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I found these via Oprah's website. They were listed as books you could give as gifts, but I might just gift them to myself. Here are three that looked interesting. I am always on the hunt for good books of all kinds!! Any other suggestions out there?
_For the Foodie
_My Last Supper - By Melanie Dunea
_The question that gets the attention of the most in-demand chefs: If you had only one night left to live, what would you have for dinner? The 50 seasoned cooks (including Ferran Adrià, Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain, and Lidia Bastianich) whose full-page portraits appear in My Last Supper (Bloomsbury) describe the menus, the settings, the background music, the guests—and even provide the recipes—for the ultimate meal (Scott Conant's is seared foie gras and green apple risotto) that would top off their glorious lives in the kitchen.
_For a Child
_Why War Is Never a Good Idea - By Alice Walker
_The most necessary kids' book of the year, Why War Is Never a Good Idea (HarperCollins), reveals through Alice Walker's hard-hitting words ("War has bad manners / War eats everything / In its path") and Stefano Vitale's sunny-with-a-chance-of-destruction imagery what is so enchanting about a world at peace, and how much we are poised to lose now.
_For the Film Connoisseur
_Seen Behind the Scene - By Mary Ellen Mark
_Most famous for her documentary photography of homeless Seattle kids and Bombay prostitutes, Mary Ellen Mark has, over the course of her long and distinguished career, also been shooting on the sets of major Hollywood films. The revealing black-and-white images in Seen Behind the Scene capture famous actors and directors (Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Jessica Lange, Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Burton) at unguarded moments, telling us something fresh about the faces behind the carefully applied makeup—and about the magic that goes on even when the cinematographers take a break and the movie cameras stop rolling.
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From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden by Amy Stewart.
She's featured in the latest issue of Sunset magazine for her "Wicked Plants". That one I haven't read but I found her first book a charmer.
She posted this on Amazon last January--I love this sort of thing.
"I'm starting seeds under grow lights in my attic this week, but they aren't the usual spring flowers. I've got Datura inoxia, Abrus precatorius, Strychnos nux-vomica, and Ricinus communis all settled into their seed trays, perched on a heated seed mat to encourage them to germinate. For what dark purpose am I growing these mysterious beauties? Stay tuned."
Wow - Gail - I'm impressed!!
All three are really nice books!! "My Last Supper" is most interesting!! I got it from Powells...
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