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INDIANA's LOST & BURIED TREASURES

INDIANA’s LOST & BURIED TREASURESNEW! REVISED EDITIONNOW INCLUDES ALL 92 INDIANA COUNTY LISTINGS!INDIANA’s LOST & BURIED TREASURES - New! Revised Edition: This Treasure Hunter’s Field Guide is the indispensable guidebook and operator’s manual for:Treasure HuntersProspectorsMetal DetectoristsGhost Town BuffsHistory EnthusiastsTouristsTravelersEach of the 92 county-by-county listings included within this NEW! REVISED EDITION of INDIANA’s LOST & BURIED TREASURES 470 pages feature a map with colored numerals individually keyed to each narrative entry of lost and bur...
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Oh, FUDGE!

Oh, FUDGE! The Complete Book of Delectable Fudge Recipes!I have to admit it, I LOVE fudge! In fact, I love fudge so much that I decided to write a book about it! Following months of research and testing, I assembled more than 200 Delicious, Delectable, and occasionally Decadent fudge recipes, including some of my personal favorites! After adding a chapter about the History Of Fudge and another chapter revealing Tips & HintsFor Making Fabulous Fudge, the book Oh, Fudge! was born!From The Definitive Fudge! Authority . . . . .Oh, Fudge! proudly presents 15 distinct chapters of Fudge Recipes, ...
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The Trouble with Tiki

Part time bartender. Struggling actor. Missing father. Add a dash of tiki and shake well.For struggling actor and full‑time tiki nerd Gilley Martin, the bit role seemed perfect: bartender in a biopic about Don the Beachcomber. Then the majestic tiki statue—an artifact with a past of its own—decided to get involved. What follows is a slightly shaken romp through the early days of the tiki craze and the half‑hidden stories that shaped his family generations ago, some of them thanks to Gilley himself. A time‑bending, twisty tale about memory, myth, and the fine art of winging it, The Tr...
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KILLING FIELDS of World War One

WORLD WAR ONE (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global conflict originating in Europe that lasted from July 28, 1914, to November 11, 1918.Contemporaneously described as "The War to End All Wars,” it led to the mobilization of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It was also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and t...
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Dark Star

"No matter how hard we try......we're never equal." -Jacqueline "Jackie" Williams, "Dark Star" (2024)It is a dark time for police departments across the United States. A shocking string of unprecedented police chief murders has greatly rocked the stability of the justice system and severely impacted other officers' ability to respond to other crimes. The assassin, making themselves known only by the pseudonym "Dark Star", has single-handedly cut the heads off of countless law enforcement organizations across the country, perfectly managing to evade capture every single time and leaving nothing...
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Legacy of the Shadow Scion

"Amid discord, distrust, and chaos......hold on to unity, for it is a most precious thing indeed."Grand Master Sarkeshi. Reverend Mother Diadra Maurian. Nez Yannaf. The unflinching Queen of the Asaan al-Atollen, Malina Varkallas, has triumphed over them all, with the help of her close friends and her lover, Quanaris Veilstar. But there is much, much more to know about the world which Quisillon and Xorgali share......and once Malina's inner circle learns of the truth, their lives as they know them may never be the same.The secrets lie with Xorgali's ruling line, the Garai dynasty. Its current m...
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Reign of the Shadow Scion

"To have a full and knowledgeable grasp on the present and future......one must look to the past."The Asaan al-Atollen have been restored to their golden age. With the corrupt Reverend Mother Diadra Maurian now completely overthrown and her favored subordinate, Malina Varkallas, now having taken the mantle of the Sirens' leader instead—alongside her lover Quanaris Veilstar—the future looks bright for Quisillon's protectors, with both women and men being granted equal opportunities to practice magic should they so choose.But it isn't long before unrest and distress comes calling once again....
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Ascension of the Shadow Scion

"Look more closely, through the blood and tears......for not everything here is as it appears."Almost a year and a half after the decisive defeat of the Wyrmriders—and the permanent end to their atrocities across the Asaan al-Atollen's home continent of Quisillon—the devoted and dutiful Sister Malina Varkallas continues to serve at her mentor Diadra Maurian's side, unflinchingly carrying out the Reverend Mother's will while also hunting down the last few clusters of stubborn Wyrmrider rebel cells. But just when all seems right once again, the Asaan al-Atollen become targets of a mysterious...
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Rise of the Shadow Scion

