Selected Readings in Earth Literacy
July, 2010Barlow, Connie. Evolution Extended. MIT Press, Cambridge, 1994.
Berry, Thomas. The Dream of the Earth. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1988.
Berry, Thomas. Evening Thoughts. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 2006.
Berry, Thomas. The Great Work: Our Way into the Future. Bell Tower, 1999.
Berry, Thomas. The Sacred Universe. Columbia Press, NY, 2010
Berry, Thomas and Swimme, Brian. The Universe Story. Harper, San Francisco, 1992.
Capra, Fritjof. The Web of Life. Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1996
Christian, David. Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, University of California, Berkeley, 2005.
Dawkins, Richard, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2004.
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs & Steel. W.W. Norton & Co., NY, 1999.
Ferris, Timothy. The Whole Shebang. Simon & Shuster, New York, 1997.
Green, Brian. The Elegant Universe. Vintage Books, New York, 1999.
Green Brian. The Fabric of the Cosmos. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2004.
Goodenough, Ursula. The Sacred Depths of Nature. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Keller, Stephen and Wilson, Edwin O. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Island Press, Wash. DC, 1993.
Liebes, Sidney, Sahtouris, Elizabet, and Swimme, Brian. A Walk Through Time: From Stardust to Us, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. NY, 1998.
Lovelock, James. Healing Gaia. Gaia Books, NY, 1991.
Margulis, Lynn and Sagan, Dorien. Microcosmos. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1997.
McLaughlin, Nellie. Out of Wonder. Veritas Publications, Dublin, 2004.
Primack, Joel R., Nancy Ellen Abrams. The View from the Center of the Universe. Riverhead Books, New York, 2006
Shubin, Neil, Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York 2004
Swimme, Brian. Hidden Heart of the Cosmos. Orbis Books, New York, 1996.
Ward, Peter D. and Brownlee, David. Rare Earth. Copernicus, Springer-Verlag, NY, 2000.
Christianity and the New Cosmology
Berry, Thomas. Christian Future and the Fate of Earth, Orbis Press, Maryknoll, NY, 2010.
Carrol, John E. Sustainability and Spirituality. State U. of New York Press, Albany, 2004
Coelho, Mary. Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood: The Power of Contemplation in an Evolving Universe. Wyndham Hall Press, Lima, OH, 2002.
Conlon, James. At the Edge of Our Longing. Novalis, Ottawa, Can., 2004.
Fox, Matthew. Original Blessing. Bear & Co., Santa Fe, NM, 1983.
Fox, Matthew. Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh. Three Rivers Press, New York, 1999.
Garon, Henry A.. The Cosmic Mystique. Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY, 2006.
Hessel, Dieter and Reuther, Rosemary Radford. Christianity and Ecology. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2000.
Hofstetter, OP, Adrian M. Earth-Friendly. Lindisfarne Books, Great Barrington, MA, 2004.
King, Ursula. Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin. Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1999.
Kruger, Frederick. A Cloud of Witnesses: The Deep Ecological Legacy of Christianity. Wipf and Stoel Publishers, Eugene, OR, 2002.
McFague, Sally. Life Abundant. Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2001.
McGuinnis, Mary and MacGillis, Miriam Therese, Our Origin Story: Foundations for Ecological Responsibility. Renew International, Sheed and Ward, Kansas City, MO 64141.
O’Murchu, Diarmuid. Reclaiming Spirituality. The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York, 1998.
O’Murchu, Diarmuid. Religion in Exile. The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York, 2000.
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Heart of Matter. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1976.
Toolan, David. At Home in the Cosmos. Orbis Press, Maryknoll, NY, 2001.
Self-Emerging
Alexander, Christopher. A Pattern Language.Oxford University Press, 1977.
Cox, Stan. Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World, New Press, New York, 2010.
Fox, Matthew. The Re invention of Work, Harper, San Francisco, 1994.
Grabow, Stephen, Christopher Alexander: The Search for a New Paradigm in Architecture,
Oriel Press, Boston, MA, 1983
Hartmann, Thom. The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight. Three Pines Press, NY, 1998.
