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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

Children's Books!

And yes we're still unpacking and pricing those beautiful kids books!

• Rocking Horse Land and other Classic Tales of Dolls and Toys compiled by Naomi Lewis and Angela Barrett
• Bosh Blob Ber Bosh – Runcible Poems for Edward Lear by J Patrick Lewis and illustrations by Gary Kelley
• Tales from the Waterhole by Bob Graham
• Home in the Sky by Jeannie Baker
• Once upon a Poem – Favourite Poems that Tell Stories illustrated by Bailey, Bailey, Lawson and McEwan
• Kay Thompson’s Eloise in Hollywood by J David Stem, David N Weiss and Ted Enik
• Here’s a Little Poem collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters and illustrated by Polly Dunbar
• The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish both by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean
• The Jumblies by Edward Lear and illustrated by Ian Beck
• My Dad by Anthony Browne
• The Super Science Book – Whizzy Physical Science by Kate Petty and Jennie Maizels
• The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm translated and with an introduction by Jack Zipes
• The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
• James Cameron’s Avatar - The Na’vi Quest
• Jack by Mike and Esther Fitzpatrick with illustrations by Bruce Madden
• Folktales from Africa – The Girl who Married a Lion by Alexander McCall-Smith
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham with illustrations by Inga Moore
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll with illustrations by Sir John Tenniel
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett
• The Roald Dahl Treasury by Roald Dahl
• The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders and illustrated by Lane Smith
• Weaving Earth and Sky – Myths and Legends of Aotearoa by Robert Sullivan and illustrations by Gavin Bishop

Plus!

A pile of very early Noddy books in miniature format by Enid Blyton

New Zealand and the Pacific

• Medicines of the Maori by Christine MacDonald
• Which New Zealand Spider? By Andrew Crowe
• Creatures Aotearoa by Dylan Owen
• Dare to be Free – One of the Greatest True Stories of WW2 by W B `Sandy’ Thomas
• Charles Fleming - Environmental Patriot by Mary McEwen
• Crafted by Design – Inside NZ Craft Artists’ Studios by Jeanette Cook and Photos by Stephen Robinson
• Birds of Aotearoa – A Natural and Cultural History by Margaret Orbell
• Pasifika Women – Our Stories in New Zealand by Sandra Kailahi
• Parallel Lines – Riding the Central Otago Rail Trail by Annie Villiers and John Z Robinson
• Aunt Daisy – Handy Hints (pre 1945 )
• Painted Poems – One Artist - 20 Poems by Eion Stevens
• Tea with my Tapas – A NZ Traveller enjoys the Cultural Challenges of Spain by Judith Doyle
• The Shadow of the Land – A Study of British Policy and Racial Conflict in NZ 1832-1852 by Ian Wards
• Dick Frizzell – The Painter – Live Clean and Let Your Works be Seen
• Bogor – 21 st Anniversary Edition by Burton Silver
• Contested Ground – Te Whenua I Tohea – The Taranaki Wars 1860-1881 edited by Kelvin Day (New)
• Bob Jones’s 1973 NZ Boxing Yearbook – A Complete Record of Boxing in New Zealand Over the Past Year by Bob Jones
• Bright Star – Beatrice Hill Tinsley, Astronomer by Christine Cole Catley
• Maori Art and Design – Weaving, Painting, Carving and Architecture by Julie Paama-Pengelly (New)
• The Book of the Huia by W J Phillipps
• Mrs Chippy’s Last Expedition 1914-1915 – The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton’s Polar-bound Cat
• Walls for Water – Pioneer Dam Building in New Zealand by R E Offer
• Dear to Me – 100 New Zealanders Write about their Favourite Poems compiled by Amnesty International

