013-08-29, 09:58 AM
68
4,045 medlemmar
38 recensioner
4.2
Global rankning 113
Rankning 7.48
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 12:45 PM
- 5 Members
- angelikat, CarltonC, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer,kaykan
69
av J. M. Barrie
18,877 medlemmar
326 recensioner
3.9
Global rankning 59
Rankning 12.37
Tillagt 2012-02-24, 12:43 PM
- 6 Members
- angelikat, booksinbed, CarltonC, mark_lewis, gypsysmom, ahef1963
70
3,269 medlemmar
92 recensioner
½ 3.7
Global rankning 43
Rankning 14.01
Tillagt 2012-02-28, 02:15 PM
- 8 Members
- booksinbed, featherwate, CarltonC, wcarter, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, teddiepants, HU2013