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In a memoir of a year of celibacy, the author finds herself turning to a larger sense of self.
For Jody MacDonald, finding stillness in the wild starts with getting off the grid. The Toyota 4Runner makes that possible—taking her to the quiet places that restore her.
Blue Origin, founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is preparing to send six more people to the edge of space as early as ...
Another six space tourists are preparing for Blue Origin's next human spaceflight, which will send the crew on a trip high ...
Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the 60-foot-tall rocket topped with the gum-dropped shape crew capsule got off the ground right on time at 9:30 a.m. April 14.
Her latest book, "An Unfinished Love Story," is both a personal account of her relationship with her late husband, Dick Goodwin, an aide and speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B ...
Money alone doesn’t explain this shift. Shepard believe Democrats’ embrace of cultural issues like gay rights has made Latinos more comfortable with the Republican brand.
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM — T. E. Lawrence—Doubleday, Doran ($5). While it cut short the career of one of the most cryptic of modern public figures the death of Colonel T. E. Lawrence also ...
While China's space program has matched NASA with multiple landings on the moon and Mars, it hasn't kept pace by developing multiple-use rockets.
Steven Rowley's new book, “The Guncle Abroad,” takes place five years after the events of “The Guncle,” when Greg is engaged to be remarried in Italy ...
Shepard is now 35 years into his program, with hundreds of properties he’s restored across North America, all bought and paid for, free and clear. He operates his farm as well as a diversified ...
Those desert creatures seemed to be particularly inspirational. Each animal in the book is in some way representative of something I was going through at the time I encountered them.