In the spirit of Christmas, Financial News is delighted to suggest some potential uses for those rather large but unread and unwanted books you received last year. Books like Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America's Leading Corporations by one Bruce Wasserstein, the chairman of Lazard, who clearly felt his talents extended to writing.

A website for gadgets and gifts called Boysstuff has come up with a use for Bruce's tome: cut out the inside pages and turn it into a hidden safe for your valuables. Ingenious. The question is whether the cash and valuables that fit inside the book are worth more than Bruce's words of wisdom.