2015 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

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TABLE OF CONTENTSPage 03 FICTIONOur roundup of the latest and greatest in contemporary l iterature

Page 04 NON-FICTIONThe must-have non-fiction titles shaping the cultural conversation

Page 05 BIOGRAPHIES True stories from and about notable people

Page 06 ART, FASHION, PHOTOGRAPHYFrom era-defining photography to histories of cultural icons

Page 07 COOKINGThis season’s top crop of mouth-watering cookbooks

Page 08 COLORING BOOKSThe creativity-inspiring trend that will melt your stress away

Page 09 COMICSThe best graphic novels for lovers of visual storytell ing

Page 10 YOUNG READERSOnce a book lover, always a book lover

Page 11-12 STAFF PICKSOur booksellers share their favorite reads of the year

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1. A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $30.00)2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by Marlon James ∂ Strand Price: $15.30 ∂ ( l ist price: $17.00)

3. CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $30.00)4. EILEEN by Ottessa Moshfegh ∂ Strand Price: $23.35 ∂ ( l ist price: $25.95)

5. THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO: STORIES by Anthony Marra ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $25.00)6. THE STORY OF MY TEETH by Valeria Luisell i ∂ Strand Price: $15.25 ∂ ( l ist price: $16.95)7. GOLD FAME CITRUS by Claire Vaye Watkins ∂ Strand Price: $25.15 ∂ ( l ist price: $27.95)

8. THE SLEEP OF THE RIGHTEOUS by Wolfgang Hilbig ∂ Strand Price: $13.45 ∂ ( l ist price: $14 .95)

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1. THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson ∂ Strand Price: $20.70 ∂ ( l ist price: $23.00)2. HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES by Brandon Stanton ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $29.99)

3. DEAD WAKE: THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA by Erik Larson ∂ Strand Price: $25.20 ∂ ( l ist price: $28.00)4. THE GIVENNESS OF THINGS: ESSAYS by Marilynne Robinson ∂ Strand Price: $23.40 ∂ ( l ist price: $26.00)

5. TOTE BAG: WELL-READ WOMAN by Studio Strand ∂ Strand Price: $18.956. MUG: INDIE SCRIPT DINER by Studio Strand ∂ Strand Price: $11 .95

7. BACKPACK: CHESTNUT by Studio StrandxBaggu ∂ Strand Price: $44.958. CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY: A PARTY GAME FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE ∂ Strand Price: $40.00

9. WHY NOT ME by Mindy Kaling ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $25.00)10. THE INVENTION OF NATURE: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT’S NEW WORLD by Andrea Wulf ∂

Strand Price: $26.95 (l ist price: $30.00)11. SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND by Yuval Noah Harari ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $29.99)

12. OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: THE REAL BUSINESS OF FINANCE by John Kay ∂ Strand Price: $25.19 ∂ ( l ist price: $27.99)

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1. M TRAIN by Patti Smith ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $25.00)2. GILLIAMESQUE by Terry Gill iam ∂ Strand Price: $35.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $40.00)

3. HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL by Carrie Brownstein ∂ Strand Price: $25.15 ∂ ( l ist price: $27.95)4. NEGROLAND: A MEMOIR by Margo Jefferson ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $25.00)

5. ON THE MOVE by Oliver Sacks ∂ Strand Price: $25.15 ∂ ( l ist price: $27.95)6. I ’LL NEVER WRITE MY MEMOIRS by Grace Jones, Paul Morley ∂ Strand Price: $24.29 ∂ ( l ist price: $26.99)

7. THE LAST LOVE SONG: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOAN DIDION by Tracy Daugherty ∂ Strand Price: $31.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $35.00)8. UNFAITHFUL MUSIC AND DISAPPEARING INK by Elvis Costello ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $30.00)

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1. PICASSO SCULPTURE by Pablo Picasso ∂ Strand Price: $76.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $85.00)2. CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD? by JR ∂ Strand Price: $53.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $59.95)

3. ANDY WARHOL: POLAROIDS by Andy Warhol ∂ Strand Price: $89.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $99.99)4. FRANK STELLA: A RETROSPECTIVE by Frank Stella ∂ Strand Price: $58.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $65.00)5. GRACE: THIRTY YEARS OF FASHION AT VOGUE by Grace Coddington ∂ Strand Price: $150.00

6. HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE DECISIVE MOMENT by Henri Cartier-Bresson ∂ Strand Price: $125.00 7. AGNES MARTIN by Agnes Martin ∂ Strand Price: $49.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $55.00)

8. EVERY PERSON IN NEW YORK by Jason Polan ∂ Strand Price: $22.45 ∂ ( l ist price: $24.95)9. OSCAR DE LA RENTA: HIS LEGENDARY WORLD OF STYLE by Oscar de la Renta ∂ Strand Price: $44.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $50.00)

10. CABIN PORN: INSPIRATION FOR YOUR QUIET PLACE SOMEWHERE by Zach Klein ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ $30.0011. THE EVOLUTION OF IVANPAH SOLAR by Jamey Stil l ings ∂ Strand Price: $85.00 ∂ SIGNED

12. DIANA VREELAND: THE MODERN WOMAN: THE BAZAAR YEARS 1936-1962 by Diana Vreeland ∂ Strand Price: $53.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $60.00)

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1. THE DEAD RABBIT DRINKS MANUAL by Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry ∂ Strand Price: $24.30 ∂ ( l ist price: $27.00)2. THE MISSION CHINESE FOOD COOKBOOK by Danny Bowien, Chris Ying ∂ Strand Price: $31.49 ∂ ( l ist price: $34.99)

3. NOPI: THE COOKBOOK by Yottam Ottolenghi ∂ Strand Price: $35.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $40.00)4. TACOS: RECIPES AND PROVOCATIONS by Alex Stupak, Jordana Rothman ∂ Strand Price: $29.25 ∂ ( l ist price: $32.50)

5. THE FOOD LAB: BETTER HOME COOKING THROUGH SCIENCE by J. Kenji López-Alt ∂ Strand Price: $44.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $49.95)6. THE NOMAD COOKBOOK by Daniel Humm, Will Guidara ∂ Strand Price: $89.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $100.00)

7. TACOPEDIA by Deborah Holtz ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $29.95)8. LUCKY PEACH PRESENTS 101 EASY ASIAN RECIPES by Peter Meehan ∂ Strand Price: $31.50 ∂ ( l ist price: $35.00)

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1. TROPICAL WORLD: A COLORING BOOK ADVENTURE by Mill ie Marotta ∂ Strand Price: $13.45 ∂ ( l ist price: $14 .95)2. BIG APPLE COLORING SHEETS by Pirasta ∂ Strand Price: $19.95

3. WHALES GETTING DRUNK by Shahrzad Ghadjar ∂ Strand Price: $12.00 4. SECRET NEW YORK: COLOR YOUR WAY TO CALM by Zoe de las Cases ∂ Strand Price: $14 .39 ∂ ( l ist price: $15.99)

5. THE MINDFULNESS COLORING BOOK, VOL. 2 by Emma Farrarons ∂ Strand Price: $8.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $9.95)6. TOTE BAG: COLOR THIS TOTE by Studio Strand ∂ Strand Price: $16.95

7. TUTTI FRUTTI by Louise Fil i ∂ Strand Price: $14 .958. PLANNER: LG. GREY (FROST) MON CAHIER by Poketo ∂ Strand Price: $33.95

9. LOST OCEAN: AN INKY ADVENTURE AND COLORING BOOK by Johanna Basford ∂ Strand Price: $15.25 ∂ ( l ist price: $16.95)10. FANTASTIC CITIES: A COLORING BOOK OF AMAZING PLACES REAL AND IMAGINED by Steve McDonald ∂

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1. BITCH PLANET, VOL. 1 by Kelly Deconnick, Valentine De Landro ∂ Strand Price: $8.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $9.99)2. KILLING AND DYING by Adrian Tomine ∂ Strand Price: $20.65 ∂ ( l ist price: $22.95)

3. DESCENDER VOL. 1: TIN STARS by Jeff Lemire ∂ Strand Price: $8.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $9.99)4. NIMONA by Noelle Stevenson ∂ Strand Price: $11 .69 ∂ ( l ist price: $12.99)

5. STEP ASIDE, POPS by Kate Beaton ∂ Strand Price: $19.95 ∂ SIGNED6. SAGA: VOL. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples ∂ Strand Price: $13.49 ∂ ( l ist price: $14 .99)

7. THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, REVISED EDITION by Phoebe Gloeckner ∂ Strand Price: $16.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $18.95)8. SUPERMUTANT MAGIC ACADEMY by Jil l ian Tamaki ∂ Strand Price: $20.65 ∂ ( l ist price: $22.95)

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1. MY WILD FAMILY by Laurent Moreau ∂ Strand Price: $16.19 ∂ ( l ist price: $17.99)2. THE DAY THE CRAYONS CAME HOME by Drew Daywalt , Oliver Jeffers ∂ Strand Price: $16.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $18.99)

3. THE 50 STATES by Gabrielle Balkan ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $30.00)4. RAD AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z by Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl ∂ Strand Price: $13.45 ∂ ( l ist price: $14 .95)

5. LIBRARY OF SOULS: THE THIRD NOVEL by Ransom Riggs ∂ Strand Price: $16.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $18.99)6. THE MARVELS by Brian Selznick ∂ Strand Price: $29.69 ∂ ( l ist price: $32.99)

7. HARRY POTTER AND THE SOURCERER’S STONE: THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION by J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay ∂ Strand Price: $35.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $39.99)

8. MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD, BOOK 1: THE SWORD OF SUMMER by Rick Riordan ∂ Strand Price: $17.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $19.99)

9. CARRY ON by Rainbow Rowell ∂ Strand Price: $17.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $19.99)10. THE REST OF US JUST LIVE HERE by Patrick Ness ∂ Strand Price: $16.19 ∂ ( l ist price: $17.99)

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STAFF PICKSTHE WONDER GARDEN by Jenny BroomStrand Price: $26.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $30.00)

A true work of art! Page after page your eye will wander. Full of fun facts and information on

the stunning variety of l ife, this book will keep the l ittle (and not so l ittle) ones busy exploring.

For anyone that wants to get lost in colorful pages!

-MIGUELBOOKSELLER/ TABLES

SECRET GARDEN: AN INKY TREASURE HUNT AND COLORING BOOK

by Johanna BasfordStrand Price: $23.39 ∂ ( l ist price: $25.99)

This beautiful coloring book is the perfect and totally unique gift for almost any occasion.

-KELLY H.MAIN FLOOR MANAGER

HOLD STILL: A MEMOIR WITH PHOTOGRAPHS by Sally Mann Strand Price: $28.20 ∂ ( l ist price: $32.00)

A truly beautiful book that does not scoff at beauty and romanticism as taboos, but embraces

them as one embraces an old friend. Fil led with private and never before seen photos!

Read it near a good dog!

-MAYAMAIN FLOOR MANAGER

BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi CoatesStrand Price: $21.60 ∂ ( l ist price: $24.00)

The most important book you will read this year! Read it , then share it with somebody!

-AARON J.VISUAL MERCHANDISE MANAGER

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THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY by Vivian GornickStrand Price: $20.70 ∂ ( l ist price: $23.00)

Gornick walks the city streets in search of “the fifty different ways people struggle to stay

human.” She finds comfort in her own habit of loneliness. It’s funny, smart and leaves you

feeling not so odd.

-LILABOOKSELLER/ TABLES

FATES AND FURIES by Lauren GroffStrand Price: $27.95 ∂ ( l ist price: $23.00)

I had to l ie down after I f inished reading Fates and Furies in order to process all of my

feelings and thoughts. Then I ran around in a book hangover for a few days. Groff ’s abil ity to

weave a beautiful , utterly devastating story around Mathilde and Lotto is utterly bewitching

as she leads you through their marriage. One of my favorite reads for 2015!

-WHITNEYMARKETING MANAGER

YOU TOO CAN HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE by Alexandra KleemanStrand Price: $23.39 ∂ ( l ist price: $25.99)

Fans of maybe unreliable narrators, super creepy advertising, probably crazy roommates, and

really, really great writing will adore this book. Alexandra Kleeman’s first novel unsettles you from

the first page and only gets creepier. There’s so much packed into this fantastic book. I really

loved this book. An astonishing debut from a crazy talented author. I can’t wait to reread this one.

Easily the best novel I ’ve read this year.

-CALE H.

MAIN FLOOR MANAGER

FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny LawsonStrand Price: $24.29 ∂ ( l ist price: $26.99)

They say laughter is the best medicine and Lawson is out to prove it . Furiously Happy reaches

out to the broken, the sad, and the lost and says, “you’re not alone- let’s laugh about it .”

-TONI T.BASEMENT MANAGER

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