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

Oodles of books, heaps, piles, screeds, this list of exciting titles is very amply proportioned in all the good places ... enjoy!

Fiction

• Wyatt – The Master Returns by Garry Disher
• Wanting by Richard Flanagan
• The Shackle, The Blue Lantern, Break of Day and The Innocent Libertine all by Colette
• PL8SPK – Vanity Plates Retell the Classics by Daniel Nussbaum
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• Ed Wood by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
• The Illustrated Delta of Venus by Anais Nin

Comics, SF and Fantasy Art

• Biggles – Spitfire Parade by Captain W E Johns – A Biggles Graphic Novel
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts – The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases by Douglas Adams
• Soul Music – Terry Pratchett’s Discworld – The Illustrated Screenplay
• Behind the Mask of Spiderman – The Secrets of the Movie by Mark Cotta Vaz
• The Sandman – Vol One – Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
• Mad Strikes Back – More Humour in a Jugular Vein - 50 th Anniversary Edition

New Zealand

• Footrot Flats – Collector’s Edition by Murray Ball
• Whaowhia – Maori Art and its Artists by Gilbert Archey
• The Southern Octopus – The Rise of a Shipping Empire by Gavin McLean
• The Best of Bogor – 21 st Anniversary Edition by Burton Silver
• Tutira – The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station by Herbert Guthrie-Smith
• Courage and Camp Ovens – Five Generations at Golden Bay by Enga Washbourn
• Orakei – A Ngati Whatua Community by I. H. Kawharu
• Moment and Memory – Photography in the NZ Landscape by Craig Potton
• Palagi Tafaovale – A Wanderer in the Pacific by Bob Rankin
• Essays on Socialism in New Zealand – On the Left edited by Pat Moloney and Kerry Taylor

Diaries, Classics, Essays, Media, Literati et al

• V.S. Naipaul – A Writer’s People – Ways of Looking and Feeling
• The Alphabet – Unravelling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z by David Sacks
• The Pacifists Guide to Self-Flagellation by John Larkin
• Somebody Else – Arthur Rimbaud in Africa 1880-1891 by Charles Nicholl
• Jonathan Swift by Victoria Glendinning
• Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp and Other Essays by Dave Eggers et al
• Orwell’s Victory by Christopher Hitchens
• Word Freak – Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players by Stefan Fatsis
• Blake by Peter Ackroyd
• Tao te Ching by Lao Tsu
• Lorca – A Dream of Life by Leslie Stainton
• The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-1923 edited by Max Brod
• Most of the Most of S.J. Perelman edited by Steven Martin
• Dante’s Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso – in World’s Classics editions, bilingual England and Italian

History and Biography

• Comrades – Communism – A World History by Robert Service
• The Courtesan’s Revenge – Harriette Wilson, the Woman who Blackmailed the King by Frances Wilson
• White Wash – On Keith Windschuttle’s Fabrication of Aboriginal History edited by Robert Manne
• The Flying Carpet to Baghdad – One Woman’s Fight for Two Orphans of War by Hala Jaber
• The Man who Knew too Much – The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635-1703 by Stephen Inwood
• Strangers – Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century by Graham Robb
• The Balloon Factory – The Story of the Men who Built Britain’s First Flying Machines by Alexander Frater
• King Leopold’s Ghost – A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
• Ashes to Ashes – America’s 100-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris by Richard Kluger
• Tsar - The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra by Peter Kurth
• Lords of Finance – 1929, the Great Depression and the Bankers who broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
• A Mighty Fortress – A New History of the German People by Steven Ozment
• Dogs of God – Columbus, the Inquisition and the Defeat of the Moors by James Reston Jr.
• The Kaiser – Warlord of the Second Reich by Alan Palmer

Art

• Paul Cézanne by Philippe Cros
• The Art and Craft of Papier Mâché by Juliet Bawden
• Chinese Erotic Art by Michel Beurdeley and others
• Indian Love Paintings by Hilde Bach
• Japanese Erotism
• Tantra – The Indian Cult of Ecstasy by Philip Rawson
• Van Gogh’s Van Goghs – Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
• Japanese Prints Colouring Book – 38 Designs Rendered for Colouring by Ed Sibbett Jr.
• The Flowering of the Middle Ages edited by Joan Evans
• The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci by A. E. Popham
• Calder’s Universe by Jean Lipman
• The Complete Book of Silk Screen Printing Production by J. I. Biegeleisen
• Klee by Douglas Hall
• The Body - Images of the Nude by Edward Lucie-Smith
• Digital Painting – d’Artiste – Digital Artists Master Class by Bergkvist, Straub, Wallin and Chang
• Love – A Fairy Tale for Grown-Up Children by Oscar A. Z Leneman
• The Legacy of Japanese Printmaking by Barry Till
• The Encyclopedia of Sculpture Techniques by John Mills
• World Ceramics edited by Robert J. Charleston
• The Ten Bamboo Studio – A Chinese Masterpiece presented by Joseph Vedlich
• Fame – Portraits of Celebrated People by Brad Benedict
• Air Powered – The Art of the Airbrush by Wakerman, Zoell, Probst and Griffiths