Heinberg, R. Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. New Society Publishing, 2007.
Heinberg, Richard. The Party’s Over. New Society Publishers, Canada, 2005.
Lacinski, Paul and Bergeron, Michael. Serious Straw Bale. Chelsea Green, Dartington, 2000.
McDonough, William and Braungart, Michael. Cradle to Cradle. North Point Press, NY, 2002.
Pearson, David. The Natural House. Simon and Schuster Inc., New York, 1989.
Rifkin, Jeremy. The Hydrogen Economy, Tarcher/Putnam, NY, 2002.
Stein, Matthew. When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving the Long Emergency. Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT, 2010.
Todd, Nancy Jack. A Safe and Sustainable World. Island Press, Washington, 2005.
Von Weizsacher, Ernst, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth,
Halving Resource Use, Earthscan Publications, London, 1998
Whyte, David. Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity. Riverhead Books, NY, 2001.
Strahan, D, The Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man, John Murray Publishing, 2007.
Trainer, T., Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society. Springer Verlag, 2007.
Self-Governing
Ausubel, Kenny. Nature’s Operating Instructions. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 2004.
Barlow, Maude, Tony Clark. Blue Gold. W.W. Norton & Co, Inc., New York, 2002.
Bollier, David. Silent Theft, The Private Plunder of Our Corporate Wealth. Routledge, NY, 2002
Brown, Lester. Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble. W.W. Norton and Company, NY, 2003
Cullinan, Cormac. Wild Law. Siber Ink, Claremont, South Africa, 2002.
Diamond, Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Viking, 2005
Diamond, Michael. If You Can Keep It. Brass Ring Press, Westfield, NJ, 1996
Dyson, Rose A. Mind Abuse. Black Rose Books, Montreal, 2000.
French, Hilary, Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization, WW Norton & Co, New York, NY 2000
Hartmann, Thom. Unequal Protection. Rodale Inc., Emmaus, PA, 2002
Hightower, Jim, Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen our Country and it's Time to Take it Back, Viking,
Holmgren, D, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. Holmgren Design Services, 2003.
Homer-Dixon, T, The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilisation, Souvenir Press, 2003.
Hopkins, Rob, The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience. Chelsea Green Press, 2008.
Korten, David C. The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 2006.
McChesney, Robert W. The Problem of the Media. Monthly Review Press, New York, 2004.
McIntosh, Alaistair. Soil and Soul, Aurum Press, London, 2002
Meadows, Donella, Global Citizen, Island Press, Washington, DC 1991
Mische, Patricia (ed.), Toward a Global Civilization? The Contribution of Religions, Peter Lang, New York, 2001
Rampton, Sheldon, John Stauber. Trust Us, We’re Experts! Jeremy Tarcher, New York, 2001.
Ray, Paul and Anderson, Sherry Ruth, The Cultural Creatives. Harmony Books, New York, 2000
Rothfeder, Jeffrey, Every Drop For Sale, Tarcher/Putnam, New York, 2001
Roy, Arundahti. Power Politics, South End Press, Cambridge, 2001
Shuman, Michael, Going Local, Free Press, New York, 1998.
Shiva, Vandana. Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit, South End Press, Cambridge, MA,2002
Shiva, Vandana. Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, South End Press, Cambridge, MA, 1997.
Stauber, John, Sheldon Rampton. Toxic Sludge is Good For You! Common Courage Press, Monroe, ME,1995
Tempest, Terry. The Open Space of Democracy. The Orion Society, Great Barrington, MA. 2004.
Tokar, Brian. Redesigning Life: Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering, McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal, 2001
Self Educating
Atkisson, Alan. Believing Cassandra, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT, 1999.
Bower, Chet. Let Them Eat Data, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA 2000.
Brotman, Charlene. The Kid’s Book of Awesome Stuff. Brotman Marsh-Field Curriculums, Biddeford, ME ,2004.
Eisler, Rianne. Tomorrow’s Children. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 2000.
Grant, Tim, and Littlejohn, Gail. The High School Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades 9-12. New Society Publishers, Gabriola, B.C. 2009
Jensen, Derrick. A Language Older than Words. Context Books, New York, 2000.
