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the mind. Some of the
worlds leading thinkers
offer the books that
inspired them and their
work. Skim the list for
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work. Skim the list for

your favorite speakers, or
get nerdy on a topic youve
always wanted to know
more about. Below find 52
books, recommended by
TED speakers.
Creativity
CreativeConfidence, by Tom
Kelley and David Kelley
Crown Business, 2013
Recommended by: Tim Brown (TED
Talk: Designers think big!)
Creative confidence is the creative
mindset that goes along with design
thinkings creative skill set.
See more of Tim Browns favorite

books.
CreatingMinds, by Howard
Gardner
Basic Books, 2011
Recommended by: Roselinde Torres
(TED Talk: What it takes to be a great
leader)
Gardners book was first published
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more than twenty years ago, but its

insights into the creative process
told through the stories of seven
remarkable individuals from different
fields remain just as relevant
today. While they shared some traits,
they all followed different paths to
success.
See more of Roselinde Torres

favorite books.
ARoomofOnesOwn, by Virginia
Woolf
Martino Fine Books, 2012
Recommended by: Liza Donnelly
(TED Talk: Drawing on humor for
change)
One of the most important books
about womens rights, and one that
informed my thinking on creativity, is
this one by Virginia Woolf.
See more of Liza Donnellys favorite

books.
TheFutureofIdeas, by Lawrence
Lessig
Vintage, 2002
Recommended by: Rob Reid (TED
Talk: The $8 billion iPod)
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Over the past fifteen years, a

movement has emerged to preserve
whats become known as the Creative
Commons that realm of imagery,
music, writing and more that exists in
the public domain for all of society to
freely extend, sample from and build
upon. Lessig is the intellectual father
and the prime mover of this
movement. He has written a number
of books about the Creative
Commons and the dangers posed by
overreaching copyright laws. The
Future of Ideas is a particularly

complete and focused expression of
this.
See more of Rob Reids favorite

books.
TheSpark, by Kristine Barnett
Random House, 2013
Recommended by: Temple Grandin
(TED Talk: The world needs all kinds
of minds)
Read this book to learn how a
mother developed her autistic sons
strengths.
See more of Temple Grandins
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favorite books.
HackersandPainters, by Paul
Graham
OReilly Media, 2010
Recommended by: Keren Elazari
(TED Talk: Hackers: the Internets
immune system)
Paul Graham, the founder of Y
Combinator, wrote this book of
essays about the creative aspects of
hacker culture. The essay that really
inspired me was the one about the
positive meaning of the word
hacker.
See more of Keren Elazaris favorite

books.
Design
TheLawsofSimplicity, by John
Maeda
The MIT Press, 2006
Recommended by: Margaret Gould
Stewart (TED Talk: How giant
websites design for you (and a billion
others, too))
This slim but insightful volume
delves deeply into the concept of
simplicity, and applies that principle
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simplicity, and applies that principle

in a variety of contexts, including
design, technology and more
generally our day-to-day lives.
See more of Margaret Gould

Stewarts favorite books.
DesignfortheRealWorld, by
Victor Papanek
Chicago Review Press, 2005
Recommended by: Sebastian
Deterding (TED Talk: What your
designs say about you)
There are professions more harmful
than industrial design, but only a few
of them. Thus starts this classic on
the ethics of industrial design,
originally published in 1971.
See more of Sebastian Deterdings

favorite books.
ATheoryofFunforGame
Design, by Raph Koster
OReilly Media, 2014
Recommended by: Tom Chatfield
(TED Talk: 7 ways games reward the
brain)
Essential reading for anyone who
cares about games.
See more of Tom Chatfields favorite
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books.
Happiness
MansSearchforMeaning, by
Viktor E. Frankl
Beacon Press, 2006
Recommended by: Simon Sinek (TED
Talk: Why good leaders make you feel
safe)
This is essential reading for anyone
interested in the topic of purpose.
Because Frankls personal experience
was so extreme, the lessons are that
much more stark. And, most
importantly, his lessons are
universally applicable to all our lives.
See more of Simon Sineks favorite

books.
Flow:ThePsychologyof
OptimalExperience, by Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi
Harper Perennial Modern Classics,
2008
Recommended by: Susan Cain (TED
Talk: The power of introverts)
This book illuminates the kind of life
we should all be living.
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we should all be living.
Csikszentmihalyi argues that one of

the highest states of being is the state
of flow when youre totally engaged
in an activity, riding the narrow
channel between boredom and
anxiety. I talk about this book a lot,
and try to live by it even more.
See more of Susan Cains favorite

