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Published: 2006
Category: Beyond Classification [3]
Wedding, Graduation, Father's Day, Anniversary [4]
June's like Christmas, just without snow -- every time I turn around, I owe someone a present. Music and Movies are too....small. Books make sense to me. Here's a selection, suitable for mixing and matching. And maybe even reading.
For the style-obsessed
The Power of Style [5] profiles 20th century women who transformed themselves --- with a nod to rich, besotted men --- into icons of style. With many photographs, most rarely seen.
Food for thought
My Life in France [6] is Julia Child's final book, a memoir cobbled together from notes and letters. It's much more. She made something out of nothing, transforming herself and our culture.
For the lover of smart thrillers
Identity Theory [7]
Blood of Victory [8]
The Tears of Autumn [9]
Dark Voyage [10]
The Four Just Men [11]
For the new careerist
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words [12]
Atlas of the World [13]
Stephen King: On Writing [14]
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life [15]
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need [16]
The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do [17]
The Experts' Guide to Life at Home [18]
The Big Sister's Guide to the World of Work [19]
Poker as Life: 101 Lessons from the World's Greatest Game [20]
For the music lover
Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond [21]
Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin [22]
Mozart [23]
Bob Dylan [24]
Vintage Guide to Classical Music [25]
For the health-obsessed
Long Distance: Testing the Limits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously [26]
Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide [27]
Younger Next Year [28]
For the cook
Bistro Cooking [29]
Italian Easy [30]
Esssentials of Classic Italian Cooking, Marcella Hazan [31]
For the food-and-wine lover
Oldman's Guide To Outsmarting Wine [32]
Between Meals [33]
For the romantic
Endless Love [34]
Sky Burial [35]
Love in the Time of Cholera [36]
Christmas in Paris, 2002 [37]
For the world traveler
Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman [38]
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