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New Books Posted, October 2012 (2)

UNSORTED:

100 Creepy Little Creature Stories
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Genome: Autobiography of A Species in 23 Chapters
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut (Hardbound)
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore (Hardbound)
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner (HB)
A Beginner’s Guide to the World Economy (Updated 2001)
Film Noir Reader (Edited by Alan Silver & James Ursini)
Tell Me Where It Hurts by Nick Trout (Animal Surgeon)
The Best American Poetry 1995 (Richard Howard)
Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica (Confessions of a Cynical Waiter)
How to Live with a Neurotic Cat by Stephen Baker (Hardbound)
In Search of Dracula by Raymond T. McNally & Radu Florescu
The Best American Comics 2006 (Hardbound, Harvey Pekar)
Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers by S.E. Frost, Jr.


The Mammoth Book of Best War Comics (Edited by David Kendall)
Dream Work by Mary Oliver
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Novel, Hardbound)
Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
I Am Legend – Hell House (2-in-1) by Richard Matheson
Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics by Richard Feynman and Steven Weinberg
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher (Anorexia and Bulimia)
The Accidental Billionaires- The Founding of Facebook by Ben Mezrich
101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami
Word Freak: Scrabble by Stefan Fatsis (SIGNED)
The Dangerous Book for Boys by Gonn & Hal Iggulden (Hardbound)
Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert
H.G. Wells: Collector’s Book of Science Fiction (Hardbound)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Hardbound)

MISSED POSTINGS:

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Hardbound)
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon (Hardbound)
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
On Love by Alain de Botton (Hardbound)
Kiss & Tell by Alain de Botton
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell (Advance Reading Copy)
Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier (Hardbound)
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Penguin Dictionary of Marketing by Phil Harris
Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture by Juliet B. Schor
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (Hardbound)
Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone (HB)

How to See Faeries by Brian Froud & John Matthews (Hardbound)
How to Catch Fairies by Gilly Sergiev (Hardbound)
The Reluctant Tuscan: How I Discovered My Inner Italian by Phil Doran
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Hardbound)
Larson’s New Book of Cults by Bob Larson
Elements of Film by Lee R. Bobker
Lo Kuan-Chung’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Thanks for looking!

www.avalon.ph

New Books Posted, October 2012

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (Hardbound)
Chances Are…: Adventures in Probability (Hardbound)
History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat (Hardbound)
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (Hardbound)
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby (Hardbound)
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link (Hardbound)
A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut (Hardbound)
Dragons: Worlds Afire (R.A. Salvatore, Weis & Hickman, etc)
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (Pre-movie cover)
Sleeping Beauty by K.Y. Craft (Hardbound)
The Enchanted World: Wizard and Witches (Hardbound)
Masterpieces of World Literature (Hardbound)

They Have Not Seen The Stars: The Collected Poetry of Ray Bradbury (HB 1/500)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl (HB, SIGNED)
My Favorite Science Fiction Story (Hardbound)
The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Caleb Carr (HB)
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Art & Lies by Jeanette Winterson
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (1964 Nobel Prize Winner)
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (Movie Cover)
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (HB)
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Hardbound)


French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano (HB)
The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss (Hardbound)
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Hardbound)
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
The Modern Witch’s Spellbook by Sarah Lyddon Morrison
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (Hardbound)
Just After Sunset by Stephen King (Hardbound)
99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami
Acquired Tastes by Peter Mayle
Vurt by Jeff Noon (Cyberpunk, Drug Culture)
That Book of Perfectly Useless Information by Mitchell Symons (Trivia)
Practically Useless Information: Food & Drink by Norman Kolpas (HB)
March to Ultimatum, Ultimatum and Ultimatum Companion Comics Hardbound Set

Happy browsing!

www.avalon.ph

Bloom Arts Festival 2012

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Celebrating Creativity : 70+ Artists / 29 Sept 2012 / Cubao X

On September 29, 2012 (5:00pm to 1:00AM), over 70 creative minds and skillful hands come together to celebrate, nourish, and exhibit the art and design of Cubao X.

Avalon.ph will be a merchant at the event. Look for us!


Saturnino Basilla (Dina & Allan), Dex Fernandez, Mariano Ching, Carina Santos, Electrolychee (Marcus & Bru), Jason Moss, Zeus Bascon, Kadin Tiu, Ronald Caringal

Valerie Chua, Thursday Room (Soleil Ignacio / Tokwa Penaflorida / Kris Abrigo), Dan Matutina, Ge Mapa, Aleyn Comprendio, Charles Buenconsejo, Everywhere We Shoot!, Folk Superlative, InkSurge, Idkids

Wiji Lacsamana, Kristine Caguiat, CJ De Silva, Celina De Guzman, Paulina Ortega, Victoria Viray, Serj Bumatay, May Anne Licudine, Katrina Teh, Mai Evangelista, Gigi Lapid, Dang Sering

JP Cuison, Burnwater Art x Design, Ros Velez, Mara Nepomuceno, Ramona Gaston, Spidersilk Productions, Ang Gerilya, Robotars, Urban Toy Designer Philippines, JeAA, Archie Geotina, Aeon Barrameda, Triskaideka, Mikki de la Rea, Nikka Uminga, Sig Torre

Edric Chen, Your Evil Twin, Paolo Ruiz, BJ Pascual, Shaira Luna, Cholo dela Vega, Uro dela Cruz, Dodong dela Cruz, Bia Catbagan, Gabby Cantero, Regine David, Nante Santamaria

Kiko Escora, Apol Sta Maria, Manix Abrera, Cza Javier, Paolo Roa, Rob Cham, John Ed de Vera, Nelz Yumul, Designers of Asia

MOTION
Flux Design Labs, Acid House Post, Arnold Arre, Carl Chua, Dex Fernandez, Clarissa Gonzalez, Johann Tanhueco

LIVEART
Ang Gerilya, Cavity, Tigasouth, Nelz Yumul, Anjo Bolarda, Dex Fernandez, Quiccs, Dee Jae Paeste, Takako Sono

INSTALLATION
Kaloy Olavides
Today X Future (Sharon Atillo, Leah Castaneda, Rendel Natividad & Austin Castaneda)

MARKET
98B, OS, Plastic Octopus, SweetLeaf, Bookay-Ukay, Moon Leaf Tea Shop, Roomix and more!

MUSIC
Earthmover, Similar Objects, Twin Lobster, SINYMA, Gentle Universe

DJ SET BY:
Diego Mapa + Chie Castaneda

With the special participation of Heima, Today x Future, THE Clothing, PenPen's Restaurant, Fred's Revolucion, Escobar, Sweet Ecstasy, Daylight Studios, AvalonPH, and PunchDrunkPanda

FREE ENTRANCE.

Official Bar Host: Today x Future
Official Sound Partner: On-Air Studio
Official Print Media Partner: Philippine Star (Young Star)
Official Online Media Partners: Splintr.com & When In Manila


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Twitter: @bloomarts
E-mail: projectbloom2012@gmail.com

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