The inspiration for the hit Broadway show and a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.

Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping biography of one of the most compelling presidents, Ulysses S. Grant, painting a portrait of a man who was both ordinary and extraordinary.

From America’s favorite government teacher, a portrait of twelve ordinary Americans who didn't make it into the textbooks but whose courage formed the character of our country.

An engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, chains to special-interest community destinations.

The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia.

The #1 New York Times bestselling true story about the American rowing triumph of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin—from the author of Facing the Mountain.