The Point Holiday Books 2009

Here is the list of our books mentioned this morning on The Point.  We had lots of fun this morning, and hope you enjoyed the show. If you missed it you can listen to the repeat tonight on WCAI at 7:30 and there will be a podcast available as well.

Melanie’s Books

Wishin’ and Hopin’: a Christmas story by Wally Lamb

A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry

25 Days, 26 Ways … to Make This the Best Christmas Ever by Ace Collins

Mrs. Scrooge by Carol Ann Duffy

Knit the Season: a Friday Night Knitting Club Novel by Kate Jacobs

Fancy Nancy’s Splendiferous Christmas written by Jane O’Connor ; illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

An Amish Christmas : December in Lancaster County ; three Amish Christmas novellas. Includes: A Miracle for Miriam by Kathy Fuller—A Choice to Forgive by Beth Wiseman—One Child by Barbara Cameron

Christmas Miscellany: everything you always wanted to know about Christmas by Jonathan Green

Jill’s Books

Harbor & Home: furniture of southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 by Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, and Jack O’Brien

The 1858 Map of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, & Nantucket by Henry F. Walling

Camera: a history of photography from daguerreotype to digital by Todd Gustavson in conjunction with the George Eastman House

A Baker’s Field Guide to Christmas Cookies by Dede Wilson

Elizabeth David’s Christmas edited by Jill Norman

500 Christmas Ideas: celebrate the season in splendor by Kimberly Meisner

Holiday Lights by David Seidman

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville (ANY edition!)

Moby-Dick or, The Whale presented by Jan Needle, illustrated by Patrick Benson (just out in paperback, abridged version … “a compelling invitation to readers to someday discover the full text”)

Moby-Dick: a pop-up book by Sam Ita. (It has to be seen to be believed.)

A Whalers’ Dictionary by Dan Beachy-Quick (for people who already are possessed by Moby-Dick, and want more.)

Saving Santa’s Seals by T. M. Murphy