From Timaru to Stalag VIIIB, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Good Faeries – Bad Faeries

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

Fiction, Fiction, Fiction

• The Uncommon Reader and The Laying on of Hands – A Story by Alan Bennett
• Details of a Sunset and Other Stories by Vladimir Nabokov
• And a cache of 2010 newish releases
  • The Swimmer by Roma Tearne
  • The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
  • The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
  • The Lessons by Naomi Alderman
  • This Body of Death by Elizabeth George
  • Sex and Stravinsky by Barbara Trapido
  • The Lake Shore Limited – Have you ever Imagined a Different Life? by Sue Miller
  • Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
  • So Much for That by Lionel Shriver

Comics

• The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay – Volume III 1908-1910

New Zealand and the Pacific

• The Mouse that Squeaked by Murray Ball
• New Zealand’s Romantic Landscape – Paintings by John Gully
• From Timaru to Stalag VIIIB – A Kiwi Airman’s Wartime Story by Jack Hardie
• Don’t Rock the Boat – The Man the Navy tried to Sink by Captain Ian Bradley
• Faces from the Past – The Dignity of Maori Age by Kristin Zambucka
• Words on Wings – An Anthology of New Zealanders in Flight edited by Jim Hopkins
• The Life of James K Baxter by Frank McKay
• The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera (1 st Edition HB)
• The Great New Zealand Songbook including 2 CDs (Boxed)

Poetry, Mythology and Media

• Poetry in the Making – A Handbook for Writing and Teaching by Ted Hughes
• Parallels and Paradoxes by Daniel Barenboin and Edward W Said
• The World of Myth – An Anthology by David Adams Leeming
• The Shock Doctrine – The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Classics, Language and Literati

• American Bloomsbury – Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau – Their Lives, their Loves, their Work by Susan Cheever
• Wordly Wise – A Book about the Origins of English Words and Phrases by James McDonald
• Visiting Mrs Nabukov and Other Excursions by Martin Amis
• Proust and the Squid – The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
• The Egyptian Book of the Dead – The Papyrus of Ani – Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation by E A Wallis Budge
• The Puffin Handbook – The Perfect Little Guide to the 70 Best Books for Children

History and Biography

• Genghis Khan – Life, Death and Resurrection by John Man
• The Greek Achievement – The Foundation of the Western World by Charles Freeman
• Catherine de Medici by Leonie Frieda
• Blood, Bread and Roses – How Menstruation Created the World by Judy Grahn
• Comrades – Communism – A World History by Robert Service
• My Life by Fidel Castro
• The First Salute – A View of the American Revolution by Barbara Tuchman
• An Auctioneer’s Lot – Tales of a Country Auctioneer by Philip Serrell
• The Lady in the Tower –The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir
• The House of Mitford by Jonathan Guinness with Catherine Guinness

War, Transport and Politics

• Samurai – The World of the Warrior by Stephen Turnbull
• Samurai Swords – A Collector’s Guide to Japanese Swords by Clive Sinclaire (New)
• The Complete Encyclopedia of World Motorcycles edited by Mirco de Cet
• My Friend the Mercenary – A Memoir by James Brabazon
• Super Blue – Photography by Katsuhiko Tokunaga
• Where They Fell – A Walker’s Guide to the Battlefields of the World by Tim Newark
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pistols, Revolvers and Submachine Guns by Fowler, North and Stronge
• The World Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine Guns – An Illustrated Guide to 500 Firearms by Fowler & Sweeney
• The Pacific – Hell was an Ocean Away – The Official Companion Book to the HBO Mini-series by Hugh Ambrose
• The Ultimate Illustrated History of World War I by Ian Westwell
• The Ultimate Illustrated History of World War II by Donald Sommerville
• The Cutting Edge with photography by C J Heatley III
• Rebels and Yankees – The Fighting Men of the Civil War by William C Davis
• With my Face to the Enemy - Perspectives on the American Civil War edited by Robert Cowley

Travel, Cultures and Places

• Beyond Belief – Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples by V S Naipaul
• Andrew Duncan’s Favourite London Walks – 50 Classic Routes exploring London’s Heritage
• City Secrets – New York City – Novelists, Artists, Architects, Curators, Filmmakers, Historians and Gourmets Reveal their Favourite Discoveries in the Ultimate Insider’s Guide edited by Robert Kahn

