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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE with John-Paul Sarni

Season 1, Ep. 17

In which John-Paul opens up a big pile of bookmail to talk about the best holiday gifts for the season.


HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE BOOKS

Stanley Tucci - What I Ate in a Year

Nicholas Fox Weber - Mondrian: His Life, His Art, His Quest for the Absolute

Jackie Wullschläger - Monet: The Restless Vision

Liz McNeil and RoseMarie Terenzio - JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biograph

Todd Stern - Landing the Paris Climate Agreement

Tony Blair - On Leadership

Ruby Blondell - Helen of Troy in Hollywood

Stephen Fry - Odyssey

Sam Leith - The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading

Alice Loxton - Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives

Sarah Chapelle - Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras

Frank De Caro - Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania under the Mirror Ball

Christian Siriano - The New Red Carpet

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