Al Gini’s Holiday Book Bag

Al Gini’s Holiday Book Bag

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So, it’s crunch time. Only a few precious opportunities left until the big day. If you’re finding yourself still wondering what to get that one person who has everything, how about the gift of knowledge? Eight Forty-Eight’s Resident Philosopher and book worm Al Gini joined us in the studio with his world famous book bag. That might inspire some gift ideas.


The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
Good People
by Marcus Sakey
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt – The Home Front in World War II
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Supreme Courtship
by Christopher Buckley
Lush Life by Richard Price
Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War by Sebastian Faulks
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
Windy City
by Scott Simon
Say You’re One of Them
by Uwem Akpan
Crying at Movies: A Memoir by John Manderino