Think Globally, Give Locally Authored Books

by Dick Jordan

As the shopping days left until Christmas dwindle like leaves on storm-blown trees and rain pelting down in the Bay Area dissuades you from going on a wet and wild shopping expedition, don’t despair!  Just finish checking off names on your Christmas gift list while sitting in the comfort of your home and giving the gifts that keep on giving:  Books purchased on-line from Book Passage.  And don’t forget that the Twelve Days of Christmas starts on Christmas Day and runs through January 5th, the eve of Epiphany, giving you a dozen more days to get that special gift book wrapped and delivered!

Here are my top ten choices for holiday gift books, all from writers and photographers with close ties to the San Francisco Bay Area.  Each book is either on my own bookshelf or has been lent out by me to a lucky friend.  All are available in either hardcover or paperback.