Archived What's New



	Previous What's New Pages Welcome to our archived What's new pages, for those of you who hang out for the latest on the weird and wonderful books that have come into Arty Bees, updated every week (almost every week anyway - a lady has to have a holiday occasionally...) August 26th 2010 Minnie Dean, Shakespeare’s Wife and Scott of the Antarctic August 19th 2010 In Search of the Monkey Girl , The Enchanted Broccoli Forest and The Decline of the Tea Lady August 12th 2010 From Timaru to Stalag VIIIB, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Good Faeries – Bad Faeries August 5th 2010 Secrets of a Medical Examiner, Textiles of Ancient Peru and A Bag of Roosters July 29th 2010 The Voyage of the `Snark’ , The Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey and Jack Kerouac - Selected Letters 1940-1956 July 22nd 2010 Hold Very Tight Please, and whatever you do, don't push Pushkin’s Button July 15th 2010 Maus, On the Road, and Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists July 8th 2010 Mary Tudor, William Blake, Bob Marley & Gollum July 1st 2010 The Untold History of the Potato, Wilfred Owen and Love, Death and Baboons in East Africa June 24th 2010 Orwell’s Paris and London and the Eternal Sunshine of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters June 17th 2010 The Queen of Bermuda, The Living Dead, the Eunuchs of India and A Pig with Six Legs June 10th 2010 A Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, Farmer Giles of Ham and Competitive Scrabble June 3rd 2010 Easy Vegan Cooking, The Invention of Clouds and from Corsets to Camouflage May 29th 2010 Creatures of the Night, The Mitfords and Flying Buttresses, Entropy and O-Rings May 20th 2010 Bedlam – London and its Mad, Kabuki Costume and how to be 26% More Ignorant May 13th 2010 Bats Sing, Mice Giggle, Captain Bligh’s Portable Nightmare and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs May 6th 2010 Great Bordellos of the World, Sheep with Boots and Cow Parade New York April 30th 2010 The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, and The Trial of the Cannibal Dog April 22nd 2010 The Death of Captain Cook, a Gentleman Junkie and Hide-and-Seek Bunnies April 15th 2010 Dambusters, Bastards and Boneheads and a Rogue Tooth Fairy April 1st 2010 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and The Voyage of the Beagle March 25th 2010 Twenty Chickens for a Saddle and A Tree in a Forest March 18th 2010 Sacred Monsters, Other People’s Shoes and How to Travel with a Salmon March 11th 2010 Great Feuds in Mathematics and Choosing and Keeping Chickens March 4th 2010 Blasphemy, Coffee and the Barnacle February 25th 2010 A Potted History of Tea and other Crimes Against Nature February 18th 2010 Biggles, Spiderman, The Sandman and Dog - one of these heroes is hairier than the others ... February 12th 2010 Depraved and Insulting English and Love and Death in Kathmandu February 4th 2010 Hungarian Cuisine and Travels by Bus or Camel (of the flying not the humpy variety) January 30th 2010 Headtrips, Fatal Voyages and Ladies Ordeals January 22nd 2010 Playing with Trains and Coffee with Dickens January 14th 2010 What's New...? January 2010, that's what! December 17th 2009 Last Chance to See, Villains of all Nations and a very Merry Christmas to All! December 10th 2009 Queen Victoria hated Zombies... and the Flaming Tantrum of Death December 3rd 2009 When You Are Engulfed in Flames and A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America November 27th 2009 The Celluloid Circus and Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe November 20th 2009 Carl Sagan, Tutira and The Garden of Vegan November 12th 2009 Hornblower, Maori Folk Tales and Heath Robinson Railway Ribaldry October 30th 2009 The Quiet Earth and The Art of Invisibility October 22nd 2009 Death Shoots a Birdie in a galaxy far, far away. October 15th 2009 Exciting Plans for Labour Weekend or 4162 miles across the Pacific in a Rowing Boat October 8th 2009 Travels beneath the City Streets in the Company of Liars October 1st 2009 Pooh Bear, Parihaka, Jeeves and Moby Dick September 24th 2009 Wizards, Code Breakers, Rock’n’Roll Legends and The Annotated Alice September 18th 2009 A Tale of Female Husbandry and an Unpredictable Guide to Weather September 10th 2009 It's raining Cats, Dogs and Hardback Novels at fantastic bargain prices! August 27th 2009 Pagan Fleshworks, A User’s Guide to the Brain and Other Zoological Curiosities August 21st 2009 Faery Research and a harem-full of Turkish delights August 15th 2009 Silk and Cyanide, and The Adventures of Mr. Marigold August 6th 2009 Alam Halfa and Alamein to Cod July 30th 2009 More Cunning Than