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From a 200th-anniversary edition of Clement C. Moore’s Christmas Eve tale to lightheartedly loopy poems for every day of the year. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMASBy Clement C. MooreIllustrated by Ella [...]

Tenders are invited for procurement of gift books and praise for students (with all fives) during their education in primary and secondary schools and purchase of gift books for all [...]

DURING these pandemic times, perhaps the best way to enjoy and savor the meaning and joy of the Christmas season is to curl up with a book or two on [...]

From remixed nursery rhymes to whimsical, philosophical comics. SNOW HORSESA First Night StoryBy Patricia MacLachlanIllustrated by Micha Archer40 pp. Margaret K. McElderry. $18.99.(Ages 4 to 8) This gorgeous, entrancing ode [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Oct. 6A Lower Burrell author joined the Tarentum Lions Club and the Highlands Area Rotary on Tuesday to spark a passion for literacy in young students. Kindergartners [...]

Byline: Rebecca Liu Christmas was not traditional in my family growing up, so presents were intermittent. But the year I turned 18, I was welcomed into adulthood by a bumper [...]

Byline: David Barnett Christmas when I was a child was always about Event Books. Not paperback novels; those would be bought after Christmas with the book tokens I always received [...]

Byline: Alison Flood I can't remember if I was six or seven years old when my grandma gave me a book for Christmas which, I now realise, probably set the [...]

Byline: Alex Diggins 'As you grow older you will find that good books can be some of your best friends,' wrote Charles Phillipson to his son, Michael, in 1947. Letters [...]

Byline: Alex DIGGINS 'As you grow older you will find that good books can be some of your best friends,' wrote Charles Phillipson to his son, Michael, in 1947. Letters [...]

MIAMI: Luz Flora has issued the following news release: Whether romantic partners or just friends, there are so many ways to say 'be my valentine'. This February, a Miami-based, female-founded [...]

Owner Macarena Luz Bianchi's Penned Works are an Ode to Love for Everyone MIAMI, Jan. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether romantic partners or just friends, there are so many ways [...]

London: Darlington Council, UK Government has issued the following news release: Darlington Libraries are gifting quality books to disadvantaged children in the borough in a bid to raise speech and [...]

Byline: Rebecca SmithersI removed the barcode/price stickers from two hardback books published by Pan Macmillan as they are Christmas gifts . But they tore the covers and left a sticky [...]

Coffee-table books are staples of the holiday gift market. Although they are distinguished by their large size, lavish illustrations and excellent print, these books can also be surprisingly literate. A list of 19 well-written coffee-table books, all published in 1994, is provided.

Byline: Jocelyn McClurg USA TODAY The holidays are here, and publishers are parading out their finery -- in the form of beautiful, captivating gift books. USA TODAY recommends the season's [...]

Byline: Rupert Hawksley Ihad always thought that self-help books were a modern irritant. A handsome new edition of Teach Yourself to Live (Hodder & Stoughton, PS7.99), first published in 1958, [...]

Byline: LAURIE HERTZEL; STAFF WRITER I would be hard-pressed to tell you the best book I ever got, because when I was growing up I got books all the time: [...]

Byline: Suzanne Van Atten This season's crop of coffee-table books delivers more than just pretty pictures. For the person on your gift-giving list who has everything, consider one of these [...]

Byline: Brandy Allport Dec. 04--Get someone a sweater as a holiday gift and they'll probably wear it a few times. Get them an electronic gizmo and they'll use it until [...]

The holidays are not just a great time to give bottles of whiskey but also books on whiskey. And books actually make great presents, since they can be bought and [...]

With the increased availability of foods prepared in whole or in part, it's surprising that any cookbooks are being published at all these days. Yet this year saw a splurge [...]

Byline: Craig Wilson The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: The History & Lore of the World's Most Famous Evergreen By Nancy Armstrong (Cider Mill Press, 141 pp., $12.95) Everything you ever [...]

ETHNIC STYLE: History And Fashion. By Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter. Assouline. 160 pages. $45. This richly illustrated book looks at styles of dress and body decoration around the world and explores their [...]

It's been said, many times, many ways.... But it was the acerbic Frank Zappa who is most often credited for the ultimate description of books about music: 'Writing about music [...]

OUTDOORS THE WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHS. By John G. Mitchell. National Geographic Society. 304 pages. $50. National Geographic magazine has been thrilling us with brilliant and breathtaking wildlife photographs since 1903. This [...]

