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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _read_files(files):
 """ Read the contents of a list of files """

    file_contents = [
        (
            _parse_title(file_path),
            _read_file(file_path),
        )
        for file_path in files
    ]
    return file_contents