Alternative Science

Outraged when the US Navy seizes three Confederates aboard an English sailing ship, Britain retaliates by entering the fray in support of the Rebels - and suddenly, it's a whole new war. Once again, cotton is king as the North's blockade crumbles before the might of the Royal Navy. While Lincoln confronts the monumental challenge of vanquishing mighty Britannia, the Redcoats revive their 1812 penchant for burning down American cities, and Union troops see Canada as ripe for the picking.

Agatha DeLacey’s family isn’t rich or titled, so studying nursing at Ingold’s East End hospital in London is a rare opportunity for her. Despite the school’s focus on the innovative Bio-Mechanical program, Aggie cares more about the desperately poor human patients who flood the hospital...

Kann man in einem Haus verschwinden?! Die Spuren von Anna-Lena van Dam führen zwar eindeutig hinein in die seit Jahrzehnten leer stehende Villa ihres Urgroßvaters - aber nicht wieder heraus. Ihr Vater vermutet sie in einem geheimen Höhlensystem unter dem Haus und schickt den Ex-Soldaten Viktor mit einem Geo-Expertenteam los, um sie zu suchen. Dass sich unter den sechs Personen auch ein Parapsychologe und ein Medium befinden, hat einen guten Grund, wie Viktor bald herausfinden muss.

Im Höhlenlabyrinth unter der Villa der van Dams lauert ein uraltes Geheimnis - hinter mysteriösen Türen, versehen mit rätselhaften Symbolen. Als Ex-Soldat Viktor und sein Geo-Expertenteam auf der Suche nach der vermissten Anna-Lena van Dam eine Tür öffnen, führt diese die Gruppe ins frühe Mittelalter des 9. Jahrhunderts. Doch anders, als sie es aus den Geschichtsbüchern kennen, wird die Macht nicht nur von Männern ausgeübt. Während mächtige Kaiserinnen sich bekriegen, planen männliche Verschwörer das Ende des Matriarchats.

Wir sind niemals auf dem Mond gelandet. Deutschland ist kein souveräner Staat. Der 11. September war ein Inside-Job. Angela Merkel ist Hitlers Tochter... Verschwörungstheorien boomen. Christian Alt und Christian Schiffer begeben sich auf eine Reise in die Welt des Wahns. Zu Reichsbürgern, Flat-Earthlern und Freimaurern. Mitten unter uns. Ob im Internet oder im Teutoburger Wald. Sie erläutern, wie Verschwörungstheorien entstehen, wer an ihnen verdient und wie man selbst eine Verschwörungstheorie lanciert - am Beispiel der Rauchmelder, über die wir alle abgehört werden.

The being known as Alpha distributes fear and hate, his only ambition to destroy all that’s good in the universe. And now he has support from another like him. While Eloah delivers the truth of our evolution in a fantastic display of technological power, the evil beings plan their attack on Eloah and his followers. The pope delivers a message to millions of expectant followers, one that will shock the world and change the course and charter of the Catholic Church, and likely all religions.

Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine tells the story of a precocious young girl who uses her intelligence and accelerating technology to solve humanity's grandest challenges. Written as an alternative history, Danielle's journey as a driven young girl brings her face-to-face with many important figures from recent history and our modern world.

The long-dreaded war between Britain and France has finally begun. French soldiers have landed on English soil, and the British Army - and the Royal Sorcerers Corps, led by Lady Gwen - is moving to meet them. But when an inexperienced major disobeys her orders and sends two hundred hussars to their deaths, Gwen accidentally uses her magic to permanently damage his mind and sparks a political crisis at the worst possible time. In the aftermath of the battle, Lord Mycroft suggests she leave Britain and head to the North American colonies.

A cosmic accident sets the modern West Virginia town of Grantville down in war-torn 17th-century Europe. It will take all the gumption of the resourceful, freedom-loving up-timers to find a way to flourish in the mad and bloody birth of the Renaissance. Are they up for it? You bet they are. Edited by Eric Flint and inspired by his now-legendary 1632, this is the fun stuff that fills in the pieces of the Ring of Fire political, social, and cultural puzzle as supporting characters we meet in the novels get their own lives, loves, and life-changing stories.

1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went missing. It's a decision Wolf will very shortly regret. For in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz.

