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Thursday, 23rd July 2009

Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud - largely because they are all above Wellington today!

What's New at Arty Bees Books.
This is the spot to check out every week, as we bring you the latest on the fabulous, weird, interesting, intriguing, and wonderful books, big or small, mostly square-ish - although not always - that have come into Arty Bees over the past seven days or so.

 

What's New - New and exciting titles in this week at Arty Bees

 

History, Biography and Media titles that caught our eye this week...

  • Fidel Castro – A Biography by Volker Skierka
  • The Berlin Wall 31 August 1961 – 9 November 1989 by Frederick Taylor
  • King of the World – Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by David Remnick
  • Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
  • The Mitfords – Letters Between Six Sisters edited by Charlotte Mosley
  • White Gold – The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa’s One Million European Slaves by Giles Milton
  • Rigged – The True Story of a Wall Street Novice who changed the World of Oil Forever – and Breaking Vegas – A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence and Statistics both by Ben Mezrich, the author of Bringing Down the House
  • Great Harry’s Navy – How Henry VIII gave England Sea Power by Geoffrey Moorhouse
  • Armed Madhouse – Tales of Classic Combat in a Dying Regime by Greg Palast
  • Gallipoli Plaques - a Guide to the Anzac Battlefield , to be Used in Conjunction with the Ten Multilingual Plaques Located on the Main Roads by Ross Bastiaan

 

We've had a stunning collection of War and Militaria in this week with a large collection of classic US publications that are quite scarce in New Zealand.

  • The Battle for Spain – The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor
  • Flags of our Fathers – Raising the flag on Iwo Jima by James Bradley
  • The Damned Die Hard - The Colourful True Story of the French Foreign Legion by Hugh McLeave
  • Journal 1935 – 1944 by Mihail Sebastian, Romanian Jewish author’s diaries of life during WW2
  • The End of the Line – The Siege of Khe Sanh by Robert Pisor
  • Assault from the Sea – Essays on the History of Amphibious Warfare
  • The Tigers are Burning – The Story of the Battle of Kursk by Martin Caidin
  • Commandos and Rangers of World War Two by James Ladd
  • Hunting Warbirds – The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of WW2 by Carl Hoffman
  • Hitler’s Willing Executioners – Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
  • Thirteen Days – Diplomacy and Disaster – The Countdown to the Great War by Clive Ponting
  • Ghost Force – The Secret History of the SAS by Ken Connor
  • Self-Destruction – The Disintegration and Decay of the US Army during the Vietnam Era by Cecil B. Currey
  • Paratrooper! The Saga of US Army and Marine Parachute and Glider Combat Troops during WW2 by Gerard M. Devlin
  • Gallipoli – The Turkish Story by Kevin Fewster, Vecihi Basarin and Hatice Hürmüz Basarin
  • Nimitz – Biography of the US Admiral by E. B. Potter (Question of the week - is Admiral Nimitz now more famous for a. his exploits in WW2, b. the class of US Navy Nuclear Powered Aircraft carriers named after him, or c. a certain six-legged Tree-cat also named after him belonging to the superlative Honor Harrington in the hard-core SF Navel series by David Weber?)
  • Plus lots of unusual US Army Militaria in this week concerning WW2 and the Vietnam era

 

Sport, Journeys and Adventures - Sit inside out of the cold and wet and enjoy somebody elses quest for active endorphines!

  • From the Land of Green Ghosts – A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe
  • Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud – An Epic Journey by Sun Shuyun
  • The Perfect Day – 40 Years of Surfer Magazine edited by Sam George
  • Alistair Cooke’s American Journey – Life on the Home Front in the Second World War
  • Bradman’s Best – Sir Donald Bradman’s selection of the Best Team in Cricket History by Roland Perry

 

Science, Space and Nature books.
And need we even say that we have lots of great books on Astronomy? Just in time for the Moon Landing commemoration and a massive Solar Eclipse!

  • The Planets by Dava Sobel
  • The Neptune File – Planet Detectives and the Discovery of Worlds Unseen by Tom Standage
  • Six Degrees – Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas
  • Jared Diamond’s Collapse – How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
  • The Pleasures of Counting by T. W. Körner
  • Disappearing World – The Earth’s most Extraordinary and Endangered Places by Alonza C. Addison
  • Boiling Point – How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists have Fueled the Climate Crisis – And What We can do to Avert Disaster by Ross Gelbspan
  • The Human Mind – And How to Make the Most of it by Robert Winston
  • Clock This – My Life as an Inventor ... of a clockwork radio that changed the lives of millions in the Third World By Trevor Baylis

 

