Rob Lee, the first person to complete both the Seven Summits and the Ocean’s Seven, swears by surviving 11+ hours in salt water using ointment from a 125-year-old cow’s udder. Caroline Gleich slathers Rob Lee with zinc oxide cream before a 12-hour swim in the Tsugaru Strait, part of her record-setting Double Seven Challenge. (Photo:
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The latest model from Bugatti is the Bugatti W16 Mistral Blanc Eternale. It features porcelain embellishments on the fuel cap, emblems, door rests and more. The Mistral is the last Bugatti car with a quad-turbocharged 8.3-litre W16 engine. Fifteen years ago, Bugatti partnered with Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin to create a special Veyron Grand Sport. What
It is the smallest text we have covered so far, and the oldest of its kind in the world. Referred to as a trauma-informed document by one constitutional scholar (you’ve got a clue), it was born out of a big screw-up after the American Revolution that made laws unenforceable and made foreign policy a hot,
College reading books in 2026, literary award nominees cleared of using AI, new trailer for Sense and Sensibility, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered this week at Book Riot. Decision: “After extensive consultation
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered this week at Book Riot, Including a new Ishiguro novel, lots of adaptation news, the new landscape of public library censorship, and more. due out March 9, 2027 (bust
Like many people, I consider my phone my lifeline and whenever I need to travel I often worry about what will happen to it. Sure, I backup my data (whenever I remember), but it’s the device itself that’s more valuable to me than gold. As they say in mobster movies: “It would be a shame
My country is under occupation, plagued by corruption and war. Still, I am shocked by the way America seems to be falling apart. By Natalia Gumenyuk. Read by Inna Bagoli continue reading…
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered this week at Book Riot. The state of Utah is banning the book blitz in 2026. On Friday, June 5, the state added its 35th book to the list