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About Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 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... -
![The Toast of Time by Jodi Taylor]()
The Toast of Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce again, the Toast of Time falls butter side down. Dr 'Max' Maxwell prepares for her very first Christmas away from St Mary's...It's that most wonderful time of the year once more. But Max and Markham are a long way from St Mary's... -
![Beyond Broadhall by Keith A. Pearson]()
Beyond Broadhall by Keith A. Pearson
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe concluding installment of the acclaimed time-travel novel. To read the first installment, search for 'The '86 Fix' on Amazon. After his miraculous weekend in 1986, Craig Pelling returned to a future he could never have envisaged. Even by his own hapless standards, his plans have spectacularly backfired... -
![The '86 Fix by Keith A. Pearson]()
The '86 Fix by Keith A. Pearson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsImagine if you could travel back in time to when you were sixteen.Imagine if you could spend one weekend reliving your past — would you change anything? Everything wrong with Craig Pelling’s life can be traced back to 1986 and the moment he popped in to a newsagent for a can of Coke... -
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![Back To You by Steve Bates]()
Back To You by Steve Bates
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSearching for history’s greatest pastrami on rye, Chris arrives from 1,000 years in the future and hides his time machine in an alley. But Eddie sees through the disguise, takes an unexpected ride, and demonstrates it to his boss at a failing cable TV network... -
![Jason Apsley's Second Chance by Adrian Cousins]()
Jason Apsley's Second Chance by Adrian Cousins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you were catapulted back to 1976, what would you do?Meet Jason Apsley, a forty-two-year-old divorcee, who's an opinionated miserable bugger. Struggling with life which is exacerbated by his negative attitude.A random event shifts time, causing Jason to continue life in 1976, six months before he's due to be born... -
![Our Blue Orange by A.R. Merrydew]()
Our Blue Orange by A.R. Merrydew
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen inventor Godfrey Davis arrived at the ministry that Monday morning he had his first experience of the new phenomenon. There was something wrong with the aging android fleet that served the colony... -
![Pirate Spacecat Attack by Geronimo Stilton]()
Pirate Spacecat Attack by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe on board computer on spaceship MouseStar 1, Hologramix, is out of order! To fix it, Geronimo Stiltonix must take it to a brilliant inventor who lives on a distant planet... -
![System Restored by Adam Eccles]()
System Restored by Adam Eccles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDerek Cooper is a retro gamer.His small flat is crammed with old consoles, controllers, accessories and shelves brimming full of old games. Quite an amazing collection, but there's always room for one more, isn't there?1981. The world of arcade games is just coming into its own... -
![Joseph Bridgeman and the Silver Hunter by Nick Jones]()
Joseph Bridgeman and the Silver Hunter by Nick Jones
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoseph Bridgeman is back and dreaming of a quiet life. All he wants is to re-kindle his relationship with Alexia Finch, get to know his estranged family and catch up on the last twenty years.Sounds simple enough.But when a mysterious time-traveller arrives in his shop, Joe learns his first trip was only the beginning, and this time the stabilisers are coming off... -
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Santa Grint by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPre-order a brand new TIME POLICE short story from million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S.It all begins when the Time Police hold their first Children's Christmas Party. Their most dangerous mission yet . . .No good deed ever goes unpunished. Lt Grint succumbs to his softer side and soon lives to regret it...Categorized as:
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![The Bridge to Lucy Dunne by Exurb1a]()
The Bridge to Lucy Dunne by Exurb1a
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mad astronaut ejects a starship's sleeping crew into deep space. A playwright conjures her perfect lover into existence. Three time travellers appear to a motorbike mechanic, drink a little tea, and ruin his life. Mankind discovers the secrets of travelling to the stars, and promptly forgets them again.Exurb1a has collected 18 of his best received short stories into a book...Categorized as:
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![The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet! by Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter]()
The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet! by Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of McFly comes a supersonic space adventure filled with planets, poop, and pandemonium!One boy, one space rocket, one very hungry dinosaur: the ingredients for an explosive space adventure of epic poop-portions! But when Danny realizes he’s forgotten Dino’s lunch box, the very hungry dinosaur eats everything in sight, including their only way home: the... -
