Definitive Gift Books Guide For Holiday Season

Definitive Gift Books Guide For Holiday Season The best guide to gift books, divided by special needs. There truly is something for everyone here. Cosy Christmas Reads   Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak This heartwarming but satisfyingly complex family saga is perfect for Christmas. It doesnt hurt that the hardback is simply gorgeous, with festive end papers. The Birch family is forced to spend a Christmas together after Olivia returns after treating an epidemic abroad and has to stay in quarantine, along with her family. Simmering tensions boil over and every family members secrets spill out as Francesca explores the mixed emotions in the lead up to Christmas. This hilarious story has a tender core and if you are a fan of Love Actually,  then youll love this quintessentially British holiday read. Classic Ghost Stories: Spooky Tales to Read at Christmas (Vintage Classics) If, like me, you also think that spooky tales are the best to cuddle up with on cold nights then you need to get this chunky book. This collection comprises spine-chilling tales by the masters of 19th century literature who helped define the horror genre.  Collected here are some of the most iconic of these Victorian ghost stories, from Charles Dickenss The Signalman to M.R. Jamess A Warning to the Curious. It also includes influential horror stories by Rudyard Kipling,  Elizabeth Gaskell, Edith Wharton,H G Wells, among others. This is the ultimate gift for anyone who enjoys literature and horror. Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P.D. James What could be better in December than cosying up to a  previously uncollected selection of deliciously wicked mysteries from the Queen of Crime. All the six vengeful stories feature a murder but weaves together cleverly crafted plots with pitch perfect execution and great psychological insight about each characters motives. Fiendishly cunning and compulsively readable, this book has a wintry theme and is slim enough to read in a night or two. Snazzy Gift Books Letters to the Lady Upstairs by Marcel Proust, Translated by Lydia Davis This pretty little hardback makes for a glamorous gift for book snobs. Proust was a prolific letter writer and this book compiles 23 letters he wrote to a harpist, Madame Williams, who lived with her husband in one of the apartments above  Prousts at 102  Boulevard Hausmann in Paris. Translated expertly by acclaimed writer Lydia Davis, these letters give fascinating insight into an unusual friendship. Its a delightful book which reveals intimate details about Prousts life while also portraying a charming portrait of friendship, noisy neighbours and Parisian life. An attractive stocking filler, this one! The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris No wonder this has been hailed as one of the years most beautiful books. The Lost Words  is utterly mesmerizing inside and out. All over the country, there are words disappearing from childrens lives. These are the words of the natural worldâ€"Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our childrens minds.  With the help of exquisite illustrations by Jackie Morris, Macfarlane methodically restores the missing words in Childrens lexicon with spell-poems. This breathtaking book will reignite the love of language in people of all ages. Brolliology by Marion Rankine This pretty little gem of a book is not only pleasing to look at but also packs in a lot of information.    In the spirit of the best literary gift books,  Brolliology  is a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and history of umbrellas, which have been use by humans for a millennia. This enjoyably umbrella tour through the history of this forgettable everyday object in cinema, books and our daily life. Filled with cool illustrations and fun facts, this lovely book is a surprisingly compelling book on an unusual subject. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (Illustrated Edition) This timeless masterpiece of detective fiction was adapted this year for the big screen with a star studded cast. This large format illustrated edition of Agatha Christies novel features stunning artwork and photography from the 2017 film adaptation. The illustrated edition contains the complete text of Agatha Christies Murder on the Orient Express, together with 200 glorious production paintings and sumptuous photos from the new film, directed by Kenneth Branagh. A must-have coffee table book for this year! Stories by Susan Sontag Trust me when I tell you that if you are a bibliophile, you need this beautiful hardback in your life. Susan Sontag  was an intellectual, film maker, and writer best known for her essays on modern culture. Stories  collects all of Sontags short fiction for the first time. These superb stories show the sheer versatility of one of this centurys most inquisitive minds.  