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	Devil’s Valley by André Phillippus Brink	Flip Lochner, a seedy, tired journalist, finds himself on the edge of civilization; descends on foot into a region that lies so deep within the walls of wild mountains it is all but impossible to reach. Lochner discovers the lost people of Devil’s Valley, a civilization of Boers shut off from the rest of the world.
	Making History by Stephen Fry	Michael Young, a history student at Cambridge University, travels back in time to prevent the birth of Adolph Hitler. His success only makes matters worse as Hitler’s successor is even more evil. Young is forced to return in time to restore history as it was.
	Pacific Empire by G. Miki Hayden	Japan is victorious over the U.S. and her allies in the Pacific war arena. The novel consists of nine stories that are interconnected to reveal the postwar-powerful Japan.

Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart	by Bernard Bastable	Germany 1830: Mozart is honored when he is asked to give piano lessons to the young princess Victoria. His good fortune turns when the princess makes a most unusual demand from him. The situation becomes even more complicated when she becomes the heir apparent to the throne.
The People V. Lee Harvey Oswald	by Walt Brown	Lee Harvey Oswald lives to go to trial. An in-depth novel about the assassination of President John Kennedy and many of the parties involved.
Birthright	by Andrew Coburn	A dying father reveals to his son that he is the actual son of Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. The Lindbergh baby was not killed but switched by one of the kidnappers with a baby that was accidentally drowned by a mentally fragile wife.
1901: A Novel	by Robert Conroy	Germany invades the United States in 1901. The novel explores what might have happened if Germany and America had tangled on U.S. soil at the turn of the century. Theodore Roosevelt is one of many colorful characters.
Stars & Stripes Forever	by Harry Harrison	The U.S. and Britain are once again at war. This new threat of British troops massing at the Canadian border serves to unite the North and South to fight their old, common enemy.
’48	by James Herbert	It’s three years after the allies lose World War II and London is ravaged by bloodsuckers. Hitler’s success rests on the massive death toll brought on by his V2 rockets, loaded with a deadly virus that freezes human blood and causes fast death. The only survivors are ones with a rare, resistant blood type.
Darkest England	by Christopher Hope	Booi, a descendent of the Bushmen of South Africa, explores England as a site for settlement and to assess the friendliness and capability of the "white natives." His journey takes him to prison, to Parliament and to Buckingham Palace.
Russia: A Novel	by David E. Kaun	The old Soviet Union has fallen, and the new revolution is at hand. Once again, Mother Russia has a Tsar to lead a new, capitalist system that will surpass the United States.
The Turner Diaries	by Andrew Macdonald	The U.S. is at war with itself again. This second civil war is the white majority against the many groups of minorities and the U.S. government.
C.S.A.: Confederate States Of America	by Howard B. Means	From the ashes of a divided nation come the Confederate States of America. The president is white and the vice president is black. The races are equal, but, very, very separate.
The Iron Bridge	by David Morse	Maggie Foster travels back in time from 2043 to 1770s England. Her mission is to spoil the success of the world’s longest iron bridge and halt the start of the industrial revolution that eventually leads to an ecological record of shame.
Climb The Wind	by Pamela Sargent	Buffalo Soldiers sent to subdue the Cheyenne are deserting and going over to the other side. The Sioux are leaving their barren reservations in hordes. The warlike Indian nations of the high plains combine their strength and attack a weakened America, still recovering from the Civil War.
Pillar Of Fire	by Judith Tarr	Set in Egypt, before Christ, during the time of the Egyptian pharaoh, Akhenaten. His troubled reign is concerned with the plight of the captive Israelites and the suggestion that Moses was indeed a prince of Egypt.
How Few Remain	by Harry Turtledove	The year is 1881, Lincoln, since losing the Civil War and then the presidency, is an itinerant socialist speechmaker. In the Confederate States of America, President James Longstreet buys northern Mexico. He declares war, the course of which operates through several historical figures such as Samuel Clemens, Teddy Roosevelt, George Custer, Frederick Douglas and others.
Timequake	by Kurt Vonnegut	A "timequake" has occurred in the space-time continuum, forcing everyone to relive the decade between 1991 and 2001.
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