How cars changed the world

How Cars Changed the World

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How Iceland Changed the World

The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for centuries.

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Month that Changed the World

The dramatic step-by-step account of how the assassination of an Austrian archduke in the Balkans led to the cataclysm of the First World War over fiv

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Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World

The ideas, people and inventions that built the modern world

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Edinburgh's Literary Heritage and How it Changed the World

The fascinating history of Edinburgh's astonishing literary legacy. Covering authors, books, journals, ideas, festivals, attractions and landmarks.

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Transported: 50 Vehicles That Changed the World - Ralphs Matt

Anotace: A fascinating book about the vehicles that have shaped our world, written by narrowboat captain and children`s author Matt Ralphs, with stunning colour illustrations on every page by Rui Ricardo.From ancient chariots and Viking longships to racing cars, rockets and solar-powered aeroplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many incredi...

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Transported: 50 Vehicles That Changed the World - Matt Ralphs

<p>A fascinating book about the vehicles that have shaped our world, written by narrowboat captain and children's author Matt Ralphs, with stunning colour illustrations on every page by Rui Ricardo. From ancient chariots and Viking longships to racing cars, rockets and solar-powered aeroplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many incred...

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Jet: The Engine that Changed the World

Taking a look at its history and how the world has changed since its invention, it is time to appraise the Age of the Jet.

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Seventeen Equations that Changed the World

Examines seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. This book explores how Pythagoras' Theorem led to GPS and S

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Seven Elements That Have Changed The World

Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - former BP CEO John Browne explains how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for go

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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) - Roma Agrawalová

<p>'A masterclass in storytelling... Agrawal is the perfect narrator: her curiosity, technical knowledge and excitement fill every page. It left me inspired by the ingenuity of historic engineers and optimistic for future innovation.' - Jess Wade, physicist and author of Nano'Inside this wonderfully engaging book is a profound message: that so much of technology com...

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50 Codes that Changed the World: . . . And Your Chance to Solve Them! - McKay Sinclair

Anotace: A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLDFrom the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book. There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious...

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50 Codes that Changed the World: . . . And Your Chance to Solve Them! - Sinclair McKay

<p>A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLDFrom the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book. There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious ...

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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (0393343405)

Kniha - autor Stephen Greenblatt, 356 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it.

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The New Breed: How to Think About Robots - Darling Kate

Anotace: `A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics` Irene M. PepperbergA bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with animals, from a renowned MIT researcherThe robots are here. They make our cars, they deliver fast food, they mine the sea floor. And in the near-future their presence wil...

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Written World

The true story of literature -- of how writing changed civilizations, cultures and the history of the world.

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How the Camel got his Hump

Once, when the world was new, Camel had no hump. This is the tale of how that changed. A charming retelling of one of Rudyard KiplingÂ’s beloved Just

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World Away

The 1950s and 1960s were a transformative period in Britain, and an important part of this was how BritonsÂ’ lives were changed when they began flying

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How to Support a Champion

If you are contemplating working with a champion, a potential champion, or anyone with untapped talent - be prepared, be very prepared. In 1998 Sir Steve Redgrave stared at Ingham and demanded to know, "Are you going to make me go faster?" Ingham had been trained and developed as a scientist, but in that single instance he questioned everything he thought he knew. Applied...

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How to Build a Car

'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unri...

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How AI Thinks: How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it - Toon Nigel

Anotace: `Artificial intelligence is going to have a massive impact on everyone`s lives... an accessible and sensible read that helps demystify AI` Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and star of Dragon`s Den`Nigel Toon is a visionary leader in the field of artificial intelligence... a must-read` Marc Tremblay, Distinguished Engineer, MicrosoftThose who understand how AI thinks...

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How AI Thinks: How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it - Nigel Toon

<p>'Artificial intelligence is going to have a massive impact on everyone's lives... an accessible and sensible read that helps demystify AI' Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and star of Dragon's Den'Nigel Toon is a visionary leader in the field of artificial intelligence... a must-read' Marc Tremblay, Distinguished Engineer, MicrosoftThose who understand how AI thinks ...

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The New Breed: How to Think About Robots - Kate Darling

<p>'A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics' Irene M. PepperbergA bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with animals, from a renowned MIT researcherThe robots are here. They make our cars, they deliver fast food, they mine the sea floor. And in the near-future their presence will...

