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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition cover

401. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

402. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman
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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

403. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

by Douglas W. Hubbard
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The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution cover

404. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

by Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending
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The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy cover

405. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

by Stephanie Kelton
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Data Structures and Algorithms (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science and Information Pr) cover

406. Data Structures and Algorithms (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science and Information Pr)

by Alfred V. Aho, John E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman
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Introduction To Probability cover

407. Introduction To Probability

by Dimitri P. Bertsekas, John N. Tsitsiklis
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Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work cover

408. Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work

by Alex Petrov
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Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America) cover

409. Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America)

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse
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Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market cover

410. Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market

by Scott Patterson
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Hardcore Java cover

411. Hardcore Java

by Robert Simmons (Jr.)
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter cover

412. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

by Richard Phillips Feynman, A. Zee
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame cover

413. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame

by Mike Wilson
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Commodore: A Company on the Edge cover

414. Commodore: A Company on the Edge

by Brian Bagnall
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Non-Designer's Design Book, The cover

415. Non-Designer's Design Book, The

by Robin Williams
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All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

416. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman
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The PC Is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your Personal Computer cover

417. The PC Is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your Personal Computer

by Robin Williams
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The Plot Against the King cover

418. The Plot Against the King

by Kash Patel
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The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump cover

419. The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump

by Corey Robin
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The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success cover

420. The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

by Rodney Stark
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Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

421. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis
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RESTful Web APIs cover

422. RESTful Web APIs

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Data Science at the Command Line cover

423. Data Science at the Command Line

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AVR Programming cover

424. AVR Programming

by Elliot Williams
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The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

425. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

426. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari
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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World cover

427. A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

by William J. Bernstein
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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

428. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson
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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

429. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig
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United Nations: A History cover

430. United Nations: A History

by Stanley Meisler
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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

431. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall
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How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets cover

432. How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

by Felix Dennis
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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

433. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird
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Practical Electronics for Inventors cover

434. Practical Electronics for Inventors

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
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Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)) cover

435. Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))

by Kent Beck
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Interactive Data Visualization for the Web cover

436. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion cover

437. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

by Paul Bloom
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Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition) cover

438. Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities cover

439. The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author cover

440. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

by Marc Levinson
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SVG Text Layout cover

441. SVG Text Layout

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Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life cover

442. Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art cover

443. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor
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Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide cover

444. Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris
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Overthrow cover

445. Overthrow

by Stephen Kinzer
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power cover

446. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

by Shoshana Zuboff
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Flask Web Development cover

447. Flask Web Development

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Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

448. Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by I. M. Gelfand, E. G. Glagoleva, E. E. Shnol
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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition) cover

449. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron
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The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

450. The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by David Hurst Thomas, Andrew Hunt
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Say Good Night To Insomnia cover

451. Say Good Night To Insomnia

by Gregg D. Jacobs
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Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition cover

452. Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition

by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, Linda Lamb
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Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

453. Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
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Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition cover

454. Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition

by Jeffrey Friedl
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Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? cover

455. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

by Philip E. Tetlock
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Just Get Out of the Way: How Government Can Help Business in Poor Countries cover

456. Just Get Out of the Way: How Government Can Help Business in Poor Countries

by Robert Edward Anderson
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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) cover

457. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

by Clayton M. Christensen
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A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence cover

458. A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins
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Engineering: A Compiler cover

459. Engineering: A Compiler

by Keith D. Cooper
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Writing GNU Emacs Extensions cover

460. Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

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Choose Yourself! cover

461. Choose Yourself!

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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History) cover

462. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)

by Eric H. Cline
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A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES) cover

463. A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES)

by Bjarne Stroustrup
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Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business cover

464. Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business

by Kenneth Roman, Joel Raphaelson
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Clojure Programming cover

465. Clojure Programming

by Chas Emerick. Brian Carper. Christophe Grand
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Watch On The Right: Conservative Intellectuals In The Reagan Era (History of American Thought and Culture) cover

466. Watch On The Right: Conservative Intellectuals In The Reagan Era (History of American Thought and Culture)

by J. David Hoeveler
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Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

467. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Jez Humble
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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition cover

468. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition

by Eric R. Kandel
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA cover

469. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner
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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win cover

470. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win

by Steve Blank
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Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire cover

471. Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire

by David L. Craddock
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Against Intellectual Monopoly cover

472. Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine
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RESTful Web Clients cover

473. RESTful Web Clients

by Mike Amundsen
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Red Plenty cover

474. Red Plenty

by Francis Spufford
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Building Web Applications with Erlang cover

475. Building Web Applications with Erlang

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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble cover

476. Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

by Dan Lyons
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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

477. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau
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The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects cover

478. The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

by Andrew Chen
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Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II cover

479. Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

by Keith Lowe
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Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge cover

480. Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge

by Ed Regis
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The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change cover

481. The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

by Lester C. Thurow
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GOMORRAH cover

482. GOMORRAH

by Roberto Saviano
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REST API Design Rulebook cover

483. REST API Design Rulebook

by Mark Massé
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PostgreSQL: Up and Running cover

484. PostgreSQL: Up and Running

by Regina O. Obe, Leo S. Hsu
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Graphics Gems cover

485. Graphics Gems

by Andrew S. Glassner
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The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models cover

486. The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models

by Richard Kline
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Closure: The Definitive Guide cover

487. Closure: The Definitive Guide

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

488. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins
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Lightweight Django cover

489. Lightweight Django

by Julia Elman. Mark Lavin
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SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition cover

490. SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition

by C. J. Date
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Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD cover

491. Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD

by Sylvain Gugger, Jeremy Howard
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The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition cover

492. The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition

by Robin Williams
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover

493. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement cover

494. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman
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Network Algorithmics,: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Fast Networked Devices cover

495. Network Algorithmics,: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Fast Networked Devices

by George Varghese
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Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com cover

496. Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com

by Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler
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Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons (Computational Neuroscience Series) cover

497. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons (Computational Neuroscience Series)

by Christof Koch
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The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King cover

498. The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

by Rich Cohen
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Streaming 102: The world beyond batch cover

499. Streaming 102: The world beyond batch

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The Art of Profitability cover

500. The Art of Profitability

by Adrian Slywotzky
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