And if the metaphysical is more your thing... Religion, New Age and Philosophy

  • Muhammad – Prophet for our Time by Karen Armstrong
  • Art and Symbols of the Occult by James Wasserman
  • The Encyclopedia of the Occult by Charles Walker
  • The Problem of Pain, Mere Christianity and Fern-seed and Elephants all by C. S. Lewis

 

Here's a smattering of New Zealand and Pacific books that wandered in this week
  • Pitcairn – Paradise Lost – Uncovering the Dark Secrets of a South Pacific Fantasy Island by Kathy Marks
  • Ngaio Marsh – Her Life in Crime – The Queen of Crime’s life was the ultimate Detective Story by Joanne Drayton
  • New Zealand Adrift by Graeme Stevens
  • Nurses of Auckland – The History of the General Nursing Programme in the Auckland School of Nursing by Margaret Brown, Diana Masters and Barbara Smith
  • Te Wahipounamu – South-west New Zealand World Heritage Area with Photos by Andris Apse
  • Charisma - Mark Todd’s personal tribute to the little brown horse who won two golds and stole a nation’s heart
  • Manhunt – The Story of Stanley Graham by H. A. Willis
  • Sunday Soldiers – A Brief History of the Wellington Regiment – City of Wellington’s Own by Peter A. Lea
  • The Frozen Coast – Sea Kayaking the Antarctic Peninsular by Charles, Jones, Waters and Moodie
  • Civil Aviation in New Zealand - An Illustrated History by David Rendel
  • Ross MacPherson's Airways - The First 50 Years - A brief history of the development of New Zealand's airways during the first fifty years
  • Wellington Airport - Official Souvenir Brochure, October 1959 - and who knew then it would one day turn into massive pumpkins...
  • And lastly check out the New Zealand Shipping books that will filter onto the shelves and window displays this week.

 

And a tiny sampling of Arts and Crafts books in this week:

  • Baby-Gami – Baby Wrapping for Beginners by Andrea Sarvady – the Ancient Art of Swaddling
  • The Ultimate Illustrations by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (New)
  • Store Window Design edited by Aurora Cuito
  • Osaka Prints by Dean J. Schwaab
  • Bamboo Baskets – Japanese Art and Culure interwoven with the Beauty of Ikebana by Maggie Oster
  • A Man’s World and Women in Love by Jack Vettriano
  • Plus an extravaganza of new Illuminated Manuscripts and Art History books out this week (see the list on last weeks Whats New)

 

Film and a bit of Food whisked together gently to a thick smooth consistancy - lastly add the milk.
  • Stunt – The Story of the Great Movie Stuntmen by John Baxter
  • Toast It! Bruschetta, Brioche, Crostini, Ciabatta and Focaccia
  • Marilyn Monroe – Private and Undisclosed by Michelle Morgan
  • Dark Lover – The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino by Emily W. Leider
  • Fascimile of 1826 edition of Culpeper’s Complete Herbal & English Physician –
  • A Twentieth Century Guide to the Discoveries and Remedies of England’s Greatest Herbalist
  • Preserving by Oded Schwartz and published by DK... great illustrations!

 

And Just for Fun… Lots of Fun

Almost a full collection of other Calvin and Hobbes titles by Bill Watterson including The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes, Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, Lazy Sunday Book, The Days are just Packed, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, Tenth Anniversary Book, It’s a Magical World, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes and The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

 

 

So You Want To Be A Lesbian?

Each week, we bring you the most tragic & fantastic piece of cover art that's crossed our desk.
It hadn't really occured to me, but this handy how to guidemakes it all sound soooo simple!

