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About Time by Jodi Taylor
15 ratingsAfter their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero in but a single bound.Then one fateful mission to apprehend a minor criminal selling dodgy historical artefacts blows up in all their faces. An officer is attacked within TPHQ. A prisoner is murdered...Categorized as:
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The Long and the Short of it by Jodi Taylor
17 ratingsFollow the disaster magnets of St Mary's as they hurtle around history! The ninth book in The Chronicles of St Mary's Series collects the bestselling short stories in print for the first time. When a Child is Born - A jump back to 1066 to witness the coronation of William the Conqueror goes slightly astray...Categorized as:
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The Great St Mary's Day Out by Jodi Taylor
16 ratingsEveryone deserves to get away for a bit. Even the miscreants at St Mary's. Astonishingly, Dr Bairstow has declared a holiday. Even more astonishingly - he's paying for it. Needless to say, there are strings attached. They have to record the 1601 performance of Hamlet, with Shakespeare himself in the role of the Ghost. It doesn't go well, of course...Categorized as:
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A Perfect Storm by Jodi Taylor
14 ratingsThe brand new short story in the bestselling series, The Chronicles of St Mary’s...Categorized as:
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And Now for Something Completely Different by Jodi Taylor
16 ratingsHere's a question for you. What's the most exciting thing ever found in a fire bucket? And don't say 'fire' because you'll be wrong...Categorized as:
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The Missing Collection by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Found; Sent; Sabotaged; Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix
12 ratingsThirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was a big deal. Then he and a neighbor, Chip, who finds out he's also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters, saying things such as: "You are one of the missing," and, "Beware! They're coming back to get you...Categorized as:
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Hawking's Hallway by Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman
10 ratingsNick Slate, in order to protect his father and little brother, reluctantly must help the Accelerati complete Tesla's great device. Their power-mad leader wants nothing less than to control the world's energy--but there are still three missing objects to track down...Categorized as:
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Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force by Ryder Windham
10 ratingsTHE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE ABSOLUTE POWER AT THE HEART OF THE STAR WARS GALAXY The Force, in the immortal words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, “surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together...Categorized as:
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Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy by Jonathan Strahan
12 ratingsAn eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the second volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan...Categorized as:
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The Day After Never by Nathan Van Coops
12 ratingsBen Travers has gone missing, and Ben Travers needs to find him. Returning home from his harrowing adventures through time, Ben just wants a normal life with the girl he loves, but tying up the loose threads of his fragmented existence is proving more difficult than he ever suspected... -
The Chronothon by Nathan Van Coops
14 ratingsRun from the past. Run from the future. Run for your lives. He’s a novice time traveler in a big universe.Ben just wants time with the scientist’s daughter who got him into this, but when he’s rooked into competing in a chronothon–an Amazing Race through time–getting the girl means he’ll need to make the finish line... -
Jules Verne (Knickerbocker Classics) by Jules Verne
6 ratingsThis superb collection of classic science fiction features the best of Jules Verne’s epic adventure stories, including Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)...Categorized as:
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Ichor Well by Joseph R. Lallo
6 ratingsIchor Well is the third adventure in the Free-Wrench Series of Steampunk novels.Ever since Nita Graus left her homeland and joined the crew of the Wind Breaker, the reputation of the airship and its crew has been growing...Categorized as:
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Killing the Machine by Jamie Sedgwick
6 ratingsThe Iron Horse is a massive steam-powered locomotive manned by a crew of warriors, miscreants, and genetic anomalies. Socrates, the train’s commander, is an autonomous steam-powered gorilla with memories and knowledge reaching back more than a thousand years. Their mission is to locate a new source of starfall, the rare element that powers the ancient city of Sanctuary...Categorized as:
