11.   The book features crisp layouts, simple charts and vivid photo illustrations that help the reader digest some complex subjects.

12.   The book features letters from previous years written by adults to the children most important to them.

13.   The book features poetry and prose, songs and spells, literature and liturgy.

14.   The book also features literary excerpts from such world-class connoisseurs and alcoholics as Hemingway and Hammett and some traditional martini recipes.

15.   The book features as many seductions as France has cheeses.

16.   The book features two cardboard replicas of Gingrich, one in elephant-printed boxers, the other in plain white briefs.

17.   The book features angst, civics and thermal bodice ripping, but so far, at least, no covered bridges or movie rights.

18.   The book features several Hollywood collectors, Stern among them, as well as Steve Schwartz, a production designer who collects miniature houses.

19.   The new book featured an introduction by the conservative columnist William F. Buckley Jr.

20.   The new book features lots of sleeping cats, who manage to stand out nicely amidst the whitewashed walls.