NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Snuggie, hot coco, fireplace, and slippers. What's missing from this picture? The perfect book! As millions take refuge indoors this winter they will need something to curl up to -- and a Wii or iPhone just won't do the trick. So check out Oxford's holiday gift guide and find the book to make your loved ones' winter hibernation complete.

1.) For sprawlers...

ATLAS OF THE WORLD

16th Edition

$80.00 | 448 pages | ISBN13: 9780195393286

Glossy pages of gorgeous satellite images and the most current geographic information can all be found in the only atlas updated annually. A new durable paper-over-board matte cover makes it safe for hours of floor usage.

2.) For anyone still looking for the right word...

Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary

With Additional Material from A Thesaurus of Old English

Edited by Christian Kay, Jane Roberts, Michael Samuels, Irene Wotherspoon

$395.00 ? 4448 pages ? ISBN13: 9780199208999

A 40-year project in the making, this is the first historical thesaurus to include almost the entire vocabulary of English, from Old English to the present day. In breathtaking detail the HTOED shows the earliest recorded use of each word, lists synonyms in chronological order (with the earliest synonyms first), and details the change and development of the English language.

3.) For those with a "dirty" mouth...

THE F-WORD

Third Edition

Edited by Jesse Sheidlower, foreword by Lewis Black

$16.95| 270 pages | ISBN13: 9780195393118

OED Editor at Large Jesse Sheidlower tours the f-bomb and its illimitable uses since the 15th century. Double in size since the previous edition, The F-Word can still squeeze into a stocking.

4.) For those who want to learn an untold story...

WHY THIS WORLD

A Biography of Clarice Lispector

By Benjamin Moser

$29.95 | 544 pages | ISBN13: 9780195385564

"That rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," Clarice Lispector is one of the most popular but least understood of modern Latin American writers. Clarice lovers and novices alike will be enraptured by the story of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

5.) For those one-woman types...

Goddess of the Market

Ayn Rand and the American Right

By Jennifer Burns

$27.95 |362 pages |9780195324877

Drawing on unprecedented and unrestricted access to Rand's private papers and the original unedited versions of Rand's journals, Jennifer Burns offers a groundbreaking reassessment of this key cultural figure, examining her life, her ideas, and her impact on conservative political thought.

6.) For anyone that's a sucker for "new beginnings" stories...

EMPIRE OF LIBERTY

A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

By Gordon S. Wood

$35.00 ?800 Pages ?ISBN13: 9780195039146

Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gordon S. Wood reveals the tumultuous changes that took place as America took its first steps in the newest edition to The Oxford History of the United States -- by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation.

7.) For anyone who has taken interest in a vampire or werewolf this year...

ON MONSTERS

by Stephen Asma

$27.95 ?351 Pages ?ISBN13: 9780195336160

A revealing history of monsters and the shapes they are likely to take in the future. Asma describes how monsters, from the obvious movie creatures to terrorists to serial killers, embody our deepest anxieties and vulnerabilities, and symbolize the mysterious territory just beyond the safe enclosures of rational thought.

8.) For those who want to know what happened before The Beatles: Rock Band debuted...

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll

An Alternative History of American Popular Music

By Elijah Wald

$24.95 ?336 Pages ?ISBN13: 9780195341546

From John Philip Sousa's marching band and the advent of the Victrola to the splintering effect the Beatles success had on rock and roll, Wald takes the unconventional route to help us hear American popular music with new ears.

SOURCE Oxford University Press

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