The stories ranges from allegory to parable to autobiography and shows her wrestling with problems about existence and humanity. The stories in this book provoke, questions and inspire in a way that only great writing can. Evocative and fascinating, these stories dwell on the human condition in unique and original ways. Delectable Cookbooks The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater This hefty volume is simply stunning inside and out. Featuring a lavish design and equally beautiful pictures inside, this is a hymn to winter and Christmas.  With recipes, decorations, fables and quick fireside suppers, Nigel guides you through the essential preparations for Christmas and the New Year, with everything you need to enjoy the winter months. Featuring over 100 recipes supplemented by personal anecdotes, suggestions and useful tips, this book will be loved by foodies as much as by readers. Besides tempting descriptions of food, Slater writes about the first frost of winter and the excitement of Christmas with infectious joy and charm. Nadiyas British Food Adventure by Nadiya Hussain   Cant get enough of Bake Off? Then this book, from everyones favourite Bake Off  winner Nadiya Hussain, is a must for you. From  Cayenne eggs Benedict to soft poached eggs on an English muffin with smoked turkey rashers and cayenne hollandaise sauce, this book is your guide to classic British winter dishes. Containing over 120 mouth-watering recipes with fabulous pictures, this cookbook reads like a novel. Nadiya combines eclectic flavors from her native Bangladesh to the West Indies, Mediterranean, and Yorkshire to whip up scrumptious dishes. Sabor: Flavours from a Spanish Kitchen by Nieves Barragan Mohacho This book comes from the renowned Spanish chef who has a Michelin star and is  is best known as the former head chef at Barrafina, the world famous tapas restaurant. This compilation of classing Spanish recipes range from hearty dishes like chorizo and potato stew to lighter fare such as seafood skewers and clams in salsa verde.  A very personal cookbook from a very particular cook, Sabor is full of delicious flavours and delightful recipes youll return to time and again. Dickensian Christmas Charles Dickens Vintage Classics Christmas is incomplete without the mention of Dickens and these six beautifully tailored editions of Dickens’s most beloved books are must-haves for every bookshelf.  The first 4,000 copies have black-sprayed edges which gives them the perfect Dickensian feel. The books in this collection includes  A Christmas Carol (includes the short stories The Chimes and The Haunted Man), David Copperfield, Great Expectations,  Hard Times,  Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities. If you are looking for fancy books to gift, these lavishly designed paperbacks with customised end papers are perfect. Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva A story about Dickens set during Christmas. Now what could be a better Christmas gift? This charming novel reimagines the events that led to the creation of A Christmas Carol. Dickens latest book has been a flop, his family is ever-expanding, and relatives near and far hound him for money. His publishers offer him a chance to turn his luck around by writing a Christmas book in just 4 weeksâ€"or face financial ruin.  Charles sinks into a depression as  a serious bout of writer’s block sets in. He takes to wandering the majestic city of London to seek inspiration. The story combines vivid descriptions about the glittering 19th century London with a rich and poignant story about redemption and family. This book is atmospheric, touching and infused with holiday spirit like the best Dickens. Priceless Book Bundles Paul Beatty Reissues The Sellout  was hands down the best novel I have read in recent years so I was very excited when Pauls publishers Oneworld announced a reissue of all his novels featuring fantastic covers. The novels here include The White Boy Shuffle, Tuff, Slumberland and the Man Booker winning The Sellout. No one writes with such lacerating wit about Americas post-racial delusion and the black American experience as Paul. So if you havent read him yet, now is your chance. Truman Capote Modern Classics Fan of literary classics? Then these Capote reissues are for you. Nine of Capote’s works are published in Penguin Modern Classics including most recently, a newly discovered collection,  The Early Stories.  All the new editions feature iconic photographs by   Richard Avedon, with whom Capote worked  closely on  In Cold Blood.  The new volumes feature additional stories and quietly elegant covers. These classics are a must for every bibliophiles collection. P.G. Wodehouse Reissues Wodehouse is often acknowledged as the best English comic novelist of the century, so this bundle is guaranteed to make you howl with laughter. Comprising largely of  the best Jeeves and Wooster stories, each volume in this series feature three entertaining stories. So you have a medley of Wodehouse delights in which lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme. 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