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And on September 12, 2001, Brooklyn teenagers proclaimed that \"this guy, Nostradamus\" had seen 9\/11 coming. Through prodigious research in European and American archives, Gerson chronicles the life of this mystifying figure and our lasting fascination with his predictions.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49522864226577,"sku":"GOR009547987","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250037867.jpg?v=1751207562"},{"product_id":"nostradamus-book-stephane-gerson-9780312613686","title":"Nostradamus","description":"Whenever we enter a new era, whenever the premises of our worldview are questioned or imperiled, Nostradamus offers certainty and solace. In 1666, guests at posh English dinner parties discussed his quatrains about the Great Fire of London. 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That night, as darkness fell, St phane huddled in a tent with his wife, Alison, and their older son, Julian, trying to understand what seemed inconceivable. It's just the three of us now, Alison said over the sounds of a light rain and, nearby, the rushing river. We cannot do it alone. We have to stick together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisaster Falls\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the aftermath of that day and their shared determination to stay true to Alison's resolution. At the heart of the book is an unflinching portrait of a marriage tested. Husband and wife grieve in radically different ways that threaten to isolate each of them in their post-Owen worlds. (He feels so far, St phane says when Alison shows him a selfie Owen had taken. He feels so close, she says.) 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