Staff Gift Recommendations: Sacrament

Sacrament by Clive Barker
There is one Clive Barker novel that is not in print in America: Sacrament. The reasons are inscrutable -- this is a crime. But, sly dogs that we are, we've managed to snag a couple of import copies. Sacrament is one of the man's best, and some believe it is his most personal. It's definitely worth your time, and it's the perfect gift for the discerning Barker/fantasy/horror fanatic.

- Manny

Staff Gift Recommendations: Street Boners

Street Boners By Gavin McInnes
This is a great book for the cynical bourgeois fashionista in your life. However, if you have a lot of people like this in your life, please reconsider your life choices.

- Dustin

Staff Gift Recommendations: Photographs A-Z & Never Any End To Paris

Photographers A-Z by Hans-Michael Koetzle
Koetzle's favorite and brief survey of the classic photo books of all time. With reproductions of the original layout - Oh, my, my, a classic!

Never Any End To Paris by Enrique Vila-Matas
What sounds like an iconic and cliche book about a foreigner going to Paris to write, becomes an awesome and twisted tale of European literature and its importance. Best novel of the year!

- Tosh

Staff Gift Recommendations: We The Animals

We The Animals by Justin Torres
Did you love the deep family connection of Tree Of Life, but hate the dinosaurs? This debut novel whispers like the curtains of a dining room window left open in midsummer as three boys come of age in upstate New York. My favorite work of fiction this year.

- Dan

Staff Gift Recommendations: For Foodies & Chefs!

The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adria by Ferran Adria
A graphic novel style cookbook by the world's most coveted modern chef. It isn't fussy but rather breezy and perfect for inspiring everyday meals for you and yours. I bought several for gifts. you may want to do the same.

Menu Design In America by Steven Heller, John Mariana, & Jim Heimann
Just right for those that "have everything" - This isn't a book that I would necessarily buy for myself but I would love it as a gift. Great for history lovers and fans of graphic arts.

- Ruth

Staff Gift Recommendations: I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics

I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics
Compiled by Ritch Shyder and Mark Schiff
Funny, dark - and like most road stories from comedians, probably about forty percent lies. Totally enthralling, couldn't put it down. Features stories from Larry David, Chris Rock, Mike Meyers, Joan Rivers, Larry the Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy, Drew Carey, Brett Butler, Jay Leno and tons more.

- Dustin

Staff Gift Recommendations: Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography

Believing Is Seeing:
Observations on the Mysteries of Photography
by Errol Morris
Errol Morris is a brilliant filmmaker, and this new book is a strange kind of detective story... By exploring the stories behind specific photographs, he asks if the pictures obscure as much as they reveal. A beautiful treasure.

- Paige

Staff Gift Recommendations: Hollywood Rat Race by Ed Wood, Jr.

Hollywood Rat Race by Ed Wood, Jr.
For the slightly tilted Hollywood fan on your holiday list, give Ed Wood, Jr.'s Hollywood Rat Race a look. It's a fascinating glance at the ins and outs of show biz life through the eyes of one of Hollywood's favorite punching bags. Wood has put together a bittersweet memoir, a love letter, a hate screed, and a surprisingly practical guide to the film world. Written in the inimitable Wood style, Hollywood Rat Race is sure to tickle any fan of the movies.

- Manny

Staff Gift Recommendations: The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch
I know Twin Peaks hasn't been a "thing" in mainstream popular culture in some time, but that doesn't mean the devout fan base is any less rabid. The Secret Diary has been re-issued and makes the perfect companion gift for those amazing Twin Peaks Gold Box Sets, Lynch Coffee, The Blue Velvet Blu-ray, The David Lynch Lime Green Box Set, Crazy Clown Time (signed by Lynch) and the fantastic new big art book Works On Paper (Also singed). What fantastic maniac doesn't want all of this? & Book Soup carries them all.

- David

Staff Gift Recommendations: Love You Forever

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Pass on the message of unconditional love to a young tyke in your life! This book changed my life at four years old. My mother gave it to me for Christmas and I still have it to this day - beat & worn - and will forever cherish it.

For readers, ages 4 to 8. A tremendous gift with a powerful message that has the ability to touch a child's heart for a lifetime.

- Rebekah