books.
TheHappinessHypothesis, by
Jonathan Haidt
Basic Books, 2006
Recommended by: Stefan Sagmeister
(TED Talk: The power of time off)
If you are interested in the subject of
happiness, this is the best book Ive
come across. Haidt manages to write
in a way thats encompassing yet
precise, scientific yet personal. A
wonderful survey of many strategies
that might improve your well-being.
See more of Stefan Sagmeisters

favorite books.
WantNot, by Jonathan Miles
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013
Recommended by: Elizabeth Gilbert
(TED Talk: Success, failure and the
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(TED Talk: Success, failure and the

drive to keep creating)
Every generation or so, an American

novel appears that holds up a mirror
to our lives and shows us exactly who
we are right at this very moment.
Want Not is that book right now a

searing but compassionate look at
modern Americans and their stuff. A
book about garbage and consumption
and accumulation and disposal, but
most of all about humanity in all its
stubborn, flawed glory.
See more of Elizabeth Gilberts

favorite books.
TheUntetheredSoul, by Michael
Singer
Noetic Books, 2007
Recommended by: Srikumar Rao
(TED Talk: Plug into your hard-wired
happiness)
In his younger days Singer had a
spiritual experience that awakened
him, and his life was different from
that point on. This is one of the very
best books I have come across that
clearly explains how your mind keeps
you in thrall, what consciousness is
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you in thrall, what consciousness is

and how to deal with your unruly
mind. Read it in small doses.
Highlight extensively. Refer to often.

This slim book is a keeper.
See more of Srikumar Raos favorite

books.
YourMoneyorYourLife, by
Vicki Robin et al.
Penguin Books, 2008
Recommended by: Graham Hill (TED
Talk: Less stuff, more happiness)
This simple little book succinctly
describes the American trap of
acquisitiveness and consequential
debt. Most importantly, it provides a
way out.
See more of Graham Hills favorite

books.
WakingUp,Alive, by Richard A.
Heckler
Ballantine Books, 1996
Recommended by: JD Schramm
(TED Talk: Break the silence for
suicide attempt survivors)
Im thrilled that Richard Hecklers
book has been updated and rereleased. Its the best place to start if
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released. Its the best place to start if

you want to learn more about life
after a suicide attempt.
See more of JD Schramms favorite

books.
TheDoItYourselfGuideto
FightingtheBigMotherfuckin
Sad, by Adam Gnade
Pioneers Press, 2013
Recommended by: Will Potter (TED
Talk: The shocking move to
criminalize nonviolent protest)
I write about pretty depressing stuff,
to put it mildly, and on some days
that darkness feels overwhelming.
This slim volume by Adam Gnade hit
home for me and countless others
because its written with a raw mix of
compassion, tough love and an
outlaw spirit. Its a must for anyone
trying to fight the good fight.
See more of Will Potters favorite

books.
History
TheBetterAngelsofOur
Nature, by Steven Pinker
Penguin Books, 2012
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Penguin
Books, 2012
Recommended by: Yasheng Huang

(TED Talk: Does democracy stifle
economic growth?)
I always enjoy reading Steven
Pinkers books, but this one has some
startling statistics on the death tolls
of totalitarian regimes vis--vis the
death tolls of democratic regimes.
One of the major theses of this book
is that the rise of the rights revolution
and democratic forms of government
is one of the main causes behind the
historic reduction of violence.
See more of Yasheng Huangs favorite

books.
BigHistory:FromtheBigBang
tothePresent, by Cynthia Stokes
Brown
The New Press, 2008
Recommended by: David Christian
(TED Talk: The history of our world
in 18 minutes)
The first-ever college textbook on
big history, this title focuses on the
idea of increasing complexity and is
structured accordingly. Most of the
second half explores human history;
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the final chapter looks to the future.
See more of David Christians favorite

books.
TheManWhoFedtheWorld, by
Leon Hesser
Durban House Press, 2010
Recommended by: Bill Gates (TED
Talk: Bill and Melinda Gates: Why
giving away our wealth has been the
most satisfying thing weve done)
The subject of this book, Norm
Borlaug, is one of my heroes and
Leon Hessers biography is a
fascinating account of Borlaugs life
and accomplishments. This is a story
of genius, self-sacrifice and
determination. Borlaug was a
remarkable scientist and
humanitarian whose work in
agriculture is rightfully credited with
saving the lives of over a billion
people.
See more of Bill Gates favorite books.

