What's New - New and exciting titles in this week at Arty Bees
Fiction
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (2010)
- The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht (2011)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Volume One by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill, Ben Dimagmaliw and Bill Oakley
- Till We Have Faces - A Myth Retold by C S Lewis
- The Help - Chance Begins With a Whisper by Kathryn Stockett
Plus J R R Tolkien'sThe History of the Lord of the Rings (Boxed) and edited by Christopher Tolkien comprising
- [4] The End of the Third Age
- [6] The Return of the Shadow
- [7] The Treason of Isengard and
- [8] The War of the Ring
New Zealand and Pacific
- Maori Carving Illustrated by W J Phillipps
- Te Whatu Taniko - Taniko Weaving Technique and Tradition by Hirini Moko Mead
- Tangata O Le Moana - New Zealand and the People of the Pacific edited by Sean Mallon, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai amd Damon Salesa (New)
- Ta Moko - The Art of Maori Tattoo by D R Simmons
- Pitcairn - Paradise Lost - Uncovering the Dark Secrets of a South Pacific Fantasy Island by Kathy Marks
- Replenishing the Earth - The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Anglo-World 1783-1939 by James Belich
- Te Whare Runanga - The Maori Meeting House by D R Simmons
- Paddy the Wanderer - Extended Edition - The True Story of a Dog Who Captured the Heart of a City by Dianne Haworth
- A Century of Style - Great Ships of the Union Line 1875-1976 by N H Brewer
- Maori Action Songs - Words and Music, Action and Instructions by Reupena Ngata and Alan Armstrong
- Black Robin Country - The Chatham Islands and its Wildlife by David Cemmick and Dick Veitch
- Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library edited by Chris Jones and Bronwyn Matthews with Jennifer Clement (New)
- Moko Rangatira - Maori Tattoo by Ko Te Riria and David Simmons
- Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones (2010)
Media and Poetry, Essays and Books, Language and Literati
- Leonard Woolf - A Life by Victoria Glendinning
- From the Library of C S Lewis - Selections from Writers Who Influenced His Spiritual Journey compiled by James Stuart Bell with Anthony Palmer Dawson
- The Word Museum - The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten by Jeffrey Kacirk
- The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997 edited by Harold Bloom
- Christmas at The New Yorker - Stories, Poems, Humour and Art from the Editors of the New Yorker
- Beat Writers at Work - The Paris Review Interviews edited by George Plimpton
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- A Gentle Madness - Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A Basbanes
History, Politics and Biography
- The Lost - A Search For Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn
- 1959 - The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan
- The Dragon and the Foreign Devils - China and the World - 1100 BC to the Present by Harry G Gelber
- Horses - Their Role in the History of Man by Elwyn Hartley Edwards
- All Too Human - The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy by Edward Klein
- The Mitfords - Letters Between Six Sisters edited by Charlotte Mosley
- Warpaths - The Politics of Partition by Robert Schaeffer
- Sleeping With The Devil - How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer
- Twilight in the Desert - The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy by Matthew R Simmons
- Twilight of Empire - Inside the Crumbling Soviet Bloc by Robert Cullen
- Dead Aid - Why Aid is Not Working and How There is Another Way For Africa by Dambisa Moyo
- East Wind Melts the Ice - A Memoir Through the Seasons by Liza Dalby
- That Used to Be Us - What Went Wrong With America and How it Can Come Back by Thomas L Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
- Home - The Story of Everyone Who Ever Lived in Our House by Julie Myerson
- Nixonland - The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
- The Party - The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor
- Barbie and Ruth - The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her by Robin Gerber
- Atrocitology - Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements by Matthew White
- Inside the Kingdom - Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia by Robert Lacey
- The Bitter Sea - Coming of Age in a China Before Mao by Charles N Li
- The Constitution of the United States of America inscribed and illustrated by Sam Fink
- The Widow Clicquot - The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J Mazzeo
- London - The Biography by Peter Ackroyd
Military and Human Rights, Espionage and Transport
- Top Gear - Daft Cars by Matt Master
- The World Wars - An Introduction to the First and Second World Wars by Paul Dowswell, Ruth Brocklehurst and Henry Brook and edited by Jane Chisholm
- Air Disasters - Dramatic Black Box Flight Recorders - Terrifying Actual Transcripts by Malcolm MacPherson
- 1812 - Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