Art, Design and Photography

• Collins 30 Minute - Landscapes in Watercolour by Paul Talbot-Greaves
• Renoir by Phaidon
• The Seventies in Pictures by James Lescott
• Painting Skies – Watercolour Tips and Techniques by Geoff Kersey
• Step-by-Step Watercolour Painting – A Complete Guide to Mastering Techniques with the Alexander Brothers
• Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolours by Ray Hendershot
• The North Light Pocket Guide to Painting Trees – Colour Tips and Paint Techniques by Patricia Seligman
• The Watercolour Bible by Joe Garcia
• Artists’ Questions Answered – Watercolours by David Norman
• Good Faeries – Bad Faeries by Brian Froud
• How to Draw and Paint Dragons by Tom Kidd
• Gray’s Anatomy – A Facsimile by Henry Gray F.R.S. and Drawings by H V Carter M.D. (A3 size)
• The Potter’s Bible – An Illustrated Guide for Beginners edited by Marylin Scott
• Quilt Masterpieces by Susanna Pfeffer
• The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts – Moscow compiled by Yevgeny Levitin
• Indian Interiors by Angelika Taschen, Deidi von Schaewen and Sunil Sethi

Film, TV and Music ♫♪♫ ♫♪♪

• Growing Pains by Billie Piper
• Piano Notes – The Hidden World of the Pianist by Charles Rosen
• Give it Away – Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Stories Behind Every Song by Rob Fitzpatrick
• Musical Elaborations by Edward W Said
• Lessons in Becoming Myself by Ellen Burstyn
• In the Groove – Vintage Record Graphics 1940-1960 by Eric Kohler
• Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide – From the Silent Era through 1954 – More than 10 000 Movies
• The Rules of Modern Policing - 1973 Edition by DCI Gene Hunt
• Blues – A Photographic Documentary by David Harrison
• Dirty Blonde – The Diaries of Courtney Love

Cooking

• The Millennium Cookbook – Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine by Eric Tucker, John Westerdahl & Sascha Weiss
• Noodles and Pasta by Joy Davies and photos by Simon Wheeler
• Eat Fresh – Cooking through the Seasons by Annabel Langbein
• The Madhur Jaffrey Cookbook – Over 650 Indian, Vegetarian and Eastern Recipes
• Simple French Cooking – The Very Best of a Classic Cuisine by Carole Clements and Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen
• Verdure! Vegetables the Italian Way by Elisabetta Lotti and Marco Lanza
• Good Housekeeping - Cooking for Vegetarian Children by Janet Smith and Fiona Hunter
• Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favourites – Flavourful Recipes for Healthful Meals by the Moosewood Collective

Science and Natural History

• Animal Rights and Wrongs by Roger Scruton
• The Tribes of Britain – Who are We? And Where do We Come From? by David Miles
• Genes, Peoples and Languages by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
• The Theory of Almost Everything by Robert Oerter
• Adam’s Curse – A Future Without Men by Bryan Sykes

Religion and New Age, Philosophy and Pop Culture

• Blink – The Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
• Such is Life! – A Close Encounter with Ecclesiastes by Lloyd Geering
• Rose Tinted 60s – A Perfect View of the Past – edited by Ruth Anna Hobday – Documentary DVD included
• Acupressure for Emotional Healing – A Self-Care Guide for Trauma, Stress and Common Emotional Imbalances by Michael Reed Gach
• Present Moment Awareness – A Simple Step-by-Step Guide to Living in the Now by Shannon Duncan
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
• Boundless Healing – Meditation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body by Tulku Thondup
• Wheels of Life – A User’s Guide to the Chakra System by Anodea Judith
• The Gift of Our Compulsions - A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing by Mary O’Malley
• What your Birthday Reveals about You – 366 Days of Astonishingly Accurate Revelations by Phyllis Vega
• Red Hot Tantra – Erotic Secrets of Red Tantra by David Ramsdale and Cynthia W Gentry
• Hunab Ku – 77 Sacred Symbols for Balancing Body and Spirit by Karen and Joel Speerstra
• How to Solve our Human Problems – The Four Noble Truths by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
• Six Impossible Things before Breakfast – The Evolutionary Origins of Belief by Lewis Wolpert
• Sacred Sounds – Magic and Healing through Words and Music by Ted Andrews
• Compass of the Soul – 52 Ways Intuition can Guide you to the Life of your Dreams by Lynn A Robinson
• Chakra Meditation – Transformation through the Seven Energy Centres of the Body with CD by Layne Redmond
• Do it Yourself Numerology – How to Unlock the Secrets of your Personality with Numbers by Sonia Ducie
• Eastern Body Western Mind – Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith

Humour, Economics and Sports

• The Encyclopedia of Surfing by Matt Warshaw
• The Body Language of Poker – Mike Caro’s Book of Tells
• Baseball – An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C Ward and Ken Burns

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