Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-ifs of history. In these never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions: Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did? Why, how, and when was our fortune made real? The answers are surprising, sometimes frightening, and always entertaining. This provocative collection of essays features today's foremost...

Discusses what might happen if an asteroid hit the Earth.

Explores reasons why humans might want to live in space, as well as technical problems and scientific considerations involved in establishing a space colony.

What if an animal's teeth grew into the space where you lost your two front teeth?

Are you a sci-fi writer? Do you get stuck? Stumped? Not sure what to write? You're not alone. Writers get stuck all the time. This series is writing prompts to help you get unstuck. Volume 1 focuses on science fiction prompts. There are twenty-five prompts with unlimited potential stories to be fabricated. The same prompt can spur ten different people to come up with fifty different stories, easily. The only thing holding you back is your own imagination....

Explains how certain animals use their noses to help them survive, including a cottontail rabbit, rhinoceros, and a hammerhead shark.

"What if you woke up one morning and your eyes weren't yours? What If You Had Animal Eyes?--the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series--explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an pair of animal eyes instead of your own! From the chameleon's eyes that can point in different directions, to the colossal squid's eyes that shine in the dark, discover what it would be like if you had these special eyes--and find out why...

"What if you woke up one morning and you had sprouted a tail overnight? What If You Had An Animal Tail? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw that you had an animal tail! From a peacock's showstopping tail to a scorpion's dangerous stinger, discover what it would be like if you had one of these special tails -- and find out why your own tailbone is just the right...

Luck is What If Novel #3 and an alternative story to Secret Love. It takes place 4 years later. Jake Peter's engagement to Kate Niagelli is going to be a huge affair. He knows it, and everyone that is invited know it. His parents booked out an entire resort for everyone to enjoy the weekend with the Peters to celebrate the event. Little do they know that Frank Edwards, a childhood friend of Gus Peters and Jake's godfather, is bring an extra special...