PigEarth, by John Berger
Vintage, 1992
Recommended by: Robert Neuwirth
(TED Talk: The power of the informal
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(TED
Talk: The power of the informal
economy)
Berger finds poetry in the humdrum
and pragmatism in big dreams. This
trilogy movingly chronicles the social
dislocations and new social
conglomerations of rural-to-urban
migration.
See more of Robert Neuwirths

favorite books.
PersonalHistory, by Katharine
Graham
Vintage, 1998
Recommended by: Lisa Bu (TED
Talk: How books can open your
mind)
Read this along with The Snowball:
Warren Buffett and the Business of

Life, by Alice Schroeder. This is the
autobiography of Katharine Graham,
former publisher of The Washington
Post. She was an inspiration for me

when I was struggling with
insecurities. She and Warren Buffett
are great friends and business
partners. I really like Buffetts
approach to life, business and wealth:
Life is like a snowball all you need
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is wet snow and a really long hill.'
See more of Lisa Bus favorite books.

China:ANewHistory, by John
King Fairbank and Merle Goldman
Belknap Press, 2006
Recommended by: Martin Jacques
(TED Talk: Understanding the rise of
China)
A good introduction to China.
See more of Martin Jacquess favorite

books.
Language
OntheShouldersofGiants, by
Robert K. Merton
University of Chicago Press, 1993
Recommended by: James Geary
(TED Talk: Metaphorically speaking)
Published in 1965, On the Shoulders
of Giants is a profound, provocative

peregrination along the trail of the
aphorism, If I have seen farther it is
by standing on the shoulders of
giants. Merton demonstrates
through a series of astonishingly
erudite, scholarly and witty
digressions that this saying,
commonly attributed to Isaac
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commonly attributed to Isaac

Newton, was actually first coined by
Bernard of Chartres, in the 12th
century. If you like aphorisms, and
love learning about wildly different
domains and ideas, this book is a
masterpiece. It is also, unfortunately,
out of print and hard to find.
See more of James Gearys favorite

books.
TheProfessorandtheMadman,
by Simon Winchester
Harper Perennial, 1999
Recommended by: Erin McKean
(TED Talk: The joy of lexicography)
About the Oxford English
Dictionary. A page-turner! (Rest
assured, most lexicographers never
shoot anyone.)
See more of Erin McKeans favorite

books.
Philosophy
TheEssentialEpicurus, by
Epicurus
Prometheus Books, 1993
Recommended by: Alain de Botton
(TED Talk: A kinder, gentler
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(TED
Talk: A kinder, gentler
philosophy of success)
Epicurus was the first philosopher to
say that pleasure was the most
important thing in life. People took
him to mean sensual pleasure and the
word epicurean has been linked to
gluttony ever since. But read the real
Epicurus and youll see that his idea
of pleasure was quite immaterial; in
fact, it was all about having a group of
good friends and reading books
together outdoors.
See more of Alain de Bottons favorite

books.
Theodicy, by Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz
Flammarion, 1999
Recommended by: Tali Sharot (TED
Talk: The optimism bias)
Read some of the first work on
optimism.
See more of Tali Sharots favorite

books.
Mathandstats
TheSignalandtheNoise:Why
SoManyPredictionsFailbut
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SomeDont, by Nate Silver

The Penguin Press HC, 2012
Recommended by: Nic Marks (TED
Talk: The Happy Planet Index)
If you are a statistician, or use
statistics in your work, then this is an
outstanding book you should read.
See more of Nic Marks favorite

books.
FactsAreSacred, by Simon Rogers
Faber & Faber, 2013
Recommended by: Tim Berners-Lee
(TED Talk: The next web)
A data-related book by Simon
Rogers, the editor of
guardian.co.uk/data.
See more of Tim Berners-Lees

favorite books.
AHistoryofMathematical
Notations, by Florian Cajori
Dover Publications, 2012
Recommended by: Terry Moore (TED
Talk: Why is x the unknown?)
A good book for people who want to
know more about how mathematical
symbols like x evolved.
See more of Terry Moores favorite
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books.
Medicine
TheChecklistManifesto, by Atul
Gawande
Picador, 2011
Recommended by: Brian Goldman
(TED Talk: Doctors make mistakes.
Can we talk about that?)
The Checklist Manifesto is
Gawandes bestselling book about
medical errors that come from not
knowing enough and errors that
come from not doing the right thing.
The book is essential reading for
people who want to understand why
health care is not as safe as it could
be and how to change that.
See more of Brian Goldmans favorite

