Kramers Gift Guide 2018 #1

12.14.18

Check out our gift recommendations for friends, family, and people who you only know one thing about!

For Your Psychic Aunt

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, Slouching Towards Bethlehem remains, forty years after its first publication, the essential portrait of America-- particularly California--in the sixties. It focuses on such subjects as John Wayne and Howard Hughes, growing up a girl in California, ruminating on the nature of good and evil in a Death Valley motel room, and, especially, the essence of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, the heart of the counterculture.

For Your Bowling League Teammate

Where’s the Dude? by Sharm Murugiah and Adam Woodward
Everyone loves The Dude, the shaggy, laid-back burnout from The Big Lebowski. But what if this hapless figure somehow found his way into a completely different movie, perhaps from another era? Spot our hero as he ambles his way through the sets of 12 iconic movies, from Titanic to Apocalypse Now, The Wizard of Oz to Rocky, along with a host of other iconic movie characters and references in every scene.

For Those Who Get Shit Done (or aspire to do so)

Calligraphuck Getting Shit Done List Ledger

 For Your “Not Before My Coffee” Coworker

Craft Coffee: A Manual: Brewing a Better Cup at Home by Jessica Easto with Andreas Willhoff
A comprehensive guide to improving home coffee making, written by a coffee enthusiast for coffee enthusiasts. Includes information on 10 different manual brewing methods, such as French press, Chemex, and V60, as well as advice on selecting beans, choosing equipment, and deciphering coffee bags.

Where to Drink Coffee by Avidan Ross and Liz Clayton
Where to Drink Coffee is the insider's guide. The best 150 baristas and coffee experts share their secrets - 600 spots across 50 countries - revealing where they go for coffee throughout the world. Places chosen range from cafés, bakeries, and restaurants to some more surprising spots, including a video store and an auto shop. The recommendations come with insightful reviews, key information, specially commissioned maps, and an easy-to-navigate geographical organization. It's the only guide you need to get the best coffee in memorable global locations.

Kramers Mug
Not just for coffee!

For Your Newly Single Mail Carrier

Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi
In Simple, powerhouse author, chef, and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi presents 130 flavor-forward recipes that can be made easily in one or more ways: in 30 minutes or less, with 10 or fewer ingredients, in a single pot, using pantry staples, or prepared ahead of time for easy weeknight meals.

 For Your Non-Binary Nibling (look it up)

Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani
With a radical and inclusive approach to history, Modern HERstory profiles and celebrates seventy women and nonbinary champions of progressive social change in a bold, colorful, illustrated format for all ages. Despite making huge contributions to the liberation movements of the last century and today, all of these trailblazers come from backgrounds and communities that are traditionally overlooked and under-celebrated: not just women, but people of color, queer people, trans people, disabled people, young people, and people of faith. Authored by rising star activist Blair Imani, Modern HERstory tells the important stories of the leaders and movements that are changing the world right here and right now—and will inspire you to do the same.

Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017 by Helena Reckitt
A comprehensive international survey of feminist art: From highlighting the posters of the Suffrage Atelier, through the radical art of Judy Chicago and Carrie Mae Weems, to the cutting-edge work of Sethembile Msezane and Andrea Bowers, The Art of Feminism traces the way feminists have shaped visual arts and media throughout history.

For Your Friend Whose Building Doesn’t Allow Pets

Root, Nurture, Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants by Caro Langton and Rose Ray
The stylish handbook shows you how to make the most of your favorite houseplants through simple, beginner-friendly propagation techniques (such as stem cutting, rooting in water, runners, offsets, grafting, division and more), as well as resourceful DIY projects including homemade rooting mediums, seed-bombs, and a self-watering plant pot.

For Your Emotionally Sound Accountant

The Woman Destroyed by Simone De Beauvoir
In three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times [London]), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. Enthralling as faction, suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best.

For Your Pagan Neighbor

The Unemployed Philosophers Guild Secular Saint Candles

For Your White Elephant Exchange

Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump and Tony Schwartz
Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker’s art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur—the ultimate read for anyone interested in the man behind the spotlight.

For Your Book Club Bestie

Kramers Limited Edition Ornament
Much like your friendship, this ornament is shatterproof.

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