David J Garrow

For this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., David J. Garrow had unrestricted access to King's personal papers and thousands of pages of FBI documents relating to the most radical uprising of American history. Based on more than 700 interviews—with King's closest surviving associates and with the lawmen who worked against him—Bearing the Cross is a compelling and intimate narrative.

"Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more about the man, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune, had far-reaching access to the Chicago politician as Obama climbed the ladder to the...