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Holiday Bargain Books

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It's that time of year again: time to open up your hearts and your wallets and share the spirit of the season with your loved ones. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, this year give them the gift of reading. Buy a book. Below you'll find books that celebrate the wonder of the season, books to impart Christmas joy upon your children and some marked-down recent bestsellers to complete everyone's wish list.

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1. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Written and illustrated by film legend, Tim Burton, who also directed the film by the same name. Halloween meets Christmas when an evil pumpkin-head decides to kidnap Santa and take over Christmastown. HB $6.99


2. Alabaster's Song: Christmas Through the Eyes of an Angel. Christian writer Max Lucado shares his wonderful inspiration in this children's tale. HB $5.99

3. Christmas Around the World (A Troll Pop-Up). The perfect stocking stuffer for the younger ones on your holiday list. 3-D backdrops will encourage them to have fun while they learn. HB $1.49

4. The Christmas Box. This Richard Paul Evans' novel was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie a few years back. Tells the heart-warming story of a widow and the young family that moves in with her for the holidays. Discover the true meaning of Christmas. HB $3.37

5. Christmas Fun. Loads of ideas to have fun with your children this year and for years to come. PB $1.99

6. Christmas Joys: A Keepsake Book from the Heart of the Home. A holiday treasury filled with recipes, holiday legends, and suggestions for hand-made gifts. HB $4.49

7. Emeril's Creole Christmas. Emeril Lagasse, popular chef from The Food Network, shares his New Orleans' recipes for holiday dinners and gift-giving. Complete with color photographs. HB $7.99

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1. Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay. This was an Oprah Book Club selection in 1999. A story that uncovers a family's secrets when a woman is forced back to the Midwestern town she thought she had escaped forever. TPB $5.98

2. The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve. Another Oprah Book Club selection. A woman's worst nightmare comes true when her husband is killed in a plane crash. TPB $5.98

3. Unnatural Exposure by Paticia Cornwell. Cornwell is the master of the forensic thriller. This is just one in a long list of bestsellers featuring pathologist, Kay Scarpetta. TPB $4.95

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