Manolo says, the holidays, they are upon us like the hungry red-and-green colored lion! Quick, you must make it happy by purchasing gifts of merit! Thus, here are four books published in the past year that are worth giving to the people about whom you care. 1. The duchess of smart Mediterranean cooking books, Claudia Roden, is back with this worthy entry, The Food of Spain. 2. It is no secret that the Manolo is intensely fond of the comic novel, and this book about the pair of sibling hired killers, The Sisters Brothers, is the best comic novel of…