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Hitler's War [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Harry Turtledove
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A stroke of the pen and history is changed. In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, determined to avoid war at any cost, signed the Munich Accord, ceding part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. But the following spring, Hitler snatched the rest of that country and pushed beyond its borders. World War II had begun, and England, after a fatal act of appeasement, was fighting a war for which it was not prepared. Now, in this thrilling, provocative, and fascinating alternate history by Harry ... more info>>
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Over There [A Teddy Roosevelt Story] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Roosevelt, now retired from the presidency, makes a request of Woodrow Wilson. He asks to be allowed to reactivate the Rough Riders and personally lead them into the battlefields of WWI. Based on a true request that Roosevelt made (but was in reality denied by Wilson). (Published: 1991)
Words: 7758 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: Alternate History
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1824: The Arkansas War [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
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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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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The Bull Moose at Bay [A Teddy Roosevelt Story] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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October 27, 1916: At President Teddy Roosevelt's 58th birthday party, the polls report that he's on the verge of losing his bid for re-election ... if only women had the vote.... (Published: 1991)
Words: 3121 - Reading Time: 8-12 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.
Category: Alternate History
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A Just and Lasting Peace [MultiFormat]
by Lois Tilton
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Forty years after the end of the Civil War, the Confederates have surrendered, but they are not defeated. Yankee injustice fuels resentment--and an underground rebellion--in the South, and hatred for the Northerners touches the lives of every Southern family ... forcing an innocent boy to choose his unlikely future. (Published: 1991) Year's Best Science Fiction Selection
Words: 6106 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
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In Entropy's Jaws [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In a far future Earth, John Skein's skills as a Communicator bring him wealth and fame. He uses his mind as a conduit for joining the intellects of his clients to solve business or technical problems ... all for a substantial fee. When he joins his newest clients to solve a problem of matter transportation, the overload jolts Skein into a new perception of time that is driving him slowly insane. (Published: 1971)
Words: 14980 - Reading Time: 42-59 min.
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In the Balance and Tilting the Balance [Worldwar Volumes 1 and 2] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Harry Turtledove
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Harry Turtledove's best-selling alternate-history Worldwar series is now a must-have addition to your eBook library. For a limited time only, take advantage of this exciting opportunity--buy Tilting the Balance and get In the Balance for free!
In the Balance: From Pearl Harbor to panzers rolling through Paris to the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Midway, war seethed across the planet as the flames of destruction rose higher and hotter. And then, suddenly, the real enemy came. The invad... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 150000 - Reading Time: 428-600 min.
Category: Alternate History/Science Fiction
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Redchapel [A Teddy Roosevelt Story] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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While visiting England in the fall of 1888, a young Theodore Roosevelt assists Scotland Yard in the effort to capture Jack the Ripper. As the streets of Whitechapel become bloodier with each murder, Teddy's American brand of investigative consultancy shines light into the darkness of the world's most famous unsolved mystery. (Published: 2000) Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Nominee, HOMer Award Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 11624 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
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Striking the Balance [Worldwar Volume 4] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
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.
Category: Alternate History/Science Fiction
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Sarah Addison Allen
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 In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestelling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world...no matter how out of place they feel. Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother's life. For instance, why did Dulcie Shelby leave her hometown so suddenly? Why did she vow nev... more info>>
Category: Alternate History
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The Light that Blinds, The Claws that Catch [A Teddy Roosevelt Story] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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An alternate history story exploring the life of Teddy Roosevelt had his first wife not died in 1884. (Published: 1992)
Words: 2736 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
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With Caesar in the Underworld [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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Robert Silverberg continues his on-going Roma Eterna series of alternate history stories following the path of Rome in a world in which Christianity never arose and Judaism remained a minor cult. This story is set during the reign of the Eastern emperor, Justinian (527-565) and concerns Menandros, an ambassador sent to Rome to initiate negotiations to marry Justinian's daughter to the heir apparent of the Roman empire, Heraclius Caesar. (Published: 2002) Sidewise Award Nominee
Words: 10078 - Reading Time: 28-40 min.
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1812: The Rivers of War [Secure eReader]
by Eric Flint
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The first of a projected two-volume series, Flint's witty, tightly written alternative history presents a subtly revised version of events in the final year of the War of 1812. In March 1814, in the Mississippi Territory, Gen. Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia and Cherokee warriors fight a decisive battle against the Creek Indians. In August, a young Sam Houston, the adopted son of a Cherokee chief, arrives in Washington in time to help defend the Capitol building from invading British troops. ... more info>>
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1942: A Novel [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Conroy
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December 7 is "the date which will live in infamy." But now Japan is hatching another, far greater plan to bring America to its knees.... The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was a resounding success--except for one detail: a second bombing mission, to destroy crucial oil storage facilities, was aborted that day. Now, in this gripping and stunning work of alternate history, Robert Conroy reimagines December 7, 1941, to include the attack the Japanese didn't launch, and what follows is a ... more info>>
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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.
Category: Alternate History
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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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Aftershocks [Worldwar Saga Colonization Series Book 3] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Harry Turtledove
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Set in the same universe as the Worldwar series, Colonization: Aftershocks brings us to Earth in the 1960s, where four superpowers rule: the United States, Russia, Nazi Germany, and the aliens of the Race. The arrival of the aliens shot Earth technology forward at a dizzying rate--the world of 1960 includes routine space shuttle traffic, computers on every desk, and other high tech advancements. Aftershocks reveals that it was the United States that launched the nuclear offensive against the ali... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 235000 - Reading Time: 671-940 min.
Category: Alternate History/Science Fiction
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Argonautica [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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Confederate naval forces are reduced to the defense of Vicksburg, and an enterprising young captain plots a rescue mission to sail north and recover $65 million in gold coins buried near a Mississippi plantation. (Published: 1999) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 34477 - Reading Time: 98-137 min.
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Down to Earth [Worldwar Saga Colonization Series Book 2] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Harry Turtledove
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In 1942 Hitler led the world's most savage military machine. Stalin ruled Russia while America was just beginning to show its strength in World War II. Then, in Harry Turtledove's brilliantly imagined Worldwar saga, an alien assault changed everything. Nuclear destruction engulfed major cities, and the invaders claimed half the planet before an uneasy peace could be achieved. A spectacular tale of tyranny and freedom, destruction and hope, Colonization takes us into the tumultuous 1960s, as the ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 244000 - Reading Time: 697-976 min.
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Graveyard of Dreams--Science Fiction Stories [MultiFormat]
by H. Beam Piper
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This new collection of H. Beam Piper's shorter work includes five of his finest stories: "Graveyard of Dreams," "Genesis," "Operation R.S.V.P.," "The Answer," and "Last Enemy." (Published: 2006)
Words: 47611 - Reading Time: 136-190 min.
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In at the Death [Settling Accounts #4] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
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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Jihad [MultiFormat]
by Mercedes Lackey
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What if "Lawrence of Arabia" had turned his back on his native England and the Western world and instead chosen Allah and the Arab world? What would that have done to the Middle East? (Published: 1993)
Words: 5822 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Alternate History/Fantasy
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Lenin in Odessa [MultiFormat]
by George Zebrowski
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In 1918, Sidney Reilly, who had worked as a British agent against the Germans and Japanese, returns home to the newly formed Soviet Russia. Now he is again working for England and her allies, but this time he was also out for himself, intending to assassinate Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and bring himself to power at the head of the regime that he imagined his homeland deserved. (Published: 1990)
Words: 6764 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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