SPORTS AT THE BUZZER: The Greatest Moments in NBA History. By Bryan Burwell. Narration by Bill Walton. Doubleday. 216 pages. 2 CDs. $50. These are mesmerizing tales and photographs from [...]

COOKBOOKS SACRED FOOD: Cooking For Spiritual Nourishment. By Elisabeth Luard. Chicago Review Press. 256 pages. $35. Author Luard shows us that food is intertwined with special events in our lives: [...]

CHILDREN THE CHRISTMAS PROMISE. By Susan Bartoletti. Illustrated by David Christiana. Scholastic. 34 pages. $15.95. Exceptionally fine watercolor illustrations grace this story of a little girl and her dad who, [...]

Byline: Hayley Salazar Young patients at Valley Children's Hospital had a reason to smile last week thanks to an idea more than a decade in the making from a Fresno [...]

FLORIDA/SOUTH TOURISTS, RETIREES AND OTHER REASONS TO STAY IN BED. By David Grimes. Pineapple Press. 156 pages. $10.95. Grimes' humor column runs three times a week in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. [...]

ART DALI: The Salvador Dali Museum Collection. Text and editing by Robert S. Lubar. Bulfinch Press. 186 pages. $60. The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg holds the essential collection [...]

For Children LUIGI AND THE LOST WISH. By Harry B. Knights. Illustrated by Calico World Entertainment Zweig Knights. 56 pages. $20. This book marks the beginning of a second trilogy [...]

HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS IN FLORIDA. By Kevin M. McCarthy. Pineapple Press. 159 pages. $10.95. Traditional Christmas with its snow, cold weather and winter sports is far removed from Florida, and that [...]

THE TARZAN CHRONICLES. By Howard E. Green. Foreword by Phil Collins. Hyperion. 192 pages. $50. Starting with an attractive cover that superimposes a modest black-and-white sketch upon high-tech color computer [...]

Florida/Travel THE RENAISSANCE VINOY: St. Petersburg's Crown Jewel. By Prudy Taylor Board. Donning. 128 pages. $29.95. University of Florida graduate Board was commissioned to write a limited-edition history of the [...]

Sports AND THE CROWD GOES WILD: Relive The Most Celebrated Sporting Events Ever Broadcast. By Joe Garner and narrated by Bob Costas. Sourcebooks. 179 pages. $49.95. In words and images [...]

Holiday/Religion THE HOLY BIBLE. Designed and Illustrated by Barry Moser. Viking Studio. 1,024 pages. $65. This is not a new work but is the century's only published Bible illustrated by [...]

Children/Youth THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS. By Tomie De Paola. Putnam's. 30 pages. $15.99. Set in New Mexico, this tale by award-winning artist-author De Paola tells the story of a [...]

LAS CHRISTMAS: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories. Edited by Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow. Knopf. 198 pages. $22. 'Las Navidades' offers 25 short stories recalling memorable stories of [...]

Few gifts last longer or become more cherished family treasures than books given to loved ones through the ages. With that thought in mind, Tampa Tribune book reviewers offer this [...]

Hey, good looking! For print gift books, it's the most wonderful time of the year, both for those who give, and for those who receive. USA TODAY's Jocelyn McClurg recommends [...]

Byline: Iona McLaren More of a good thing is often not a good thing at all. After the sensational Letters of Note (2013) and Lists of Note (2014), it was [...]

If your pocketbook is getting as bare as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard, here are a few ways to make the most of what little you might have left in the [...]

A PAINTER'S PROGRESS: A Portrait of Lucian Freud (Cape, £35) brings the old eagle, his subjects (including the Queen, Hockney and himself) and paintings startlingly to life in two decades [...]

London: Worcestershire County Council, UK Government has issued the following news release:Droitwich Library is promoting favourite bedtime stories to children and their parents alongside a collection of World Book Night [...]

Byline: Tim Martin Somewhere in the middle of Ali Smith's delightfully fizzy novel How To Be Both (Hamish Hamilton, PS16.99), the teenage protagonist interrupts her viewing of a film to [...]

Byline: Iona McLaren Some books, unlike dogs, really are just for Christmas; to be devoured straight out of the wrapping paper and later muddled (in the post–prandial kip) with lines [...]

Byline: STEFANIE DAZIO, STAFF WRITER Thousands of books are published every year, which is great for book lovers. But let's face it: The list of terrific books worth reading is [...]

This year's vintage of books on wine and spirits is abundant and ripe. Here are five big choices for gifts. 'The World Atlas of Wine' (Mitchell Beazley, $55), by Hugh [...]