Dear Readers,

This week's Reader is featuring some of our favorite gift ideas in the store--everything from monk-made fudge to relaxing bath salts. There's still plenty of time to finish checking off your gift-giving to-do lists, and if you are searching for a little inspiration, look no further than down below.  

Games and Puzzles
Bananagrams

Special Language Editions: English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian

From the English Edition: "THE ANAGRAM GAME THAT WILL DRIVE YOU BANANAS! Go bananas making crossword grids in a race to the finish! Players race against each other to complete a crossword grid using all their letter tiles first. Bananagrams� needs no pencil, paper or board. Fast, fun, and great travel! 1-8 players/ AGES 7+"

From the Special Language Edition: "Whether you're a native speaker or a learner you can now enjoy BANANAGRAMS� while sharpening your skills. Each game contains 144 tiles with the specific letter breakdown for that language. Practice spelling, develop vocabulary, and learn through play! Instructions and tags are written in Spanish and English (French and English; German and English; Italian and English)."

Price: $15.95 each
 
B onus: Pair a foreign language Bananagrams with its Living Language Page-A-Day calendar counterpart and get 10% off both. (Limited to stock on hand.)
Hanayama Cast Puzzles
 

Puzzle inventors from all over the world compete for their designs to be chosen by this top-notch puzzle line. Variety of models; varying difficulty from level 1 to 6!

Price: $11.99 each
 
Nene Imagination Puzzles
 
Puzzles are geared towards promoting problem solving to enhance science, technology, and math at an early age. Both Animal and Pattern-themed, stimulating for brains young and old!


Price: $24.99 
 
New York Puzzle Company
 
Holiday-themed and other style jigsaw puzzles for family fun!


"NYPC puzzles' vintage aesthetics and iconic imagery inspire a feeling that is at once nostalgic and fun. Not just challenging but also beautiful, each completed puzzle is gallery worthy; many of our customers love to frame their finished puzzles and hang them on their walls as works of art." -from newyorkpuzzlecomany.com



Prices Vary 
Treats
Brigittine Monk Fudge 

Fudge flavors we carry: chocolate, chocolate with nuts, dark chocolate, pecan praline, hazelnut. 

"All flavors of fudge are packaged in one-pound containers. Founded in 1370 and dedicated to a life of prayer and work, the Brigittine Monks are completely self-supporting. In our Monastery located in the lush Willamette Valley in Oregon, the monks quietly go about producing some of the most delicious candy in the world. We blend the finest quality ingredients including real chocolate, fresh dairy butter, real cream, the freshest nuts, and real flavors. We use only the best and freshest ingredients. Our Gourmet Confections have received hundreds of accolades from candy experts and customers alike. Numerous television programs, including the ABC Nightly News and CNN, have featured segments about our candy. We have also been featured on the game show Jeopardy." -from brigittine.org

Price: $14.95 each
Miscellaneous Fun
Lithographs 

Tattoos:
"Every Litograph design emerges from the text of a book. Just as the words on the pages of your favorite novel come alive in your imagination, our products are designed to illustrate the memorable characters and scenes rooted in text and imitated on stage. We work closely with professional artists to create a new visual experience for classic and contemporary works alike. From a distance, the artwork illustrates a theme, character, or setting from each book's descriptive pages. Move closer and the text becomes fully legible." -from 
litographs.com

Price: $4.95

P Flynn Designs: Cards, Medals, Bath Salts
  
From Portland, Oregon: "Here at the Phun House, we believe in attention to detail, thinking good thoughts, a sense of humor, that gift-giving feeds the soul, a daily dose of chocolate and loving what you do." 
-from pflynndesign.com

Prices range from $18.95 (Medals), to $6.95 (Bath Salts), to $4.95 (Cards)
Graphite Drawing Instrument

New styles in this week!

Price: $16.95
Books and Bookish Things

Price: $26.00 Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company ISBN: 9780316256452

Price: $20.00 Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780143126676

Price: $20.00 Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780547974514
by Amy E. Achaibou
  

Price: $9.95 
Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9781452136295
by Stephin Merritt  

Price: $19.95 Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393240191
by Guinness World Records 

Price: $28.95 Hardcover
Publisher: Guinness World Records ISBN: 9781908843630

Shambala Pocket Classics
Two new Shambhala Classics to carry in your pocket: Mindfulness on the Go by Jan Chozen Bays and Practicing Peace by Pema Chodron.

Price: $8.95 Paperback
Publisher: Shambhala ISBN: 9781611801705

 
by Pema Chodron

Price: $8.95 Paperback
Publisher: Shambhala ISBN: 9781611801897

by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin  

Price: $15.95 Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393245608
by Inca Starzinsky and Ruth Williams

Price: $29.95 Hardcover
Publisher: Laurence King ISBN: 9781856699518

Price: $12.95 Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing ISBN: 9780761179924
by Carli Davidson

Price: $17.99 Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Design ISBN: 9780062351722
by Seth Casteel

Price: $21.00 Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company ISBN: 9780316254892