- Signal! A History of Signalling in the Royal Navy by Captain Barrie Kent
- The Railway Heritage of Britain - 150 Years of Railway Architecture and Engineering by Gordon Biddle and O S Nock
- Rescue - The History of Britain's Emergency Services by Gavin Weightman
- The Battle of Britain - The Greatest Battle in the History of Air Warfare by Richard Townshend Bickers
- The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Hugo Wilson and DK
- Six Minutes to Freedom - Hero, Hostage, Survivor by Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap
- The World's Worst Cars - From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters by Craig Cheetham
- Train Journeys of the World - A Spectacular Voyage of Discovery Along 30 of the World's Most Exciting Rail Routes
- Eagles In The Sky - The RAF at 75 - A Celebration edited by Alan Carlaw
- World War Two - Nation by Nation - The War as Experiences by More Than 170 Countries by J Lee Ready
- The Civil War in Art - A Visual Odyssey by Doranne Jacobson
- The Great Western Railway - 150 Glorious Years edited by Patrick Whitehouse and David St John Thomas
- Hitler's Naval War by Cajus Bekker - Translated and edited by Frank Ziegler
- The Great Days of the Country Railway by David St John Thomas and Patrick Whitehouse
- The Encyclopedia of Motorcycles - The Complete Book of Motorcycles and Their Riders by Roland Brown
- Don't Know Much About - The Civil War - Everything You Need to Know But Never Learned by Kenneth C Davis
- D-Day - Operation Overlord - From its Planning to the Liberation of Paris edited by Tony Hall
- The Code-Breakers - The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication From Ancient Times to the Internet by David Kahn
- The World's Worst Aircraft - From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters by Jim Winchester
- What Every Body is Saying - An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro
- Human Smoke - The Beginnings of WW2 - The End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker
- The Fuehrer by Konrad Heiden
Exploration and Travel, Culture and Places
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T E Lawrence
- To Life in the Small Corners by Carol A Scribner
- Moonshine, Monster Catfish and Other Southern Comforts - Travels in the American South by Burkhard Bilger
- A Year in Tibet - A Voyage of Discovery by Sun Shuyun
- Lost Empires - Living Tribes by National Geographic and edited by Ross S Bennett
- Bandit Roads - Into the Lawless Heart of Mexico by Richard Grant
- The White Headhunter - The Story of a 19th Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness by Nigel Randell
- Lonely Planet - Angkor Wat and Siem Rap Encounter by Nick Ray
- French Vineyards - The Complete Guide and Companion by Michael Busselle
- Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition - The Voyage of the Nimrod by Beau Riffenburgh
- Jessica Watson - True Spirit - The Aussie Girl Who Took on the World
- A Wave Away - A Line-Up of Surfing's Most Amazing Locations by Matt Griggs
- Surfers - A Line-up of Surfing's Most Inspirational Characters also by Matt Griggs
- 1434 - The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies
- Terra Australis Incognita - The Spanish Quest for the Mysterious Great South Land by Miriam Estensen
- No Way Down - Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley
- The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh - A Woman in World History by Linda Colley
- Top Treks of the World edited by Steve Razzetti
- Boston Rediscovered by Ulrike Welsch
Art and Fantasy Art, Photography and Fashion
- Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy
- Castles by Alan Lee, David Day and David Larkin
- Threads - My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion by Joseph Abboud with Ellen Stern
- Complete Anatomy and Figure Drawing by John Raynes
- Jack Vettriano - Studio Life by Tom Rawstorne and photos by Jillian Edelstein
- From Manet to Gauguin - Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections by Dorothy Kosinski, Joachim Pissarro and Maryanne Stevens
- 5000 Years of Textiles edited by Jennifer Harris
- A Well-Dressed Gentleman's Pocket Guide by Oscar Lenius
- Michael Brennand-Wood - You Are Here - With Jennifer Marchant and Leesa Hickey
- Hilda Murrell's Nature Diaries 1961-1983 edited by Charles Sinker
- Chanel - An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney
- Cathedral Cats by Richard Surman
Architecture and Design, Crafts and Antiques ♪♫♪
- Introducing Batik by Evelyn Samuel
- The New Natural House Book by David Pearson
- Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match - Over 125 Patchwork, Appliqué and Sashiko Designs by Susan Briscoe
- The Technique of Batik by Noel Dyrenforth
- Japanese Inspirations - Easy-to-Make Patchwork and Appliqué Projects by Janet Haigh
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao edited by Raphaëlle Roux-Zennaro
- The Art of Chinese Calligraphy by Stephen Addiss (Boxed)
- Painting with Thread - Embroidered Pictures to Make and Cherish by Kit Nicol
