Your It List Holiday Giveaway – Avatar Prize Pack!
As 2010 comes to a close all of us at Your It List are looking back at an amazing year and want to say thank you to you. Over the next few weeks we’ll be offering up some prize packs for you to enter to win. First one up… Avatar Prize Pack! It’s hard to believe that a full year has gone by since the film that has forever changed the way movies are made was released in theaters. Now you can relive the experience of seeing Avatar for the first time with the Your It List / Avatar Prize Pack.
What you’ll win: 1 Avatar DVD, 1 Avatar Blu Ray + DVD and 1 copy of the New York Times bestseller Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide.
What you have to do: Follow us on Twitter! Head over to www.Twitter.com/ItBooks and follow us. Then tweet a link to this post (http://bit.ly/AvatarYIL) and add the hashtag #AvatarYIL. We’ll select 5 winners at random at 7:00 pm est on Friday, December 17 and DM you for your mailing address.
Cool Gifts for Everyone on Your List
Your It List presents our eleven top books to give this holiday season.
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Lifeby Justine Picardie
Richly illustrated with hundreds of color and black and white photos, Coco Chanel illuminates Chanel’s path from little-known seamstress to the aristocracy of style in this stunning look at the fashion icon.
Perfect Gift for anyone who loves Chanel in all it’s forms – clothes, perfume, jewelry, bags, shoes –as well as all those who loved Audrey Tautou‘s award-winning role of Gabrielle Chanel in the film Coco Before Chanel.
Buy Coco Chanel, read an excerpt or watch a video.
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
The # 1 New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the hit CBS sitcom, $#*! My Dad Says, starring William Shatner, Justin Halpern’s memoir of his dad is laugh out loud hilarious and heartwarming at the same time. You’ll never think of little league, Denny’s or your dad the same way again.
Perfect gift for your Dad, for fans of the show and followers of Twitter.com/ShitMyDadSays.
Buy Sh*t My Dad Says or read an excerpt.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
One of the biggest bands in the world, The Red Hot Chili Peppers finally bring fans an audacious look back at their thirty-year odyssey, in their own words and accompanied by over 300 photos.
Perfect gift for all RHCP fans, past and present, and those who can’t wait for their next album.
Buy The Red Hot Chili Peppers or read an excerpt.
The Tattoo Chronicles by Kat Von D
The New York Times bestselling follow-up to High Voltage Tattoo, The Tattoo Chronicles delves deep into Kat Von D‘s personal journals and notebooks to reveal one tumultuous year in the life of the star of TLC’s LA Ink and contains photos taken and drawings made by Kat herself as well as the stories behind some of the most meaningful tattoos Kat has ever created.
Perfect gift for fans of LA Ink and lovers of tattoos.
Buy The Tattoo Chronicles, read an excerpt or watch a video.
How to Beat Up Anybodyby Judah Friedlander
An instructional and inspirational Karate book by the World Champion and star of 30 Rock, Judah Friedlander. Learn how to beat up street gangs, attackers with weapons, ninjas, dinosaurs, and gangs of street ninjas with weapons riding on dinosaurs! With over 500 photographs, this is a book that could quite possibly save your life.
Perfect gift for fans of 30 Rock and anyone wanting to survive.
Buy How to Beat Up Anybody, read an excerpt or watch a video.
Harry Potter Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley
The official, behind the scenes guide to ALL the Harry Potter Films, including the recently released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Volume 1 AND the upcoming Volume 2, Harry Potter Film Wizardy shows fans why Yule Ball ice sculptures never melt, where Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts are really “minted,” how to get a Hippogriff to work with actors, the inspiration behind Hogwarts castle, and why Dementors move the way they do.
Perfect gift for all Harry Potter fans.
Buy Harry Potter Film Wizardry, read an excerpt or watch a video.
The Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide by Matt Groening
At 1,200 pages, this cromulent compendium provides a comprehensive synopsis of every episode for the past twenty years, including every couch gag, every “D’oh” and “Mmm…” Homer has ever muttered, every song ever sung by citizens of Springfield, over 400 character profiles and lots more stuff you may have missed!
Perfect gift for all Simpsons fans.
Buy The Simpsons World or read an excerpt.
