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It is almost time for our Annual Christmas Buying Holiday.

We will not be purchasing stock from
Friday 11th DECEMBER
and will not start purchasing stock again until
Monday 11th JANUARY

We regret any inconvenience this may cause - as usual we are still taking small exchanges and credits to shop cards.

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

New Zealand yumminess in this week...

• Don’t Die in the Bush – The Complete Guide to New Zealand Camping by Sven Klinge, Adrian Hart and Trevor Burgess
• Book Self by C K Stead
• George D. Valentine – A 19 th Century Photographer in New Zealand by Ken Hall
• Beyond the Battlefield – New Zealand and its Allies 1939-1945 by Gerald Hensley
• Pubs with Personality – A personal selection of over 150 of New Zealand’s best by Peter Janssen and Steve Reid
• Tea – A Potted History of Tea in New Zealand by Susette Goldsmith
• The Best of Owen Marshall’s Short Stories
• The Mal Tongue Story – New Zealand’s top Golf Coach by Russell Gray
• Sustainable House by Michael Mobbs
• Old Time New Zealand Postcard Book by Betty Kenneally
• Tiger by the Tail – A History of Auckland Zoo 1922-1992 by Derek Wood
• Eco-Rangers Save the Planet – Earth Friendly Missions for Green Kiwis by Maria Gill
• At Home – A Century of New Zealand Design by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
• Long Ride for a Pie – From London to New Zealand on Two-Wheels and an Appetite by Tim Mulliner
• Red Studio – Forty-Five Prints by John Z Robinson
• Brett’s Colonists Guides and Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge – Facsimile of 1883 edition
• Wellingtonia – Photographs by Julian Ward by Julian Ward
• Profiles – 24 New Zealand Potters by Cecilia Parkinson and John Parker

New Age, Humour, Comics and Essays

• The Teachings of Don Juan – A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda
• The Chaser Annual 2009
• When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
• Selfish Pig by Andy Riley
• The Days are Just Packed by Bill Watterson

Politics, Media and Sociology

• Perilous Power – The Middle East and US Foreign Policy by Noam Chomsky and Gilbert Achcar
• Cultural Amnesia – Notes in the Margin of my Time by Clive James
• Hella Nation – In Search of the Lost Tribes of America by Evan Wright
• The Shock Doctrine– The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
• Gang Leader for a Day – A Rogue Sociologist Crosses the Line by Sudhir Venkatesh
• Crossing the Rubicon - The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C Ruppert

History and Biography tomes to stretch the mind and broaden your bookshelves.

• John Maynard Keynes – Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920; The Economist as Saviour 1920-1937 and Fighting for Britain 1937-1946 – A Trilogy by Robert Skidersky
• The Storm – An Eyewitness Account of the Worst Storm in British History by Daniel Defoe
• The Families who made Rome – A History and a Guide by Anthony Majanlahti
• Patent Nonsense – A Catalogue of Inventions that Failed to Change the World by Clive Anderson
• Paradise of Cities – Venice in the 19 th Century by John Julius Norwich
• Papermaking in Britain 1488–1988 by Richard L. Hills
• A Furnace Afloat - The Wreck of the Hornet and the 4,300 Mile Voyage of its Survivors by Joe Jackson
• For Richer, For Poorer – A Million Dollar Love Affair with Poker by Victoria Coren
• The Commonwealth of Thieves by Tom Kenneally
• The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts by John Cobley
• The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies [in HB]
• Blood and Guts – A short history of medicine by Roy Porter
• 1599 – A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro
• Dear Fatty by Dawn French
• Rats – A Year with New York’s most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan
• Guns, Germs and Steel – A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000 Years by Jared Diamond
• Albert Jack’s Ten-Minute Mysteries –
• The World’s Secrets Explained from the Real Loch Ness Monster to Who Killed Marilyn Monroe
• Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Ranulph Fiennes

Travel, Places and Adventure and Sports and Hunting books for the adventurous among you!

• BBC Sahara by Michael Palin
• Terence Conran on London forward by Ken Livingstone
• Crossing the Ditch – Two Mates, a Kayak, and the Conquest of the Tasman by James Castrission
• From the River to the Hills – Campbelltown 150 Years by Elizabeth Warburton
• BBC India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
• Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux
• Under a Sheltering Sky – Journeys to Mountain Heartlands by Colin Monteath

• Golf by Design – How to Lower your Score by Reading the Features of a Course by Robert Trent Jones Jr.
• The New Encyclopedia of Golf – The DK Definitive Guide to the World of Golf by Malcolm Campbell
• World Wrestling Entertainment Unscripted edited by Ken Leiker and Mark Vancil
• Man-Eaters of Kumaon and The Temple Tiger by Jim Corbett
• Skateboarding – Learn all the Moves, Tricks and Maneuvers for some serious fun by Ben Powell

Military, Terrorism, Climate and Human Rights books:

• Chain of Command – The International Best-Seller that Exposed the Truth about Iraq by Seymour M Hersh
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
• Our Choice – How We Can Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore
• Brothers to Us – The Story of a Remarkable Family’s Fight Against Apartheid by Kristin Williamson
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Fighting Techniques of a Japanese Infantryman 1941-1945 – Training, Techniques and Weapons by Leo J. Daugherty III
• One Fourteenth of an Elephant by Ian Denys Peek
• Al Qaeda and what it means to be to Modern by John Gray
• Nautilus – The Story of Man under the Sea by Roy Davies

Health and Family and books on Foody goodness

• Black’s Medical Dictionary – 41 st Edition by Doctor Harvey Marcovitch
• How to Have a Happy Toddler – Responding to Your Child’s Emotional Needs from 0-4 by Dr Carol Valinejad
• Baby by Desmond Morris
• Allergy and Asthma Relief - A Step by Step Action Guide Featuring the Breathe Easy Plan –
• Reader’s Digest Health Solutions
• Everyday Healthy Food – Over 100 Recipes edited by Niki Bezzant
• The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher
• Candy Freak – A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond
• Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen
• Pretend Soup and other Real Recipes - A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up by Mollie Katzen and Ann Henderson
• Moosewood Restaurant – Cooks at Home – Fast and Easy Recipes for any day

Photography and Architecture, Arts and Crafts

• Animal House by Catherine Ledner
• Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric– The Lost Manuscript Text by Bob Dylan, Photos by Barry Feinstein
• Passage by Andy Goldsworthy
• Private Country Houses in the Netherlands compiled by Heimerick Tromp
• Practical Photography – How to get the Best Picture every time by John Freeman
• Marc Chagall –My Life with fifty illustrations by the author
• Masterworks Impressionists by Gordon Kerr
• Japan – A History in Art by Bradley Smith
• Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering by Jan Tschichold
• Vincent - The Works of Van Gogh by Franco Vedovello
• The Mural Paintings of the Library of Congress
• Japanese Ink Painting by Susan Frame
• Ancient Japan by Richard Pearson
• Faerie~ality Style by David Ellwand
• Ethnic Needlepoint – Designs from Asia, Africa and the Americas by Mary Norden
• Book of Hours and their Owners by John Harthan
• Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer – A King Penguin Book
• The Ultimate Cross Stitch Companion by Dorothy Wood

And New Taschen on the same topics hot off the press...

• Hundertwasser – Architecture
• Calatrava – Complete Works 1979-2009 by Philip Jodidio
• Movie Icons - Al Pacino
• Movie Icons - Sean Connery
• Movie Icons - Jack Nicholson
• 20 th Century Fashion – 100 Years of Apparel Ads by Jim Heimann and Alison A. Nieder
• Japanese Cinema edited by Stuart Galbraith IV and Paul Duncan
• Type – A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles (Volume I 1628-1900)
• Kahlo by Andrea Kettenmann

And Music and Dance titles:

• Wicked – The Grimmerie – A Behind-the-Scenes look at the Hit Broadway Musical by David Cote
• Belly Dancing for Fitness – The Ultimate Dance Workout to Unleash Your Creative Spirit by Tamalyn Dallal
• Gary Giddins Visions of Jazz – The First Century
• The Norton / Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music edited by Stanley Sadie

Transport titles for the plane, train, car ship and bike fans... (did I forget something in that list? I hear Joe saying Tanks but they are sooo impractical around the city - just try to get a parallel parking space for a start!)

• The Illustrated Guide to Cruisers by Bernard Ireland
• Choppers by Mike Seate
• The Ultimate Motorcycle Encyclopedia – Harley-Davidson, Ducati, Triumph, Honda, Kawasaki … and all the great marques by Roland Brown and Max McDiarmid
• Locomotives – A Complete History of the World’s Great Locomotives and Fabulous Train Journeys by Colin Garratt and Max Wade-Matthews
• X-Planes and Prototypes – From Nazi Secret Weapons to the Warplanes of the Future by Jim WInchester
• Harley-Davidson – A Love Affair by Jim Glastonbury

Beautiful, strange and illuminating books on Gardens, Botany and Science

• Remembered Gardens – Eight Women and their Visions of an Australian Landscape by Holly Kerr Forsyth
• Narcotic Plants – Hallucinogens, Stimulants, Inebriants, and Hypnotics, their Origins and Uses by William Emboden J
• A Book of Scientific Curiosities – Facts and Feats by Cyril Aydon

Books on Books and Literary Biographies

• Reading Lolita in Tehran – A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
• Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth
• The Dark Fantastic, Clive Barker – The Authorized Biography by Douglas E Winter
• The World is What It Is – The Authorized Biography of V S Naipul by Patrick French

Each week, we bring you the most tragic & fantastic piece of cover art that's crossed our desk.
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