![Temporal Contingency by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Temporal Contingency by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTemporal Contingency is the fourth book in the Big Sigma Series. Trevor “Lex” Alexander’s life has been less than blessed. In the past year he’s had to battle corrupt corporations, deranged techno-terrorists, and a robotic scourge. Now he’s received the opportunity to finally return to the racing career that had been cut short by some poor decisions... -
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![Beware! Space Junk! by Geronimo Stilton]()
Beware! Space Junk! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpacemouse Geronimo Stiltonix's adventures are out of this world!MouseStar 1 is surrounded by floating space junk! It's yucky -- and dangerous. Geronimo Stiltonix tracks down the source of the junk, and meets very wasteful aliens... -
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Borgel by Daniel Pinkwater
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMelvin Spellbound's humdrum life suddenly becomes extraordinary when 111-year-old Borgel arrives and takes him and the talking dog, Fafner, on a rollicking trip through Time, Space, and The Other in search of The Great Popsicle, Anthropoid Bloboforms and... -
![Back to the Future by Kim Smith]()
Back to the Future by Kim Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreat Scott!! The latest in Quirk's series of Pop Classic Picture Books (following HOME ALONE, THE X-FILES, and E.T... -
![The Fran That Time Forgot by Jim Benton]()
The Fran That Time Forgot by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was undoubtedly the most embarrassing moment in Franny K. Stein's young life. When someone revealed her middle name at the Science Fair award presentation, little Franny was so mortified that she decided to go back in time to change her moniker. Perhaps not surprisingly, our heroine's delightfully simple plan catapults her readers into a fourth dimension of fun... -
![The Callahan Touch by Spider Robinson]()
The Callahan Touch by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOpening Night at Mary's Place is the hottest ticket in the galaxy - a brand-new bar with some old familiar faces. Jake's back, along with Doc, Fast Eddie, and the rest of the Callahan's gang. And just when things couldn't get crazier, guess who shows up in the Mick of Time to make sure they do.. -
![Out of Time by Geronimo Stilton]()
Out of Time by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thrilling quest through the past with Geronimo Stilton and his friends. Geronimo travels through time to Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Francis Drake, and a young Mozart... -
![Callahan's Legacy by Spider Robinson]()
Callahan's Legacy by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsVintage Spider Robinson, this is a heart-tugging, foot-stomping work of science fiction by the reigning master of seriocomic SF. Set "somewhere in Suffolk County", New York, there is a bar that is the haunt of time travelers, aliens, robots, and other extremely different kinds of people. And by the time the night is over, the bar's population will be increased by one. Targeted media... -
![Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived by Christel Dee, Simon Guerrier]()
Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived by Christel Dee, Simon Guerrier
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the women who run the Whoniverse. From Sarah Jane Smith to Bill Potts, from Susan Foreman to the Thirteenth Doctor, women are the beating heart of Doctor Who. Whether they’re facing down Daleks or thwarting a Nestene invasion, these women don’t hang around waiting to be rescued – they roll their sleeves up and get stuck in... -
![Doctor Who: The Also People by Ben Aaronovitch]()
Doctor Who: The Also People by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Just how technologically advanced are they?' The Doctor frowned. 'Let me put it this way: they have a non-aggression pact with the Time Lords.'The Doctor has taken his companions to paradise, or at least the closest thing he can find. A sun enclosed by an artificial sphere where there is no want, poverty or violence... -
![Man Out Of Time by Jason Ayres]()
Man Out Of Time by Jason Ayres
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat would you do if you found yourself cast 22 years into the future? Into a world where your home is no longer yours and you've been declared legally dead?This is the situation that Daniel Fisher finds himself as the latest Time Bubble story begins. Stranded in the future, in a place where his outdated currency is worthless, things go from bad to worse very quickly...Categorized as:
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![Splinters In Time by Jason Ayres]()
Splinters In Time by Jason Ayres
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGetting lost in the wrong time was bad enough. But things get far worse for Josh Gardner when he can't even find his way back to his own universe. When his ex-girlfriend, Lauren, starts having recurring nightmares about a strange alternate reality in which she was murdered, Josh becomes interested in proving the existence of other universes...Categorized as:
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Scharlette Doesn't Matter and Goes Time Travelling by Sam Bowring
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver since Scharlette’s parents gave her a name no one can really pronounce, she’s been stuck in a bit of a rut. She hates her job in airport security, making people take their belts off before they fly away to exotic locations she can only dream about... -
