Christmas List Recommendations

In no particular order:

Books

Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography - David Michaelis
I'm reading through this now. It is absolutely amazing and could be the best biography I have read in the last five years. Put's Neal Gabler's Walt Disney to shame. Goes in-depth into Schulz's life but isn't too overwhelming. Also connects Schulz and Charlie Brown to the events of the day very effectively.

Traitor to His Class - H.W. Brands
Biography of FDR. Haven't had a chance to pick it up yet, but H.W. Brands was, in the words of one of my professors, "a good guy until he got famous."

Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan - Chip Kidd
A bit pricey for a graphic novel, but it looks way cool.

Video Games

Fallout 3 - Bethesda
We may all already own this, but if not you should go out and buy it now.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Midway
Haven't had a chance to play it yet, but the gameplay on the commercial looks tight. Hopefully they haven't just bitmapped DC characters on top of existing MK people. Surely the Joker's fatality is not up, down, up, down high punch.

Dead Space - EA
Looks like a movie version of Event Horizon, but an interesting premise nonetheless.

Movies

The Dark Knight
Movie of the year for me. Just like in 1989, when EVERYONE was buying the Michael Keaton Batman on VHS, this one is the most have.

John Adams
Emmy nominated historical flick. I met David McCullough.

Generation Kill
I read the book, but haven't seen the movie. Heard great things about it.

Useless Gadgets

Amazon's Kindle
I'm torn on this one. I like getting my books from the library because, well, they are free. However, this gadget looks really, really cool. I can't really justify the cost and, as such, am not asking for it, but it looks really, really cool.