Favorites & Bestsellers

John Paul the Great (Hardcover) by Peggy Noonan

The author brings her sharp observations, acute sensibility, warmth, and wit to the life of the pope and shows the personal effect his journey had upon her and millions of others. Written with heart and depth, this is at once a moving elegy and a brilliant celebration of a man whose life taught others how to live. -BAMM

The Lighthouse (Hardcover) by P. D. James

Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. Dalgliesh is uncertain about his future with Emma Lavenham, the woman he loves; Detective Inspector Kate Miskin has her own emotional problems; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under Kate. Hardly has the team begun to unravel the complicated motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing, and the whole investigation is jeopardized when Dalgliesh is faced with a danger more insidious and as potentially fatal as murder. This eagerly awaited successor to the international bestseller The Murder Room displays all the qualities that lovers of P. D. James’s novels the world over have come to expect: sensitive characterization, an exciting and superbly structured plot and vivid evocation of place. -BAMM


Harry Potter Box Set I-VI Collection (Hardcover) by J.K. Rowling; Mary GranPre

For the Harry Potter fans on your list. This collection features Harry Potter's first six years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry including The New York Times bestsellers The Sorcerer's Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, and The Half-Blood Prince. -BAMM

Other Gift Ideas

If you need a little help in the kitchen coming up with new and easy to prepare dishes, or know of someone who does, Rachael Ray can provide quick and creative ideas.

How about a new Calendar? Everyone is going to need a new 2006 real soon! A Journal and Stationery might be on someone's wish list. There are also Reading Aids and Mini Books that would make great stocking stuffers.

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