{"product_id":"2940014087063","title":"The Einstein See-Saw","description":"Tony Costello leaned glumly over his neat, glass-topped desk, on which\u003cbr\u003ea few papers lay arranged in orderly piles. Tony was very blue and\u003cbr\u003ediscouraged. The foundations of a pleasant and profitable existence\u003cbr\u003ehad been cut right out from under him. Gone were the days in which the\u003cbr\u003ebig racket boss, Scarneck Ed, generously rewarded the exercise of\u003cbr\u003eTony's brilliant talents as an engineer in redesigning cars to give\u003cbr\u003ehigher speed for bootlegging purposes, in devising automatic electric\u003cbr\u003eapparatus for handling and concealing liquor, in designing\u003cbr\u003ebeam-directed radios for secret communication among the gangs. Yes,\u003cbr\u003emused Tony, it had been profitable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix months ago the Citizens' Committee had stepped in. Now the police\u003cbr\u003edepartment was reorganized; Scarneck Ed Podkowski was in jail, and his\u003cbr\u003ecorps of trusty lieutenants were either behind the bars with him or\u003cbr\u003escattered far and wide in flight. Tony, always a free spender, had\u003cbr\u003enothing left but the marvelous laboratory and workshop that Scarneck\u003cbr\u003eEd had built him, and his freedom. For the police could find nothing\u003cbr\u003elegal against Tony. They had been compelled to let him alone, though\u003cbr\u003ethey were keeping a close watch on him. Tony's brow was as dark as the\u003cbr\u003emahogany of his desk. He did not know just how to go about making an\u003cbr\u003ehonest living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a hand that seemed limp with discouragement, he reached into his\u003cbr\u003epocket for his cigarette-case. As he drew it out, the lackadaisical\u003cbr\u003efingers failed to hold it firmly enough, and it clattered to the floor\u003cbr\u003ebehind his chair. With the weary slowness of despondence, he dragged\u003cbr\u003ehimself to his feet and went behind his chair to pick up the\u003cbr\u003ecigarette-case. But, before he bent over it, and while he was looking\u003cbr\u003efully and directly at it, his desk suddenly vanished. One moment it\u003cbr\u003ewas there, a huge ornament of mahogany and glass; the next moment\u003cbr\u003ethere was nothing.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079871873264,"sku":"2940014087063","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014087063_p0.jpg?v=1763600395","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014087063","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}