Two of my Christmas gift books:
Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
and my "bathroom companion":
Weird Pennsylvania by Mark Sceurman, Mark Moran (the editors of Weird NJ mag and the "Weird US" TV show)
He was part of the morning team on Air American. I think he's left the show. He did a similar book for Ohio. Neat, weird stuff.