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Gail Sheehy is famous for her in-depth profiles of influential people, as well as her 1976 book on common adult life crises. Now she turns her eye inward, in her new memoir Daring: My Passages.

Juan Pablo Villalobos' third novel is his least absurd (but funniest) yet; this tale of a failed dog taco vender-turned-aspiring author is a reminder that art comes from real people.

Gin Phillips' new novel — which follows a young mother trying to keep her child safe during a mass shooting at a zoo — explores the way violence can be a safe abstraction for kids, or cruelly real.

Wall Street investor Bernard Madoff is not the first person to be charged with carrying out a massive Ponzi scheme. Sometimes people call it "robbing Peter to pay Paul," or a shell game. Pyramid schemes are close relatives. By any name, the Ponzi scheme has a long and colorful history.

The Bush administration is reportedly considering a new program aimed at helping individual homeowners stay in their homes and avoid foreclosure. Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., has told lawmakers the government should provide loan guarantees as an incentive to get loan-servicers to modify existing mortgages.

The French government is planning legislation that would make psychological violence between a couple punishable by law. Psychologist Steven Stosny, an expert on the subject, says the key is to distinguish between abusive acts and an abusive relationship.

Perched on a remote Spanish beach, the restaurant elBulli receives 2 million reservation requests for 8,000 spots each year. Now a new book from head chef Ferran Adria lets those people who couldn't get a reservation get a glimpse of elBulli.

Puerto Rico is requiring all native-born citizens to get new birth certificates to prevent fraudulent applications for U.S. passports and social programs. Among many Puerto Ricans, however, there's confusion and resentment.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell Monday more than 3 percent, slipping below 7,000 for the first time since 1997. The markets are reacting to a variety of negative reports, everything from AIG's losses to Warren Buffett's comments over the weekend.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Carol Anderson, an Emory University professor and the author of One Person, No Vote, about the problems Georgia voters faced during Tuesday primary.