books.
TestingTreatments, by Imogen
Evans et al.
Pinter & Martin, 2011
Recommended by: Ben Goldacre
(TED Talk: What doctors dont know
about the drugs they prescribe)
This is an excellent book on
evidence-based medicine, and the
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evidence-based medicine, and the

problems in it. It is written by
eminent scientists and patients
working together, and can be
downloaded free online (disclosure: I
wrote the foreword).
See more of Ben Goldacres favorite

books.
CopingwithTraumaRelated
Dissociation, by Suzette Boon et al.
W. W. Norton, 2011
Recommended by: Eleanor Longden
(TED Talk: The voices in my head)
An accessible, reassuring book that
offers practical guidance for trauma
survivors and their supporters in
working towards healing and
recovery.
See more of Eleanor Longdens

favorite books.
Mindandbrain
Thinking,FastandSlow, by
Daniel Kahneman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013
Recommended by: Alex Laskey (TED
Talk: How behavioral science can
lower your energy bill)
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lower your energy bill)
Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman,

who gave the TED Talk The riddle of
experience vs. memory, explores how
behavioral economics and cognitive
biases influence our everyday
decision making.
See more of Alex Laskeys favorite

books.
TheMindsEye, by Oliver Sacks
Vintage, 2011
Recommended by: Simon Lewis
(TED Talk: Dont take consciousness
for granted)
Inspirational and finely written
stories of people who find ways to
navigate the world through
landscapes that have been fractured
in ways that are often hard to
imagine.
See more of Simon Lewiss favorite

books.
TheHonestTruthabout
Dishonesty, by Dan Ariely
Recommended by: Pamela Meyer
(TED Talk: How to spot a liar)
A fun, research-based look at
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A fun, research-based look at
cheating and dishonesty by this wellknown behavioral economist. The

book touches on everything from why
creative people are better liars to why
wearing knockoff fashion accessories
will make you more dishonest.
See more of Pamela Meyers favorite

books.
Consciousness:An
Introduction, by Susan Blackmore
Routledge, 2013
Recommended by: David Chalmers
(TED Talk: How do you explain
consciousness?)
Susan Blackmores excellent
introduction to all sorts of scientific
and philosophical issues about
consciousness.
See more of David Chalmers favorite

books.
AncestorsandRelatives, by
Eviatar Zerubavel
Oxford University Press, 2012
Recommended by: AJ Jacobs (TED
Talk: The worlds largest family
reunion were all invited!)
The very first question in this book
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The very first question in this book

sets the thought-provoking tone:
Why do we consider Barack Obama a
black man with a white mother rather
than a white man with a black
father? Rutgers anthropologist
Eviatar Zerubavel shows us that our
ideas about ancestry are shaped by
cognitive biases that we often dont
acknowledge.
See more of AJ Jacobs favorite

books.
OriginsofNeuroscience, by
Stanley Finger
Recommended by: Nancy Kanwisher
(TED Talk: A neural portrait of the
human mind)
The idea that the mind and brain are
composed of distinct components,
each carrying out a different function,
goes back at least two centuries to
neurologists like Franz Josef Gall and
Paul Broca. For a delightful history of
the colorful characters of this early
era, read this book.
See more of Nancy Kanwishers

favorite books.
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favorite books.
Brainwashing, by Kathleen Taylor

Recommended by: Diane Benscoter
(TED Talk: How cults rewire the
brain)
Neuroscientist Kathleen Taylor
brings a unique perspective to the
subject of what happens to your brain
when you join a cult.
See more of Diane Benscoters

favorite books.
Politicsandcurrent
events
TheNewJimCrow, by Michelle
Alexander
The New Press, 2012
Recommended by: Shaka Senghor
(TED Talk: Why your worst deeds
dont define you)
Alexander tackles the hard-hitting
issues of race, power and the
historical context of the prison
system. Her acute analysis of race
and sentencing disparities cuts to the
heart of the prison boom.
See more of Shaka Senghors favorite
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more of Shaka Senghors favorite
books.
MightyBeourPowers, by Leymah
Gbowee
Beast Books, 2013
Recommended by: Melinda Gates
(TED Talk: Bill and Melinda Gates:
Why giving away our wealth has been
the most satisfying thing weve done)
In 2011, Leymah Gbowee became a
global figure when she won a Nobel
Prize for launching a grassroots
womens movement that led to peace
in Liberia. This is an amazing tale of a
group of women coming together to
change the course of a countrys
history and its also the inspiring
story of how Gbowee overcame her
own doubts and fears and found the
courage to lead them.
See more of Melinda Gates favorite

