New Titles Posted, November 2008 (2nd)

New items on www.avalon.ph:

Labyrinths: Stories & Other Writings of Jorge Luis Borges
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Treasury (2 Vols in 1, HB)
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey
Life of Pi: Illustrated Edition by Yann Martel (HB)
The Cat’s Pajamas Stories by Ray Bradbury
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Hardbound 1st/1st)
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh (Movie Cover, Ewan McGregor)
Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson (HB Signed)
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Non-Movie Cover)
You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Come to Me by Amy Bloom
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
C’est la Vie by Suzy Gershman (American Woman in Paris…)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 (10th Anniversary Edition)
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Essential)
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (HB)
Ernesto Che Guevara: The Motorcycle Diaries
The Writer’s Guide to Fantasy Literature: From Dragon’s Lair to Hero’s Quest
Dragons of Fantasy by Anne C. Petty
How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays by Umberto Eco
Schott’s Original Miscellany by Ben Schott (HB)
The Best of Rilke (Walter Arndt Translation)
The Best American Poetry 1998 (John Hollander, Editor)
Questions About Angels: Poems by Billy Collins
Delaying the Real World: Make the World a Better Place
Best Food Writing 2002 (Edited by Holly Hughes)
A History of God by Karen Armstrong

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For Auction:

Fiction:

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Movie Cover, used)
Malinche by Laura Esquivel (Hardbound, UK)
Men On Men: Best New Gay Fiction
Men On Men 3: Best New Gay Fiction
Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto (PB)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (The Road)
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (HB Illustrated)
The Cave by Jose Saramago
Dr. Sax by Jack Kerouac (Hard-to-find)
The Guy Not Taken: Stories by Jennifer Weiner
Shogun by James Clavell (UK)
The Short Story: 50 Masterpieces (Edited by Ellen C. Wynn)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams+Bonus
Mrs. Dalloway’s Party (Short Stories) by Virginia Woolf
Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (UK Cover)
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Selected Poems by T.S. Eliot
A Tree Within: Poems by Octavio Paz

Non-Fiction:

Saving Face: How to Lie, Fake, & Maneuver…
Are You Normal? About Sex, Love, & Relationships
Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King
Espresso: Culture & Cuisine
The Marx-Engels Reader (2nd Edition)
The Fabulous Girl’s Code Red: A Guide to Grace under Pressure
The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology
The Masks of God, Vol. 4: Creative Mythology
The Space Tourist’s Handbook
World’s Worst: Guide to the Most Disgusting Things on Earth
Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
James Joyce: The Critical Writings
The Essential Jung: Selected & Introduced by Anthony Storr
The Art of Creative Writing by Lajos Egri
Ancient Inventions: Wonders of the Past (HB)
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
More of the Straight Dope by Cecil Adams

Definitely more titles in the coming days!  Click and shop!

Jasper
www.avalon.ph

Third Winner, 4th Moleskine Giveaway Ongoing!

Congratulations to Ed for winning a brand new Moleskine Notebook on kikay exchange’s contest. Let us now proceed to A Bugged Life – Jayvee Fernandez on Technology and New Media in the Philippines.

Just answer the question: “when are you most inspired to write????

The contest closes at 11:59 PM GMT+8 on November 18 2008.

Check out his contest details here.

Also, check out the pre-contest page on Article Marketing at Viloria.net to increase your chances of winning! Their contest period is 18 Nov – 21 Nov, 2008

Good luck!

Second Winner, 3rd Moleskine Giveaway Underway!

infinity less than three presented us with a contest where each entry is to write a one-sentence-story using the words: inconceivable, notebook, escritoire, snow, and midsummer.

Congratulations to Tiffany Chua for winning a brand new Moleskine Notebook!  Here is her randomly selected winning entry:

“Snow in midsummer is inconceivable if you’re living in the real world,??? Eva grinned mischievously as she was writing it in her notebook while being seated in her escritoire. — Tiffany Chua

Special mention to Rachel Teng for winning Mia Sereno’s inked illustration commission!:

It was an artist’s death: notebook in his hand, pen poised over a blood-stained page, unfinished masterpiece written down – “Falling is like??? – the last words trailing off in a hurried, illegible scribble.Rachel Teng

On to our third participating site and another chance to win a Moleskine Notebook!:

Win a Moleskine Notebook! on kikay exchange.

Don’t forget to check out their own set of rules and other information.

Also, check out the pre-contest page on Article Marketing at Viloria.net to increase your chances of winning! Their contest period is 18 Nov – 21 Nov, 2008

Good luck!