October has been and gone, and we're approaching that festive season already. Let' take a look back at our bloggers ...

Every year, beach lifeguards rescue tens of thousands of people. Four out of five times, it's from these rip currents, also called riptides. If you see the water do this, get out fast. If you don't, ...

was able to win over their semi-final opponent Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing in three straight wins. “We had very strong starts and also some good luck” commented Monnin. “Once we were in ...

What are first edition books? And how can you tell if a book is a first edition? We teamed up with our colleagues at the Macmillan Archives to help answer these questions. If you're a fan of ...

Happily, there are a host of witty, satirical and downright hilarious books out there, waiting to put a smile back on our faces. From comic novels and memoirs, to essays and poetry, humour has filled ...

The man has written seventy-seven books, so some nod to brevity is required. Any published stories compiled within a larger collection will not be ranked singularly. That still leaves sixty-plus ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week include histories of corporate mismanagement and misbehavior in the 19th century (“Savings and ...

A British tourist has drowned after being dragged out to sea by a riptide in front of his group of friends on a Thai holiday island. The businessman had been on a trip with six friends to the ...

A teenager has recounted the ‘petrifying’ moment she was caught in a riptide off a beach in Cornwall and 'almost drowned'. Alexia Hanchard was visiting Cornwall on August 25 with four of her ...

She is a founding member of Authors Against Book Bans, and a bestselling author of books for children and young adults. When I was in practice as a pediatrician, I wrote daily prescriptions for ...