News at Arty Bees Books
The Annual Arty Bees’ HARDBACK FICTION SALE has Started.
Bargains galore!! - see below.
Almost all Hardback Fiction at one third off normal prices, and half off purchases of three books or more.
Check out the bargains from the following sections: General Fiction, Modern Literature, Detective, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Old Novels, Horror and Historical Fiction.
Our hardbacks or trade paperbacks (soft-cover but hardcover size) are generally priced from $16 - $22, so if you do the math on that you can get novels for as little as $8. It’s a great opportunity to collect some nice editions of your favourite books or try out some new ones
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What's New - New and exciting titles in this week at Arty Bees
New Zealand books in over the last two weeks
- North Road – Revisiting the Map of the Road from Johnsonville to Paekakariki drawn by Thomas Henry Fitzgerald in 1849
- Larks in a Paradise – New Zealand Portraits by Marti Friedlander and James McNeish
- Myths and Legends of the Polynesians by Johannes C. Anderson
- Kahuhura – The Carved House of Orongomai Marae Upper Hutt by J. M. McEwen
- Tamariki – Our Children Today by Katarina Mataira with photos by Ans Westra
- Ka Taoka Hakena – Treasures from the Hocken Collection edited by Stuart Strachan and Linda Tyler
- A World Without Welfare – New Zealand’s Colonial Experiment by David Thomson
- New Zealand Portraits by Richard Wolfe
- The New Zealand Rally – Celebrating 25 Years by David Thomson and Martin Holmes
- Mr. Explorer Douglas – John Pascoe’s New Zealand Classic revised by Graham Langton
- Go! The Art of Change by Jonathan Milne
- The Seuffert Legacy – New Zealand Colonial Master Craftsmen – The craft of Anton Seuffert and his Sons William, Albert and Carl by Brian Peet
- The Modern Prosecution Process in New Zealand by Philip C. Stenning
- My Dear Chick – A New Zealand Love Story 1911-1948 by Beth Sutherland
- Ian Brodie’s New Zealand – One Man’s Love Affair with his Country
- And rather like a bus – you wait for ages and then three come at once… Three copies of the giant old tome Cyclopedia of Wellington 1897, in varying degrees of dilapidation have come through.
Art, Décor & Design, Fashion and Photography
- The Symbolists by Philippe Jullian
- Matisse the Master – A Life of Henri Matisse – The Conquest of Colour 1909-1954 by Hilary Spurling
- De Meyer – 1920s photographs of Baron Adolf de Meyer edited by Robert Brandau
- Sanctuary – The Temples of Angkor by Steve McCurry
- The New Curtain Book – Master Classes with Today’s Top Designers by Stephanie Hoppen
- Picture This! – The Inside Story and Classic Photos of UPI Newspictures by Gary Haynes [New]
- In Vogue – Six Decades of Fashion by Georgina Howell
- The Man who was Vogue – The Life and Times of Condé Nash by Caroline Seebohm
- Tailoring – How to Make and Mend Trousers, Vests and Coats - from 1911 by Paul N. Hasluck
- Pop Art by Tilman Osterwold
- Tile Style – How to Design Successfully with Tiles by Jill Blake
- A Seasonal Guide to Soft Furnishings – Ideas and Inspiration, Projects and Patterns by Gabi Tubbs
- Anatomy of a Typeface by Alexander Lawson
- The Vein of Gold – A Journey to Your Creative Heart by Julia Cameron, along with The Artist’s Way Creativity Kit
- Nineteenth Century British Painting by Luke Herrmann
- Brightwork – The Art of Finishing Wood by Rebecca J. Wittman
Recent Music, Dance and Film books include some real goodies like The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet edited by Mary Clarke and David Vaughan, Girls Like Us – Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller, What they Don’t Teach you at Film School – 161 Strategies for Making your own Movie no Matter What by Camille Landau and Tiare White and Teach Yourself iPods and iTunes by Peter Cope
History, Biography and Travel
- This is not a Drill – Just Another Glorious Day in the Oil Field by Paul Carter
- Fateful Choices – Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-1941 by Ian Kershaw
- Luck and the Irish – A Brief History of Change 1970-2000 by R. F. Foster
- People who Influenced the World Over the Past 100 Years by Peter Murray
- Life along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield
- Popular Culture in Seventeenth Century England edited by Barry Reay
- 1001 Historic Sites you must See before you Die – in Collaboration with UNESCO edited by Richard Cavendish
