The Good Gift Guide
A Bestseller for Christmas
The perfect gift for everyone on your list
Books are the ultimate fallback gifts. Haven’t been dating her long, but you’ve got to get her something? Book. Want to give her more than one present (so you’ll look generous)? Make one a book. Is there a friend or colleague who may — or may not — give you something, requiring you to be prepared with a low-pressure come-back? Book.
You get the picture.
Of course, hardbacks make more substantial-looking gifts than paperbacks, so our top recommendations are hardcovers. You also stand a better chance of getting something they haven’t read if you go with a new hardcover. (Who has time to read all these new books, right?)
Either way, you won’t go wrong with any of these gift titles:
My Christmas Choices
What Your Clothes Say About You: How to Look Different, Act Different and Feel Differentby Susannah Constantine, Trinny Woodall
If you've already read, re-read and thoroughly digested the first two volumes, followed the "rules" for your bodyshape, and turned into a well-dressed, confident and stylish woman that thinks they now always get it right, has spare cash to spend on clothes, and spare time to beautify, then buy this book.
Jamie's Italyby Jamie Oliver
I have tried recipes from this book and it was absolutely brilliant. Jamie guides you through as if he was just standing there next to you and telling you what to add next! Its easy and simple, normally i find it difficult to follow a cook book, say if the recipe contains special ingredients that you normally cant buy in stores near by but in this book i found it so easy to replace the "special" ingredients. Great job Jamie.
Chronicles of Narniaby CS Lewis
A perfect gift for all Narnia fans - now with film tie-in boxed set cover. The seven chronicles of Narnia are brought together in this beautifully presented slipcase. The books feature stunning fantasy artwork by Cliff Nielsen and the slipcase features exclusive imagery from the breath-taking feature film.
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life (or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door)by Lynne Truss
Truss attacks rudeness and boorishness after her campaign on how we use punctuation today. If you liked her last book, you’ll probably like this. However, if you didn’t like her last one, I’m not sure this would convert you. Truss is amusing and her writing is very readable. She takes on computer lingo, irresponsible mobile use, eating in public (some thing my father abhorred) and many other such social grievances.
For more information and to shop for your book visit the Amazon site below.
Amazon Bestsellers
Good Gift Guide Recommendation : 4/5
2 Comments:
I've ranted before about the cult of the celebrity chef, so I won't repeat that now... however, even if Jamie Oliver IS a celebrity, and even though you can find every single one of these recipes in other books, it's a straight-talking and appetising selection of Italian classics presented in an unfussy and modern guise. The book is well laid out, attractively designed and these are recipes that will work in the domestic kitchen and all are VERY yummy.
C.S.Lewis has created a world that will obsess the imaginations of any child who sees it. Narnia is a world where the magical becomes real, fantastic beasts, heroes and people rule a world right out of your imagination.
C.S.Lewis when he wrote these stories wrote as he would when he himself was a child. His life in the country had given him a beautiful setting to place his most famous creation.
The world of Narnia is a marvel to read. C.S. Lewis can be seen writing by candellight in a dark mahogany room, pen in hand and the most glorious tendrils of golden light flowing from his pen onto the page. Talking animals, people, giants, mermaids, heroes and the great Aslan himself melting into the story and with a snap closing the book with a small sence of regret at the story finishing but also his body coarsing with a wild excitment at the wonder and the magic he has just written.
For those with a craving for excitment, tremendous battles, willowy figeurs, beasts, wonderful and beutiful people, for those that long in their heart of hearts for an adventure above anything else you can possibly imagine read these and prepare to be thrown into Narnia.
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