Man - Rats, Baboons and a Mouse named Mickey July 23rd 2009 Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud - largely because they are all above Wellington today! July 16th 2009 Vlad the Impaler - A perfect winter house guest? July 9th 2009 The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing July 3rd 2009 Emigrants and Exiles and plenty of Te Reo June 25th 2009 War is hell - watch out for the Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat June 18th 2009 Housetrucking and Feng Shui for You and Your Cat June 11th 2009 Faeries, Oboes, Horses and Shoes June 4th 2009 Secret Societies and the The Joys of Engrish May 28th 2009 Public Executions Illustrated & Egyptian Hieroglyphs May 21st 2009 The Spanish Inquisition - Need we say any more? May 14th 2009 Blackadder, Bearded Brigands and Eva Braun May 7th 2009 Nearly done - Only 70 or 80 boxes to go.... March 12th 2009 We're merging stores and expanding like an exploding custard factory! February 26th 2009 Amish Grace and Charles Rennie MacIntosh February 12th 2009 Marriage & Morals and Viggo for Valentines Day January 29th 2009 "Vantastic" Folk Art, Neil Gaiman and The Best of Kiss January 15th 2009 Wishing you a Happy New Year from Arty Bees with Rosicrucians, Opera and Pancakes for Breakfast. December 11th 2008 Remember to be nice to the cook, beware of the Christmas Cake * and above all, don't forget to feed the cat. December 4th 2008 How to be a Bad Birdwatcher and The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse November 27th 2008 Why Do Buses Come in Threes and other Transportation Dilemmas November 20th 2008 Naval gazing, Tai Chi and cheesy Detective Fiction November 6th 2008 Torvill and Dean meet Babe Ruth and they all voted for Obama! October 30th 2008 Journeys with Nobby through Japan October 23rd 2008 No Drooling Allowed - soggy books are to be avoided at all costs! October 16th 2008 A Snow Ball in Hell and Bring Me the Rhinoceros October 9th 2008 The Vile Village and Travels With a Donkey October 2nd 2008 While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Plucky Deeds & Unspeakable Beastliness September 25th 2008 Serenade me with Peggy Sue in Hindustani September 18th 2008 The Angry Aztecs and Illuminated Manuscripts September 4th 2008 Bearded and Tattooed Ladies and How to Be a Villain August 28th 2008 Montanas, Musicals, Murderers and The Little Book of Calm August 21st 2008 Oh No! We have Diseases of Swine! August 14th 2008 The Good Dog's Guide to Better Living August 7th 2008 Driven to Distraction by Thrilling Stories of Girl Guides July 31st 2008 Res of Naval Audacia Operor quod Pervideo Coniecto July 17th 2008 Kiss Me Hardy, For I Am the Walrus! July 10th 2008 Candid Photography? Blame It On Rio... July 3rd 2008 The Travelers' Schadenfraude And A Nice Glass of Kryptonite June 26th 2008 Chicken Soup for the Goblin's Soul June 19th 2008 The Fabulous Fashion of Fermented Foods June 12th 2008 The Idiot's Guide to Romance and Moustaches June 5th 2008 Humble Pie and the Big Momma Earth May 29th 2008 Shooting Butterflies & Marx-manship May 22nd 2008 The History of Europe, War and Wee Hairy Men May 15th 2008 Bull-Dog Drummond and the Overflow of Children May 8th 2008 Odds and Ends May 1st 2008 Abandonment in the Face of Danger! April 24th 2008 War Peace and Architecture... April 17th 2008 Post Stock-Take Madness April 10th 2008 Welcome Back to the What's New! March 13th 2008 Charging Elephants and Easter Bunnies March 6th 2008 Nice Girls, Blacksmiths, the Spanish Inquisition and Inquisitive Sheep February 28th 2008 Moa Swamps, Marx Brothers and Black Lace naughtiness February 21st 2008 The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness - Just 314 Days to go... February 14th 2008 Be my Valentine, Rudolf Valentino January 31st 2008 Say Abracadabra & Watch the Books Appear as if by Magic... January 24th 2008 Protesting Pukeko, Workplace Monsters and Janes Fighting Ships January 17th 2008 Bronzed Gods, Chess Gods, Rock 'n Roll Gods and late great gods among men. 20th December 2007 to10th January 2008 'Twas the Waffle Before Christmas December 13th 2007 Heat Wave Drowns Arty Bees Employees! December 6th 2007 Our books are well crafted...oh, and did we mention there are heaps! November 29th 2007 I can Lick Thirty Tigers and a Baguette! November 22nd 2007 The Cat in the Hat saw the Sufferagette Bet, That the Nun with the Bun, couldn't Stand on one Hand. November 15th 2007 The Way of Mrs. Cosmopilite and other survival tips November 8th 2007 Who Needs to go to the Gym when Books Need Moving November 1st 2007 Cross Stitch your very own Steam Locomotive October 25th 2007 The Road to Knowledge Begins with the Turn of the Page October 18th 2007 Folios, Feng Shui and Freud October 11th 2007 Old and Cherished Sale time! Fantastic goodies for all!! October 4th 2007 The Retailers' Bane September 27th 2007 Queer Eye for a Straight Girl... September 20th 2007 The Wheel of Time stops ~~for no man...