![Don't Touch the Blue Stuff! by Rob Dircks]()
Don't Touch the Blue Stuff! by Rob Dircks
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe sequel to Where the Hell is Tesla? is HERE!SOMETHING CALLED THE “BLUE JUICE” IS COMING. FOR ALL OF US. Luckily, me (Chip Collins), Pete, Nikola Tesla, Bobo, and FBI Agent Gina Phillips are here to kick its ass, and send it back to last Tuesday. Maybe. Or maybe we’ll fail, and everyone in the multiverse is doomed. (Seriously, you might want to get that underground bunker ready... -
![St. Mary's and the Great Toilet Roll Crisis by Jodi Taylor]()
St. Mary's and the Great Toilet Roll Crisis by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA short story, dedicated to NHS workers, inspired by the recent toilet roll crisis...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet by James Goss]()
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet by James Goss
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe hugely powerful Key to Time has been split into six segments, all of which have been disguised and hidden throughout time and space. Now the even more powerful White Guardian wants the Doctor to find the pieces.With the first segment successfully retrieved, the Doctor, Romana and K-9 trace the second segment of the Key to the planet Calufrax... -
![Festival of Death by Jonathan Morris]()
Festival of Death by Jonathan Morris
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Beautiful Death is the ultimate theme-park ride: a sightseeing tour of the afterlife. But something has gone wrong, and when the Fourth Doctor arrives in the aftermath of the disaster, he is congratulated for saving the population from destruction – something he hasn't actually done yet. He has no choice but to travel back in time and discover how he became a hero.And then he finds out... -
![Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale]()
Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding into Earth's space. The Earth forces are resisting the Daleks in every way they can. But the battles rage on across countless solar systems. And now the future of our galaxy hangs in the balance...The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the frontline with a group of ruthless bounty hunters... -
![The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood]()
The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe critically adored, New York Times bestselling Deborah Underwood delights with a hilariously meta celebration of storytelling out of control.Every story needs a problem.But Panda doesn't have a problem.Unless . . . Panda is the problem... -
![Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox]()
Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the hilarious follow-up to Llama Destroys the World, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox give Llama another shot at saving the world…from himself, in Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse. Llama’s back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN… this time with his best camelid, Alpaca!Llama loves cooking. And baking. And, above all, eating... -
![Callahan's Key by Spider Robinson]()
Callahan's Key by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNobody blends good science with bad puns as brilliantly as Spider Robinson, as his legion of devoted fans will attest. Now he's back with the latest chapter of the Callahan saga -- an improbable tale of impending doom, a road trip, space, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.The universe is in desperate peril... -
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![Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman]()
Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables, Gordon Korman, comes a hilarious new high-concept friendship story in the vein of Back to the Future. Perfect for fans of Korman's Restart. Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin . . . until seventh grade, when Ava Petrakis came along... -
![The Collectors by Christopher L. Bennett]()
The Collectors by Christopher L. Bennett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn all-new Star Trek e-novella featuring the Department of Temporal Investigations!The dedicated agents of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations have their work cut out for them protecting the course of history from the dangers of time travel. But the galaxy is littered with artifacts that, in the wrong hands, could threaten reality... -
![Plugged by Jill Cooper]()
Plugged by Jill Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLara Crane is stuck in her mind, in an indefinite stream of timelines where her life is perfect, just the way she wants it to be. But it's not real. It's all made up to give those who want to use time travel for their own personal ambitions. To give time to finish their experiments and turn Lara into a deadly time travel assassin... -
![Secrets by Ernestine Tito Jones]()
Secrets by Ernestine Tito Jones
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon't go in the attic. Out of the 100 rules their grandparents gave them to follow, that one was the most important, so of course, it was also the first one Hazel's six-year-old sister, Bess, decides to break. Hazel cannot believe she has to be in charge of her crazy little sister this entire summer... -
![A Problematic Paradox by Eliot Sappingfield]()
A Problematic Paradox by Eliot Sappingfield
