BOOKS

The author of Steve Jobs' biography has announced that the book may be added to in the future and that the current edition is "not the final draft".

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has admitted he cried when he discoverd that the late Steve Jobs had tricked him into designing a game for which Jobs received a majority of the profit.

John Kinsella, visionary Australian poet and novelist, nominated for his work "Armour," has joined British poet Alice Oswald in withdrawing from the T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist in protest of its sponsorship by a hedge fund firm.

The winner of the 19th annual Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award has taken the dubious honour in good humour.

According to the book, the two-piece swimsuit takes its name from the Pacific atoll in the Marshall Islands which was the site of 23 nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958. The bikini came out a few days after the first test and was said to be "split like the atom”.

American author David Guterson won the 19th Bad Sex in Fiction Award for his novel "Ed King."

Murakami and King are among 12 authors shortlisted for having written the worst sex scene of the year.

J.K. Rowling is one of the top five self-made female billionaires in the world, according to Forbes magazine. The Harry Potter author has fascinated children and young teens with her magic spell-laced writing ever since she started working on the stories of the bespectacled wizard boy.

Chantelle Taylor, a woman medic, killed an enemy fighter in combat in Afghanistan.

The tomb of acclaimed writer Oscar Wilde was unveiled Wednesday to mark the anniversary of his death in 1900. The stonework of the tomb had suffered damage due to well-wishes planting kisses on its surface.

The younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge was seen smiling and exchanging mischievous grins with a man during the final of the ATP World Tour tennis tournament at the O2 in London.

One of the star-attractions of the auction was an original gouache and watercolour drawing of a battle scene from "The Secret of the Unicorn" which was sold for an astounding €168,900.

Sepp Blatter, the absurd head of FIFA has apologised for making remarks which, as far as one can see, where not in fact racist.

Attractive people get paid better and enjoy more perks than their average-looking colleagues, says new research

A Vatican newspaper has touted Tintin as "a Catholic hero".

As booksellers package an early Tintin adventure book, and seal it with a warning, a Belgian judicial advisor rejects the book as racist

Two language scholars from Uppsala University, along with an American colleague, have deciphered a hand-written manuscript from the 1730s

With Steve Jobs new biography revealing yet more choice-remarks from Apple's now deceased chairman towards Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates has issued his own statement forgiving his long-time rival and friend.

It's official! If there is one 'best' place in the world where you should be in 2012, it is London for all reasons. Influential travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has named London the "best city" in the world to visit in 2012.

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has spoken of her regret at going shopping and watching the Broadway musical Spamalot whilst Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.

Adolf Hilter, the German Führer, claimed to have been blinded by a British mustard gas attack during WW I. However, new research now suggests that the dictator's loss of sight was likely caused by a mental disorder known as "hysterical madness".

Walter Isaacson's forthcoming biography of Apple's iconic co-founder Steve Jobs revealed that the i-series of devices creator stalled his surgery, believing alternative treatments could cure his cancer.

Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "The Sense of an Ending" after missing out on three previous occasions.

Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas will feature one rather innovative attempt at narrating the history of the world. The festival will feature the work of author Christopher Lloyd, who has written a book of unusual proportions. Titled "The What on Earth? Wallbook", it is a seven-and-a-half feet long chart that narrates the history of the world (and of humanity) on one piece of paper - combining twelve illustrated threads dealing with evolution, civilizations and continental movem...

The lost first novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, will be published 128 years after it was written.

Thousands of Muslims are going to condemn terrorism at a peace conference in London.

Probably not is, sadly, the short answer.

A soon-to-be-released biography titled "Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life" promises insights into Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's alleged bisexuality, multiple affairs and love affair with a Nazi spy.

An interview with Julian Assange from December 2009 reveals the Wikileak's founder's view on the NOTW hacking scandal at the time.