Christmas Books

All year long I debate about what books I can't live without and then just before Christmas I go nuts on Amazon and order a bunch of stuff to put under the tree for me.    If I'm lucky, people give me surprise books, too.   I love books. 

This is the stack I ended up with this year.    They're wonderful and you'll be hearing more about each one of them soon.

[One of these days, I'll figure out how to make my camera not make books look all curvy.  I hate that. 
 1/8/12 update:  Got a better pic.  Thanks, Mom, for telling me how to work around the wide angle lens thing.]

What great books have you gotten lately?