Designs on Film by Cathy Whitlock
Open the curtain on movie magic and explore the set designs of the biggest films in movie history including The Wizard of Oz’s yellow brick road, Cleopatra‘s ancient Egypt, the Dakota apartment building in Rosemary’s Baby, Norma Desmond’s “white elephant of a place” from Sunset Boulevard and the vast world of Pandora from Avatar.
Perfect gift for fans of classic films and those interested in behind the scenes details of their favorite films.
Buy Designs on Film or read an excerpt.
The Art of Classic Rock by Rob Roth
For many, the items lovingly cataloged in the pages of The Art of Classic Rock will evoke nostalgic memories of their youth—of blazing lights, drifting smoke and of the all-pervading power of their favorite rock concerts.
Perfect gift for fans of classic rock, especially the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Queen, Alice Cooper and Elton John, as well as fans of album and music poster art.
Buy The Art of Classic Rock, read an excerpt or watch a video.
Al Jaffee’s Mad Life by Mary-Lou Weisman
A biography of Al Jaffee, creator of the massively popular MAD magazine “fold-in” delves deep into the artist’s life and brings readers from the shtetls of Lithuania to the streets of New York and deep inside the world of the top cartoonists of the 20th century, fully illustrated by Jaffee himself.
Perfect gift for fans of MAD magazine and readers interested in 20th century America.
Buy Al Jaffee’s Mad Life, read an excerpt or watch a video.
The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs by Larry Marion
A revealing look at the earliest days of the legendary Rolling Stones, captured in a collection of personal, never-before-seen photographs—the largest single trove of such important rock images ever uncovered—shot as the band were on the brink of international stardom.
Perfect gift for all fans of The Rolling Stones and readers of Keith Richards’s memoir Life.
Buy The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs or read an excerpt.
The Ultimate Avatar IMAX Experience Giveaway
UPDATE: All winners have been selected and notified….thanks for playing!
YourItList.com and IMAX are offering you a chance to enjoy the ultimate Avatar experience. Read about the world of Pandora in “James Cameron’s Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora,” then experience the world of Pandora for yourself in IMAX 3D, and finally, bring the excitement home with an Avatar IMAX t-shirt.
To enter for a chance to win, just send an email to YourItList@harpercollins.com with subject line: AVATAR before 1:00PM (EST) on December 17th. We will randomly be selecting 1 Grand Prize winner, 1 First Prize Winner, 5 Second Prize Winners and 10 Third Prize Winners from the emails received. No purchase necessary. The last entry will be accepted at 1:00 PM (EST) on December 17th, 2009.
- Grand Prize (1): Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, IMAX tickets for you and 20 of your friends, Avatar IMAX t-shirt (approx. retail value $237.98 )
- 1st Prize (1): Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, 4-pack of IMAX tickets, Avatar IMAX t-shirt (approx. retail value $77.98 )
- 2nd Prize (5): Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, pair of IMAX tickets, Avatar IMAX t-shirt (approx. retail value $57.98/prize)
- 3rd Prize (10): Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora and Avatar IMAX t-shirt (approx. retail value $37.98/prize).
Avatar has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® through proprietary IMAX DMR® technology. With crystal clear images, laser-aligned digital sound and maximized field of view, IMAX provides the world’s most immersive movie experience. Visit www.IMAX.com for more information and to find a theater near you!
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Sideshow Collectibles present the Avatar A.M.P. suit
Everyone has a James Cameron fanatic in their life. Whether it’s your brother who can’t say goodbye without throwing in an “Hasta la vista, baby,” or your niece who saved her 13 Titanic ticket stubs since 1997, Cameron’s films elicit unfettered enthusiasm.
The legendary director’s next opus, Avatar, promises to inspire its fair share of super-fandom as well. As you’re making your holiday shopping list, check out the beautifully-recreated, limited-edition A.M.P suit maquette from Sideshow Collectibles. Perfect for the soon-to-be Avatar obsessive in your life.
Sideshow describes their product thusly, and you can find all of the details here:
Launching the Sideshow Collectibles line of AVATAR collectibles is the AMP Suit Maquette, created in conjunction with one of the film’s special effects studios, Legacy Effects. Created directly from 3D modeled by the team that created the 14-foot suit used during filming, the AMP Suit is a truly authentic scaled representation. Each piece is individually painted and finished, each with its own unique quality and detail that is the trademark of a handcrafted Sideshow Collectibles product. The AMP Suite Maquette is the perfect addition to any display.
