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In the Stone House [MultiFormat]
by Barry N. Malzberg
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In an "Alternate Kennedys" history where Joe Kennedy lives to become president, things go horribly wrong as the rivalry between ex-president Joe and his now-president brother Jack turns violent. Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 13086 - Reading Time: 37-52 min.
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Everything But Honor [MultiFormat]
by George Alec Effinger
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A complex alternate history story, "Everything But Honor"--a Hugo Award finalist for best novelette--is the tale of Dr. Thomas Placide, a Black physicist in 1938 Germany, who travels back in time to alter the outcome of America's War Between the States to better the plight of Southern Negro slaves, but with dire consequences. (Published: 1989) Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 11384 - Reading Time: 32-45 min.
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Opening Atlantis [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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 New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove has intrigued readers with such thought-provoking "what if..." scenarios as a conquered Elizabethan England in Ruled Britannia and a Japanese occupation of Hawaii in Days of Infamy and End of the Beginning. Now, in the first of a brand-new trilogy, he rewrites the history of the world with the existence of an eighth continent... Atlantis lies between Europe and the East Coast of Terranova. For many years, this land of opportunity lured dreamers ... more info>>
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The Sleeping Serpent [MultiFormat]
by Pamela Sargent
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This fascinating alternate history story is set a few hundred years ago in an America that has been colonized primarily by Mongolians (who, by the way, have taken over most of Europe). A Mongolian settler who was raised by Native American Indians finds he must try to bridge the gap between cultures to counter threats from English settlements (England is one of the few remaining independent countries in Europe). In so doing, he seeks to re-unite the Native American peoples and the peoples of Mong... more info>> (Published: 1992)
Words: 15944 - Reading Time: 45-63 min.
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Da Vinci Rising [MultiFormat]
by Jack Dann
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Young Leonardo da Vinci experiments with his flying machine in the politically charged atmosphere of late 15th century Florence. He dreams of soaring into the heavens, but Lorenzo de Medici is eager to use this new invention to his advantage on the battlefield. (Published: 1995) Nebula Award(R) Winner
Words: 23859 - Reading Time: 68-95 min.
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Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen
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Millions visit Gettysburg each year to walk the fields where Joshua Chamberlain made his legendary stand and Pickett went down to a defeat which doomed a nation. It is a battle which, even before the guns fell silent, was the focal point of endless debate. As the years passed the battle has become the great "what if" of American history. "Gettysburg: Lee's Greatest Victory" unfolds an alternate path and creates for General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia the victor... more info>>
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1824: The Arkansas War [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Eric Flint
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In the newest volume of this exhilarating series, Eric Flint continues to reshape American history, imagining how a continent and its people might have taken a different path to its future. With 1824: The Arkansas War, he spins an astounding and provocative saga of heroism, battlefield action, racial conflict, and rebellion as a nation recovering from war is plunged into a dangerous era of secession. Buffered by Spanish possessions to the south and by free states and two rivers to the north, Ark... more info>>
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End of the Beginning [Days of Infamy Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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In this alternate history of World War II, the Japanese follow up their Pearl Harbor attack with the successful occupation of Hawaii. Now America is marshaling its military forces--from East Coast to West--to reclaim the islands from the enemy.
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In at the Death [Settling Accounts #4] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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 Franklin Roosevelt is the assistant secretary of defense. Thomas Dewey is running for president with a blunt-speaking Missourian named Harry Truman at his side. Britain holds onto its desperate alliance with the USA's worst enemy, while a holocaust unfolds in Texas. In Harry Turtledove's compelling, disturbing, and extraordinarily vivid reshaping of American history, a war of secession has triggered a generation of madness. The tipping point has come at last. The third war in sixty years, this o... more info>>
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Navigator [Time's Tapestry Book 3] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Stephen Baxter
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 As William the Conqueror's men attempt to stamp out the flames of rebellion, a prophecy is uttered. A bedraggled woman in a ruined chapel speaks of civilizations in conflict, armed by the engines of God... And that prophecy proves to be true as the fearsome war between Christianity and Islam leaves its mark across the land. In Spain, a rogue priest dreams of the final defeat of Islam, for he has found a rent in the tapestry of time, a point where agents from the future used diabolical weapons of... more info>>
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Other Earths [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Nick Gevers
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One world among many... eleven stories about them all What if Lincoln never became president, and the Civil War never took place? What if Columbus never discovered America, and the Inca developed a massive, technologically advanced empire? What if magic was real and a half-faerie queen ruled England? What if an author discovered a book written by an alternate version of himself? These are just some of the possible pathways that readers can take to explore the Other Earths that may be waiting jus... more info>>
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Striking the Balance [Worldwar Volume 4] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Harry Turtledove
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At the bloody height of World War II, the deadliest enemies in all of human history were forced to put aside their hatreds and unite against an even fiercer foe: a seemingly invincible power bent on world domination. With awesome technology, the aggressors swept across the planet, sowing destruction as Tokyo, Berlin, and Washington, D.C., were A-bombed into submission. Russia, Nazi Germany, Japan, and the United States were not easily cowed, however. With cunning and incredible daring, they pres... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 233000 - Reading Time: 665-932 min.
