Richard and Judy have revealed their 2006 Christmas Book Club selections, chosen across five categories. Get them for the booklovers on your Christmas list, all at great prices from AbeBooks. Happy shopping - and reading!

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Celebrity

Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years

Michael Palin

Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years

Michael Palin's diaries of his life before, during and after Monty Python. This first volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys - Jones and Gilliam - and Eric Idle, came together and changed the face of British comedy. But this is but only part of Palin's story.

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Coffee Table

A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005

Annie Liebovitz

A Photographer's Life

One of the most celebrated photographers of our time presents a selection of her work of the last fifteen years.The book is permeated with strong emotions. Leibovitz's passion for her family and friends is part of a larger passion that extends to the subjects of her professional work, and the two worlds meet thematically. Over 300 photographs are accompanied by an essay by Leibovitz.

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Food & Drink

Apples for Jam

Tessa Kiros

Apples for Jam

Inspired by the excitement and simplicity of childhood, Tessa Kiros has brought together recipes based around colourful, pure, fresh ingredients that create uncomplicated and delicious family meals. The evocative text and innovative recipes are complemented by beautiful photographs and illustrations.

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Children's

Augustus and His Smile

Catherine Rayner

Augustus and His Smile

Augustus the tiger was sad. He had lost his smile. So he did a huge tigery stretch, and set off to find it. In this book, author and illustrator Catherine Rayner celebrates the beauty of the world and the simple happiness it brings us when we open our eyes to it.

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Stocking Fillers

The Dangerous Book for Boys

Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

The Dangerous Book for Boys

If ever there was a book to make you switch off your television set, The Dangerous Book for Boys is it. How many other books will help you thrash someone at conkers, race your own go-cart, and identify the best quotations from Shakespeare? This book gives you facts and figures at your fingertips - swot up on the solar system, learn about famous battles and read inspiring stories of incredible courage and bravery. Teach your old dog new tricks. Make a pinhole camera. Understand the laws of cricket. There's a whole world out there: with this book, anyone can get out and explore it. The perfect gift idea for boys and dads.

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