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Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture
By Dana Goodyear
Goodyear writes about the hucksters and avant-garde chefs making meals out of the unconventional, like roadside leaves. She follows exotic items into the marketplace and predicts how such trends will impact our food choices.
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Dog Songs
By Mary Oliver
This collection comes from the rarest of breeds: a popular poet. Oliver’s plainspoken style seems fitting for celebrating the small, sustaining moments of owning and befriending a dog. Wrap this one up for the poetry or dog lover on your list.
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The Wes Anderson Collection
By Matt Zoller Seitz
The rich, detailed worlds of filmmaker Wes Anderson are explored in this exhaustive study by critic and Anderson cohort Matt Zoller Seitz. Interviews, full-color stills from Anderson’s seven movies, storyboards, and layouts document his distinctive visual palette.
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Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book
By Johanna Basford
A coloring book for the seven- or 70-year-old on your gift list. Each page contains tiny hidden creatures waiting to be discovered, including 63 beetles, 20 songbirds, and 116 butterflies. A charming and diverting book.
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The Circle
By Dave Eggers
A company called The Circle has swallowed up all the major tech companies and can link everyone’s online identity and consumer habits. The protagonist, a new hire at The Circle, slowly succumbs to its all-consuming world.
