Gift Books

10 Books To Get Your Dad

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.06.2011

You've got your mom's reading material covered, but you're still lost on smart gifts for your dad. Steve Jobs's biography may be tempting, but we say ...

9 Books To Get Your Mom

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.05.2011

When you were too restless to sleep, she read you the same story a million times, never wavering in her theatric enthusiasm. Instead of battling the m...

Best Books To Give To Kids You Don't Know Very Well

Librarian Connection | Posted 05.25.2011

Specifically, I want to be the cool godmother who slipped a teen Someday This Pain Will be Useful to You. I also want to be the goddess who gave the p...

Hanukkah Gifts

Faith & Reason | Posted 05.25.2011

Books! That's an ideal fall back if you've found yourself with Jewish children on your shopping list and the first candle of Hanukkah looming Wednesda...

Christmas Gifts 2009: The Most Beautiful Books Of The Year

Lena Tabori | Posted 05.25.2011

Lena Tabori

All of these books are exquisitely made -- designed and produced with passion and creativity. None are boring, nothing to pick up and put down. Each will leave you different than you were before.

Christmas Presents 2009: Under-The-Radar Gift Books

NPR | Nancy Pearl | Posted 05.25.2011

When it comes time to take stock of the year in books, it's inevitable that a few titles will escape notice in the rush to hand out accolades. Here ar...

Style Books To Give For The Holidays

Wall Street Journal | CHRISTINA BINKLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Style books are a motley crew. Many offer stale fashion advice or strange recipes for make-your-own-beauty-products; one could fill an unfortunate lib...

Publishers Pay For Bookstore Displays

Fast Company | Adam Penenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Step into any Barnes & Noble and the first thing you see are tables covered in books. 'Tis the season, so there's the "Happy Holidays" table, with its...

7 Books To Give For Hanukkah

Huffington Post | Jonathan Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Kirsch Author and book editor of The Jewish Journal It's no accident that November is Jewish Book Month, because the "People of the Book" ...