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"If you know someone who hasn&amp;#x27;t heard the crack of a new book&amp;#x27;s spine since the 11th grade required reading list, there&amp;#x27;s no better gift this holiday than a sparkling new volume that&amp;#x27;s sure to get them back in the mood to devour pages (or at least look at the beautiful photos on them). Check out what&amp;#x27;s between the covers for everyone on your list, after the jump...For your father, AKA the amateur Mario Batali: The Silver Spoon Cookbook(Phaidon, $45) This absolute bible of Italian cooking has more than 2,000 recipes, extensive history, and has been the best-selling cookbook in Italy for more than 50 years. I guarantee this will become one well-thumbed, sauce-splattered copy in no time. For your kid sister, the Brad Pitt fan club president: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Penguin Classics, $13) This sprawling epic is sure to turn some Oscar bigwig heads--not to mention those of we hot-and-bothered Brad Pitt fans. Let your BFF catch up on the real story, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, before heading to the theater. For your boyfriend&amp;#x27;s seriously meddling mother: Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings (Collins, $13.95) Need to drop a not-so-subtle hint to a hyper-involved mother-in-law or a little sister with perfectly good intentions? Let them delve into this deliciously voyeuristic book (one of my favorite notes: &amp;quot;Dear Stalker, please do not leave any more notes or flowers on my door, I am not interested!&amp;quot;) detailing real notes from across the country. For your nephew who thinks he&amp;#x27;s the third Obama child: Dogs by Enrico Lavagno (Rizzoli USA, $19.95) Ever since it was announced that Sasha and Malia will be the proud owners of a brand new puppy, every kid on earth think he&amp;#x27;s similarly entitled. Fill his cuteness void with this incredibly adorable book instead, filled with 500 &amp;quot;ooh&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;aah&amp;quot; worthy photos of labs, pugs, poodles, and more. For your favorite friend with major wanderlust: In the Spirit of St. Tropez (Assouline, $40) She may not have the disposable income to jet off to the South of France this winter, but this is the next best thing: Page after page of beautiful photos and stories of the island&amp;#x27;s 1950s heyday, when Brigitte Bardot romped on the beach and beautiful people from all over the world came to be a part of it. For your boy-crazy niece: The Twilight Saga box set (Little Brown Young Readers, $45) This one really requires no explanation--all four books from the amazingly successful series, wrapped up in a pretty little box. For your beauty junkie mother: The Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual (Springboard Press, $32) The reigning queen of perfectly natural makeup brings you all of her secrets in a brand new book...get 10 simple steps to a great face, a history of cosmetics, and the &amp;quot;Who&amp;#x27;s Who&amp;quot; of makeup, all in one pretty little tome. For your obnoxious cinephile uncle: Seen Behind the Scene/40 Years of Photographing on Set/Mary Ellen Mark (Phaidon, $59.95) Know a film nut who thinks he knows everything? Give him a brand new perspective with this totally amazing book, featuring stills captured on movie sets from Apocalypse Now to Sweeney Todd. Page 47 is my favorite--a teenage Melanie Griffith on the set of Night Moves in 1975 with her then-boyfriend, Don Johnson! There you have it, my picks for the season&amp;#x27;s best books, ladies...what are some of yours? Have you flipped through anything great lately that we should know about? Do you plan on giving one of your favorite books to a friend this year? Discuss! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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