FIRST PERSON
The December BookPage interviews:

Anthony Bourdain: On tour with a guerrilla gourmet

Crocs rule! Meet the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin

Tom Cross shows readers the enchanted world of wizards

FEATURES

SPOTLIGHT: Join The Fellowship of the Ring

GIFTS, GIFTS, GIFTS
No need to check twice . . . here's something for everyone on your list

The power of pictures: Gifts for photography lovers

Humerus: Books to tickle your funny bone

Salute to America: A red, white and blue Christmas

Guy gifts: Selections from macho to genteel

Quantum leaps: Mysteries of science made easy

Well read: Timeless literary treasures

Religion: Inspiration for the season

Music: America's soulful soundtrack

Yuletide: Stories for the season

Golf: It's not just a sport, it's an obsession

Hopeful books for Hanukkah
Zigazak! by Eric Kimmel
Snow in Jerusalem by Deborah da Costa

Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher

Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick

The Legend of the Christmas Tree by Rick Osborne

NONFICTION

Nativity Scenes
Night of the Child by Robert Benson

Conservation
The Birds of Heaven by Peter Matthiessen

History
The USS Arizona by Joy Waldron Jasper, James P. Delgado and Jim Adams

Little People
In the Little World by John H. Richardson

Horses, horses, horses
The Tao of Equus by Linda Kohanov

Movie Stars
Their First Time in the Movies by Les Krantz

Baseball
Blue Skies, Green Fields: A Celebration of 50 Major League Baseball Stadiums by Ira Rosen

AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Sounds for the holidays

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: The British are coming

COOKING
Gastronomical gifts galore

BETWEEN THE WINES
A taste of the best

ROMANCE
Love, Exciting & New: Treat yourself to holiday romance

BUSINESS & FINANCE
Gift books get down to business