{"product_id":"9781461274902","title":"Glyph-Breaker","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is an interesting book. The author is famous for his decipherment of Easter Island's 'rongorongo' script ... but the content, a new translation of the mysterious Minoan Phaistos disc, is the stuff of a million crackpot theories. Written in an engaging and immediate style, the book is certainly a good read. The information it provides about the decipherment of Linear B and also about the Easter Island script is interesting. Yet the translated content of the Phaistos Disc is disappointing - a rather repetitive 'Call-to-Arms', mobilizing Minoans and Mycenean Greeks to resist a naval invasion. And, above all, as one knowledgeable critic puts it, \"even if he's right, how could he prove it with a sample of one ?\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049258565872,"sku":"9781461274902","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781461274902_p0.jpg?v=1763673131","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781461274902","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}