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UUA Bookstore Holiday Gift GuideWelcome to our 2008 Holiday Gift Guide! We’ve put together a collection of books that we know will make unique and meaningful gifts for your friends and family. We invite you to look through them with everyone in mind – UUs, children, nature lovers, writers, readers, history buffs, animal activists and spiritual seekers. A Child’s Book of Blessings and Prayers by Eliza Blanchard and A Little History of the World by E.M. Gombrich are great choices for children. Blanchard is a UU minister here in Massachusetts, and her book, new this year, has been tremendously well received among parents. This picture book is perfect for young children. Gombrich’s book for older children is a gem from 1935 Germany. A then 26-year old art student created a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind’s experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity’s achievements and an acute witness to its frailties. In Praise of Animals, collected by Edward Searl, is a gift that we here at the bookstore give regularly to the animal lovers in our own lives. It’s full of poems, quotations and readings like this, “In a world of No,/ Dogs are a Yes,” and “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” 100 Ways to Keep the Soul Alive, by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat and A Grateful Heart by MJ Ryan are perfect for those seeking spiritual clarity or practice. Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of this World for Crucifixion and Empire by Rebecca Parker and Rita Nakashima Brock is a brilliant and fascinating new work was just chosen as the book of the year by Publisher’s Weekly. It seeks to explain why, for a thousand years, there were no images of Jesus’ brutal crucifixion, but rather only art depicting a vibrant savior surrounded by earthly paradise. Take a moment to browse through the titles we’ve chosen. Happy Holidays! Rose Hanig & the UUA Bookstore Staff |
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