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History and Natural History of Spices

The dramatic search for spices through history, and how the pursuit of rare flavours changed and opened up our world

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The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World´s Fastest-Growing Sport - Robinson Joshua, Clegg Jonathan

Anotace: F1 is now the fastest growing sport in the world; the full story of its unbelievable rise is a riveting saga only hinted at by the likes of Drive to Survive. In this book - the first, definitive account of how F1 came to achieve total global fandom - Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg take us inside a world full of racing obsessives...

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The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World´s Fastest-Growing Sport - Joshua Robinson

<p>F1 is now the fastest growing sport in the world; the full story of its unbelievable rise is a riveting saga only hinted at by the likes of Drive to Survive. In this book - the first, definitive account of how F1 came to achieve total global fandom - Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg take us inside a world full of racing obsessives,...

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How To Watch Football: 62 rules for understanding the beautiful game, on and off the pitch

<p>'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to football analysis' Elis JamesRULE #1: DON'T WATCH THE BALLYes, football is about stars, goals and glory. But it's also about the intense calculations and movements being made by the twenty-one other players on the pitch. It's about the ticking clock, and the bellowi...

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The Darkening Age : The Christian Destruction of the Classical World - Nixey Catherine

Anotace: In The Darkening Age, Catherine Nixey tells the little-known - and deeply shocking - story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the `one true faith`.The Roman Empire had been generous in embracing and absorbing new creeds. But with the coming of Christianity, ever...

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How to Win a Grand Prix: From Pit Lane to Podium - the Inside Track - Bernie Collins

<p>Experience the action of Formula 1 through the eyes of an award-winning Team Strategist</p> <p>Race-winning team strategist shows how F1 really works. </p> <p>Welcome to Bernie Collins' world. Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate d...

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A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power - James Walvin

<p>A major study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldFor the best part of four centuries, enslaved Africans were the human cogs in a vast machine which transformed the face of the Americas, enhanced the well-being of the Western world, and created cultural habits we are familiar with today. In A World Transformed, celebrated historian James Wal...

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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Marshall Tim

Anotace: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*`I can`t imagine reading a better book this year´ Daily MirrorTim Marshall`s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation´s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn´t changed. But the world has.In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are se...

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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Tim Marshall

<p>*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'I can't imagine reading a better book this year’ Daily Mirror Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world has. In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that a...

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Bounce! The Wonderful World of Rubber Upper Intermediate Book with Online Access

It's in our shoes, cars, bikes, golf balls, clothing, kitchens ...what would we do without rubber? Learn about where rubber comes from, how we use it, and how we depend on it more and more.

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Diddly Squat : A Year on the Farm - Clarkson Jeremy

Anotace: Welcome to Clarkson`s farm. It`s an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bustling hedgerows, woodlands and natural springs. Jeremy always liked the idea being a farmer. But, while he was barrelling around the world having more fun with cars than was entirely reasonable, it seemed obvious that the actual, you know, farming was much bette...

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How To Do The Work : Recognise Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self - Nicole LePera

<p>From Dr Nicole LePera, creator of @the.holistic.psychologist - the online phenomenon with over three million Instagram followers - comes a revolutionary approach to healing that harnesses the power of the self to produce lasting change.</p> <p>As a clinical psychologist, Dr Nicole LePera found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psych...

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The Fabric of Civilization

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" (Wall Street Journal)

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Round the Bend

Avoiding the legions of power-crazed traffic wombles attempting to block highway and byway, this title: shows how the world of performance cars may be

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The Secret History (1400031702)

Kniha - autor Donna Tartt, 576 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Goldfinch. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misf...

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Staying On the Track - Mansell Nigel

Anotace: `EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING...REMARKABLY FRANK` DAILY TELEGRAPH 50 GREATEST SPORTS BOOKS OF ALL TIME After finishing as runner-up three times in the drivers` world championship, in 1992 Nigel Mansell finally secured the title. It was the crowning achievement of a hugely successful career, in which he won 31 Grand Prix, a record for a British driver that stood until ...

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Imagine You Were There... Walking on the Moon

Discover how the Moon landing changed the world and learn about the fascinating people who made it happen!

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Imagine You Were There... Walking on the Moon

Discover how the Moon landing changed the world and learn about the fascinating people who made it happen!

