A space race was never supposed to happen, but one engineer's obsession changed all of that.

BOOKS
The historic books were taken from the London Library and never returned.
Marta Minujín's work challenges the repression of knowledge and free speech.
The "Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary" is the first work of its kind to be published in nearly 50 years.
Scholars believe Stoker’s intense, sensual Count Dracula was partly inspired by his relationship with actor Henry Irving.
When looking for inspiration for spooky tales to tell this Halloween, it never hurts to draw from the classics.
Margaret Truman Daniel had a flair for murder mysteries.
Hogwarts letter got lost in the mail? Don't worry: You can still experience Halloween the Harry Potter way by visiting one of these events.
An American hasn’t won the world’s most prestigious writing prize since 1993.
In 1968, 'White House Red Carpet with Julia Child' went behind the scenes of the White House kitchen.
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is the most frequently performed Shakespeare work since 2011.
A retired Civil War general's assertions about the color blue led to what was known as the "Blue-glass craze."
T.S. Eliot is best known for writing "The Waste Land," but the Nobel Prize winner was also a prankster who coined a perennially popular curse word and created the characters brought to life in the Broadway musical "Cats."