Jensen, Derrick. Listening to the Land. Context Books, New York, 2002.
Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods. Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, 2005.
Mander, Jerry. Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television. Quill, New York, 1978.
Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1963.
Morgan, Jennifer. Born With a Bang. Dawn Publications, Nevada City, 2002.
Morgan, Jennifer. From Lava to Life. Dawn Publications, Nevada City, 2003.
Morgan, Jennifer. Mammals Who Morph. Dawn Publications, Nevada City, 2006.
Orr, David W., Earth in Mind, Island Press, Covelo, CA, 1994.
Pusch, Ruth. Waldorf Schools, Vol 1: Kindergarten and Early Grades; Vol 2: Upper Grades and High School. Mercury Press, Spring Valley, NY 1993.
Quinn, Daniel, Ishmael, Bantom/Turner Books, NY, 1992.
Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline. Doubleday, New York, 1990.
Smith, McGregor, Jr., Now That You Know, Earth Knows Publication, Washburn, TN, 1997.
Sobel, David. Beyond Ecophobia. Orion Society, Great Barrington, MA 1996.
Susman, Art. Guide to Planet Earth. Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT, 2000.
Toms, Michael. A Time for Choices: Deep Dialogues for Deep Democracy. New Society Publishers, BC, 2002.
Self-Fulfilling
Abram, David. The Spell of the Sensuous. Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, NY, 1997.
Berry, Wendell. Standing by Words. North Point Press, San Francisco, 1983.
Berry, Wendell. What are People For? North Point Press, San Francisco, 1990.
Cannato, Judy. Field of Compassion: How the New Cosmology Is Transforming Spiritual Life. Sorin Books, Notre Dame, IN, 2010.
Capra, Fritjof and Steindl Rast, David. Belonging to the Universe. Harper, San Francisco, 1991.
Cowan, Georgiann and Tobias, Michael, The Soul of Nature, Continuum Publishing Co., NY, 1993.
Fox, Matthew. The Coming of the Cosmic Christ. Harper and Row, San Francisco, 1980.
Fox, Matthew. Creation Spirituality. Harper, San Francisco, 1991.
Franck, Frederick. A Passion for Seeing. Codhill Press, New Paltz, NY 2003.
Hull, Fritz. Earth and Spirit. Continuum Publishing Co., NY, 1993.
LaChapelle, David. Navigating the Tides of Change. New Society Press, BC, Canada, 2001.
MacIntyre, Margaret. Cosmic Pilgrim: A Spiritual Exploration of the New Story of Science and Religion, Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR, 2010.
Macy, Joanna, Coming Back to Life. New Society Publishers, Stony Creek, CT, 1998.
Macy, Joanna, World as Lover, World as Self..Parallax Press, Berkeley, 1991.
Matthews, Clifford N., Mary Evelyn Tucker, Eds. When Worlds Converge. Open Court, Chicago, 2002.
Metzner, Ralph. The Unfolding Self. Origin Press, Novato, CA, 1998.
Niehardt. Black Elk Speaks. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1979.
O’Murchu, Diarmuid. Religion in Exile. Crossroads, New York, 2000.
O’Murchu, Diarmuid. Reclaiming Spirituality. Crossroads, New York, 2000.
Plotkin, Bill. Soulcraft. New World Library, Novato, CA, 2003.
Raymo, Chet. Honey from Stone. Viking Penguin Books, NY, 1989.
Somé, Malidonna Patrice. The Healing Wisdom of Africa. Penguin Putnam, NY, 1999.
Spangler, David. Festivals in the New Age. Findhorn Foundation, Forres Morey, Scotland, 1975.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn. Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase. Open Court, Chicago, IL, 2003.
Uhl, Christopher. Developing Ecological Consciousness: Path to a Sustainable World. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, London, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Oxford, 2004.
Self Healing
Ausubel, Kenny. Ecological Medicine. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 2004.
Buhner, Stephen Harrod. The Secret Teachings of Plants. Bear & Co., Rochester, VT, 2004.
Colborn, Theo; Dumanoski, Dianne and Myers; John Peterson. Our Stolen Future. Dutton Books, NY,1996.