"One must simply look deep inside themselves......to see the magic within."The continent of Quisillon is a magical, fantastical realm filled to the brim with a diverse collective of species. Every being—human, goblin, robot, manticore, and others—has no need for fear......for the people are protected by the remarkable peacekeepers known as the Asaan al-Atollen—or the Shadow Sirens—who also wield powerful magic at their disposal should situations escalate.The Asaan al-Atollen's all-women ranks are split up into three factions: Recruits, Acolytes, and Sisters......of which the dutiful, o...
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Resurrection

"Open your eyes, that you may see......just who you're truly meant to be."The story of the liberated Cerulite servant Morrisette comes to an explosive end in the third and final novel of the Azure Aegis Series. With the malevolent force known as Balaal threatening to bring ruin to Cerulea—and the worlds beyond as well—Morrisette, who has just escaped the Royal Convergence with the help of Fifth Sector, must navigate the unfamiliarity of Endolynn alongside her devoted guard Damien, and find out the secrets of the fabled Azure Aegis before the universe itself is brought to irrecoverable ruin...
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Persecution

"Though your enemies' hearts harden, and their patience wears thin......never stop fighting for what you believe in."The second book in the Azure Aegis Series brings readers back to the fantastical and magical world of Cerulea and continues Morrisette's story directly following the defeat of her former master, King Tyrhenius Stygian. Now with her new friends by her side, they must work together to preserve Morrisette's newfound freedom and autonomy as the remaining royals of Cerulea close in on her, determined to make her pay for Stygian's downfall. Along the way, a mysterious faction lends th...
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Liberation

"The chains that bind you can be broken. And it all starts......with that first pull."The world of Cerulea is a magical land divided into four distinct regions, each with their own rulers, servants, decrees to make, and hardships to overcome. But when it becomes clear that not everything is what it seems to be, one young woman must step up out from her deceptive master's shadow and find her true place in this grand collective of kingdoms.Liberation tells the story of twenty-five-year-old Morrisette, a girl who has the power to bend crystal and materialize crystalline constructs from nothingnes...
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Dark Star II

"A true duality, like the moon and the sun. Though we're born as two......we'll always be one." -Mackenzie "Kenzie" Williams, "Dark Star" (2024)It has been four years since the notorious serial killer Mackenzie "Kenzie" Williams, known back then by the pseudonym "Dark Star", ravaged countless police departments across the continental United States, all in a misguided pursuit of justice for the destruction of her hometown. Since then, her identical twin sister, Jacqueline "Jackie" Williams, has succeeded in teaming up with a group of law enforcement officials to track her down, bring her into c...
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The Quiet Protocol: When silence becomes a system, no one is truly free

When data analyst Mara Venn is hired to audit a disappearing communication system inside a European research hub known as Helix Station, she expects corrupted files, bureaucratic errors, and technical noise.Instead, she finds something impossible:Entire conversations that never happened—but are still stored.People who remember events that were never recorded.And a protocol buried deep in the system that rewrites silence itself.At first, it looks like a glitch.Then colleagues begin to “sync” with versions of themselves that act differently.Messages arrive before they are sent.And every at...
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Child of Vanris, The Warden's Son Book 1

At five years old, Kasiel was found with the pointed ends of his ears cut off...Despite that brutal start, he's lived twelve peaceful years with the man who took him in. Keeping his hair long over his mutilated ears helps him hide the fact that he is Vanrian, a child of the enemy.Everything changes when mercenaries arrive hunting for him. The last people he expects to come to his rescue are Vanrian soldiers, one of whom claims to be his spirit brother. They plan to take him across the war zone to deliver him to his real father, a man whose name strikes terror in his enemies.With his secret exp...
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Why You Felt Crazy

Why You Felt CrazyWhat Gaslighting Does to You, Why Leaving Is Hard, and How to Find Your Way OutIf you've ever found yourself asking...Am I overreacting?Maybe it's my fault.Why is it so hard to leave?...this book was written for you.Why You Felt Crazy explores the hidden psychological effects of gaslighting, emotional abuse, and coercive control. Rather than offering quick fixes or generic advice, Quinn Morgan explains how manipulation slowly erodes your confidence, your memory, and your ability to trust your own instincts.Written from lived experience, this book helps readers understand:Why ...
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Ordeal at Orleans