Poetry and Essays, Language and Literati

• The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions by Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen and Penelope Stock
• The Amazing Book of Useless Information – More Things you Didn’t Need to Know but are About to Find Out by Noel Botham and The Useless Information Society
• Heavy Words Lightly Thrown – The Reason behind the Rhyme by Chris Roberts
• Behind the Bestsellers – The Stories behind the World’s Favourite Books by Jenny Bond and Chris Sheedy
• The Big Book of Being Rude – 7000 Slang Insults introduced by Jonathon Green with cartoons by Dan Pearce
• The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri – Inferno edited & translated by Robert M Durling with notes & illustrations
• Bitter Fame – A Life of Sylvia Plath by Anne Stevenson
• How Fiction Works – A Deep, Practical Anatomy of the Novel by James Wood
• Pistache – A Collection of Fanciful, Satirical & Surprising Parodies, Squibs & Pastiches by Sebastian Faulks
• Other Colours – Essays and a Story by Orhan Pamuk – Writings on Life, Art, Books and Cities

History, Biography and Travel

• A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
• Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples illustrated by Michel Streich
• Samuel Pepys – The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin
• Captain Bligh’s Portable Nightmare - From the Bounty to Safety – 6705 kms across the Pacific in a Rowing Boat by John Toohey
• The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine by Tom Holzel and Audrey Salkeld
• Paris was Yesterday 1925-1939 by Janet Flanner
• Pompeii – The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard
• Designation Saigon by Walter Mason
• A Left-Handed History of the World by Ed Wright
• The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret MacMillan
• The Case of Witchcraft– The Trial of Urbain Grandier by Robert Rapley
• Britain AD – A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons by Francis Pryor

Military, Transport and Terrorism

• The Royal Scots 1914-1918 (two volumes) by Major John Ewing M C (1925)
• The First World War by Hew Strachan
• Looking Into Hell – Experiences of the Bomber Command War by Mel Rolfe
• History of the 6 th Cavalry Brigade 1914-1918 by Lieutenant J B Bickersteth M C (Fabulous maps)
• The Gun by C S Forster
• The Railway Man by Eric Lomax
• ANZACs in Arkhangel – The Untold Story of Australia and the Invasion of Russia 1918-1919 by Michael Challinger
• Full Circle – The Story of Air Fighting by J E (‘Johnnie’) Johnson
• The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1946-1959 by F A Godfrey
• By Sea and Land – The Story of the Royal Marines Commandos by Robin Neillands
• Making a Killing – The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq by James Ashcroft
• Fly Navy – Naval Aviators and Carrier Aviation – A History by Philip Kaplan
• The History of the Ship – The Comprehensive Story of Seafaring from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Richard Woodman
• The War Chronicles by Joseph Cummins comprising two volumes –
• From Chariots to Flintlocks – New Perspectives on the 2000 Years of Bloodshed that shaped the Modern World and From Flintlocks to Machine guns– A Global Reference of all the Major Modern Conflicts

Art and Photography

• Drawn to Life - 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes – Volumes One and Two by Walt Stanchfield
• I was Vermeer – The Forger who Swindled the Nazis by Frank Wynne
• Timing for Animation by Harold Whitaker and John Halas
• The Pre-Raphelite Camera – Aspects of Victorian Photography by Michael Bartram
• David Colman’s Doodles, Volume II
• Michelangelo – Life and Work by Frank Zöller, Christof Thoenes and Taschen (New)
• Wiener Werkstaette 1903-1932 by Gabriele Fahr-Becker and Taschen
• Post Secret – Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives compiled by Frank Warren

Plus - New from Taschen –

Leonardo by Frank Zöllner, Bosch – The Complete Paintings by Walter Bosing and Dürer by Norbert Wolf

Architecture, DIY and Decorating

• Curtains, Cushions, Covers and Blinds – Inspiration and Techniques by Jean Nayar
• Moroccan Interiors by Lisa Lovatt-Smith, Angelika Muthesius and Taschen
• Architecture Now! Museums by Philip Jodidio and Taschen (New)
• Frank Lloyd Wright by Taschen
• Hand or Simple Turning – Principles and Practice by John Jacob Holtzapffel
• The Complete Guide to Decks by Black and Decker
• Pad – The Guide to Ultra-Living by Matt Maranian
• Simply Enchanting Crafts – Over 30 Delightfully Delicate Project for you and your Home by Lilas Force
• De Stijl 1917-1931 by Carsten-Peter Warncke and Taschen

