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A dazzling display of history as it might have been, this impressive array of award-winning writers explores the histories that never were, from Ancient Rome to Imperial China and much more. The book features classic reprints of alternate-history stories by Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Goonan, Gregory...

" . . . Compelling . . ." - Kirkus. In a Detroit still full of vitality and swagger, a child's brutal murder turns out to be both far more and far less than it seems and a boy becomes a pawn in covering up the truth. A gifted politician launches what will surely be a national career. A beautiful...

"Shane Gericke writes with the clear eye of hard-nosed reporter and the sweet soul of an artist. The power of Blown Away is visceral and unforgettable - you won't want to miss this one." - Gayle Lynds. Shane Gericke's debut novel, Blown Away, became an immediate national bestseller that...

The air war over Europe during World War II proved that combat in the sky can be even more devastating than combat on the ground. When the war ended, every major city in Germany was virtually destroyed. A German writer admitted that his own nation, in taking up the sword to conquer the world, had "summoned...

Renaissance Venice lived by its ships. They brought riches, power, and security to a city more cosmopolitan than any other in Europe. Here, in this short-form book by noted historian Sir J. H. Plumb, is the story of Venice’s early years.

In the fifteenth century, Rome was reborn - not spiritually, for Renaissance popes were not men of the spirit, but physically, artistically, and politically. St. Peter's, the Vatican, the churches, the tombs, the squares, the palaces and gardens of Rome, which enchant the eye and delight the heart, encouraged...

A battle between a complicated Jersey everyman and his wealthy one-percenter brother-in-law could be just a domestic fight on steroids - or it could be a war for the economic soul of America. Told in the author's gritty, heartbreakingly ironic voice, Boardwalk Melodies breaks out as a tour-de-force...

"Five Stars." - TimeOut.com. Here are six enthusiastically received plays by Charles Mee inspired by Greek tragedies: Iphigenia 2.0, Trojan Women, Orestes 2.0, Agamemnon 2.0, Night and Day, and The Bacchae 2.1. "How fresh can a play based on a 2,400-year-old story possibly be? . . ....

"An insightful commentary on the congenial inhabitants, both human and animal, which first lured the author to this magnificent land." - Booklist. Unlike Australia, which is geologically stable, New Zealand is young and impetuous - ready to rumble at any moment. Temperate and green as the...

There is only one New York. It didn't make America, but it made possible the America we've come to know. Here - from American Heritage magazine and such historians as Nathaniel Benchley, David McCullough, and William V. Shannon - is its remarkable story: from Henry Hudson's historic voyage and the...

Liberty! brings to life one of the most important and compelling stories in America's history: the struggle for independence and the birth of the nation. New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming's gripping narrative captures the high drama of the revolutionary war years and the unyielding...

This vivid and impeccably researched book details the life and Civil War battles of Admiral David Farragut. It shines a spotlight and shares new details about the admiral's leadership of the mission to recapture the port of New Orleans from the Confederacy - a campaign historians consider one of the...

This vivid, deeply moving book begins in London in 1620 as Pilgrim representatives sign a contract to purchase the freighter Mayflower. We accompany them on their harrowing voyage across the Atlantic, through the rigors of the first New England winter and the threat of Indian attack as they desperately...

Catherine II of Russia was the most remarkable monarch of the eighteenth century. New York Times bestselling historian Ian Grey paints an illuminating portrait of an enigmatic woman of compelling charm and elegance. She had a prodigious appetite for work, great curiosity, and boundless ambition and...