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A short history of everybody for the last,000 years is a 1997 transdisciplinary nonfiction book by jared diamond. Although the time travel aspects of this book do tend to stretch the storys believability, turtledove nevertheless produces an amazingly thought provoking novel of a. The level of detail is high and informs the greater narrative the story follows. Guns of the south is a great novel a standalone novel dealing with an alternate history of the us civil war with a generous dose of sciencefiction thrown in. The guns of the south is an alternate history novel set during the american civil war by harry. Goodreads members who liked the guns of the south also liked. Buy this book the confederates win the civil war with. The author combined history with future scientific elements. The guns of the south audiobook by harry turtledove.
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