Does it have something to do with the new goatee that Jon Stewart is sporting? On the Daily Show this week, he featured two historians, sending both of their books up Amazon’s sales ranking.

Last night, it was Robert O’Connell on Hanniblal’s victory at the battle of Cannae. Sewart told him, “You bring this story to such great effective life. It’s really fascinating and, boy, is it sad to see all the paralells of modern warfare and society.”

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The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic Robert L. O’Connell Retail Price: $27.00 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Random House – (2010-07-13) ISBN / EAN: 1400067022 / 9781400067022

On Monday,  Stewart told William Rosen, “You’ve written a barn burner about the steam engine; I didn’t think it could be done.”

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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen Retail Price: $28.00 Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Random House – (2010-06-01) ISBN / EAN: 1400067057 / 9781400067053

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