- The Collected What If? Eminent Historians Imagine what Might have Been edited by Robert Cowley
- The Devil we Know – Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert Baer
- Daughters of Shame – Forced Marriages and Honour-based Crimes by Jasvinder Sanghera
- The Worst Jobs in History – 2000 Years of Miserable Employment by Tony Robinson
- Young, Gifted and Black – The Story of Trojan Records by Michael de Koningh and Laurence Cane-Honeysett
- The Diary of Samuel Pepys – Editions for 1661 and 1662 edited by R. C. Latham and W. Matthews
- Comrade Jim – The Spy who played for Spartak by Jim Riordan
- Face of Britain – How our Genes reveal the History of Britain by Robin McKie [New]
- The Devil’s Cup – Coffee, the Driving Force in History by Stewart Lee Allen
And a nice hoard of rampaging English Civil War books have gone up to the shelves, with some titles we’ve not had before, (or not had for ages) like Royal Survivor – A Life of Charles II by Stephen Coote, and Christopher Hill’s Puritanism and Revolution, The World Turned Upside Down and Some Intellectual Consequences of the English Revolution.
Australian and American historical titles in particular....
- Tim Flannery’s Country – A Continent, A Scientist, and a Kangaroo
- Iron Men and Copper Wires – A Centennial History of the Southern California Edison Company by William A. Myers
- Diplomats in Buckskins – A History of Indian Delegations in Washington City by Herman J. Viola
- Paradise Revealed – Natural History in Nineteeth-Century Australia by Colin Finney
- Wyatt Earp’s Tombstone Vendetta collected and edited by Glenn G. Boyer
- Kokoda – The Symbol of WW2 for Australians by Peter FitzSimons
Military, Espionage and Shipping:
- Empire by Niall Ferguson in new Penguin PB
- Long Shadows – Truth, Lies & History by Erna Paris
- The D-Day Experience - from the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris – Book and pack of 20 Facsimile Documents by Richard Holmes
- Chain of Command – The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh
- The Great Derangement – A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics and Religion by Matt Taibbi
- Hitler’s Mountain Troops by James Lucas
- Heroes – The Greatest Generation and the Second World War by James Holland
- POW – Allied Prisoners in Europe 1939-1945 by Adrian Gilbert
- Killing Custer – The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians by James Welch with Paul Stekler
- The Greatest Battle – The Fight for Moscow 1941-1942 by Andrew Nagorski
- The Sword and the Shield – The Mitroskin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB by Christopher Andrew
- Guadalcanal – The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle by Richard B. Frank
- Nuremberg – Infamy on Trial by Joseph E. Persico
- Plus to mark the 70 th anniversary last week of the start of WW2 with the German invasion of Poland, some books, old and new, about the appeasement debate, the events of 1939, and their repercussions including:
- Chamberlain and the Lost Peace by John Charmley
- The Oster Conspiracy of 1938 – The Unknown Story of the Military Plot to Kill Hitler and Avert WW2 by Terry Parssinen
- The Man in the Middle by Witold Sagajllo
- Konin – A Quest by Theo Richmond
- Red Runs the Vistula by New Zealander Ron Jeffery
- From Prague after Munich – Diplomatic Papers 1938-1940 by George F. Kennan
- Germany turns Eastwards by Michael Burleigh
Philosophy and Politics books:
- The Rise of Political Lying by Peter Oborne
- Out of Iraq – The Terrifying True Story of One Man’s Escape from the Harshest Regime of the Modern Era by Lewis Alsamari
- Spanking the Donkey – Dispatches from the Dumb Season by Matt Taibbi
- Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet and The Art of Peace in a new Illustrated Edition
- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy – The Truth about Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-finance Fraudsters by Greg Palast
- A Stash of Noam Chomsky including:
- Chomsky’s Politics by Milan Rai
- A New Generation Draws the Line – Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West by Chomsky
- Deterring Democracy by Chomsky
- Profit over People – Neoliberalism and Global Order by Chomsky
- And a huddled mass of books about Refugee policy -
- Beyond Charity – International Cooperation and the Global Refugee Crisis by Gil Loescher
- Refugees & Forced Displacement - International Security, Human Vulnerability, and the State by Edward Newman and Joanna van Selm