Costanza, Robert; Norton, Bryan; & Haskell, Benjamin. Ecosystem Health. Island Press, Washington, DC, 1992.
Davis, Devia. When Smoke Ran Like Water. Bassi Books, NY, 2002.
Duke, J. and Fasquez, R. Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 1993.
Garrett, Laurie. Betrayal of Trust, Hyperion, NY, 2000.
Gibbs, Lois Marie. Dying from Dioxin. South End Press, Boston, 1995.
Grifo, Franchesca and Rosenthal, Joshua. Biodiversity and Human Health. Island Press, Washington, DC, 1997.
Heywood and Synge. Conservation of Medicinal Plants, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991.
Iwu, M. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1993.
LaChapelle, David. Navigating the Tides of Change. New Society, British Columbia, 2001.
Maathai, Wangari. The Green Belt Movement. Lantern Books, New York, 2004.
Martin, G. The Ethnobotany Book. Chapman & Hall, New York, 1995.
McKibben, Bill. Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, Time Books, New York, 2010.
Nilsen, Richard. Helping Nature Heal. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1991.
Price, Weston A., D.D.S. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, CT, 1998.
Robbins, John. Reclaiming Our Health. H.J. Dramer, Inc., P.O. Box 1082, Tiburn, CA, 94920, 1996
Ryley, Nancy. The Forsaken Garden. Quest Books, Wheaton, 1998.
Sampson, Robert and Hughes, Patricia. Breaking Out of Environmental Illness. Bear & Co., Santa Fe, 1997.
Schaeff, Anne Wilson. When Society Becomes an Addict. Harper Collins, NY, 1987.
Stamets, Paul. Mycelium Running. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 2005.
Steingraber, Sandra Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment. Addison Wesley, N.Y. 1997.
Wilshire, Bruce. Wild Hunger. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Oxford, 1998.
Self Nourishing (Agriculture)
Ableman, Michael. Fields of Plenty. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2005.
Ableman, Michael. On Good Land, The Autobiography of an Urban Farm, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA 1998.
Berry, Wendell. Bringing It To The Table: On Farming and Food. Counterpoint, Berkeley, 2009.
Berry, Wendell. The Unsettling of America. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1977.
Bove, Jose and Dufour. The World is not for Sale: Farmers Against Junk Food, Verso, London, 2000.
Bubel, Nancy. The Seed Starters Handbook Rodale Press, 1978
Campbell, Susan and Winant, Todd. Healthy School Lunch Action Guide. EarthSave, Santa Cruz, 1994.
Chevat, Richie, and Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Dial Books, New York, 2009.
Fallon, Sally. Nourishing Traditions. New Trends Publishing, Washington, 1999.
Folwer, Cary and Pat Mooney. Shattering: Food, Politics and the Loss of Genetic Diversity. University of Arizona Press, 1990
Fox, Nicols Spoiled: The Dangerous Truth about a Food Chain Gone Haywire. Harper Collins, NY, 1997.
Gussow, Joan Dye. This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, White River Junction, 2001.
Jackson, Wes, Wendell Berry, and Bruce Colman. Meeting the Expectations of the Land. North Point Press, San Francisco, 1984.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Harper Collins, New York, 2007.
Kimbrell, Andrew. Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture. Foundation for Deep Ecology, Sausalito, CA, 2002.
Lappe, Frances Moore and Lappe, Anna. Hope’s Edge. Penguin, NY, 2003.
Nabhan, Gary Paul. Coming Home to Eat. W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2002.
Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Penguin Press, New York, 2006.
Pollan, Michael. In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, Penguin Press, NY,2008.
Petrini, Carlo (ed). Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition and the Honest Pleasures of Food. Chelsea Green, White River Jct, VT, 2001.
Rampton, Sheldon and Stauber, John. Mad Cow U.S.A. Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine, 1997.
Roeburn, Paul. The Last Harvest, University of Nebraska Press, 1996
Robbins, John. The Food Revolution. Conari Press, Berkeley, 2001.
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2001.
