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We asked the author of The Stockholm Octavo to tell us what books she was buying as gifts for others this holiday.
Biographer James McGrath Morris chooses the year's best biographies.
A look at some recent books, and some good gift ideas, for younger readers.
The holidays have a bit of magic in them, and the books in this list include some of it. We hope you enjoy reading some of these or giving them to others. Happy Holidays!
In this variation on the theme of "Holiday," we focus on food. We've listed a few books that capture the essence of cooking food for yourself or for others, and the pleasure that comes from it. Each book includes narratives of a personal, yet universal, nature that enrich the experience of creating food and charm the readers.
A monthly column looking at books of poems and poetry, written by Grace Cavalieri.
Carlo DeVito, professional food and wine writer and co-owner of the Hudson-Chatham winery, gives a list of books for the wine lovers in your life.
Martha Toll writes of the thematic depth of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
