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Mamamia Xmas Gift Guide: Books

Welcome to the first Mamamia Christmas Gift Guide, we’ll be bringing you more gift guides before Christmas so stay tuned.  Today we are republishing Booktopia’s Gift Guide for Those in a Hurry (with their full permission of course), because Booktopia’s Book Guru John Purcell is very, very funny.

Booktopia has also offered Mamamia readers FREE SHIPPING for a short time only.

To receive free shipping on any order all you need to do is type the word: Mamamia in the promotion code field when you checkout and your order will be shipped  for free.*

*Codes are entered with your payment options at the end of the checkout process, make sure you click the word “Apply” next to the field to apply the discount. Free Shipping code expires midnight 07/12/10.

Click on the links underneath the gallery to go straight to Booktopia’s site to buy the books.

To order your Booktopia gifts for Christmas, keep these dates in mind:

December 1st – Get your orders in to be sure of delivery in time for Christmas.

December 13th – Cut off day for orders of items that are clearly marked on the site as “in-stock”

December 23rd – If all else fails, send a Booktopia Gift Voucher

What books will you be buying as presents this year?

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Click on the links below to buy the books from Booktopia

Boyfriend




Freedom by Jonathan Franzen




Jamie’s 30 Min Meals by Jamie Oliver




Sex, Bombs and Burgers by Peter Nowak




Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

Sister




Omg! I Can Eat That? by Jane Kennedy




Torment by Lauren Kate




Some Girls by Jillian Lauren




Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betancourt

Brother




Mum Had A Kingswood by Tim Ross




Bank Robbery for Beginners by Anthony Prince




The Black Prism by Brent Weeks




Bad Characters by Peter Stanley

The girls at work




Memoirs of a Showgirl by Shay Stafford




Booky Wooky 2 by Russell Brand




My Story by Dannii Minogue




The Romantic by Kate Holden

Old friends

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After The Fall by Kylie Ladd




Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen




So Much For That by Lionel Shriver




The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Husband




Luxury Toys for Men




The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry




Where Did My Libido Go? by Dr Rosie King




The AWW Cooking School

Wife




I Came to Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington




What Men Want In Bed by Bettina Arndt




Lessons in Letting Go by Corinne Grant




The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

Girlfriend




Kitchen by Nigella Lawson




Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert




Something Is Out There by Julie Miller & Grant Osbourn




Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

Mother




Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy




The Making of Modern Australia by William McInnes


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Food Safari by Maeve O’Meara




At Home With The Templetons by Monica McInerney

Father




Atlantic by Simon Winchester




Man Bites Murdoch by Bruce Guthrie




Standing My Ground by Matthew Hayden




The Judas Gate by Jack Higgins

Grandmother




Homecoming by Cathy Kelly




The Plantation by Di Morrissey




At Home by Bill Bryson




The Internet & Email for the Over-50s

Grandfather




The Penguin Book of the Ocean edited by James Bradley




What Makes Us Tick by Hugh Mackay




Fall of Giants by Ken Follett




Macquarie From Colony To Country by Harry Dillon & Peter Butler

Small daughter




Sophie’s Misfortunes by Countess De Segur




The Chronicles of Narnia box set




Anne of Green Gables, complete 8 book box set




Harry Potter boxed set

Grown daughter

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Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan




Complete French book and cd




Vampire Academy box set




The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Small son




The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith




Waddle by Rufus Butler Seder




Diary of a Wimpy Kid box set




Conspiracy 365 box set

Big son




Guitar for Dummies




Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey




Life by Keith Richards




Lights Out in Wonderland by DBC Pierre

Aunt




Mamamia by Mia Freedman




Blue Skies by Fleur McDonald




Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion




Home, New Directions in World Architecture and Design

Uncle




Whales Dophins and Seals by Brett Jarrett and Hadoram Shirihai




Death or Libety, Rebels and Radicals Transported to Australia by Tony Moore

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Nowhere Man by John M. Green




Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey

Nephew




Preincarnate by Shaun Micallef




Shadow Wave by Robert Muchamore




I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore




The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Niece




Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden




Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley




Halo by Alexandra Adornetto




The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Grandchildren




Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak




Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose by Dr Seuss




Possum Magic by Mem Fox




Roald Dahl boxed set

Teachers




Here on Earth by Tim Flannery




The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain De Botton




The Art of Cheating by Jessica Dorfman Jones




Reflections by Ken Duncan