Popular books, 70% off normal price, charitable auction

vlabla

Hi,

There is a charitable auction on Curious Book Fans site where you can win one of 52 books priced at 70% off regular price. All proceeds go to Room to Read, charity which supports primary school children in less developed countries to help build literacy skills and instil a love of reading among children.

Here is the full list of titles on offer. Many of them have 5 or 2 copies available. Auction runs until the end of the year. For more details click here

The Americas: Where to Go When - DK Publishing
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin
Miral by Rula Jebreal
Bed in a Tree and Other Amazing Hotels from Around the World by Bettina Kowalewski
Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield
TENDER: Volume I, A cook and his vegetable patch by Nigel Slater
TENDER: Volume II, A cook’s guide to the fruit garden by Nigel Slater
Scarlett Dedd by Cathy Brett
The Englishman’s Cameo by Madhulika Liddle
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
(paperback + audiobook)
A Life in Pictures by Alisdair Gray
The World According to Vice
The Mighty Book of Boosh by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding
Kitchenella by Rose Prince
The Scottish Islands by Hamish Haswell-Smith
The Complete Peanuts (1963-1964) by Charles M. Schultz
The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966 by Charles M. Schultz
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Crown and Country: A History of England through the Monarchy
by David Starkey
What the Hell are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley by David Shrigley
The Death of Bunny Munro (paperback + audiobook) by Nick Cave

MsCrow

I think this is US based, all the auctions are in USD though quoted amazon rates are in GBP!?!

Edited to add: no it is UK, they just have a strange way of setting up the 'auctions'

vlabla

The charity accepts payments in US$ as it is an international charity. That's why bids are in US$ as winners will pay directly on charity site but books will be delivered free of charge to UK addresses. Hope that makes sense.