books.
FromDictatorshipto
Democracy, by Gene Sharp
Serpents Tail, 2012
Recommended by: Scilla Elworthy
(TED Talk: Fighting with nonviolence)
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violence)
This book is based on Sharps study,

conducted over a period of 40 years,
on nonviolent methods of
demonstration. Although never
actively promoted, this astonishing
book traveled as a photocopied
pamphlet from Burma to Indonesia,
Serbia and most recently Egypt,
Tunisia, Syria and China.
See more of Scilla Elworthys favorite

books.
EcologicalIntelligence, by Daniel
Goleman
Broadway Books, 2009
Recommended by: Leyla Acaroglu
(TED Talk: Paper beats plastic? How
to rethink environmental folklore)
This book provides an excellent,
easy-to-understand overview of lifecycle assessment, or how everything
that we do affects the natural
environment.
See more of Leyla Acaroglus favorite

books.
OneMoreRivertoCross, by
Keith Boykin
Anchor Books, 1998
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Anchor Books, 1998
Recommended by: Yoruba Richen

(TED Talk: What the gay rights
movement learned from the civil
rights movement)
Against a backdrop of civil rights
and the black experience in America,
Boykin interviews Baptist ministers,
gay political leaders, and other black
gays and lesbians on issues of faith,
family, discrimination and visibility
to determine what differences real
and imagined separate the two
communities.
See more of Yoruba Richens favorite

books.
Scienceandnature
ParasiteRex, by Carl Zimmer
Atria Paperback, 2014
Recommended by: Ed Yong (TED
Talk: Suicidal crickets, zombie
roaches and other parasite tales)
The best book on the disturbing,
fascinating, grisly habits of parasites,
including those that manipulate their
hosts.
See more of Ed Yongs favorite books.
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WhyWeRun, by Bernd Heinrich

Recommended by: David Epstein
(TED Talk: Are athletes really getting
faster, better, stronger?)
Written by a biologist and
ultramarathoner, this book is a
fascinating look at how endurance
has shaped physiology throughout
the animal kingdom. (Endurance
flying, endurance running, even frogs
and their endurance croaking!)
Heinrich gives poetic treatment to the
role of ultraendurance in human
evolution, and applies some of what
he learns while studying animals to
his own training. It works out pretty
well, as he sets an American record at
the North American 100-kilometer
championships.
See more of David Epsteins favorite

books.
MyFamilyandOtherAnimals,
by Gerald Durrell
Penguin, 2004
Recommended by: Enric Sala (TED
Talk: Glimpses of a pristine ocean)
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An ode to joy and innocence, the

book that inspired me as a kid to
become a naturalist, and that still
warms my heart and makes me
laugh.
See more of Enric Salas favorite

books.
Dr.TatianasSexAdvicetoAll
Creation, by Olivia Judson
Holt Paperbacks, 2003
Recommended by: Carin Bondar
(TED Talk: The birds and the bees are
just the beginning)
Olivia Judsons book was among the
first that motivated me to become a
science communicator. Her comical
approach to all kinds of sexual
conundrums has always been a
favorite of mine.
See more of Carin Bondars favorite

books.
Work
GiveandTake, by Adam Grant
Penguin Books, 2014
Recommended by: Shawn Achor
(TED Talk: The happy secret to better
work)
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work)
This Wharton professor shows how

giving at work can lead to greater
happiness and success.
See more of Shawn Achors favorite

books.
Thrive, by Arianna Huffington
Harmony Books, 2014
Recommended by: Andy Puddicombe
(TED Talk: All it takes is 10 mindful
minutes)
This book covers mindfulness in
quite some detail, but also looks at
the wider impact of our addiction to
technology, overly active minds and
increasingly busy lives. It offers some
excellent commentary on
mindfulness, along with some very
sound advice.
See more of Andy Puddicombes

favorite books.
TheTalentCode, by Daniel Coyle
Arrow Books, 2010
Recommended by: Dan Pink (TED
Talk: The puzzle of motivation)
A savvy and snappy compilation of
some of the best research on talent.
Ive given away more than a dozen
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Ive given away more than a dozen

copies of this one including to my
own kids.
See more of Dan Pinks favorite

books.
GivingVoicetoValues, by Mary
Gentile
Yale University Press, 2012
Recommended by: Margaret
Heffernan (TED Talk: Dare to
disagree)
A tremendous book about how to
speak up.
See more of Margaret Heffernans

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