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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.
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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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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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Ruled Britannia [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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The master of alternate history who envisioned a Confederate victory in The Guns of the South and an American revolution that never happened in The Two Georges, New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove unveils another brilliant foray into what might have been.... The year is 1597. For nearly a decade, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain. The citizenry live under an enforced curfew--and in fear of the Inquisition's agents, who put heretics t... more info>>
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Second Contact [Worldwar Saga Colonization Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Harry Turtledove
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In the Worldwar tetralogy, set against the explosive backdrop of World War II, master of alternate history Harry Turtledove wove a saga of world powers locked in conflict against a deadly enemy from the stars. Now, with Colonization: Second Contact, Turtledove expands his magnificent epic into the volatile 1960s--when humanity must face its greatest challenge: alien colonization of planet Earth. During the Worldwar, Washington, D.C., Tokyo, and dozens of other cities perished in the radioactive ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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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)
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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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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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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 Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
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.
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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
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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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Down to Earth [Worldwar Saga Colonization Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
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)
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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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Tilting the Balance [Worldwar Volume 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Harry Turtledove
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World War II screeched to a halt as the great military powers scrambled to meet an even deadlier foe. The enemy's formidable technology made their victory seem inevitable. Already Berlin and Washington, D.C., had been vaporized by atom bombs, and large parts of the Soviet Union, the United States, and Germany and its conquests lay under the invaders' thumb. Yet humanity would not give up so easily, even if the enemy's tanks, armored personnel carriers, and jet aircraft seemed unstoppable. The hu... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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1942: A Novel [Secure Mobipocket/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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1945 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Conroy
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America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But Japan has only begun to fight.... In 1945, history has reached a turning point. A terrible new weapon has been unleashed. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead, the unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered, Japanese fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame--their aim: to take America down with them. In Robert Conroy's brilliantly imagined epic tale of World War II, Emperor Hirohito's capitulation is ... more info>>
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Canals in the Sand [MultiFormat]
by Kevin J. Anderson
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It's the end of the nineteenth century, and astronomer Percival Lowell is smarting from the ridicule heaped upon him for theorizing that Mars is covered with canals built by the locals. To prove he's right, Lowell signals the Red Planet with a network of oil-flamed canals dug in the Sahara. The venture is a success: Martian spacecraft are seen heading for Earth, and a reporter named Herbert George Wells is about to get a scoop for the ages. (Published: 1996)
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Dirty Girls on Top [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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The Dirty Girls are back, saucier and sexier than ever...but would it be wrong to ask them to be a little smarter, too?" Especially when it comes to men. And sex. Lauren Fernandez is at the top of her game as the cleverest columnist the Boston Gazette has on board--but she can't quite figure out how to pick a guy or how to eat (and not drink) like a healthy person. Usnavys is still sashaying all over town, 260 pounds of her dolled up in designer duds and ready for action--from anyone except her... more info>>
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Emperor: The Field of Swords [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Conn Iggulden
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With his acclaimed Emperor novels, author Conn Iggulden brings a dazzling world to life--the rich, complex world of ancient Rome as seen through the eyes of one extraordinary man: Julius Caesar. Now Iggulden returns to the story of Julius Caesar and a realm that stretches from the sands of North Africa to the coast of Britain. Against this magnificent backdrop, Caesar, his first victories under his belt and a series of key alliances in place, makes his move toward power and glory--and commands... 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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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
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Fin de Cycle [MultiFormat]
by Howard Waldrop
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1890s Paris: A group of fringe artists, writers, and musicians--headed by notorious oddball Alfred Jarry--use the new technology of filmmaking to expose hypocrisy within the French Military in a new telling of the infamous Dreyfus Affair. [This story is also available in Howard Waldrop's collection Dream Factories and Radio Pictures]. (Published: 1990) Hugo Award Nominee
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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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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)
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