Full of time-honored classics as well as recent hits and our first-ever series of editions, our annual guide to gift giving makes it a little easier to click your way to a happy holiday. Check back daily for new additions.
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Tomboy Style
Compiled by Lizzie Garrett Mettler (author of a blog by the same name as well as LA Times contributor), this book celebrates the women who dare to buck tradition, blurring the line between masculine and feminine attire.
Available from Rizzoli for $33
High Times Cannabis Cookbook
Bring budding chefs to a whole new high with a cookbook like no other. Featuring everything from Pico de Ganja Nachos and Time Warp Tamales as well as recipes based on stoner celebrities like Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg.
Available from Chronicle Books for $19
Album Vilmorin: The Vegetable Garden
Carefully reproducing artwork that was first published in the 1850s by French seed firm, Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie, Taschen have created the essential gift for any budding chef with an interest in botany or art. Enclosed within its hardcover shell are 46 frameable color prints that gloriously detail French garden vegetables.
Available from Taschen for $60
Women Are Heroes
What is a woman's worth? That was the question in street artist JR's mind as he photographed women struggling in Sierra Leone, Sudan, Kenya, Brazil, India and Liberia, and then pasted murals of their images on buildings, trains and bridges in their own communities.
Available from Abrams Books for $40
How to Traumatize Your Children
This tongue-in-cheek offering is a great way to help expecting parents become the traumatic enforcers they need to be in order to achieve a perfectly dysfunctional family.
Available from Knock Knock for $11
The New York Times 36 Hours Book
Conjuring up dream getaways since 2001, The New York Times' popular travel 36 Hours column enables both armchair enthusiasts and romantic-minded day trippers alike the chance to explore the nuanced wonders of North America through lush photography and snappy prose.
Available from Amazon for $24
The Lover's Dictionary
Author David Levithan offers a definitive look at the elusive state of romantic bliss with his novel, The Lover's Dictionary. Illustrating the highs and lows of relationships, The Lover's Dictionary is a literary homage to the language of love.
Available from Amazon for $12
Love Courtship, and Marriage, Or How to Win A Lover
Originally published in 1880, this guide is packed with advice that still rings true today, covering everything from dating tips to how to handle lovers' spats.
Available from Liberty for £8.95
Love Notes Recycled Journal From India
Covered in personal ads from parents trying to marry off their children, this clever notebook celebrates the Indian tradition of arranged marriages through the age-old guidance of match-making.
Available from Tesoros for $8.50
Mini Print Note Cards
These note cards feature iconic mini prints of world-renowned music legends and their animals. All photographs are donated for the purpose of raising money for at-risk animals. The sets include 10 mini-cards and envelopes.
Available from Morrison Hotel Gallery for $20
The Kimchi Chronicles
In this hardcover book, Marja Vongerichten leads the reader through Korean cooking for the American kitchen, with everything from recipes to examples of how Korean flavors can be integrated into any meal.
Available from Amazon for $21
Survival Kit: Fashion
This chic set of four fashion biographies includes image-filled tomes on Balenciaga, Pucci, Lanvin and Yves Saint Laurent.
Available from Assouline for $150
The Ivy + Bean Series
From Annie Barrows comes this lovable children's book series about two girls. Seven books make up the series, which comes in hardcover or paperback.
Available from Annie Barrows for $6- $15
Literary Notecard Set
This set of literary notecards is designed with cover art from your favorite classics. The set comes with eights 3x5-inch cards with craft envelopes. Best of all, purchase of this set helps send books to a community in need.
Available from Out of Print for $12.50
Lomo LC-Wide
The Lomo LC-wide adds greater functionality and more range to the iconic LC-A+ line, and the 17mm lens offers three different shoot modes: full, square, and half format.
Available from Lomography for $390
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