What are some good nonfiction books that would work well as gifts?

Plato's Republic

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>>8413233
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

A poetry collection would be good. Neruda always makes a good gift. Just don't give them his Canto General, that shit is too big.

>>8413235
this looks good I'll try and find it
>>8413272
this might be difficult to get in a few days, but I can try

Sublime Object Of Ideology or fuck off

>>8413235
Sounds interesting my dude thank you for bringing that to my attention

>>8413411
i just remember i saw this at an airport bookstore once and i was reading the description on the back and i was like what is this doing here?

>>8413233
Last Train To Memphis by Peter Guralnick

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The Amateur: Barack Obama in the Whitehouse

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Is that pic from Taschen/design anon?

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>>8413452
It was very big amongst wall street/technocrats a few years back

>>8413233
who is it for?
what do they like?
what is your budget?

>>8414179
A Friend. He generally likes informational, historical, or autobiographical nonfiction, rather than novels, and my budget is in the range of $20 or so.
I don't have enough time to have it shipped to me, so it would be best if I could get a hold of it from a local bookstore.

>>8414884
get a nice edition of voyage of the beagle by charles darwin

Something hip about statistics or game theory.