Architecture and Design

• The Place of Narrative – Mural Decoration in Italian Churches 431-1600 by Marilyn Aronberg Lavin
• Architectural Excellence – 500 Iconic Buildings by Paul Cattermole
• Designage – The Art of the Decorative Sign by Arnold Schwartzman
• Gaudi – An Introduction to his Architecture by Juan-Eduardo Cirlot
• His Invention so Fertile – A Life of Christopher Wren by Adrian Tinniswood
• The Illustrated Dictionary of 20 th Century Designers – The Key Personalities in Design and the Applied Arts
• Nationalism and Globalism in Design by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
• Italian Design – A Design Heritage by Giovanni Albera and Nicolas Monti

Trains, Bikes and Planes

• The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots – Volume One Southern England by Paul Smith
• The Book of BR Standards by Richard Derry
• Southern Sheds in Camera by Roger Griffiths
• Bulleid Power – The `Merchant Navy’ Class by A J Fry
• The Bulleid Pacifics of the Southern by Cecil J Allen and S C Townroe
• The Power of the Bulleid Pacifics by Stanley Creer and Brian Morrison
• Bulleid Pacifics at Work by Col. HCB Rogers OBE
• Hindenburg –An Illustrated History - Reliving the era of the Great Airships by Rick Archbold & Ken Marschall
• The Power of the Arthurs, Nelsons and Schools by John Whiteley and Gavin Morrison
• Cross Country Routes of the Southern by Terry Gough
• The Southern in Surrey and Berkshire by Terry Gough
• Art of the Chopper by Tom Zimberoff
• The Southern West of Salisbury by Terry Gough
• The Southern in Hampshire and Dorset by Terry Gough
• An Historical Survey of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway – Layouts and Illustrations by CW Judge

Shipping

• Olympic and Titanic – Ocean Liners of the Past – The White Star Triple Screw Atlantic Liners
• Wooden Boat Renovation – New Life for Old Boats using Modern Methods by Jim Trefethen
• Classic Boat Seamanship by Martin Tregoning
• The Ship that Changed the World – The Escape of the Goeben to the Dardanelles in 1914 by Dan van der Vat
• Vintage Yachts of the World by Flavio Serafini with photos by James Taylor
• Perilous Seas – Exciting True Stories about Disasters and Heroism on and under the Sea by Roger Meecham
• British Submarines in the Great War by Edwyn Gray

Food and Cooking

• All in One – Fabulously Simple and Convenient One-Pot Recipes by Love Food
• The Big Book of Pasta – Your Complete Guide to Cooking Perfect Pasta every time by Love Food
• Lunch with Madame Murat – Food of Love in a French Village by Mary Moody
• Be Bold With Bananas by Fruit Distributors Ltd – The Classic!
• The End of Food – The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry by Paul Roberts
• Guide to Farmers’ Markets - New Zealand and Australia 2007 – 100+ Markets and Fresh Produce Recipes
• The Science of the Oven by Hervé This
• Jamie’s Dinners – The Essential Cookbook by Jamie Oliver
• Best Food Writing 2004 edited by Holly Hughes

Science, Natural History and Ecology

• The Encyclopedia of Prehistoric Life edited by Rodney Steel and Anthony P Harvey
• The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins – 30 th Anniversary Edition
• The Complete Pig – An Entertaining History of Pigs by Sara Rath
• The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
• The Urban Homestead – Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen
• Earth from Space – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum by Andrew K Johnston
• The Scientist, the Madman, the Thief and their Lightbulb – The Biggest Scandal in the History of Science by Keith Tutt
• The Planets by David McNab and James Younger