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNikola Kross has given up on living in harmony with classmates and exasperated teachers: she prefers dabbling in experimental chemistry to fitting in... -
![Arnesto Modesto: The World's Most Ineffectual Time Traveler by Darren Johnson]()
Arnesto Modesto: The World's Most Ineffectual Time Traveler by Darren Johnson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"There's going to be an attack." By sending his memories back in time, Arnesto Modesto gets to live his life over again. Of course, his much younger self may not be prepared to handle all that foreknowledge... Encouraged by his friend Pete, Arnesto attempts to use his limited recall to do some good — and winds up stumbling through some of the biggest events of the past quarter-century... -
![Future Remains by Robert Jack]()
Future Remains by Robert Jack
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA small team of paleontologists has just laid eyes upon an impossible discovery. Now, at the behest of a mysterious stranger and his robotic companion, the team is being drawn into a desperate quest: to rescue a child trapped in the most dangerous environment the earth has ever seen. For former paleontologist Tess Creegan, the stakes couldn't be higher... -
![Midlife Crisis by Jason Ayres]()
Midlife Crisis by Jason Ayres
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you were offered the chance to live six days of your life over again, which would you choose?Richard Kent is feeling well and truly fed-up. As he approaches middle-age, his waistline is expanding, his career options are dwindling, and everything from pop music to television seems like it was so much better in his youth...Categorized as:
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![The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi]()
The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe books that launched the hit cartoon!"The crisply drafted pages bloom with fascinating detail: every tree, shadow, rock, and animal has an endearing, individual personality…the book itself is a lush visual treat." - Utne Reader"It's great to find a book that appeals to both kids and adults—even if the appeal is for different reasons... In other words, these are the best. children's book... -
![Callahan's Con by Spider Robinson]()
Callahan's Con by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe discreet little bar that Jake Stonebender established a few blocks below Duval Street was named simply The Place... -
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![Freddy and the Men from Mars by Walter Rollin Brooks]()
Freddy and the Men from Mars by Walter Rollin Brooks
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis news wouldn't have disturbed Freddy and the other barn animals had not the paper further stated that their friend Mr. Boomschmidt had invited Mr. G. and his men from Mars to join Boomschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled Circus. Freddy, ever ready to maintain his reputation as a detective, immediately suspects a hoax, and quickly sets out to expose it... -
![Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords by Steve Tribe]()
Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords by Steve Tribe
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE book the Time Lords (including the Doctor) read when studying at the Academy, the full-color in-world history that pieces together the true story of Gallifrey from the many and contradictory accounts that survived the Last Great Time War... -
![Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire by G.M. Nair]()
Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire by G.M. Nair
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMichael Duckett is fed up with his life. His job is a drag and his roommate and best friend of fifteen years, Stephanie Dyer, is only making him more anxious with her lazy irresponsibility. Things continue to escalate when they face the threat of imminent eviction from their palatial 5th floor walk-up and find that someone has been plastering ads all over the city for their Detective Agency... -
![A Time-Traveller's Best Friend by W.R. Gingell]()
A Time-Traveller's Best Friend by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet Marx. Meet Kez. Marx is a small, angry man with a time machine and a chip on his shoulder. Kez is a homicidal little girl with a price on her head and a penchant for kicking people where it hurts the most. When Marx crash-lands on Second World, he has no idea that he has plunged headfirst into the middle of an assassination plot- or a one day war that’s about to make his day a very bad one... -
![The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson, Stephen Jay Gould]()
The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson, Stephen Jay Gould
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis lost novella by the century's most renowned paleontologist has been called the greatest time-travel story in more than one hundred years.Vanishing from Earth on February 30, 2162, while working on a problem of quantum theory, research chronologist Sam Magruder is thrown back 80 million years in time... -
![Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell]()
Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWendel is far too busy inventing things to keep his workshop tidy. So if one of his inventions doesn't work, Wendel just tosses it onto the scrap heap and starts over. Then one day he invents the magnificent Wendelbot—a mighty robot that cleans and cleans and doesn't stop...
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