Two Beautiful Books

I am working on my nonbusiness writing and reading this weekend. Here are two recommendations for beautiful gift books.

I bought this first recommendation last week and wholeheartedly recommend it for all you tea lovers out there (and what a great gift for your tea loving friends). It is called The Story of Tea. This lush book is well written and has lots of photos. It's a heavy book and worth the $29 cover price (less at Amazon).

The second book is one that I thumbed through at the bookstore and thought to myself - what a wonderful gift for any bird lover. I am just a junior bird lover and was enthralled - I would love to have a copy of this book called simply Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide. This is a big book and the photos and color illustrations are amazing.