{"product_id":"9781771432122","title":"A Certain Ms. Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Certain Ms. Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is a historical romance adventure for all those eggheads, children, and grownups who want to know how high-tech and the space age were started, who the nerds really were who advanced the arts and the sciences we take for granted today. The interfaces for DVDs, the Internet, lasers, and fiber optics to collect light from a laser source and focus it to a point for readout or for coupling to another fiber optic for communications are tiny glass spheres, some as small as 1\/100 of an inch in diameter. \u003cbr\u003eOur two-millimeter heroine, Crystal, is born in A.D. 523 on the Arabian shore during a lightning storm. A shepherd boy finds her and keeps her until he dies as sultan. Shahrazad is his destiny, but he will have to wait. \u003cbr\u003eCrystal has many adventures with well-known historical figures. Our hero is reborn in 1636 and starts his search for Crystal, from her legend. As Captain Nemo he finds Crystal and his destiny. Their son remains to seek his destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CCB Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166891032816,"sku":"9781771432122","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771432122_p0.jpg?v=1763708090","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771432122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}