Toronto Women's Bookstore
http://www.womensbookstore.com
416-922-8744

1. TWB Holiday Gift Suggestions
2. Extended Hours during December

1. SHOPPING FOR THAT CERTAIN SOMEONE? HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE TWB STAFF

FOR THE ACTIVIST
* Instant Mix Imperial Democracy: Two Talks by Arundhati Roy on DVD. AK Press $40.75
* Ordinary Person's Guide to the Empire, by Arundhati Roy. South End Press, $16.25
* George W. Bush Coloring book, by Karen Ocker $12.50
* Another World is Possible if….by Susan George. Verso, $24
* That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, by Matt Berinstein Sycamore. Soft Skull Press, $23.95

FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE-TO-BUY-FOR-BECAUSE-SHE’S-READ-EVERYTHING AUNT
* No Nonsense Guide to Women’s Rights by Nikki Van Der Gaag. New Internationalist, $14.95
* If Women Ruled the World: How to Create the World We Want to Live In, edited by Sheila Ellison. Inner Ocean Publishing $20.95
* Persepolis 1 $16.95 and Persepolis 2 $25.95, by Marjane Satrapi. Pantheon Books.
* Roar Softly and Carry a Great Lipstick: 28 Women Writers Reflect on Life, Sex and Survival, edited by Autumn Stephens. Inner Ocean Press, $20.95

FOR YOUR 10-YEAR-OLD NIECE
* Heaven Shop, by Deb Ellis. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, $12.95
* Every Girl Every Boy poster, $9.95
* Agnes Parker: Girl in Progress, by Kathleen O'Dell. Puffin, $8.99
* Crafty Diva's DIY Stylebook: A Grrrl's Guide to Cool Creations, by Kathy Cano Murillo. Watson, $33.50
* Behind the Mountains, by Edwidge Danticat. Scholastic, $10.99

FOR THE MUSIC LOVER
* Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture, by Carolyn Cooper. Palgrave, $33.95
* Rebel Musics: Human Rights, Resistant Sounds and the Politics of Music Making, by Daniel Fischlin and Ajay Heble. Black Rose Books, $24.99
* This Island, by Le Tigre. $16.95

FOR THE SERIOUS SCHOLAR
*Theory trading cards, featuring bell hooks, Michel Foucault and 19 other fun cards! $17.50
*Undoing Gender, by Judith Butler. Routledge, $31.95
*Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire, by Cynthia Enloe. University of California Press, $26.95
*"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood, by Bonita Lawrence. UBC Press, $34.95
*Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food and Piano Lessons and the Search for a Room of My Own Patricia Williams. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, $36.00

FOR THE NEW MOM
*Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide, by Arlene Istar Lev. Berkely Publishing, $22
*Mother Outlaws: Theories and Practices of Empowered Mothering, edited by Andrea O'Reilly. Women's Press, $49.95
*Essential Hip Mama: Writing from the Cutting Edge of Parenting, edited by Ariel Gore. Seal Books, $20.95
*Mamaphiles: A Mama Zine Collection. $6.00

FOR YOUR YOUNGER SISTER WHO YOU’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO FEMINISM
*Shameless Magazine $4.95
*Damned Dollies T-Shirts, $18.95
*F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy, by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner. Seal Books, $20.95
*Fire this Time: Young Women and the New Feminism edited by Vivien Labaton and Dawn Lundy Martin. Anchor, $22.95
*Kung-Fu for Girls: Self Defense with Style, by Simon Harrison. Quirk Books, $13.95

FOR YOUR BEST FRIEND
*Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation: 50 Hip, Even Funkier Patterns, by Debbie Stoller. Workman, $19.95
*I Am a Red Dress, by Anna Camilleri. Arsenal Pulp Press, $19.95
*SuicideGirls, by Missy Suicide. Feral House, $27.95
*Candy, by Mian Mian. Little Brown, $19.95
*Speak, so You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, by Lucy Hurston. Doubleday, $44.95
*Locas: A Love and Rockets Book, by Jaime Hernandez. Fantagraphic Books, $69.95
*Peril of Magnificent Love, by Emma Magenta. Andrews McNeel, $14.95
*Truth About Stories, a Native Narrative, by Thomas King. House of Anansi Press, $18.95

FOR THE CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE
*Skin Again by bell hooks. Hyperion, $23.99
*Beautiful Bananas, by Elizabeth Laird. Oxford UP, $9.95
*Dora books, assorted prices
*Fair Trade Advent Calendar by New Internationalist. $14.95
*Everywhere Babies board book, by Susan Meyers. Red Wagon Press, $9.95

FOR YOUR MOM WHO DOESN’T LIKE TO READ
*Women’s Daybook 2005. Sumach Press, $14.95
*Choose a book from our selection of Art and Photography books
*One Blood CD, by Lila Downs, $20.00
*Hallelujah: The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes, by Maya Angelou. Random House, $42.00 *Breaking Free: Women of Spirit at Midlife and Beyond, by Marilyn Sewell. Beacon Press, $23.95

FOR THE HISTORY BUFF
*Sisters or Strangers? Immigrant, Ethnic, and Racialized Women in Canadian History edited by Marlene Epp, Franca Iacovetta and Frances Swyripa. University of Toronto Press, $29.95
*Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada’s Past featuring Tantoo Cardinal, Tomson Highway and Lee Maracle. Doubleday. $32.95
*Pocahantas: Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat, Medicine Woman, by Paula Gunn Allen. Harper Collins, $22.50 *What Casanova Told Me, by Susan Swan. Knopf Canada, $34.95
*Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics, edited by Aviva Chomsky. Duke University Press, $37.95.

