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With these selections you can indulge your passion for
entertainment
The Best of
Andrea Bocelli: Vivere
The world’s best-selling tenor’s first greatest hits
collection includes “Time To Say Goodbye,” his
breakthrough smash with Sarah Brightman, “The Prayer,”
another duet made famous with Celine Dion, and more
recent Bocelli staples, “Because We Believe” and “Besame
Mucho.”
Price: $15 / ww.amazon.com
Rachael Ray’s
Just in Time
Perfect for the capable cook who’s looking for new
ideas or the young adult who can’t cook anything
beyond grilled cheese, this collection of recipes
ranging from 15-minute quickies to Ray's trademark
30-minute meals to more elaborate 60-minute
creations.
Price: $20 / www.barnesandnoble.com
NFL Films
Super Bowl
Collection Four-Pack Make the off-season a little easier
to bear with this collection of NFL Film recaps of every
Super Bowl from I through XL. The earlier games are
especially fun to watch, with moments that have become
legend (like Lynn Swann’s MVP performance in Super
Bowl X) narrated by the great John Facenda, the NFL’s
“Voice of God.” Overall, the discs include 47 hours
of footage.
Price: $100 / www.amazon.com
Microsoft
Money 2008
Help that finance-challenged friend keep tabs on his
money with this software that puts everything –
checkbook register, credit cards, mortgage, car loan,
investments – in one easy place to access on a
computer. With a quick glance, you see how much money
you have, what you owe, what bills need to be paid and
when. It even downloads data directly from your bank to
make it easier to balance your accounts.
Price: $50 / www.newegg.com
 The
Dangerous Book for Boys
A throwback to the pre-video game days when boys went
outside and did things, this half-instructional,
half-historical book by Conn and Hal Iggulden for boys
(and their dads) contains chapters on everything from
building tree houses and making fantastic paper
airplanes to the Battle of Waterloo and even how to talk
to girls.
Price: $25 / ww.borders.com
The War: A
Ken Burns Documentary
From horrifying to heroic to bittersweet to joyous, this
15-hour documentary captures the range of the American
experiences in World War II. The War follows four
distinctly different American towns and how the war
affected the residents, both those who joined the fight
overseas and those who stayed home to help the war
effort. The film’s stories are told through historical
footage (much of it restored and rarely-seen) and
interviews with combatants and home-front residents. A
must-watch for anybody who lived through the time or who
has an interest in U.S. history.
Price: $80 / www.amazon.com
Other
People’s Love Letters (You Were Never Meant to See)
Compiled by former Life magazine editor Bill Shapiro,
this collection of real-life love letters is full of
provocation, guilt, vulnerability, and all that other
good stuff. The result is a startling and intimate look
at the joyous passion that comes with falling in love
and the heartbreak that too often follows.
Price: $22 / www.barnesandnoble.com
 Frank
Sinatra: The Best of the Capitol Years Sinatra Reprise:
The Very Good Years
It’s a tough business for people trying to give the
gift of Sinatra. On the one hand, Capitol Records has
several greatest-hits albums of Frank at what was
probably his vocal peak, singing standards like “Witchcraft”
and “All of Me.” But when he left to form Reprise
records in the 1960s, he recorded what would become his
most beloved songs, like “Strangers in the Night”
and “The Way You Look Tonight.” Make somebody happy
this holiday season and give both. For about $20, you
can give the essential American songbook sung by the man
who cast the mold for the modern American pop star.
Price: $10 each / www.amazon.com
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