Kamikaze! How a Typhoon Sank Kublai Khan’s Mega-Fleet and Made History

Napoleon’s Fire Sale: How Louisiana Was Sold for Pennies and Funded His War Machine

What history lovers can learn from the world’s greatest real estate deal—and why it mattered far beyond the Mississippi.

How Bird Poop Made—and Broke—Nauru: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Richest Island

What history buffs, economic geeks, and curious minds can learn from a tiny Pacific nation’s wild ride

Dogmeat General’s Wild Ride: How Zhang Zongchang Fired Cannons at the Sky and Came Home in a Coffin

The outrageous stunts of China’s most eccentric warlord—and what history buffs can learn from his chaotic legacy

Timothy Dexter: The Man Who Outsmarted Newcastle (and Everyone Else) by Accident

How America’s Most Eccentric “Businessman” Turned a Joke Into a Fortune—and What History Nerds Can Learn From Him