New Zealand Shipping books out this week

Author Title Year of Publ Comments
Price
Anderson, Grahame Fresh About Cook Strait - An Appreciation of Wellington Harbour 1984 HB DW landscape v good
$55.00
History of the port of New Zealand's capital city from the days of the Maori canoe to the container age
Ashby, Ted Phantom Fleet - The Scows and Scowmen of Auckland 1993 HB DW v good
$95.00
Balderston, David The Harbour Ferries of Auckland 1991 PB revised ed
$30.00
Balderston, David The Waiheke Ferries of Auckland 1991 PB A4 revised ed v good
$32.00
Bowen, Frank C The Flag of the Southern Cross 1939-1945 1947 HB no DW v good
$40.00
The record of WWII actions where Shaw Savill and Albion lost 473 sea-going staff & 4 shore staff
Bryant, Arthur 100 Years Under the Southern Cross The Shaw Savill Line 1957 Card covers landscape bklet v good
$20.00
Burgess, Michael Aircraft-Carriers & Aircraft-Carrying Cruisers 1980 PB landscape bklet (BMS Pictorial bk)
$24.00
Cassells, K R The Fairmile Flotillas of the Royal New Zealand Navy 1993 PB A4 Landscape New Zealand Ship & Marine Society
$42.00
Torpedo-boats - WW2 - Solomon Islands An excellent account of the small navy vessels employed in the South Pacific during World War II by the RNZN
Churchouse, Jack Glamour Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company New Zealand Ltd 1981 HB DW A4 square
$40.00
Illustrated history of New Zealand's Union Steam Ship Company, It features the most outstanding of the Company's passenger ships over 85 years following the Company's inception in 1875
Coveney, T G A Venture into Shipping - A History of George H Scales & Co 1912 - 1972 1972 HB no DW v good 1st ed
$24.00
de Kerbrech, Richard Shaw Savill & Albion - The Post War Fortunes of a Shipping Empire 1986 HB DW A4 mint Jul 09 $37
$42.00
Department of Internal Affairs - various authors New Zealand in the Second World War - Official History - Episodes and Studies in 24 volumes - Archilles at the River Plate 1948-54 A4 Magazine
$14.00
Dew, Les & the Tramway Historical Society with the Christchurch Transport Board On the Move - Christchurch Transport Though the Years - Vol 6 - The Tidal Travellers - The Small Ships of Canterbury 1991 PB A4 103 pages v good
$24.00
Duxbury, David . Ewing, Ross & MacPherson, Ross Aircraft of the RNZAF 1987 PB A4 bklet v good
$20.00
Eaddy, P A Neath Swaying Spars - The Story of the Trading Scows of New Zealand 1943 HB no DW 2nd ed
$38.00
The rise and glory of this type of working craft which served New Zealand in its development
Edwards, Doug Put Him in the Longboat - An Account of the Life of Edward Main Chaffers ... Master RN, A Founder of Wellington & the First Harbour Master 1989 PB A4 mint
$30.00
Farquhar, Ian J Jack of all Trades, Master of None - The Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd 1973 - 1989 1996 PB A4 good
$28.00
New Zealand Ship & Marine Society New Zealand Shipping Monograph # 3
Fildes, Robert D The Ships That Serve Australia & New Zealand - Vol 1 - Australian & New Zealand Flag Vessels 1983 PB A4 2nd ed vol 1
$38.00
Foster, Jane Ship on Shore - The Story of the 'Osprey' Brig of War 1982 HB DW v good
$32.00
Furniss, Cliff Servants of the North - Adventures on the Coastal Trade with the Northern Steam Ship Company 1977 HB DW A4 1st ed
$80.00
The Northern Steam Ship Company served the coastal and river ports of northern New Zealand from the late 1800s to the mid-1970s
Gillett, Ross Australian & New Zealand Warships - Since 1946 1988 HB DW A4 1st ed
$45.00
Gillett, Ross Australian & New Zealand Warships 1914-1945 1983 HB DW A4 square 1st v nice
$65.00
Gillett, Ross Fighting Ships Of The Royal Australian Navy 1983 PB landscape 128 pages v good (BMS Pictorial bk)
$35.00
A history of the R.A.N. from it's inception in 1911
Harker, Jack S Well Done Leander 1971 HB DW v good
$42.00
Harker's experiences on cruiser Leander, WW2 in Mediterranean, Indian Ocean & Pacific inc torpedoed in the Solomons & the casualty list
Hawkins, Clifford W Log of the Huia 1973 HB DW 3rd ed v good
$40.00
This edition revised, extended and redesigned with many additional photos
Hindley, David & McLean, Gavin Spirits - New Zealand Adventure Voyaging Ships, Spirit of Adventure & Spirit of New Zealand 1989 PB bklet A4 36 pages v good
$22.00
Hindley, David & McLean, Gavin Spirits - New Zealand Adventure Voyaging Ships, Spirit of Adventure & Spirit of New Zealand 1989 PB bklet A4 36 pages v good
$22.00
Holman, Gordon In the Wake of Endeavour - The History of the New Zealand Shipping Company & Federal Shipping Navigation Company 1973 HB DW v good
$90.00