When another glitch in time threatens the fabric of history, eighteen-year-old Dan Renfrew and his partner Sam Cahill jump into the past again. They land in medieval France, just before Joan of Arc’s miraculous lifting of the Siege of Orléans. But this is a world dominated by religious intolerance and fear, where one wrong step could lead to torture or death at the hands of Catholic priests. And when accusations begin to surface, Dan and Sam find themselves in an impossible race against time. To survive–and keep history intact–they must outwit fanatics, dodge soldiers, and endure the ch...
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The Spartan Sacrifice

With Victor Stahl’s plot to rule the world on an unstoppable path in the present, seventeen-year-old time jumper Dan Renfrew and his partner Sam realize that their only hope of putting an end to Victor’s scheme is to jump into the past again. They arrive in Greece in the year 480 BCE just before the legendary Battle of Thermopylae, where a heavily outnumbered force of Spartan warriors and their Greek allies bravely try to prevent Greece from being overrun by the invading Persian army. But when a horrible accident happens in the past, Dan and Sam discover that Victor’s plot is the least o...
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The Mongol Ascension

A new high school brings new headaches for seventeen-year-old Dan Renfrew. There’s homework, dealing with bullies, and trying to figure out the challenging world of dating. Unfortunately for Dan, he’s also a time jumper, so these are the least of his worries. Victor Stahl and his band of rogue time jumpers are still plotting to rule the world—and Dan’s hunt for allies to help him stop their scheme has hit a dead end.With nowhere else to turn, Dan and his time-jumping partner Sam travel back into history again. They land on the steppes of Mongolia in the year 1179 where they meet a brav...
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The Last Saxon King

Sixteen-year-old Dan Renfrew comes from a long line of time jumpers—secret heroes who travel to the past and resolve glitches in the time stream that threaten to alter history. There is just one problem; Dan has never been told any of this. So when Dan accidentally transports himself to England in the year 1066, he becomes trapped in the past. His only hope of returning home is to set history back on its proper course in the Anglo-Saxon age.But Dan finds that fixing history is not that easy—chaos has descended upon England. A Viking horde is ravaging the north while an army of Normans is t...
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The Celtic Deception

Dan Renfrew hates that he’s a time jumper—seventeen year olds should not be stuck with the responsibility of saving history. But with no one else stepping up to stop Victor Stahl’s plot to take over the world, Dan and his time-jumping partner Sam have no choice but to jump back into history again. They land on the Celtic island of Anglesey in the year 60, hoping to find answers on how to stop Victor.But the answers they seek aren’t easy to find. Everyone from the druids who rule Anglesey to the Celts who take Dan and Sam in seem to be hiding something. And with two Roman legions on the...
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Pieces Of Us

When his ex shows up on his doorstep after three years of silence, Collin doesn’t know if it’s fate, a mistake, or something in between.What begins as one night of catching up turns into an unpredictable ride through old haunts, reckless dares, and unspoken truths. As Collin and Lacie navigate fights, stolen moments, and the ghosts of their shared past, they’re forced to confront the question neither has answered: are they still in love, or just in love with who they used to be?Pieces of Us is a raw, intimate, and chaotic love story about two people who can’t seem to let go no matter h...
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The Gap. A thought-provoking speculative thriller, set in a dystopian corporate nightmare. (The Schelldhardt Series Book 2)

For fans of blurred-reality stories like Inception, The Matrix, and The Truman Show.It’s all in your mind…The gap is the place where our intentions meet our actions.The gap is the place where our failings are exposed.All humanity exists in the gap.The gap is the next global battlefield, and the war has already begun.Two organisations are locked in battle to control the mysterious gap.Schelldhardt, the largest company in the world, is using its powerful online reach to divide the global population.The Friary is a secretive institution aiming to stop them.Lana Carter is a young woman searchi...
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The Path of Good Response. A thought-provoking speculative thriller, set in a dystopian corporate nightmare. (The Schelldhardt Series Book 1)

