Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Alternative History

A daughter of privilege in the most powerful empire the world has ever known, Claudia has a unique and disturbing "gift": her dreams have an uncanny way of coming true. As a rebellious child seated beside the tyrannical Roman Emperor Tiberius, she first spies the powerful gladiator who will ultimately be her one true passion. Yet it is the ambitious magistrate Pontius Pilate who intrigues the impressionable young woman she becomes, and Claudia finds her way into his arms by means of a mysterious ancient magic. Pilate is her grand destiny, leading her to Judaea and plunging her into a...

An intimate portrait of a complex individual through whom God was at work, turning the world upside down. With vivid imagination and scholarly depth, award-winning author Walter Wangerin Jr. weaves together the history of the early church with the life story of its greatest apostle--Paul. Wangerin begins to unfold Paul's incredible life by imagining the childhood and early family life of a boy then called "Saul." A fierce prosecutor of Christians before his conversion, Paul never lost his fiery dedication, boldness, and strong personality. After his shocking encounter with God on the road...

Into this vast, seething cauldron plunges a new generation of weaponry changing the shape of war and the balance of power. While the Confederate States are distracted by an insurgency of African...

It is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. There are two warring factions within the department: the Empiricists, who work by the book and dutifully check for striations on the winch cable and such; and the Intuitionists, who are simply...

But not every leader has altruistic aspirations. Norman Arminger, medieval scholar, rules the...

"A Different Heaven" is based around three characters and how they all come together one faithful day. It's a story of life's greatest lesson, helping others, and of life's greatest loss, the murder of a child.

"A Different Heaven" is a tribute to Pamela Butler and a roller coaster ride of emotion that has an ending that you will never forget.

What is A Different Heaven?"

You won't know...

" This novel is] visionary fiction based on nearly twenty-five years of research into ancient Egypt. It is a fascinating and revealing tale, which offers new insights into the mysteries of the pyramids and biblical and global history. Readers may never look at the world the same way again."
-Paul M. Howey, author and president of Aztexts Publishing, Inc.

Many people consider the possibility of the world's end. In science, experts speak of global warming or the impact of a giant meteor. Theologians believe in Armageddon, or Judgment Day. Is our civilization headed toward imminent...

"The narrative moves with irresistible momentum.... Amis is] a daring, exacting writer willing to defy the odds in pursuit of his art."--Newsday

Unfortunately such a man doesn't appear to reside in Corsicana, Texas.

It's 1894, the year of Essie's thirtieth birthday, and she decides the Lord has more important things to do than...