Midwives in the United States live and work in a complex regulatory environment that is a direct result of state and medical intervention into women's reproductive capacity. In Birthing a Movement, Renee Ann Cramer draws on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research to examine the interactions of law, politics, and activism surrounding midwifery care.

Explore and harness the real science behind 50 healing herbs with renowned plant scientist, biomedical researcher, and herbal practitioner Aisha Hill, PhD, as your trusted guide. Have you ever wondered why ginger is good for digestion? Or why raspberry leaf helps with menstrual cramps? Have you...

In 1821, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart reflects on his brushes with death, including the one that nearly killed him in 1791. Now settled into a sylvan old age in America with his wife, two sons, and grandchildren, the world-famous composer gives testament to his life and career. In the thirty years of extra time he was granted, he not only wrote more operas—including one that changed the course of history—but also he engaged with key people of his times: composers like Haydn and Beethoven, musicians and singers like Nancy Storace and Luigi Cherubini.

College student, ex-marine, and martial artist Malcolm Lockridge is in prison awaiting his trial for murder when he receives an unexpected visit from an extraordinarily beautiful woman named Storm. Claiming to be a representative of the Wardens, a political faction from 2,000 years in the future, Storm offers the astonished young man a proposition: freedom in return for his assistance in recovering an unspecified lost treasure. But it is not long before Malcolm realizes that, in truth, he's been recruited as a soldier in the Wardens' ongoing war against their rivals, the Rangers.

Six years after being stranded in the past, Will has survived the Alamo, brokered peace with the Comanche, and found love. Now he faces his greatest challenge yet. Determined to enforce a treaty's boundary, the president orders Will and the army of the Republic of Texas to annex everything north of the Rio Grande, including Santa Fe. But the dictator, Santa Anna has returned to power in Mexico and he wants his country back - all of it. Will faces an unwinnable situation; he is stranded hundreds of miles away from the Alamo when he uncovers plans for a Mexican invasion.

She will defy a future written in stone. In 1943, Eleanor sees fragments of the future, but despite her efforts, she can’t alter destiny. Orphaned as a girl, she believes the visions are a curse created by the Devil. As a young woman, she has made peace with watching atrocities unfold twice. But, when she finds a grifter with the ability to hear her thoughts, she realizes she is not alone. Those with gifts are being murdered. Eleanor tempts fate and sets out to stop a mysterious serial killer hunting the streets of New York City.

Femminista, animalista, dedita alla medicina alternativa. Avrebbe qualche problema oggi. Ma nel XVI secolo, Rosmunda era considerata una strega. Le appassionanti avventure di una donna dallo spirito libero, in viaggio dall'Italia fino a Londra e ritorno. Rosmunda, sballottata da vicende che ne metterebbero alla prova la volontà di reagire, riesce invece ad affrontarle ogni volta con rinnovata energia e con una predisposizione all'amore per il prossimo che ricorda gli insegnamenti religiosi. Tutto nasce da ritrovamenti casuali di diari e di manoscritti che riportano a tempi lontani.

An ancient secret is revealed after 2,000 years. Destruction at the Temple Mount ensues. An epic battle between good and evil is underway, and the survival of the world’s population hangs in the balance. Eloah works for the support of the American president, and to convince the Catholic pope of the truth of his reincarnation and of his connection to the Church’s foundation. Eloah’s followers search for evidence, hidden for two millennia, which will substantiate his claims.

The lost literary origin story of #1 bestseller Lev Grossman - including a new foreword about how and why he wrote his first novel: "It is the intense, concentrated, boiled-down essence of the unhappiest years of my life." Twenty-something Hollis Kessler languishes in a hopelessly...

Der linke Publizist Robert Misik nimmt auch hier kein Blatt vor den Mund: Mit Ironie und starker Überzeugungskraft verdeutlicht er, warum Gesellschaftskritik wieder angesagt ist, und macht dabei keinen Hehl aus seinem eigenen linken Hintergrund. Neben dem Porträt sehr unterschiedlicher Charaktere der linken Szene - von Michael Moore bis zu Naomi Klein - befasst er sich mit Fragen nach politischen Alternativen und untersucht, warum man heute mit rebellischen Äußerungen darauf gefasst sein muss, womöglich einen neuen Trend zu starten.