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The Calderan Problem by Joseph R. Lallo
6 ratingsThe Calderan Problem is the fourth high-flying, swashbuckling adventure in the Free-Wrench series from Joseph R. Lallo, author of the Book of Deacon and Big Sigma series. Several months have passed since Nita’s last adventure in the fug, and though she has spent them back in her native Caldera, she has never been busier... -
Back to the Future, Part 2 by Craig Shaw Gardner
12 ratingsThere was a time when Marty McFly was never in time for classes and never in time for dinner. Then one day, he wasn't in his time at all. Thanks to Doc Brown and his impossibly fast DeLorean, Marty returned to the past, changed his future (or present, depending on how you look at it), and then he.. -
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Great Illustrated Classics) by Malvina G. Vogel, Jules Verne
16 ratingsUnderwater Adventure! Professor Aronnax sets off in search of a giant sea monster, only to find the monster is really a steel-plated submarine. Captured by the mysterious Captain Nemo, Aronnax witnesses the exploration of the Nautilus, the remarkable submarine Nemo has invented. But Aronnax comes to learn that Nemo is near insanity and must escape...Categorized as:
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Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors by H.L. Burke
6 ratingsNyssa Glass is a reformed cat burglar turned electrician's apprentice, settled into a life repairing videophones and radio-sets. However, when her past comes calling, she finds herself forced into one last job. No one has entered Professor Dalhart's secluded mansion in almost a decade, at least not and returned to tell the tale... -
Spacer by J.A. Sutherland
6 ratingsJon Bartlett's path is clear before him: finish his last year of schooling, then off on the family's ships to learn the intricacies of interstellar trade. But a message of tragedy at home comes for him, and his expected life is flung far out of reach and he's cast into a role he never wanted. A portion of Spacer was previously published as the short story Wronged, by J.A...Categorized as:
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Do Overs: A Time Travel Thriller of Sudden Second Chances by Jon Spoelstra
6 ratingsTime travel: This is the trip you gotta take. And then when you take it--wham--you are faced with a savage choice of do-overs to correct past blunders. Roy Hobbs blew the cash windfall from his best-seller book. Gone was his money, and then his wife Rachel was murdered with the killer never found. Roy chose to pick up the pieces, riding into his sunset as a crime reporter in a smaller market...Categorized as:
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Forever Beside You in Time by Bess McBride
6 ratingsAurora Morrison, small town librarian, scrimped and saved for a tour of Britain. Immediately upon arrival, she heads to Kensington Gardens for a picnic lunch under the shade of a maple tree bearing the initials of some long-forgotten lovers. Exhausted from the long flight to London, she falls asleep and wakes to find herself somehow thrust back in time to 1902...Categorized as:
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Winds of Time by Zoe Matthews, Jade Jenson
6 ratingsBridget wants a family, more than she ever has before.. Now that her two older brothers are married- to women from the year 2006, no less- and her younger brother spends the majority of the year in Denver at school, Bridget decides it is time for her to find love herself. But she also wants something she has never had a chance to have before- an adventure... -
Sojourn by Jana Oliver
8 ratingsLondon, September 1888. An aged Queen Victoria rules. The threat of anarchy hovers in the air. A new kind of evil lurks in the back alleys of Whitechapel. Enter Jacynda Lassiter, a Time Rover on a mission find an overdue tourist' and return him to 2057 before he changes history. Victorian London is a dangerous place for the unwary...Categorized as:
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The Change by S.M. Stirling
10 ratingsALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSEby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...S. M... -
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Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo
12 ratingsThe islands of Caldera are a shining jewel in a rather bleak world. A terrible calamity in the past had blanketed much of the world with a toxic "fug." Those who survived were forced to take to the mountains and the skies in wondrous airships. Life has since been a struggle, with only the most ruthless and crafty able to survive...Categorized as:
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The Time Hunters by Carl Ashmore
14 ratingsBecky is a typical thirteen year old girl. She likes Facebook, gossiping and plenty of sleep. So when she and her brother, Joe, are invited to stay with their 'loony' Uncle Percy at his stately home, she thinks it’ll be the worst summer ever. What she doesn't realise is that Bowen Hall is also home to a baby Triceratops, two Sabre-tooth tigers and the mythic hero, Will Scarlet..Categorized as:
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A Journey to the Center of the Earth (Great Illustrated Classics) by Howard J. Schwach, Pablo Marcos
14 ratingsFor generations, readers have enjoyed classic literature. They have delighted in the romance of Jane Austen, thrilled at the adventures of Jules Verne, and pondered the lessons of Aesop. Introduce young readers to these familiar volumes with Great Illustrated Classics. In this series, literary masterworks have been adapted for young scholars...Categorized as:
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Mothstorm by Philip Reeve
14 ratingsA sinister cloud had appeared on the edge of the Solar System, and seemed to be moving closer. Rather than sit idly by, my family and I decided that we should investigate whatever monstrous force of darkness hid within...Categorized as:
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Night Flights by Philip Reeve
14 ratingsReturn to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and upcoming film produced by Peter Jackson (December 2018), this is your chance to learn more of Anna's thrilling past. Night Flights includes Traction City, Philip Reeve's 2011 World Book Day Book...Categorized as:
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Doctor Who: Scratchman by Tom Baker, James Goss
12 ratingsWhat are you afraid of?In his first-ever Doctor Who novel, Tom Baker’s incredible imagination is given free rein. A story so epic it was originally intended for the big screen, Scratchman is a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost forty years in the making...Categorized as:
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Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End by Sophie Aldred, Steve Cole
10 ratingsPast, present and future collide as the Thirteenth Doctor meets classic Doctor Who companion Ace – in the first epic novel from the woman who played her, Sophie Aldred.Once, a girl called Ace travelled the universe with the Doctor – until, in the wake of a terrible tragedy they parted company...Categorized as:
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Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers by Kage Baker
10 ratingsIn these tales, sci-fi fans follow the secret activities of the Company's field agents--once human, now centuries-old time-traveling cyborgs--as they attempt to retrieve history's lost treasures...Categorized as:
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The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator
10 ratingsWhen eleven-year-old Tycho discovers that the mysterious egg-shaped object he dug up in his garden is a time travel device, he can’t resist using his newfound power. Soon he is jumping back and forth in time, mostly to play tricks on his bossy older brothers and sister...Categorized as:
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The Return of the Discontinued Man by Mark Hodder
10 ratingsSPRING HEELED JACK IS JUMPING BACK!It's 9 p.m. on February 15, 1860, and Charles Babbage, the British Empire's most brilliant scientist, performs an experiment. Within moments, blood red snow falls from the sky and Spring Heeled Jack pops out of thin air in London's Leicester Square...Categorized as:
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The Clockwork God by Jamie Sedgwick
8 ratingsFive Stars: "I read this book in one sitting, as I was physically unable to put it down... I highly recommend The Clockwork God, and cannot wait to see what else Jamie Sedgewick has in store for us."-Goodreads ReviewFour Stars: "An action packed, thrilling read; Very much a must for sci-fi and steampunk fans!"-Goodreads ReviewFive Stars: "Can't get enough of the stories by Jamie Sedgwick...Categorized as:
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Theatre of the Gods by M. Suddain
8 ratingsA space-opera, a philosophical quest, a steampunk adventure of epic proportions.This is the story of M...Categorized as:
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Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo
8 ratingsFollowing the shock wave of cyberpunk writing in the late 1980s, Paul Di Filippo's first book, The Steampunk Trilogy, burst on the scene in 1995, leading SF veteran William Gibson to declare the young writer's work "spooky, haunting, hilarious." Cyberpunk concentrated on cold hardware. Di Filippo coined "ribofunk" by fusing "ribosome" (as in cellular biology) with "funk" (as in rock and roll)...Categorized as:
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The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats by Mark Hodder
8 ratingsHaving returned from his expedition to the future, Burton reveals to the authorities what he witnessed there. In response, prime minister Disraeli initiates a programme whereby the empire's elite have their consciousnesses transferred into mechanical bodies, thereby ensuring eternal rule. As a brutal plutocracy emerges, Burton and Swinburne find themselves leading a revolution...Categorized as:
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Romulus Buckle and the Luminiferous Aether by Richard Ellis Preston Jr.
