"England, 1935. Physicist Henry Barstow is on holiday when he meets the mysterious Simon Groom, a representative for an armaments manufacturer. Groom invites the professor to Ixania, a small nation-state in Eastern Europe whose growing weapons program threatens to destabilize the region. Only after suffering a blow to the head--which muddles his brain into believing he is Conway Carruthers, international spy--does the mild-mannered physicist agree...

When her Aunt Rose has a baby, Mycca wants to be a part of things and have the baby be partly hers.

Surveys the triumphs and tragedies of the space program, from Projects Mercury and Gemini to the space shuttle, and describes the risks, accomplishments, training, and safety precautions connected with being an astronaut.

Presents a biography of Charles Lindbergh, from his early years as an aviator to his controversial later life.