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Here are a few books Houstonist thinks your friends and family won't use for doorstops (that's the fruitcake, right?). Everyone likes a good read, or at least a smart-looking book to sit on the nightstand. Give these a try. And shop at your local independent bookstore -- they can give you even more recommendations, and probably a good cup of coffee as well.

, an exhibit of 200 preserved, mostly skinless human cadavers in various poses that is premiering in Houston.

There's nothing quite like dueling museum exhibits — especially when they involve dead bodies. And Houstonians will have the chance to see both of them this year: Bodies: The Exhibition, which opens in mid-April at the Museum of Health & Medical Science, and Body Worlds, opening this summer at the Museum of Natural Science. The exhibits showcase preserved, skinned cadavers in various poses: playing chess, running, stretching and even holding their own skins as if...