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Holiday Gift Guide For Your Favorite Bookworm

Holiday shopping can be stressful, but this gift guide will make it much easier! Our sister company Simon & Schuster has a book that will please everyone on your list.

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For the adventurous one…

The Explorers Guild
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The Explorers Guild
By Kevin Costner and Jon Baird, illustrated by Rick Ross

The golden age of adventure stories returns with this splendidly designed, action-packed, globe-trotting tale about a clandestine society of rogue voyagers on a mission to discover the mysteries that lie beyond the boundaries of the known world. Developed by Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner, this is a magnificently produced, illustrated adventure that combines the classic storytelling style of Kipling with the irresistible style of The Adventures of Tintin.

For the one who likes scary stories…

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
By Stephen King

A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story.

For the one who loves animals…

The Soul of an Octopus
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The Soul of an Octopus
By Sy Montgomery

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.

For the one that’s always learning something new…

TED Books Box Set: The Completist
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TED Books Box Set: The Completist

This wide-ranging boxed set of ten TED Books titles covers everything from architecture to business, space travel to love: The Terrorist’s Son, The Mathematics of Love, The Art of Stillness, The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings, Beyond Measure, Judge This, How We’ll Live on Mars, Why We Work, The Laws of Medicine, and Follow Your Gut.

For the one who likes baseball…

The League of Outsider Baseball
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The League of Outsider Baseball
By Gary Cieradkowski

From an award-winning graphic artist and baseball historian comes a strikingly original illustrated history of baseball’s forgotten heroes, including stars of the Negro Leagues, barnstorming teams, semi-pro leagues, foreign leagues, and famous players like Shoeless Joe Jackson, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, and Joe DiMaggio before they achieved notoriety.

For the one who loves a good holiday love story…

The Mistletoe Inn
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The Mistletoe Inn
By Richard Paul Evans

The New York Times bestselling "King of Christmas Fiction" presents a romantic new holiday story about two romance writers who are searching for the kind of love that, so far, they have only written about.

For the one who has seen all of the Marvel movies…

Amazing Fantastic Incredible
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Amazing Fantastic Incredible
By Stan Lee, Peter David and Colleen Doran

In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee—comic book legend and co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes—shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came to be.

For the one who’s curious about how things work…

AsapSCIENCE
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AsapSCIENCE
By Mitchell Moffit and Greg Brown

The instant New York Times bestselling book of entertaining, irreverent, and totally accessible illustrated guide that explains the true science of how things work. From the creators of the wildly popular YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE.

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