Shiva, Vandana. Stolen Harvest: the Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, South End Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999
Smith, Jeffrey. Seeds of Deception. Yes! Books, Fairfield, IA, 2003.
Whealy, Kent. The Garden Seed Inventory, Seed Savers Publications, 1985
Self Nourishing (Economics)
Anderson, Ray. Mid-Course Correction. Peregringills Press, Atlanta, 1998.
Assadourian, Erik, Starke, Linda, Mastny, Lisa, Worldwatch Institute. State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society. W.W. Norton, New York. 2010
Barnes, Peter. Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 2006.
Brown, Lester R., Eco-Economy. W.W.Norton & Co., New York, 2001.
Daily, Gretchen C. and Ellison, Katherine. The New Economy of Nature. Island Press, Washington, 2002.
Daly, Herman and Cobb, John. For The Common Good. Beacon Press, Boston, 1989
Dominguez, Joe, and Robin, Vicki. Your Money Or Your Life. Penguin Books, 1993
Hartmann, Thom. Unequal Protection. Mythical Research, Inc., 2002.
Hawken, Paul. The Ecology of Commerce. Harper Collins, NY, 1994.
Hawken, Lovins and Lovins. Natural Capitalism, Little, Brown and Co., 1999.
Henderson, Hazel. Ethical Markets. Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT, 2006.
Kelly, Marjorie. The Divine Right of Capital. Barrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 2001.
Korten, David. Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 2009.
McKibben, Bill. Deep Economy. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2007.
Natrass, Brian and Altomare, Mary. Dancing with the Tiger. New Society Publishers, BC 2002.
Robert, Karl. The Natural Step Story. New Society Publishers, Cabriola Island, BC, 2002.
Rothschild, Michael. Bionomics, Economy as Ecosystem. Henry Holt and Co., NY, 1990.
Ruppert, Michael. Confronting Collapse: A Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World, Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT, 2010.
Schor, Juliet B. Born to Buy. Scribner, New York, 2004.
Schumacher, E.F. Small is Beautiful, Economics as if People Mattered. Harper and Row, NY, 1973.
Tasch, Woody. Inquiries Into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing As If Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered, Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT, 2010.
Wallach, Lori and Storza, Michelle. Whose Trade Organization?. Public Citizen, Washington, DC, 1999.
Self Propagating
Anderson, Lorraine (ed.). Sisters of Earth, Vintage Books, NY 1991.
Achterberg, J. Woman as Healer. Boston; Shambhala, 1990.
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. The Millionth Circle. Conari Press, Berkeley, CA, 1999.
Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father. Beacon Press, Boston, 1973.
Dodson Gray, Elizabeth (ed.) Sacred Dimension of Women's Experience. Roundtable Press, Mass, 1988.
Eisler, Riane. The Chalice and the Blade. Harper, San Francisco, 1987.
Estes, Clarissa Pinkola. Women Who Run With the Wolves. Ballantine Press, New York, 1995.
Gadon, Elinor. The Once and Future Goddess. Harper and Row, New York, 1989.
Handler, Stacey. The Body Burden. Blue Note Publishing, Cape Canaveral, FLA.,2000.
Johnson, Elizabeth. She who is. Crossroads, New York, 1994.
McFague, Sallie. The Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age. Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1987.
Luke, Helen. Woman, Earth and Spirit: The Feminine in Symbol and Myth. Crossroad, New York, 1986.
Plasko, J and Christ, C. Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality. Harper and Row, San Francisco, 1989.
Raven, Peter. AAA Atlas of Population and Environment. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.
Ruether, Rosemary. Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing. Harper, San Francisco, 1992.
Ruether, Rosemary. Womanguides: Readings Toward a Feminist Theology. Beacon Press, Boston, 1985.
Shiva Vandana. Close to Home: Women Reconnect Ecology, Health, & Development Worldwide. New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, 1994.
Shiva, Vandana. Staying Alive: Women, Ecology & Development. Zed Publishers, London, 1989.
Steingraber, Sandra. Having Faith. Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, 2001.
Stone, Merlin. When God Was a Woman. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanowich, NY, 1976.
Taylor, Sarah McFarland. Green Sisters. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, 2007.
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