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Offer the book lovers on your holiday gift list tips for entertaining and decorating, a guilty pleasure novel, or the latest thought provoking books.

For the home design fan:

Slob Proof! Real-Life Design Solutions by Debbie Weiner
This home design book offers realistic and attractive design solutions for families overrun with messy kids, muddy dogs and sloppy spouses. Weiner shows you how to decorate your space so that it can withstand the wear and tear of real everyday life and still look great.

Penguin
www.penguingroup.com
Available wherever books are sold, and online at amazon.com

For the chick lit lover:

Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
“Knit Two” is the sequel to “The Friday Night Knitting Club,” and returns to Walker and Daughter, the Manhattan knitting store. Dakota is now an eighteen-year-old freshman at NYU, and is running the little yarn shop part-time with help from the members of the Friday Night Knitting Club. Drawn together by the sense of family the club has created, the knitters rely on one another as they struggle with new challenges.

Penguin
www.penguingroup.com
Available wherever books are sold, and online at amazon.com

One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
One Fifth Avenue is a historic and stunning Art Deco building in Manhattan, and is the sort of place that you have to earn your way into - one way or another. From the hedge fund king’s wife to the aging gossip columnist to the free spirited actress, each person’s game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building.

Voice
www.everywomansvoice.com
Available wherever books are sold, and online at amazon.com

For the pet obsessed:

Dogology: What Your Relationship With Your Dog Reveals About You by Vicki Croke and Sarah Wilson
Authors Vicki Croke and Sarah Wilson use quizzes, psychological insights, and humor to analyze why dog owners gravitate toward certain breeds as pets. They explain what owner’s choices reveal about their character and emotional make up.

Rodale Books
www.rodale.com
Available wherever books are sold, and online at amazon.com

For the home chef:

David Rocco’s Dolce Vita by David Rocco
Rocco’s easygoing style embraces straightforward ingredients and techniques to create wonderful dishes anyone can enjoy without stress. He emphasizes the philosophy of quanto basta, or “just enough,” and encourages readers to suit their own tastes.

HarperCollins Canada
www.harpercollins.ca
Available at Chapters/Indigo stores in Canada, and online at amazon.ca

Martha Stewart’s Cooking School by Martha Stewart
Imagine having Martha Stewart at your side in the kitchen, teaching you how to hold a chef’s knife, select the very best ingredients, make a perfect pot roast, and more. In “Martha Stewart’s Cooking School,” you get just that: a culinary master class from Stewart herself, with lessons for home cooks of all levels.

Clarkson Potter Publishers
www.randomhouse.com/crown
Available wherever books are sold, and online at amazon.com

For the coffee-table book addict:

Vanity Fair: The Portraits: A Century of Iconic Images by Graydon Carter, David Friend, and Christopher Hitchens
From photographers Edward Steichen and Cecil Beaton to Annie Leibovitz and Mario Testino, these 300 portraits have become the iconic likenesses of the best known figures from the worlds of art, film, music, sports, business and politics.

Abrams
www.hnabooks.com
Available wherever books are sold, and online at amazon.com

Wisdom: 50 Unique and Original Portraits by Andrew Zuckerman
Inspired by the idea that wisdom is the greatest gift one generation can give to another, award winning photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman posed seven questions to each of his 50 famous subjects - all over 65 years of age.

Abrams
www.hnabooks.com
Available wherever books are sold, and online at amazon.com