In a riveting book with powerful resonance today, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss captures the pervasive fear and paranoia that gripped America during the Red Scare of the 1950s through the chilling yet affirming story of his family's ordeal, from blacklisting to vindication.

Fifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step onto its surface. President Nixon called it the greatest week since creation. In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part, based around exclusive interviews with the key players. This enthralling book takes listeners from the early rocke

The Motivation Myth by Jeff Haden is a counterintuitive, but highly practical, guide to finding and maintaining the motivation to achieve great things. As Haden observes it's comforting for most people to imagine that superstars in their fields were just born better equipped than the rest of us. When a co-worker loses 20 pounts, or a friends runs a marathon while completing a hugh project at work, we assume they have more grit, more willpower, more innate talent, and above all, more motivation t

At the local state university, two feuding departments have faced off on the battleground of PC culture. When someone winds up dead, Virgil Flowers is brought in to investigate. He soon comes to realize he's dealing with people who, on this one particular issue, are functionally crazy. Among this group of wildly impassioned, diametrically opposed zealots lurks a killer, and it will be up to Virgil to sort the murderer from the mere maniacs.

When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman--have stirred

Stephenie Meyer returns with the fourth and final tale in the Twilight series. As Bella embarks on her marriage to Edward, the peace between werewolves and vampires remains fragile at best. However, when Edward impregnates Bella with a half-vampire child, peace is threatened as both the vampire and werewolf communities feel that the child poses a threat. With treachery afoot, Edward must lead Bella to safety and mobilize a coalition of allies in an attempt to protect their child.

For many people ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad. Dance critic Laura Jacobs makes the foreign familiar, providing a uniquely accessible introduction to the world of classical dance. Combining history, interviews with dancers, technical definitions, descriptions of performances, and personal stories, Jacobs offers an intimate guide to watching ballet and understanding the central elements of choreography.