Graphic Design and Typography

• 1000 Type Treatments – From Script to Serif, Letterforms used to Perfection by Wilson Harvey/Loewy
• Japanese Design by Penny Sparke
• Rookledge’s Classic International Type Finder – The Essential Handbook of Typeface Recognition & Selection by Christopher Perfect and Gordon Rookledge
• How to be a Graphic Designer without Losing your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy
• 1000 Retail Graphics – From Signage to Logos and Everything In-Store by Rockport Publishers
• The Power of Paper in Graphic Design by Catharine Fishel
• Graphic Design Now by Charlotte and Peter Fiell and Taschen

Fashion and Jewellery

• Buccellati – Timeless Art edited by Sylvia Luzzatto and published by Moscow Kremlin Museums
• The Secrets behind my Smile by June Dally-Watkins
• Brooches – Timeless Adornment by Lori Ettlinger Gross and photos by David Behl
• 100 Contemporary Fashion Designers by Taschen (New 2 volume boxed set)
• Georgian Jewellery 1814-1830 by Ginny Redington Dawes with Olivia Collings

Music, TV and Film

• The Men Who Made the Monsters by Paul M Jensen
• Kurt Cobain Journals
• Beds are Burning – Midnight Oil – The Journey by Mark Dodshon
• Painting With Light by John Alton
• The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons
• Looking for the Perfect Beat – The Art and Culture of the DJ by Kurt B Reighley
• Cinematic Storytelling – The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know by Jennifer Van Sijll
• Hendrix – The Final Days by Tony Brown
• Life in his Hands – The True Story of a Neurosurgeon and a Pianist by Susan Wyndham
• DJ – DJ Culture by Ulf Poschardt
• Glenn Gould - The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius by Peter F Ostwald
• The Mozart Essays by H C Robbins Landon

Cooking and Food

• 5 Ways with Christelle Le Ru – Take One Key Ingredient and Create Five Fantastic Family Meals
• Me’a Kai – The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific by Robert Oliver
• The Wine Trials 2010 – The World’s Bestselling Guide to Inexpensive Wines by Robin Goldstein and Alexis Herschkowitsch
• How to Drink by Victoria Moore
• Delicious Cupcakes – Full of Delicious Cupcake Recipes by Susanne Tee

Science and Natural History

• Mapping Mars – Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World by Oliver Morton
• Bats Sing, Mice Giggle – Revealing the Secret Lives of Animals by Karen Shanor and Jagmeet Kanwal
• Introducing Quantum Theory – A Graphic Guide to Science’s most Puzzling Discovery by J P McEvoy & Oscar Zarate
• My Stroke of Insight – A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor PhD
• The Never-ending Days of Being Dead – Dispatches from the Front Line of Science by Marcus Chown
• The Shock of the Old – Technology and Global History since 1900 by David Edgerton

Family, Health and Humour

• Make Money Fast! Drive Women Wild! And Other Offers too good to refuse from the Small Ads by Pete Alexander
• Reader’s Digest – Genealogy Handbook – The Complete Guide to Tracing your Family Tree by Ellen Galford
• Where does it Hurt? What the Junior Doctor did Next by Max Pemberton
• It’s Not Always Black and White – A Colourful Take on Life’s Grey Areas by Kate Knapp
• Turning the Me Generation into the We Generation – Raising Kids that Care by Michael Ungar PhD
• Fractured – Living Nine Lives to Escape my Own by Ruth Dee

Philosophy, Psychology and Pop Culture

• British Culture – An Introduction by David Christopher
• Talent is Overrated – What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
• Ecstasy – And the Rise of the Chemical Generation by Richard Hammersley, Furzana Khan and Jason Ditton
• Club Culture – Music, Media and Subcultural Capital by Sarah Thornton
• The `Wolfman’ and other Cases by Sigmund Freud
• Sigmund Freud by Ralph Steadman
• Fearless Speech by Michel Foucault
• Language, Truth and Logic by A J Ayer

Business and Sport

• The Lovemarks Effect – Winning in the Consumer Revolution by Kevin Roberts
• The Future Beyond Brands – Lovemarks by Kevin Roberts
• The Search for the Perfect Golf Club by Tom Wishon with Tom Grundner
• The Power of Small – Why Little Things make all the Difference by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval

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