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Imagine You Were There... Winning the Vote for Women

Learn how the women's suffrage movement changed the world and about the people who made it happen.

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The Saboteur (GOG) (PC)

Not all wars are fought on the open battlefield. Download The Saboteur to visit 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, as you play tough Irish racecar mechanic Sean Devlin. Working with the French Resistance, Sean is out for revenge against ruthless Nazi Colonel Kurt Dierker, who executed Sean&rsquo;s best friend.This open-world action thriller takes you through the seedy streets...

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The Saboteur (GOG)

Not all wars are fought on the open battlefield. Download The Saboteur to visit 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, as you play tough Irish racecar mechanic Sean Devlin. Working with the French Resistance, Sean is out for revenge against ruthless Nazi Colonel Kurt Dierker, who executed Sean’s best friend. This open-world action thriller takes you through the seedy streets of...

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Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest (0241389356)

Kniha - autor Suzanne Simard, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest–a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery. In her first book, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Joyceová Rachel

Anotace: The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world.Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn`t end there.Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.Maur...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Rachel Joyce

<p>The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world. Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. ...

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The Greatest Secret - Rhonda Byrne

the long-awaited major work by Rhonda Byrne, lays out the next quantum leap in a journey that will take the reader beyond the material world and into the spiritual realm, where all possibilities exist. The book reflects Rhonda s own journey, and shares the most direct way out for those experiencing hardship and the path to end pain and suffering endured by so many, and sh...

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The Greatest Secret - Byrne Rhonda

Anotace: From Rhonda Byrne, the author of the worldwide phenomenon The Secret, comes The Greatest Secret-a long-awaited major new work that offers revelations and practices to end suffering and discover lasting happiness. Ancient traditions knew that to hide a secret it should be put in plain sight, where no-one will think to look for it. Billions of people on our plane...

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The Worst Princess - Kemp Anna

Anotace: Forget about all the things you think a princess is SUPPOSED to do - Princess Sue is not that kind of royalty! Princess Sue sits in a tower, waiting for her prince to come. But then she realises . . . she doesn`t need a prince at all! Find out how this feisty princess escapes the clutches of her twit of a prince in this funny, feminist twist on the traditional p...

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The Hemlock Queen - Whitten Hannah

Anotace: `Hannah Whitten is my new favourite obsession` Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling authorIn the second instalment of Sunday Times Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten`s lush, romantic epic fantasy series, a young woman who can raise the dead must navigate the dangerous world of the Sainted King`s royal court. The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Basti...

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Einstein´s Fridge : The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe - Sen Paul

Anotace: Einstein`s Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice.The laws of thermodynamics govern everything from the behaviour of atoms to that of living cells, from the engines that power our world to the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Not on...

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Defiant: The Fourth Skyward Novel - Sanderson Brandon

Anotace: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction. Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answ...

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Defiant: The Fourth Skyward Novel - Brandon Sanderson

<p>From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers...

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The Communist Manifesto & Selected Writings - Marx Karel

Anotace: Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector`s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector`s Library are books to love and treasure. This edition contains the most salient extracts from Marx`s great work, selected and introduced by Hugh Griffith.Karl Marx`s Communist Manifesto, first printed ju...

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What´s the Point of Science? - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING!From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this boo...

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What´s the Point of Science? - kolektiv autorů

<p>Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12 Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING! From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowlingová Joanne Kathleen

Anotace: This gift edition hardback, presented in a beautiful foiled cloth slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Jonny Duddle, is a perfect addition to any Harry Potter fan`s collection.The fifth book in the global phenomenon series that changed the world of books forever`You are sharing the Dark Lord`s thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable ...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 1. vydání - Joanne Kathleen Rowling

<p>This gift edition hardback, presented in a beautiful foiled cloth slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Jonny Duddle, is a perfect addition to any Harry Potter fan's collection. The fifth book in the global phenomenon series that changed the world of books forever 'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisab...

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The Lying Life of Adults - Elena Ferrante

<p>From the best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend, a powerful new novel set in a divided NaplesTO BE ADAPTED INTO AN ORIGINAL TV SERIES BY NETFLIX AND FANDANGO"Ferrante shows again how she is unbeatable."-The Times (UK)"Modern, urgent, truthful."-Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The Telegraph"Elena Ferrante is an expert chronicler of adolescence an...

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