School is almost over, summer vacations are booked, and it's time to break out the bathing suits. It's also time to start looking for those summer beach reads.

Before you think it's time to take a break from the world and all of its hardships, hear me out. Disengaging from the world can make the world worse.

There’s a sense of impending doom hanging over HBO’s second season of “Big Little Lies,” with those rugged cliffs, crashing waves and foggy days along the Central California coast.

Meryl Streep joins the season two, along with season one stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Shailene Woodley — and the Monterey Peninsula.

Pete McBride went through eight pairs of shoes over 13 months, hiked through four sprained ankles, two broken fingers and lost two girlfriends as he and a friend hike the length of the Grand Canyon to save it. The result is a movie and book.