6 ratings"Preston's Steampunk series is not just entertaining and fun but full of great characters who deepen and change over the course of the books. Expect amazing Steampunk scenes, yes, but also people you care about and a lovely mix of the comic and serious. Just pure storytelling at its best... -
Waking by Emily Thompson
6 ratingsTwist has never left London, until today. Now he's traveling on an airship--with a crew that insists they're not pirates--on his way to find the clockwork princess because he's the only one who can fix her.In true Neo-Victorian style, Clockwork Twist is set in a lush and vibrant world where things are as you might expect in 1878... -
Time Ship, Book One by Ian C.P. Irvine
6 ratingsGripping, Enthralling, Imaginative & Hard to Put Down! A rip-roaring, page-turning thriller! If you don't believe time travel is possible, based upon the infamous US Defence Department's 'Project Rainbow', this book will make change your mind.. -
Operation: Endgame by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
6 ratingsJoin Agents Books and Braun on their final adventure with the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences!There is no time to rest for Eliza D Braun and Wellington Thornhill Books. The man who has haunted and hounded them since the fall of the Maestro, Doctor Henry Jekyll, is now on a killing spree, using bizarre, theatrical murders as a way to taunt their inability to capture the...Categorized as:
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Rise of the Arcane Fire by Kristin Bailey
6 ratingsAfter her parents died in a fire and her grandfather disappeared, Meg Whitlock thought her life had come to a standstill. But when she learned that the pocket watch her grandfather left her was really an intricate key, Meg, with the help of a stable hand named Will, uncovered the Amusementists: members of an elite secret society dedicated to discovery and shrouded in mystery...Categorized as:
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A Viking For The Viscountess by Michelle Willingham
6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00PKHUKK8 Juliana Arthur, the Viscountess Hawthorne, has been thrown out of her husband's estate and her marriage declared invalid. With a small son to care for, she desperately needs a strong hero to rescue them from poverty and suffering.A Viking wasn't quite what she had in mind....Arik Thorgrim is caught between worlds...Categorized as:
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Doctor Who: Plague City by Jonathan Morris
6 ratings"We should leave. We definitely should leave. But... chatty ghosts!"The year is 1645, and Edinburgh is in the grip of the worst plague in its history. Nobody knows who will be the next to succumb - nobody except the Night Doctor, a masked figure that stalks the streets, seeking out those who will not live to see another day.But death is not the end... -
The Grapple by Harry Turtledove
14 ratingsIn this stunning retelling of World War II, Harry Turtledove has created a blockbuster saga that is thrilling, troubling, and utterly compelling...Categorized as:
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When the Walls Fell by Monique Martin
14 ratingsProfessor Simon Cross and his assistant Elizabeth West have returned from their accidental journey into the past and are adjusting to their new life together as a couple. But an unwanted visit from the Council for Temporal Studies could change everything.A murder in the past is changing the future, and if the killing isn't stopped, Simon Cross might never be born... -
A Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Raymond James, Jules Verne
14 ratingsIt was a secret message by an ancient alchemist, found on a crumbling scrap of parchment. And if Saknussemm was right, then every theory about the molten core of the earth is wrong. Prof. Otto Lidenbrock has to learn the truth. So Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and the Icelandic hunter Hans climb down the cone of an arctic volcano and into..Categorized as:
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End of the Beginning by Harry Turtledove
12 ratingsSix weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Hawaii’s throne, his strings controlled by the general of the invasion force. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as hard laborers until death takes them. Civilians fare little better, struggling to survive on dwindling resources... -
The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon by S.S. Taylor, Katherine Roy
12 ratingsComputers have failed, electricity is extinct, and the race to discover new lands is underway! Brilliant explorer Alexander West has just died under mysterious circumstances, but not before smuggling half of a strange map to his intrepid children—Kit the brain, M.K. the tinkerer, and Zander the brave...
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