And even though Mrs Shome, just like Ma, sits close to the pool and reads whatever book she gets from home, I have a feeling ...

Along the bottom of the ocean run the data cables that connect the modern world. Severance of these cables creates a ...

Colum McCann's new novel, Twist, tracks a group at sea tasked with repairing the underwater cables through which we all ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

How old Percy Jackson is in the first book is a big factor that should be taken into consideration when casting him for screen adaptations.

Fara Dabhoiwala’s account of free speech from 1700 to the modern day is an ambitious feat, though his critique of America doesn’t stack up ...

Nisyros is one of the most beautiful Aegean islands, still untouched by tourism growth. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between Kos and Tilos. The island extends over a surface ...

Author Jeanne Carstensen details a deadly shipwreck she witnessed through accounts from survivors and rescuers alike.

In the middle of our sun-scorched desert state exists a culinary paradox that defies geography – some of Arizona’s most ...

“The rock, from which the water came, and the manna were symbolic of supernatural sustenance through Christ, the bread of ...

C. S. Forester—Little, Brown ($3.95). This book again proves that Cecil Scott Forester is the best living writer about the sea. It is a war novel (first published in LIFE) that neither whines ...

and involved a detailed discussion about US efforts to combat Houthi aggression against US vessels and merchant ships in the Red Sea, including deliberations over Europe’s role in the conflict.