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.

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

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

Fabulous Fictional Fun this week embraces eccentric and daring detectives among others.
We've had a complete set of the classic and endearing The Cat Who... detective stories by Lilian Jackson Braun - chill out with the feline detective team of Koko and Yum Yum Siamese geniuses (and Qwill their personal human assistant of course) and a possibly complete set of of the very hard to find Father Koesler mysteries by William X Kienzle.

• Q&A by Vikas Swarup
• Shadow Kiss and Frostbite – The latest Vampire series by Richelle Mead
• The Complete Novels of Jane Austin
• The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
• My Idea of Fun and How the Dead Live by Will Self

And if you like your Literature and Language with a bit more of an academic bent we have these as well...

• Yeats’ Ireland – An Illustrated Anthology by Benedict Kiely
• Pushkin by Elaine Feinstein
• The Professor and the Madman – A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
• Eden’s Outcasts – The Story of Louisa May Alcott and her Father by John Matteson
• The Unfolding of Language – The Evolution of Mankind’s Greatest Invention by Guy Deutscher
• A cluster of beautiful editions of Poetry and a larger volume of Hans Christian Anderson tales in Russian
• Belles Saisons – A Collette Scrapbook assembled and with commentary by Robert Phelps

Our New Zealand section is bursting at the moment, with new titles coming in every day - in fact we have trouble shelving them sometimes so always ask at the desk if you can't find what you are after as the title you are after may be hiding in a shelving pile.
And our New Zealand Fiction section probably the best in Wellington if not the country - check out the back titles and early classics of all your favourite authors.

• Footrot Flats Sports Collection by Murray Ball
• The Life of Captain James Cook by J. C. Beaglehole
• Jane Mander - The Story of a New Zealand Writer by Rae McGregor
• House Poems by Rachel McAlpine, Signed limited edition
• Len Lye edited by Tyler Cann and Wystan Curnow
• Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
• From the Beginning – The Archaeology of the Maori edited by John Wilson
• The Devil’s Own War – The Diary of Herbert Hart – Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they Happened edited by John Crawford
• Stranded in Paradise – New Zealand Rock’n’Roll 1955-1988 by John Dix

History and Biography titles in this week.

• Alek – The Extraordinary Life of a Sudanese Refugee by Alek Wek
• Historical Atlas of the Celtic World by Angus Konstam
• The Shadow of a Crown – The Life Story of James II of England and VII of Scotland by Meriol Trevor
• Richard Hammond’s On the Edge – My Story
• Empires of the Plain – Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon by Lesley Adkins
• The Other Livingstone – The Story of Four Men who Played a Crucial Part in Livingstone’s Discoveries - A Part he Attempted to Suppress by Judith Listowel
• The Immortal Game - A History of Chess by David Shenk
• Henry VII by S. B. Chrimes
• The American Future – A History from the Founding Fathers to Barack Obama by Simon Schama
• Blood and Thunder – The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides
• Princesses – The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
• Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment – A Tale of Female Husbandry by Rose Collis
• Burton – A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton by Byron Farwell

And Military and Politics titles in this week.

• Empire – The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Fergusson
• Wellington’s War – His Peninsular Dispatches presented by Julian Rathbone
• North Beach Gallipoli 1915 containing:
  • From That Day it was the Sphinx by Dr. Richard Reid
  • and Sketches at Gallipoli by Major Leslie Fraser Standish Hore, 8 th Light Horse Regiment
• The Battle for Spain – The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor
• The Audacity of Hope – Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
• And Dreams from my Father also by the 44 th US President
• The Last Escape – The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45 by John Nichol and Tony Rennell
• Body of Secrets – How America’s NSA and Britain’s GCHQ Eavesdrop on the World by James Bamford
• Blair Unbound by Anthony Seldon
• The Intelligence and Deception of the D-Day Landings by Jock Haswell

And on a related note, we have some interesting titles on Communists and Criminals

• For a New Russia – The Mayor of St. Petersburg’s own story by Anatoly Sobchak
• Night Frost in Prague – The End of Humane Socialism by Zdenek Mlynár
• The Soviet Paradox – External Expansion, Internal Decline by Seweryn Bialer
• The Napoleon of Crime – The Life and Times of Adam Worth – The Real Moriarty by Ben MacIntyre
• The Strange Death of the Soviet Empire by David Pryce-Jones
• The Tiananmen Papers – The Chinese Leadership’s Decision to use Force Against their Own People – in their own Words compiled by Zhang Liang

Mythology, New Age and Travel books to broaden the mind, spirit and suitcase...

• Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend by Andy Orchard
• The Last Place on Earth – The Complete Story of the Dramatic Race for the Pole by Roland Huntford
• The Call – Discovering Why you are Here by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
• 501 Must-Visit Cities edited by Emma Beare
• The Faber Book of Exploration – An Anthology of Worlds edited by the intrepid Benedict Allen
• 1001 Natural Wonders you Must See before you Die by Michael Bright
• Blood River – A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart – The Congo River by Tim Butcher

Science, Nature and Business - unfortunately often uneasy bed-partners, but they live together in perfect harmony on our shelves to para-phrase Mr McCartney - check out some of our new goodies in these departments...

• Masterminds – Genius, DNA and the Quest to Rewrite Life by David Ewing Duncan
• Mushrooms and Other Fungi of New Zealand – Reed New Zealand Nature Series by Don Horne
• The Great Encyclopedia of Mushrooms by Könemann
• Mushroom Identifier – Illustrated Encyclopedia by Peter Jordan
• Organic Vegetable Gardening – A Month by Month Guide to Creating your own Garden of Eden by Xanthe White
• Capitalism – As if the World Matters by Jonathon Porritt
• Acts of God – The Old Farmer’s Almanac – Unpredictable Guide to Weather and Natural Disasters by Benjamin A. Watson and the editors of Old Farmer’s Almanac
• Unions in the Time of Revolution – Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario by Reshef and Rastin
• The Paradox of American Unionism – Why Americans like Unions more than Canadians Do but Join Much Less by Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah M. Meltz

Arts and Crafts, Film and Fashion books.

• C-3PO – Tales of the Golden Droid by Daniel Wallace and Josh Ling
• Star Wars – Revenge of the Sith – The Visual Dictionary by James Luceno
• Star Wars Episode 1 – The Visual Dictionary by David West Reynolds
• Stained Glass – The Craft, the Art, and Restoration Techniques…with Step-by-Step Pictures by Pere Valldepérez
• Malevich in the Great Modern Masters series edited by José Maria Faerna
• A Collection of Emblemes – George Wither 1635 - A Scolar Press Facsimile
• Vintage T-Shirts – Over 500 Authentic Tees from the 70s and 80s by Lisa Kidner and Sam Knee

A welcome replenishment of Baking books, and a Tin-full of other Cookbooks including:

• Kitchen Library Baking
• Bake It from the Murdoch Books series
• Baker – The Best of International Baking from Australian and New Zealand Professionals by Brettschneider and Jacobs
• Fresh Baked – Over 80 Tantalising Recipes for Cakes, Pastries, Biscuits and Breads by Louise Pickford
• Fab Food – Retro Classics also by Murdoch Books
• Pasta and Italian by Robyn Martin
• Good Housekeeping – New Recipe Book – Over 300 Great Recipes for Busy People
• Food Cook Eat – Buy it Fresh, Cook it Simply, Eat it Now by Lulu Grimes
• Verdura – Vegetables Italian Style by Viana La Place
• And, if you’ve overdone it…
• Crave – Why you Binge Eat and How to Stop by Cynthia M Bulik Ph.D.

Each week, we bring you the most tragic & fantastic piece of cover art that's crossed our desk.
Ok so there is just sooo much wrong with this cover I don't know where to start, the nappied buttocks, the purple lady with phallic horn, the green ladies outfit...

It's Our Annual Arty Bees Storewide

HARDBACK FICTION SALE

For a limited time only!

Hardback Fiction from the following selected sections is reduced to an astounding 1/3 off the normal prices and an amazing 1/2 off purchases of 3 or more sale books.

Modern Literature
General Fiction
Detective Fiction
Horror Novels
Science Fiction& Fantasy Fiction
Historical Novels
& Old Novels

Sorry - New books, and Non Fiction are not included

Recently arrived new books. For enquiries or to purchase, click here, type in the tag number and your contact details.

To see the complete list of available New Science Fiction and Fantasy, click here.
To see the complete list of available New Detective books, click here.
To see the complete list of available Rare and Antiquarian books, click here.

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