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"Three awesome reasons to give books to everyone on your list this year: 1. There&amp;#x27;s nothing more personal than hand-selecting a volume you think they&amp;#x27;ll love 2. They&amp;#x27;re totally affordable 3. My nerdiness is showing here, but nobody ever learned about an entirely wonderful new world through a cashmere sweater or a video game! I rest my case. Get my annual list of must-have books for your whole gifting list, after the jump. For your US Weekly obsessed-bestie: If she thinks tabloids are fascinating now (&amp;quot;Jake Gyllenhaal buys tube socks!&amp;quot;), she&amp;#x27;ll be totally into the amazingly intimate glimpse back in celebrity time that is Harry Benson: Photographs (PowerHouse; $35). The snapper gets up close and personal with The Beatles, Oprah, Dick Nixon, and the Halstonettes--a coffee table must-have for the pop culture freak. For your fashionista-in-training little sister: Amanda Brooks (Vogue writer, designer muse, Girl About Town) shares some savvy advice for finding a look that screams &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; in I &amp;amp;hearts; Your Style: How to Define and Refine Your Personal Style (It Books, $19.99). My favorite section is full of cheap-chic tips--like buying your military jacket at the Army-Navy store! For your carb-o-holic foodie friend: David Chang&amp;#x27;s restaurants have a cult following here in NYC--ask anyone who loves to slurp noodles and they&amp;#x27;ll mention one of his many Momofuku restaurants. Now they can make ginger scallion sauce, poached eggs in miso butter, and the best pork buns I&amp;#x27;ve ever tasted all in their home kitchen with the new Momofuku cookbook (Clarkson Potter, $40) For your precociously artistic 6-year-old nephew: A Penguin Story (Harper Collins, $17.99) is a New York Times Best Illustrated Children&amp;#x27;s book of 2009 about a penguin named Edna who goes on a search for new colors. Phenomenally cute. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! For your &amp;quot;Trading Spaces&amp;quot; addicted mother: If every room in her house has undergone a little facelift at least twice in the last decade, she&amp;#x27;ll be wild about David Hicks: A Life of Design (Rizzoli, $65). Opening this beautiful monograph is like entering another world, where the acclaimed British decorator turns boring interiors on their heads. For your completely geeky recent-college-grad cousin: Pry the Wii controller out of his hands long enough to replace it with Futuretainment: Yesterday the World Changed, Now It&amp;#x27;s Your Turn (Phaidon, $29.95), and he&amp;#x27;ll be your new best friend. A comprehensive and thought-provoking guide to the new ways we watch television, listen to music, and read books. For anyone who needs a good cry: Let them catch up with The Lovely Bones (Back Bay Books, $16.99) before it hits theaters and sweeps the Oscar race--their pile of bills and stressful job will suddenly seem a lot lighter. For your own wish list: I kid you not, I spent the better part of two hours completely entranced by 20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Apparel Ads (Taschen, $39.99), imaging myself in 1950s-style torpedo bras, glittering disco-era jumpsuits, and getting nostalgic for the Claudia Schiffer 1990s Guess? ads that used to be splashed across my Mademoiselle magazines. And there you have it, dolls--my must-have list for every reader in your life. Don&amp;#x27;t you love the idea of picking out something as personal as a book for someone else? What are some of the best books you&amp;#x27;ve ever given or received as gifts? Anything on your wish list this year? Share! PLUS...we&amp;#x27;ve got more great gift ideas here! - 5 holiday gift ideas from designer Anya Hindmarch - 30 Gifts under $30 - Mom-approved gifts for babies More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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