{"product_id":"9781481436236","title":"They Saw the Future: Oracles, Psychics, Scientists, Great Thinkers, and Pretty Good Guessers","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBrooker, Kyrsten; Krull, Kathleen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAtheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan anyone predict the future?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meet twelve mind-boggling personalities who seemed to know how. Among them are: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe ancient Maya,\u003c\/b\u003e who invented a remarkably accurate calendar that gave a date for the end of the world: December 21, 2012. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLeonardo da Vinci,\u003c\/b\u003e the great artist, who drew detailed sketches of tanks, machine guns, and helicopters...four centuries before they were invented. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNostradumus,\u003c\/b\u003e the sixteenth-century French doctor whose amazing predictions included the rise of Adolf Hitler. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeane Dixon,\u003c\/b\u003e a wealthy socialite who, on November 22, 1963, looked into her lunch of eggs florentine and announced, \"Something dreadful is going to happen to the president today.\" \u003cbr\u003e Did they always get it right? How did they know? Were they psychic? Or did they simply combine knowledge, sensitivity, inspiration, and some good old-fashioned luck to see into the unknown? Kathleen Krull and Kyrsten Brooker's entertaining and enlightening book may just hold the answers to these and other fascinating questions.","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43351841177855,"sku":"9781481436236","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781481436236","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}