How did Thomas Edison grow up to be America's greatest inventor? Michael Dooling explores the beginnings of Edison's genius as a young scientist to the man ever

A simple biography of the famous American who created more than 1,000 inventions and became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park."

Unable to hear, Thomas Edison seemed unlikely to become one of America?s greatest inventors, but as a hardworking young man, he wasn?t about to let a minor obst

An important figure in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks' actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.