For fans of blurred-reality stories like Inception, The Matrix, and The Truman Show.What if there were a way to make a perfect decision? If poor choices, even addictions, could be controlled from within the mind.Schelldhardt is the largest company in the world and will do anything to grow. When Joe Massey is unexpectedly offered a role aboard Schelldhardt’s luxurious corporate headquarters at sea, his main priority is Rachel. Joe has trailed Rachel through school and university into the workplace and cannot imagine life without her.Realistic dreams disturb Joe’s sleep as he is drawn deeper...
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My F in Life

A hilarious comedy about friendship, family and fresh starts, set in the Scottish HighlandsThis uplifting, fast-paced story tackles the challenges of middle-age and will have you laughing, crying, and wondering how many Fs rule your life too.Jaye never expected everything to fall apart when she turned fifty, but Fs are back in charge and ruining her life again.Fitness… Her spare tyre’s self-inflating but she’s allergic to exercise, unless it’s wine bottle unscrewing where she’s fast becoming an Olympic athlete.Frustration… Why has her soulmate of 30 years shacked-up with his young,...
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gus.

A man moves to a new town and starts disassociating from reality. He makes friends quick, then watches them betray his trust and stab each other in the back. Or, do they come to his rescue and try their best to hold him up? Read his thoughts and experience his world.

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Paris 🗼 1889 | decC0FFEE 📚 Series

The 1st Novel in this decC0FFEE series Amezdaw goes to Paris in 1889 …

In the decC0FFEE series we can follow Amezdaw on his travels in time and space, visiting some important historical places. It’s fiction. It’s Sci-fi. And far Byond … But always Coffee, mostly Espresso. No journey for Amezdaw without his Moka Pot - who can survive without a Fika now & when, at anytime & anywhere?

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You Don't Need Fixing

You Don't Need FixingThoughts on emotions, relationships, and the art of being yourselfYou don't need to be better. You need to live better.There is no right answer to who you should be. No correct answer to what you should become, what you should feel, or how quickly you should figure it out. And yet, most young people spend enormous energy trying to become a version of themselves they think the world wants to see.This book is not a self-help book. It won't give you techniques, checklists, or a plan for personal improvement. Instead, it offers something rarer: understanding.Understanding why ...
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The Antithesis Trap: Why Intelligent People Go Dumb in Political Space

Something happens to intelligent people when they cross a boundary they cannot see. They do not become less articulate. They become more articulate — and everything they say becomes wrong.A Marxist economist reframes 350 million women gaining bank accounts as oppression. A Hindutva scholar flattens six centuries of Mughal civilization into a single wound. A liberal commentator invites foreign journalists to humiliate an elected leader as a service to democracy. Each is intelligent. Each is sincere. Each is structurally incapable of seeing what the evidence shows.The Antithesis Trap identifie...
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The Antithesis Trap: Why Intelligent People Go Dumb in Political Space

Something happens to intelligent people when they cross a boundary they cannot see. They do not become less articulate. They become more articulate — and everything they say becomes wrong.A Marxist economist reframes 350 million women gaining bank accounts as oppression. A Hindutva scholar flattens six centuries of Mughal civilization into a single wound. A liberal commentator invites foreign journalists to humiliate an elected leader as a service to democracy. Each is intelligent. Each is sincere. Each is structurally incapable of seeing what the evidence shows.The Antithesis Trap identifie...
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The Three Piggs - Night Of The Wolf

Your mother read you the tale of The Three Little Pigs.The story she read to you was a lie.Deep within an ancient forest, live the three Pigg brothers. Very different but very close. Arnold, the eldest, a battle-hardened former special forces warrior retired to his secluded, hand-built log cabin. Brother Harold, a brilliant scientist with strength to match his intellect who spends his days conducting sometimes dangerous experiments in his brick home and laboratory. Youngest bother Norman is an accomplished architect and fitness fanatic, proudly residing in the innovative straw-bale house of hi...
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Club Carnivore

Ready to be served?

It's Jennifer's birthday, and her best friend is taking her to the exclusive opening of the elite steakhouse, Club Carnivore! What begins as an enchanted evening of gourmet delights soon becomes a waking nightmare of pain, terror, and unnatural appetites.

Club Carnivore: What are you hungry for?

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Whippoorwills

Meet Emma Ramirez, Kimberly St. James, Lizzie Harker, and Susan Vespers: The Whippoorwills.
The Whippoorwills aren’t your average college cheerleaders.
They train, they party, and sometimes they raise pure hell.
Now they’re being hunted down by a clan of backwoods maniacs.

