For your holiday shopping convenience, we have suggestions of University of Wisconsin Press books that would be great gifts! At this special gift suggestions page, find a wide range of selections: biographies, fiction, movies, poetry, traveler’s tales, natural history, Civil War, hunting and fishing, farm stories, classics in translation, Wisconsin, and more. Or just use the “custom search” box in the left sidebar to search our books using the key words of your choice.
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me essays about Hungarian partridge, grouse, quail, woodcock, and other waterfowl in Wingbeats and Heartbeats: Essays on Game Birds, Gun Dogs, and Days Afield.
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me two turtle doves and Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process. 
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a tribute to hens, whether the breed is French, Jersey Giant, or Silver Frizzle Polish, in Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ideas for bringing calling birds to my yard: Birdscaping in the Midwest: A Guide to Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me The Archaeology of the Olympics: The Olympics and Other Festivals in Antiquity. (Five wreaths of olive leaves!)
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Midwest Ramblin’, a CD of old-time songs and tunes by the Goose Island Ramblers.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Writings on Ballet and Music by Fedor Lopukhov, the choreographer who staged the first post-revolutionary productions in the Soviet Union of traditional ballets like Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty as well as avant-garde and experimental works.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me the result of eight maids a 
milking—a nice eight-year-old cheddar made by The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me the lowdown on some inspiring ladies dancing—Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ten collegians boxing in Lords of the Ring: The Triumph and Tragedy of College Boxing’s Greatest Team.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me the CD Les Thimmig Solo, on which Professor Thimmig plays nearly eleven kinds of flutes, clarinets, and other such piping.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me recordings of Ojibwe drummers and other Upper Midwestern traditional and ethnic music, including Norwegian fiddles, polka, salsa, gospel choirs, and Asian-American rock in Down Home Dairyland Recordings and its companion book, Down Home Dairyland: A Listener’s Guide.
Happy New Year!
In preparation for the holidays, we’ve put up our web page of books that we think make especially nice gifts. You can check it out here: http://wwwtest.uwpress.wisc.edu/bagg.html. Or, check out these videos where some of your favorite authors, such as Dan Brown, Neil Gaiman, and Alec Baldwin (Alec Baldwin?) discuss why they think Books Are Great Gifts.
Enjoy!