Here a two new - and extremely large - books produced by Sports Illustrated that would make nice holiday gifts, the last preferably for the single man you know (or one with a very understanding wife!).

Sports Illustrated Baseball's Greatest: Perhaps no sports provides more arguments about who or what is the greatest than baseball. SI polled its baseball experts to provide top 10 list in more than 20 categories. Who's the game's best shortstop of all-time? How about the greatest game played? Or the best stadium? It's all packed in this book, with stunning photographs to boot.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful: Need I say more? OK, let's say more. Some hate the SI swimsuit edition (the magazine offers subscribers the opportunity to refuse it among their subscription), but for those who don't mind it, this mega-over-sized book has it all. There's 308 pages

of stunning swimsuit models through the years in tasteful poses. Every model who's graced an SI swimsuit cover is included, including Kathy Ireland, who's made a record 12 cover appearances.

- Mark Podolski | @mpodo