Gifted: 1,000 Gift Ideas for Everyone in Your Life [Paperback]

Sarah Weidman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 3, 2006

1,000 gift ideas for everyone in your life-no matter what their type!

From a self-proclaimed shopaholic, Gifted identifies more than 20 different personalities-from The Curious Kid and The Sporty Adventurer to The Big Boss, The Quirky Pal, and The Sweet 16-and provides specific and original ideas for each one. The first gift guide to organize gift recipients according to personality type, Gifted:

- Provides essential shopping info, such as where to buy each gift online and how much they cost
- Inspires out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to gift ideas
- Presents unique services, stores, and products
- Introduces new and creative occasions for giftgiving, such as the Nouveau Divorcé, The Mommy-Any-Minute, and the Gay Hooray

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About the Author

Sarah Weidman has been Vice President of Development for Sony Pictures Television. At MTV, where she was Vice President of Development, she was involved in the creation, development, and production of such hit shows as The Osbournes, Making the Video, FM Nation, and I Want to be a VJ.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (October 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399532994
• ISBN-13: 978-0399532993
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,403,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired gift ideas, November 18, 2006

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Flower Girl (northeast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gifted: 1,000 Gift Ideas for Everyone in Your Life (Paperback)

A fantastic resource for hundreds of "I never knew that was out there" gift ideas. The book is well organized into 30 chapters with gift ideas for teens, parents, kids, bosses, gay, mom to be, etc. Each suggestion is followed by a short description and a web site address. Every web site I went to was easy to find and easy to navigate (no "under construction" messages!)

Who knew you could buy a customized Rubik's cube with your photos on each side, Nesting dolls with your family painted on them, a tonsillectomy survivor kit, a bowling ball with Hello Kitty on it or a Jello shot kit. I certainly never knew these things were out there! There are dozens of "...of the month" ideas and lots of resources for customized items.

At best you'll find something that will leave everyone thinking you are a clever and imaginative gift giver. At worst you'll get a good laugh out of some of the ideas.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I never knew he/she needed that!!, March 25, 2007

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Jessica Lux (Rosamond, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gifted: 1,000 Gift Ideas for Everyone in Your Life (Paperback)

Gifted is a list of "1,000 Gift Ideas for Everyone in Your Life." The book is not a list of ideas or inspiration; rather, it contains specific product descriptions and websites where such items can be purchased. For anyone looking for a "unique" or offbeat gift idea, and directions on how to obtain it, this book is invaluable. Dozens of chapters focus on parents, siblings, children of different ages, gay men, co-workers, professional relationships, religious gifts, gifts for life events, and more.

The book is overly large for the amount of text--with some better formatting and paper, it could have been half the thickness. Since it contains webstore products, there is a risk of items (or entire stores) being discontinued. The information presented herein, in fact, would be better suited to an electronic document with hyperlinks, but I'm not sure I would have paid the cover charge (book price) to get to a list of gift ideas on the web. As it is, this book is a perfect item to check out from the library at the holiday time or when you are in a pinch for good ideas.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Over-Gifted, November 15, 2007

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Cecilia P - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gifted: 1,000 Gift Ideas for Everyone in Your Life (Paperback)

Interesting. . . not mind-boggling. Anyone who subscribes to magazines other than National Geographic probably has a lot of this information already. I'm guessing you could Google any gift idea and get more website suggetions than you could handle. . . maybe that's the problem? Anyway, I don't think you'll get unbelievably new ideas from this book.