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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

Fiction, Fiction, Fiction

The Irish Male – His Greatest Hits by Joseph O’Connor

Graphic Novels

• The Comic Book Bible by Rob Suggs
• Moon Knight #1-10 and his Earliest Appearances – Collection edited by Mark D Beazley
• The Authority – Relentless by Ellis, Hitch, Neary and Depuy
• The Authority – Under New Management by Ellis, Hitch, Millar and Quitely
• Terra Obscura by Moore, Paquette, Story and Hogan
• Lucifer – Children and Monsters by Carey, Gross, Kelly and Ormston
• DC Universe – The Stories of Alan Moore
• Fables – Legends in Exile by Willingham, Medina, Leialoha and Hamilton
• Kingdom Come – The Greatest Super-Hero Epic of Tomorrow! by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
• Mom’s Cancer by Brian Fies
• The Golden Age of DC Comics – 365 Days by Les Daniels, Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear
• Odds and Ends by R Crumb

New Zealand and the Pacific

• Early New Zealand Botanical Art by F Bruce Sampson
• Kippenberger – An Inspired New Zealand Commander by Glyn Harper
• Pakeha Maori – The Extraordinary Story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand by Trevor Bentley
• The Desert Road – New Zealanders remember the North African Campaign edited by Megan Hutching
• Western Front – The New Zealand Division in the First World War 1916-1918 by Matthew Wright
• Ricki Herbert – A New Fire – The Kiwi Football Great behind the All Whites and the Phoenix by Russell Gray

Poetry, Crosswords and Literati

• Best Loved Poems edited by Neil Philip and illustrated by Isabelle Brent
• A Christmas Carol – The Original Manuscript by Charles Dickens
• Eugene Onegin and other Poems by Pushkin in Everyman Library Pocket Poet edition
• `If…’ and other Poems by Rudyard Kipling
• Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8) – A Memoir of Love, Exile and Crosswords by Sandy Balfour

History and Biography

• The Nehrus and the Gandhis – An Indian Dynasty by Tariq Ali
• The Age of Arthur – A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 by John Morris
• Behind the Scenes at Time Team by Tim Taylor and photos by Chris Bennett
• A History of Africa by J D Fage
• Harem - The World Behind the Veil by Alev Lytle Croutier
• The Interesting Bits – The History you might have Missed by Justin Pollard (QI Researcher)
• The Long Affair – Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution 1785 –1800 by Conor Cruise O’Brien
• Atlantic Ocean – The Illustrated History of the Ocean that Changed the World by Martin W Sandler
• Rubicon – The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

War, Transport and Politics

• Last Night I Dreamed of Peace – An Extraordinary Diary of Courage from the Vietnam War by Dang Thuy Tram
• The Ironclads – An Illustrated History of Battleships from 1860 to the First World War by Peter Hore
• Battleships of World War II – An Illustrated History and Country-by-Country Directory by Peter Hore
• In Command of History – Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War by David Reynolds
• Babylon’s Ark – The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo by Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence
• War without Hate – The Desert Campaign of 1940-1943 by John Bierman and Colin Smith (PB) and
• Alamein – War without Hate also by John Bierman and Colin Smith (HB) (same book)
• Hitler’s Generals edited by Correlli Barnett
• Soldiers – Fighting Men’s Lives 1901-2001 by Philip Ziegler
• Harold Nicolson – Diaries and Letters 1930-1964 edited and condensed by Stanley Olson
• Sandhurst – The Royal Military Academy – 250 Years by David Chandler and Patrick Ward
• Design Museum – Fifty Cars that Changed the World
• The Price of Power – Kissinger and the Nixon White House by Seymour M Hersh
• The Third Reich – War on the High Seas by Time Life
• Atlantic Escorts – Ships, Weapons and Tactics in WW2 by David K Brown
• The History of the Ship – The Story of Seafaring from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Richard Woodman
• Epic Sea Battles by William Koenig

Travel, Cultures and Places

• Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 by Francis Robinson

Art and Fashion, Design and Photography

• Pop Art – A Continuing History by Marco Livingstone
• Art Nouveau by Taschen and Klaus –Jürgen Sembach
• Egon Schiele by Taschen and Wolfgang George Fischer
• The Book of American Illustration XXIII – The Book of Unpure Inspiration
• The Artist’s Way – A Course in Discovering and Recovering your Creative Self by Julia Cameron
• Painting Course – An Introduction to Drawing, Watercolour, Gouache, Tempera, Pastel, Acrylic and Oil Painting By Ronald Pearsall
• In Search of the Monkey Girl – Photographs by Randal Levenson
• Celtic Knotwork and Celtic Key Patterns both by Iain Bain
• Wedding Dress Sourcebook – The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Dress of your Dreams by Philip Delamore
• Stencil Pirates – A Global Study of the Street Stencil by Josh MacPhee
• Banksy – Wall and Piece
• Audubon – A Biography by John Chancellor

Film and Radio, Music and Dance ♫♪♫ ♫♪♪

• The Stories behind every Grateful Dead Song 1965-1995 – What a Long Strange Trip by Stephen Peters
• Becoming a Dancer by Dianne Rayner with photos by Helga Leunig
• Invitation to the Dance – The Story of the Australian Ballet School by Pamela Ruskin
• Treasures of Disney Animation Art selected by Robert E Abrams
• The Goons – The Story – Spike Milligan, Sir Harry Secombe, Eric Sykes edited by Norma Farnes
• How to be Lovely – The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life by Melissa Hellstern
• Chuck Berry – The Autobiography

Cooking, Food and Drinks

• Champagne – How the World’s most Glamorous Wine triumphed over War & Hard Times by Don & Petie Kladstrup
• The Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen
• The Complete Book of Bread and Bread Machines – A Definitive Guide by Christine Ingram and Jennie Shapter
• Sydney Food by Bill Granger
• The Food of Spain - A Journey for Food Lovers by Vicky Harris and John Newton

Science, Engineering and Natural History

• The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics – From Einstein to Hawking and Dillard to Updike – An Eloquent and Inspired Collection from more than 90 of the World’s best-known Writers
• The Homebuilt Dynamo – Dynamo Design and Construction with Ceramic Magnets by Alfred T Forbes

Religion and New Age, Philosophy and Pop Culture

• The Active Side of Infinity – The Definitive Overview of Castaneda’s Journey with Don Juan and
• The Wheel of Time also by Carlos Castaneda
• The Art of Living – A Guide to Contentment, Joy and Fulfillment by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• What I Know Now – Letters to my Younger Self – Extraordinary Women Share the Wisdom they wish they’d had when they were Younger edited by Ellyn Spragins

Family and Health, Psychology and Self Help

• Rudolf Steiner and Holistic Medicine – An introduction to the Revolutionary Ideas of the Founder of Anthroposophy by Francis X King
• Natural Remedies that Really Work – A New Zealand Guide by Dr. Shaun Holt
• Reiki Best Practices – Wonderful Tools of Healing by Walter Lübeck and Frank Arjava Petter
• The Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration and Meditation – Ancient Skills for Modern Minds by Joel & Michelle Levey

Each week, we bring you the most tragic & fantastic piece of cover art that's crossed our desk.
In honour of some very special Arty Bees who are celebrating a Birthday today!

Au Contraire is the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention for 2010, with special guests including our own Elizabeth Knox!

The convention will be taking place in Wellington over 27-29 August 2010 - the weekend before the WorldCon in Australia.

And to celebrate (and because it's what we do) we have lots of great new SF!

This photo insert of an Arty Bees SF shelf is for your Health & Safety
- Please drool on your computer screen here, and not on our books (until you buy them and get them home ...) Thank you.

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