FOR YOUR MAIN SQUEEZE
*Naughty Fairy Tales from A to Z: Racy, Retold Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes, edited by Alison Tyler. Plume Books, $20.00
*Box Lunch: The Layperson's guide to Cunnilingus, by Diana Cage. Alyson Publications, $19.50
*L-Word 1st Season DVD. $85.95

FOR YOUR SECONDARY SQUEEZE
*Very Naughty Origami, by Nick Robinson. Universe Books, $23.95
*Damned Dollies Underwear $8.50
*Salt Roads, by Nalo Hopkinson. Warner Books, $21.95
*S.M.U.T. Magazine, $9.95

FOR YOUR SEX-POSITIVE FRIEND
*Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual by Elizabeth Topp and Dr. Carol Livoti. Thunder’ s Mouth Press, $21.00
*Rent Girl, by Michelle Tea. Last Gasp, $33.50
*Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability, edited by Cory Silverburg, Miriam Kaufman and Fran Odette. Cleis Press, $25.50

FOR YOUR DAD
*Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Doubleday, $21.00
*It’s the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil and the Fight for the Planet, by Linda McQuaig. Doubleday, $35.95
*Motorcycle Diaries, by Ernesto Che Guevara. Ocean Press, $20.95
*In-Between World of Vikram Lall, by M.J. Vassanji. Doubleday, $21.00

STOCKING STUFFERS UNDER $15
*Savon Populaire assorted soaps, by Alysia Melnychuk, $5.00
*Deadpan Nipple Change Purses, by Catherine Stinson $13.95
*Christmas ornaments with African Symbolism, by Cheryl Edwards, $4.00
*Upstones: small round magnets with different themes: eg. dog-lovers’, cat-lovers’ and more! $6.50 to $7.95
*Queer Magnetic Poetry Kit, $14.95

FOR THE POETRY LOVER
*Small Arguments by Souvankham Thammavongsa. Pedlar Press, $17.95
*Controlling the Silver, by Lorna Goodison. University of Illinois Press, $21.00
*School Among the Ruins, by Adrienne Rich. WW Norton, $34.00
*Teeth Marks, by Sina Queyras. Nightwood, $16.00

FOR THE FICTION FIEND
*Small Island, by Andrea Levy. Review, 24.95
*Runaway, by Alice Munro. McClelland and Stewart, $34.99
*Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Anchor Books, $18.00
*Book of Salt, by Monique Truong. Mariner, $18.95
*Girl Like Sugar, by Emily Pohl-Weary. McGilligan Books, $24.95
*Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties, by Felecia Luna Lemus. Seal Books, $19.50

FOR THE CULTURE LOVER
*Working Women, by Mendelson Joe. ECW Press, $29.95
*Witness my Shame: Bookworks and Drawings, by Shary Boyle. Conundrum Press, $19.95
*Blackboards DVD, by Samira Makhmalbaf. Mongrel Media, $32.95
*Belong: A TV Journalist’s Search for Urban Culture, by Jennifer Morton. Insomniac Press, $29.95

As an alternative to buying a gift, consider making a donation in someone’s name to one of many important organizations in Toronto, Canada and around the world, including these local organizations:

December 6th Fund
P.O. Box 53, 552 Church St
Toronto, ON M4Y 2E3
www.dec6fund.ca

Native Women's Resource Centre
191 Gerrard St. E. Toronto, ON M5A 2E5
www.nativewomenscentre.org

The Toronto Women’s Bookstore is Canada’s largest non-profit, feminist, independent bookstore. We would like to thank you for your support throughout the year. Please contact us if you have any suggestions for us. We sell gift certificates all year round, in any denomination.

2. Extended December Hours

Saturday December 18: 10am to 7pm
Sunday December 19: 11am to 6pm
Monday December 20: 10am to 8pm
Tuesday December 21: 10am to 8pm
Wednesday December 22: 10am to 8pm
Thursday December 23: 10am to 8pm
Friday December 24: 10am to 4pm
CLOSED SATURDAY DEC 25 and SUNDAY DEC 26
Regular Store hours resume Monday December 27, 2004
CLOSED SATURDAY JANUARY 1, 2005
Regular Store hours resume Sunday, January 2, 2005