Centennial Company history from 1873 in Christchurch, acquisition of Fed SS Navigation Co in 1912
Howard, Grant The Navy in New Zealand - An Illustrated History 1981 HB DW A4 v good
$50.00
Ingram, C W N & Wheatley, P Owen New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795 - 1982 1984 HB DW 6th ed - revised & enlarged
$60.00
Records more than 2,100 shipping casualties over a period of 187 years
Kirk, Allan A Fair Winds & Rough Seas - The Story of the Holm Shipping Company 1975 HB DW 1st ed v good
$38.00
Holm Shipping Co & their ships that traded in New Zealand's coastal waters, to Australia, Pacific Islands & Antarctica since 1880
Locker-Lampson, Steve Eight Minutes Past Midnight - Wreck SS Wairarapa 1981 HB DW A4 v good with folding plans showing rigging plan of s.s. "Manapouri" & "Wairarapa"
$65.00
Story of the wrecking of the Union Steamship Co's s.s. "Wairarapa" on Great Barrier Island in the early morning of 29th October 1894 with the loss of approx. 130 lives. List of passengers and crew on board, showing those lost and those saved
Locker-Lampson, Steve & Francis, Ian New Zealand's Shipwreck Gallery 1983 HB DW A4 landscape v good
$42.00
About 50 shipwrecks off the New Zealand coast, dating from1809 to 1982 - ships range from small sailing vessels, coastal traders, larger feighters & the occasional liner. Inc are HMS Orpheus and the ferry Wahine
Martin, E R Marine Department Centennial History 1866 - 1966 1969 HB DW A4 v good
$55.00
McCluskey, Frank H Down the Bay - The History of the Ferries on Otago Harbour 1995 PB A4 mint - New Zealand Ship & Marine Society
$36.00
McLean, Gavin Canterbury Coasters 1987 PB A4 mint 1st Ltd ed #45 / 1000 signed
$60.00
McLean, Gavin (compiled) Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1989 PB bklet
$24.00
74 photos of some of the vessels of the New ZealandS Co in nearly 100 years of trading between UK & New Zealand
McLean, Gavin (compiled) Ships of the Union Company 1989 PB bklet
$24.00
Photographs of 87 of the 350+ ships owned by the Union Co with the brief description of each
Ministry of Transport, Marine Division Ministry of Transport Information Bulletin - About Lighthouses nd 1974 PB Bklet A4 34 pages good
$22.00
Mitchell, Alan Splendid Sisters - The Story of the Shaw Savill Liners Southern Cross & Northern Star 1966 HB DW v good
$35.00
A Story of the Planning, Construction and Opeation of the Shaw Savill Liners "Southern Cross" and "Northern Star"
Moore, Bill aka Moore, P William Shaping Up and… Shipping out - The Last Years of the Nelson Harbour Board 1990 PB A4 mint
$30.00
Official history covering the last 11 years - 1978 - 1989 of the NHB
Noble, Captain John Hazards of the Sea - Three Centuries of Challenge in the Southern Waters 1970 HB DW
$36.00
Wrecks & groundings from the Tryal in 1622, the Batavia, Endeavour, Sirius, Stirling Castle, Schomberg, Dunbar, Malabar, Greycliffe, & Wahine
Parsons, Ronald Sail in the South - A Selection from the A D Edwardes Collection of Shipping Photographs 1975 HB DW 1st ed v good
$60.00
Plowman, Peter Passenger Ships of Australia & New Zealand - 2 vols (Vol 1 1876 - 1912 & Vol 2 1913 - 1980) 1981 HB DW A4 landscape 2 vols good faded DWs
$90.00
Covers over 200 ships placed in service between 1876 & 1980 by many shipping companies.
Scanlan, A Brian Harbour at the Sugar Loaves - A Centennial History of the Taranaki Harbours Board 1975 HB DW A4 v good
$36.00
Thomas, Jeanete with Stuart, Margaret Grand Old Man of the River - Caesar Roose 1986 PB A4 bklet mint
$32.00
Waikato River Pioneers, inc Roose family genealogy, Roose Shipping Company, Holm Shipping Company
Titchener, Paul The Story of Sandford Ltd - The First 100 Years 1981 HB DW A4 v good
$42.00
Tye, Lieutenant Lawrence (ed) 1991 Commemoration - The 50th Anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Navy 1991 PB A4 Official Souvenir Magazine
$20.00
Union Steam Ship Co History of the Union Steam Ship Co New Zealand 1875 - 1940 1940 HB no DW A4 v good
$55.00
Walsh, T From Wherry to Steam Ferry on the Waitemata - A History of the Romantic Conquest of the Silvery Waterway 1932 Card Covers v good
$50.00
A history of the ferry service on the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland
Waters, Sydney D Ordeal By Sea - The New Zealand Shipping Company in the 2nd World War 1939-1945 1949 HB no DW v good
$40.00
Incs the CAMBRIDGE & the liner RANGITANE, the TURAKINA’s fight with a raider, the adventures of the ESSEX in convoy, & the salvage of the HORORATA
Wellington Harbour Board The Port of Wellington, New Zealand 1965 PB A4 v good
$25.00

 

 

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