~~ its man September 13th 2007 Hardbacks are skedaddling out the door... September 6th 2007 Astral projection, anyone? August 30th 2007 To have kids - or to kidnap them! August 23rd 2007 Bard's Big Books to Break your Back! August 15th 2007 References to Blue bears and a small, gray Grusticle... August 8th 2007 Mutants and Montana Awards August 1st 2007 Awooga, awooga, danger, Will Robinson! July 25th 2007 Potter Mania and Foot Fungus July 18th 2007 Hearty Chocolate and Book Candy July 12th 2007 Horrible Histories and Black Friday delights July 5th 2007 Wicked Songs and Wicca poetry for the Soul June 28th 2007 Mulled Wine with a dandelion salad and acorn pancakes. June 21st 2007 Round and Round the Read-Along Record Goes... June 14th 2007 The Science Fiction Army of Darkness has descended upon our helpless stores!! June 6th 2007 Snow! Mrs. Chippy can finally go skiing! Some may prefer a jolly good book... May 30th 2007 Bad Hair and Winter Travel to Warm Places May 23rd 2007 Now is the Winter of our Discontent - so grab a book and snuggle up! May 16th 2007 Artistic Avocations and Fascinating Fiction May 9th 2007 Hey look - the What's New has a shiny new format! May 2nd 2007 April 25th 2007 April 18th 2007 April 11th 2007 April 4th 2007 March 16th 2007 March 8th 2007 February 28th 2007 February 21st 2007 February 14th 2007 February 7th 2007 January 31st 2007 January 24th 2007 January 17th 2007 December 20th 2006 & a note from January 10th 2007 December 13th 2006 December 6th 2006 November 29th 2006 November 22nd 2006 November 15th 2006 November 8th 2006 November 1st 2006 October 25th 2006 October 18th 2006 October 11th 2006 October 4th 2006 September 27th 2006 September 20th 2006 September 13th 2006 September 6th 2006 August 30th 2006 August 23rd 2006 August 16th 2006 August 9th 2006 August 2nd 2006 July 26th 2006 July 19th 2006 July 12th 2006 July 5th 2006 June 28th 2006 June 21st 2006 June 14th 2006 June 7th 2006 May 31st 2006 May 24th 2006 April 2006. We have a new format to our What's new page, so, for those of you who hang out for the latest on the weird and wonderful books that have come into Arty Bees, the change has the added bonus that this page will be completely updated every week— a feat of miraculous dedication I have never been able to achieve for more than a few weeks at a time in the past. And for those of you who are looking for something a bit more exciting (Phew! you dare-devils you!) it now comes with a weekly quiz — pit your wits against the Boys from the Bees! — silly book covers, and staff reviews of books we've been reading. Old Format What's New December 2005 to April 2006 August to December 2005 July to August 2005 May to June 2005 See also We did have a blog once upon a time... A haphazard affair of an intermittent disposition, and you can find those here. We hope you enjoy our ramblings. 28th June 2007 I'm sure you have all noticed that we (ok so when I say we, what I really mean is muggins' me, Robynne) haven't written a new blog in over a year... I knew it was a bad idea to call it a blog, after all a newsletter can be haphazardly and endearingly sporadic, a blog is meant to be, well, bloggish, regular, habitual, recurrent, or even "timely" in fact. So yes, it's true. It's time for me to come out of the closet and admit it, I am a failed blogger. I don't cut the mustard, (such a weird expression that!) and in fact I have seriously and woefully fallen short of my web-ly duties. So we are retiring our blog. There may come a time in the future when I have time to waffle on about books, the antics of our lovely worker bees, my cat and all manner of other vaguely related topics again in the future, but until then I hope you have enjoyed previous blogs, and can direct you to our What's New page - a cacophony of news and books and silliness which, ironically enough, is put out every week, almost without fail. Almost, you might say, like a blog.... May 2006 April 2006 January 2006 and the Arty Bees Employment Aptitude Quiz December 2005 and the Inspirational Present Flowchart October 2005 August 2005 June 2005 complete with Banana Cake Recipe! May 2005 February 2005 November 2004 August 2004 April 2004 February 2004 January 2004 September 2003 August 2003 June 2003 April 2003 February 2003 November 2002 and The Bizarre Books Gallery and The Inspirational Christmas Present Flow Chart for finding presents for people you don't actually like that much.