- Refugees & the Transformation of Societies – Agency, Policies, Ethics & Politics by Philomena Essed et al
Animals, Science, Psychology and… Surfing (of course)
- Wild Weather by John Lynch
- The Cogwheel Brain – Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer by Doron Swade
- The Art of Surfing – A Training Manual for the Developing and Competitive Surfer by Raul Guisado
- Moral Minds – How Nature Designed our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong by Marc D. Hauser
- The Human Mind and how to Make the Most of it by Robert Winston
- The Number Devil – A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- The Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds – 1000 pictures – Nearly 400 Breeds by Juliette Cunliffe
- Taschen Icon Vintage Surfing in HB
- Kluge - The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind by Gary Marcus
- Quantum Theory cannot Hurt You – A Guide to the Universe by Marcus Chown
- The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner
- Seeds of Wealth – Four Plants that made Men Rich by Henry Hobhouse
- A Lion called Christian – The enchanting true story of three Friends and their remarkable Reunion by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall
- Play it Again, Tom – Curious Truths about Cats and Dogs by Augustus Brown
- Cats – A Cat-Lover’s Gift Book by Anne Mortimer [New]
- The Tulip by Anna Pavord
- Consilience – The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson
Food, food, food, food, food, food, food!
- Christmas Food & Craft by The Australian Woman’s Weekly
- Minus Nine to One – The Diary of an Honest Mum by Jools Oliver
- Ainsley Harriott’s Gourmet Express – 120 Mouth-watering Recipes
- Feast or Famine – A New Zealand Guide to understanding Eating Disorders by Karen McMillan
- The Complete Book of Modern Classics- 400+ Essential Recipies for Today’s Cook by The Australian Woman’s Weekly
- You are what you Eat Cookbook – over 150 Healthy and Delicious Recipes by Dr Gillian McKeith
- Nourish by Simon Gault with photography by Kieran Scott
- The River Café Cook Book by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers
- Cook – How to Cook Absolutely Everything by The Australian Woman’s Weekly
- Len Deighton’s Action Cook Book
Books on Beauty and Pop Culture in this week:
- Beauty – the New Basics by Rona Berg
- Makeup Makeovers – Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations by Robert Jones
- Bobbi Brown Beauty – The Ultimate Beauty Resource by Bobbi Brown and Annemarie Iverson
- Panicology – What are you Afraid Of? Killer Birds, alien Abductors, Rising Sea Levels! - Two Statisicians Explain what’s worth Worrying about [and what’s not] in the 21 st Century by Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams
- Don’t go near the Cosmetics Counter without me by Paula Begoun
Religion, Language, True Crime and Addiction titles...
- The Spiral Staircase – A Memoir by Karen Armstrong
- Marching Powder – A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine and South America’s Strangest Jail by Rusty Young
- Snow Blind – A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade by Robert Sabbag
- Tic-Tac, Teddybears and Teardrop Tattoos – A Miscellany of the Signs and Symbols you see Every Day by Justin Scroggie
- Shattered Dreams – She was One of 9 Wives, Who Between them had 56 Children. The Shocking True Story of how one Woman Survived a Living Hell by Irene Spencer
- The Monster of Florence – a True Crime Story by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi
- Should I Flush my Goldfish down the Loo? And other Modern Morals by Joe Joseph
- High Sobriety – Confessions of a Drinker by Alice King
And Finally Some Random Old Favourites
- Freakonomics – A Rogue Economist explores the Hidden Side of Everything – Revised and Expanded by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by the wonderful Mr. Bill Bryson , which we hardly ever have for long
- The God Delusion by the equally elusive Mr. Richard Dawkins Esq.
- For One More Day by Mitch Ablom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People you meet in Heaven
- Eats, Shoots and Leaves – Why, Commas Really do Make a Difference! By Lynne Truss for Kids
- The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
- The Accidental Organizer – Get Organized at Home and Work by Wendy Davie
- Reflections - Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings by Walter Benjamin
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