Military and Crime

• Marching Powder – True Story of Friendship, Cocaine & South America’s Strangest Jail by Rusty Young
• Hirohito – Behind the Myth by Edward Behr
• McMafia – Seriously Organised Crime by Misha Glenny
• Long Shadows – Truth, Lies and History by Erna Paris
• Dunkirk – Retreat to Victory by Major General Julian Thompson
• The Circuit – AN Ex-SAS Soldier, a Secretive Industry, the War of Terror by Bob Shepherd]
• The Children’s House of Belsen by Hetty E Verolme
• Together we Stand – North Africa 1942-1943 – Turning the Tide in the West by James Holland
• Escape - The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Break Out of the Bangkok Hilton by David McMillan
• Gallipoli by Michael Hickey
• The Peninsular War – A New History by Charles Esdaile
• Dopplegangers - The Truth about the Bodies in the Berlin Bunker by Hugh Thomas
• Colossus – Bletchley Park’s Greatest Secret by Paul Gannon

Music and more Music

• The Chronicle of Opera by Michael Raeburn
• Music Business – A Musician’s Guide to the Australian Music Industry by Shane Simpson
• Charlie Watts by Alan Clayson
• Smart Blonde – Dolly Parton by Stephen Miller
• Bit of a Blur – The Autobiography by Alex James
• 45 by Bill Drummond
• Stand and Deliver – The Autobiography by Adam Ant
• No one Knows the Queens of the Stone Age Story by Joel McIver
• A Musician’s Alphabet by Susan Tomes
• Morrissey – The Albums by Johnny Rogan
• Stormy Weather – The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen by Linda Dahl
• A Boy called Marshall, A Girl called Madonna and A Boy called Robbie – Popjustice Books illustrated by David Whittle
• Dylan – A Biography by Bob Spitz
• Lost in the Woods – Syd Barrett and the Pink Floyd by Julian Palacios
• Abba - The Complete Guide to their Music by Carl Magnus Palm
• Madonna – The Complete Guide to her Music by Rikky Rooksby and
• Nirvana – The Complete Guide to their Music by James Hector
• Ritchie Blackmore - Black Knight by Jerry Bloom
• The Stones – The Acclaimed Biography by Philip Norman
• Let it Blurt – The Life and Times of Lester Bangs by Jim DeRogatis

Film and Show Business

• Dear Fatty by Dawn French
• The Art of the Matrix edited by Spencer Lamm
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the Making of the Classic Film – 50 th Anniversary by Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley
• Robert Mitchum - Baby, I don’t Care by Lee Server
• Down and Dirty Pictures – Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind
• Mr Strangelove – A Biography of Peter Sellers by Ed Sikov
• The Making of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – The Filming of the Douglas Adams Classic edited by Robbie Stamp
• Seeing is Believing – Or how Hollywood taught us to stop Worrying and Love the 50s by Peter Biskind

Travel and Places

• The Complete Flier’s Handbook– The Essential Guide to Successful Air Travel by Brian Clegg
• Seeking Robinson Crusoe – A Castaway’s Cocktail of Adventure by Tim Severin
• Desert, Marsh and Mountain – The World of a Nomad by Wilfred Thesiger
• London Museums - A Handbook by Andrew Wyllie
• Old Shanghai – A Lost Age by Wu Liang
• National Geographic – The World of Islam edited by Don Belt
• Lady Spy, Gentleman Explorer – The Double Life of Herbert Dyce Murphy by Heather Rossitor
• Travelling Light – Take a Trip with Ireland’s Top Women Writers edited by Sarah Webb
• The Book of Death – Kicking the Bucket in Style by Sarah McKenzie, Liz Poole and Amanda McKenzie
• Whampoa – Ships on the Shore by Austin Coates

New Age and Inspiration, Religion and Myth

• The Book of the Dragon by Judy Allen and Jeanne Griffiths
• The Year of Living Biblically – One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible by A.J. Jacobs
• Biblica – The Bible Atlas – A Social and Historical Journey through the Lands of the Bible – Huge Boxed volume with accompanying CD Rom J
• Live your Best Life - O The Oprah Magazine – A Treasury of Wisdom, Wit, Advice, Interviews and Inspiration
• The Life and Times of Mohammed – Portraits of Greatness
• Aphrodisiacs – An Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom by Hamlyn
• Taking Up the Ruins – A Complete Guide to Using Runes in Spells, Rituals, Divination and Magic by Diana L. Paxson
• Living at the End of the World – An Inquiry into the Pending Armageddon by Marina Benjamin
• Peace and Friendship , and Love by Nanushka

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