iTunes Store: Top Paid Books in History
The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel
Douglas Brunt
From the author of the New York Times bestselling The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel comes the enthralling hidden history of one of the world’s most...
This Vast Enterprise
Craig Fehrman
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise of...
Talking Classics
Mary Beard
The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics. Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachab...
Agent Zigzag
Ben Macintyre
“Ben Macintyre’s rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.”—W...
Fall and Rise
Mitchell Zuckoff
“Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising gener...
The Black Cabinet
Jill Watts
An in-depth history exploring the evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and '40s as FDR's Black Cabinet. In 1932 in th...
Ten Caesars
Barry Strauss
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a scrip...
Founding Myths
Ray Raphael
First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael's Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-bust...
The Demon of Unrest
Erik Larson
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln ...
The Delectable Negro
Vincent Woodard, Dwight McBride, Justin A. Joyce & E. Patrick Johnson
A groundbreaking study of the connections between homoeroticism, cannibalism, and cultures of consumption in American literature and US slave culture....
A World Lit Only by Fire
William Manchester
A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages ( Dallas Morning News ) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last L...
Sensational
Kim Todd
"A gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America's trailblazing female journalists." — New York Times –bestselling author Abbott Ka...
Israel on Trial
Roy K. Altman
New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller When the slogans are louder than the facts, evidence becomes a moral imperative. In Israel on Trial: Ex...
The Impossible Factory
Josh Dean
The extraordinary true story of Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works”—the radical innovation hub that designed the greatest airplanes of the twentieth centu...
Department of Fate
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow leads a revelatory, rollicking trip through the history of the Justice Department, finding heroism and treachery in equal measure—and, i...
How to Live Japanese
Yutaka Yazawa
A fascinating exploration of all things Japan, including the country's history, culture, customs, and cuisine. Whether it's perfecting the art of fore...
All American Patriotism
Rachel Campos-Duffy
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Campos-Duffy and the Fox News family comes a celebration of the people, the history, and the spirit t...
The Wide Wide Sea
Hampton Sides
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Explorat...
Vengeance
Tom Clavin
A dramatic new look at Custer's Last Stand in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, by the #1 New York Time s bestsellin...
Last Train to Paradise
Les Standiford
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest enginee...