5 great gift book ideas: something for everyone

From art history to the stars of sports, here are five gift books with wide appeal.

5. 'Infinite Jest,' by Constance C. McPhee and Nadine M. Orenstein

Looking for something a little different for that friend who has got everything?  Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonard to Levine (Yale University Press, $45, 224 pp.) by Constance C. McPhee and Nadine M. Orenstein makes intriguing viewing readers ranging from history junkies to culture vultures. McPhee and Orenstein follow satire from the 16th century to the present, and include examples of caricatures that range from images drawn during the French Revolution up to a cartoon of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

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