Can they survive, or will they be hunted down for a blood feast by killers more diabolical than Satan himself?

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Creatures of the Night

In the adult film industry, every generation has its Queen: Ginger Lynn, Jenna Jameson, Sasha Grey. This generation’s Queen is Madison Walsh, praised by her followers as “the ivory goddess” and “the envy of angels.” When you’re the most popular star in the industry, you draw fans . . . And Madison’s number one fan is devoted and deadly.This new stalker leaves a trail of bodies in their wake, and they crave the blood of this once-in-a-century beauty. Enter Evan, a production assistant learning to live again after his wife’s unexpected death. The two begin an unlikely romance, ju...
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Mountain Hellbeast

Everything went wrong at the end of the first day . . . Just after sunset. Alone while her housemates are away on a business trip, Susan had enjoyed having the place to herself: remote, no neighbors, the scenic Appalachian mountains rising over her.Then she saw the creature emerge from the darkness. A creature that defies nature. But at least it won’t come into the house after her . . . Will it?The Internet is down, her phone has no signal, and no one is coming to help. Haunted by the skull-faced creature, harassed by criminals who sense she is alone and vulnerable, Susan must summon the wil...
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The Lantern and the Sea: A Novella

Lose yourself in a story of quiet longing and hard-won trust.The Lantern and the Sea is a moving new romance about rebuilding after loss, finding your own voice, and choosing love in the face of uncertainty. Dubrovnik, Croatia. Isla has spent years repairing broken cellos and protecting the fragile pieces of her own heart. She keeps her world small, focused on her music, her students, and her carefully guarded secrets. Everything changes when she meets Adrian, a reserved yet fiercely loyal restorer who is quietly wrestling with his own scars. Their encounter begins to challenge everything...
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'Willows Rewilded'

A Silent Spring?It proves anything but…After a century of dereliction, Toad Hall stirs back to life.Its revival is led by the irrepressible Horatio Toad, newly returned to his ancestral home with six wives, no money, and a plan to save the estate by making nature pay. His uneasy partner is Georges Montgolfiere, an eccentric and radical Rewilder who speaks of a Silent Spring—an eerie absence of birdsong and wildlife, a warning etched into the land itself.Horatio dreams of zipwires, cafés, and gift shops. Georges dreams of ecological redemption. Ideology collides with insolvency—and neith...
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Es que te quieren

Es que te quieren. 2ª edición. 2026. 164 páginas. ISBN 9798245544458 (Novela escrita en 2020)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.En medio de una epidemia que ha obligado a que las autoridades decretaran toque de queda, Álvaro, un maestro jubilado de setenta años de edad que, desde su juventud conversa con los muertos, y su hija Salomé, se ven obligados a permanecer encerrados en su casa durante más de cinco meses. Conforme el mundo se desmorona con la epidemia que no respeta fronteras, Álvaro se reencuentra con algunos muertos, seres queridos, familiares, amigos, que le hacen rev...
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Terror urbano. Microrrelatos.

Terror urbano. Microrrelatos. 1ª edición. 2023. 182 páginas. ISBN 9798852622556. (Microrrelatos escritos entre 2019 y 2023)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.Terror urbano. Microrrelatos.La mayoría de los ciento veintiún microrrelatos de este libro reproducen con exactitud el significado de su título: el miedo muy intenso que se vive en las grandes y pequeñas ciudades.Ese terror urbano que está presente en la gran mayoría de las urbes: la inseguridad de andar por las calles por miedo de los asaltos, los asesinatos, los secuestros; la violencia doméstica que afecta a todo tipo ...
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Antiparadigmas inquietos. Poesía visual

Antiparadigmas inquitos. Poesía visual. 2ª edición. 2023. 184 páginas. ISBN 9798859178292. (Poemas escritos en 2019)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.La definición de paradigma de la RAE es: “teoría o  conjunto de teorías cuyo núcleo central se acepta sin cuestionar y que suministra la base y modelo para resolver problemas y avanzar en el conocimiento”.Antiparadigmas inquietos son 37 poemas visuales que cuestionan y deforman poéticamente la verdad, el conocimiento, las creencias, la vida en sí misma, con un solo objetivo aparentemente ingenuo: provocar una constante ...
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