The Psychic Tourist: A Voyage into the Curious World of Predicting the Future

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Can people really see into the future Can someone's life be predicted Are physicists on the verge of discovering the first time machine And why does a Nobel prize-winning scientist believe that humans are capable of sensing the future Following a prediction of his sister's death, William Little set out to learn the truth about the power of fortune telling and prophecy: can people see into the future or are the millions who consult horoscopes, watch TV psychics, or read Nostradamus simply being sold a lie His journey took him to a witches' coven in a haunted wood, on the hunt for murderers with psychic detectives and to the doorsteps of the world's most powerful and revered psychics. Through a rollercoaster ride of mystics, mishaps and mayhem, he discovered uncomfortable facts that made him reassess his beliefs. In a book that answers the unanswerable about what science, psychics and crystal balls can reveal about tomorrow, William Little lifts the lid on the most sought-after destination of them all: the future.

The book includes interviews with US psychic Sylvia Browne, CIA psychic spy Joseph McMoneagale, psychological illusionist Derren Brown, scientist Richard Dawkins, Channel Five's Psychic Challenge Winner Diane Lazarus, experts such as Professor Brian Josephson and Dr Richard Wiseman and Allison Dubois, whose life was the basis for the NBC and BBC programme Medium.

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'The characters here are a hoot. There's the cliche-riddled, vague-talking gipsy Betsy Lee; Richard Dawkins, who'd love to find evidence for psychic power; Derren Brown, who admits he's not a mind-reader, just a psychological showman; Nobel laureates who think telepathy rests with quantum physics; war veterans who believe they're still alive thanks to lucky socks and superstitious rituals; the physicist who has dedicated his life to time travel. It's a read so digestible you could dunk it in your morning coffee.' -- London Lite

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William Little is a freelance journalist for the Saturday Telegraph magazine, the Daily Mail, Guardian, The Times, and Financial Times. He has also worked for Arena, Esquire and Cosmopolitan, and contributedarticles to the Independent, the Daily Express and the Big Issue, among many others.