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Books make great gifts. They’re entertaining, enlightening, and — to the relief of some — easy to wrap. This gift-giving season, Colorado Matters asked Emily Sinclair, owner of Paonia Books on Grand Avenue in Paonia, for recommendations of good reads with Colorado connections.