Traces an historical arc from the earliest days of the republic to the opening shots of the American Civil War.

The Life of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a new edition of this biography, the author explores the motives, movements and message of the famous Civil Rights campaigner.

Charts the boyhood of Johnson through the depression years to his debut as congressman and his defeat in his first race for the Senate. The first of a four-volume biography by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Parkman Prize.

Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This work tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities.

Eighteenth-century Britain was the world's leading centre for the slave trade. Profits soared and fortunes were made, but in 1788 things began to change. This is a story of the men who sought to end slavery and brought the issue to the heart of British political life.