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The Vatican Outfit [MultiFormat]
by Laura Resnick
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An alternate history story about the death of John Paul I. (Published: 1993)
Words: 4291 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
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The Winterberry [MultiFormat]
by Nick DiChario
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Alternate history story that appeared in "Alternate Kennedys," an interesting speculation on a dark Kennedy family secret. (Published: 1992) Hugo Award Nominee, World Fantasy Award Nominee
Words: 3100 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
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Upsetting the Balance [Worldwar Volume 3] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Harry Turtledove
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Russia, Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival--never mind victory--was to unite to stop a mighty foe--one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China's enemy-occupied Forbidden City, the nations of the world had been forced into an uneasy alliance since humanity began its struggle against overwhelming odds. In Bri... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 235000 - Reading Time: 671-940 min.
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We Could Do Worse [MultiFormat]
by Gregory Benford
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The election of 1956 is at stake and the remorseless thug known as the President has his operatives out in the field making sure there are no surprises. (Published: 1988)
Words: 1992 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
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Worlds That Weren't [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, S. M. Stirling
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In this collection of novellas, four masters of alternate history turn back time, twisting the facts with four brilliant excursions into what might have been.
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1901 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Robert Conroy
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The year is 1901. Germany's navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. President McKinley indignantly refuses, so with the honor and economic future of the Reich at stake, the Kaiser launches an invasion of the Uni... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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A Fleeting Wisp of Glory [MultiFormat]
by Laura Resnick
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Short post-apocalyptic "Alternate Kennedys" story. (Published: 1992)
Words: 3502 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
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A Key to the Illuminated Heretic [MultiFormat]
by A. M. Dellamonica
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What if Joan of Arc hadn't burned? (Published: 2005) Nebula Award(R) Preliminary Ballot Nominee, Sidewise Award Finalist
Words: 9690 - Reading Time: 27-38 min.
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Alternative 3 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Ken Mitchell
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After World War Two, Hitler escapes to a base in Antarctica--in a special disc-like craft the Nazis had been working on. Using this amazing technology, the grand plan, known as 'Alternative 3', was to siphon off the world's elite and colonize Mars. Or so the story goes. The Americans are allegedly in on the deal, and so are the Russians, and it's all been kept very hush-hush. Until now. Enter Curtis Hatch--computer hacker, U2 listener, anti-hero. He's on parole for white-collar crimes but that d... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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American Front [The Great War Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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When the Great War engulfed Europe in 1914, the United States and the Confederate States of America, bitter enemies for five decades, entered the fray on opposite sides: the United States aligned with the newly strong Germany, while the Confederacy joined forces with their longtime allies, Britain and France. But it soon became clear to both sides that this fight would be different--that war itself would never be the same again. For this was to be a protracted, global conflict waged with new and... more info>>
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Anglomerika [MultiFormat]
by Zane Smith
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Zane Smith gives us a United States after the attacks on The World Trade Center. In this alternate reality, the US swings to an ultra right-wing political position in which personal freedoms have been suspended. Interwoven with newspaper excerpts to portray the growing political and social atmosphere, Smith places his characters in a time and place that could frighteningly become reality. (Published: 2002)
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Being Elizabeth [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
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The number-one bestselling author delivers her most provocative, sizzling novel yet--a story of money, power, love, and betrayal that only Barbara Taylor Bradford could write. At age twenty-five, Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself in a position few women her age could image: the head of Deravenels, a business empire that spans the globe. It's a company whose reach is wide and whose secrets are deep. Deravenels has roots that go far back in her family's history, and she knows the price that man... more info>>
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Days of Infamy [Days of Infamy Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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It is December 7, 1941, and the Japanese launch an attack against United States naval forces stationed in Pearl Harbor. The Japanese follow up their air assault with an invasion and occupation of Hawaii. With American military forces subjugated and civilians living in fear of their conquerors, there is no one to stop the Japanese from using the islands' resources to launch an offensive against America's western coast.
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