- Converted Spaces edited by Editrice Redakteur
- Silk Painting - Techniques and Ideas by Jill Kennedy and Jane Varrall
- A Complete Guide to Silk Painting by Susanne Hahn
- Stumpwork Embroidery - A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Insects for Contemporary Raised Embroidery by Jane Nicholas
- Storage - Good Ideas edited by Cristina Paredes Benitez
- A-Z of Stumpwork - Everything You Need to Know About Stumpwork edited by Sue Gardner
- Raised Embroidery - A Practical Guide to Decorative Stumpwork by Barbara and Roy Hirst
- Batik For Artists and Quilters by Eloise Piper
- Milner Craft Series - Goldwork Embroidery - Designs and Projects by Mary Brown
- The Embroiderer's Floral - Designs, Stitches and Motifs for Popular Flowers in Embroidery by Janet Haigh
- Beginner's Guide to Stumpwork by Kay Dennis
- Kaffe Fassett - Patchwork - Over 25 Glorious Quilt Designs with Liza Prior Lucy
- Outside - Creating Your Perfect Outdoor Room by Jamie Durie
- The World's Greatest Art - Mackintosh by Tamsin Pickeral
- Crazy Patchwork by Janet Haigh
Music and Film, Theatre and Show Business ♪♫♪
- Dannii Minogue - My Story
- The Rolling Stones in The Beginning by Bent Rej
- Deconstructing Sammy - Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob by Matt Birkbeck
- Miley Cyrus - Miles to Go with Hilary Liftin
- The Proms - A New History edited by Jenny Doctor and David Wright
- Stranded - Rock and Roll for a Desert Island edited by Greil Marcus
- Bogart by A M Sperber and Eric Lax
- Noh - Principles and Perspectives - The Noh Theatre by Kunio Komparu
- Roger Moore - My Word is My Bond - The Autobiography
- AC/DC Maximum Roch & Roll - The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock Band by Murray Engleheart
- Mixed Fancies - A Memoir by Brenda Blethyn
- Steven Tyker - Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? - A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
- Shania Twain - From This Moment On
- Between a Heart and a Rock Place - A Memoir by Pat Benatar with Patsi Bale Cox
- According to the Rolling Stones by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlies Watts and Ronnie Wood
- The Rolling Stones - Quote Unquote by Jon Ewing
- Story - Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- Indiana Jones - The Ultimate Guide by DK and James Luceno
- John Lennon - The Life by Philip Norman
- Here's The Story - Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice by Maureen McCormick
- Elvis in Private - Unofficial Views of `The King' by Peter Haining
- U2 Show by Diana Scrimgeour
- Life by Keith Richards
Cooking and Drinking
- Ray McVinnie - The Modern Cook
- Gordon Ramsay's Just Desserts (2 copies)
- Street café - Morocco by Anissa Helou and photos by Jeremy Hopley
- Gordon Ramsay's Playing With Fire
- Rice, Spice, and All Things Nice - Indian Cuisine with Style by Reza Mahammad
- Dips, Salsas and Spreads by Judith Dunham and Jane Horn
- Jamie Oliver - Happy Days With the Naked Chef
- Curry - Fire and Spice - Over 150 Great Curries from India and Asia by Mridula Baljekar
- Street Café - Brazil by Michael Bateman and photos by Jeremy Hopley
- Real Greek Food by Theodore Kyriakou and Charles Campion
- Slow Food Nation - Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean and Fair by Carlo Petrini
- Go Fish - Recipes and Stories from the New Zealand Coast by Al Brown
- Michael Broadbent's Pocket Vintage Wine Companion - Over Fifty Years of Tasting, Over Three Centuries of Wine
- Food in a Minute - The Cookbook by Allyson Gofton
- French - The Secrets of Classic Cooking Made Easy by Carole Clements and Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen
- Panini, Bruschetta, Crostini - Sandwiches, Italian Style by Viana La Place
- Moroccan Cooking - Fragrantly Spiced North African Cuisine by Rebekah Hassan
- Cupcakes and Muffins - Collector's Edition published by Anthony Carroll
- The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton by Kathryn Hughes
- The Pooh Cook Book with Recipes by Katie Stewart and Illustrated by Ernest Shepard
- 1001 Foods - The Greatest Gastronomic Sensations on Earth edited by Anna Southgate and Anna Stancer
- The Essential Dessert Cookbook by Murdoch Books
- Scrumptious Cupcakes - For Perfect Pick-me-Ups by Parragon Books and
- Gorgeous Cakes - For the Ultimate Sweet Sensation also by Parragon Books
- My Vue - Modern French Cookery by Shannon Bennett
- Gordon Ramsay - The Biography by Neil Simpson
- The Cook's Herb Garden by Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne
- Eating In With James Martin
- Italy - Sea to Sky - Food of the Islands, Coasts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests and Plains by Ursula Ferrigno
- A Little Taste of Italy by Sophie Braimbridge and Jo Glynn
- The Devil's Cup - Coffee, the Driving Force in History by Stewart Lee Allen
- Complete Mushroom Book - The Quiet Hunt by Antonio Carluccio
- Julie Biuso's Italian Cooking
Science and Ecology, Animals and Technology and Technology
- Connections by James Burke (PB & HB)
- Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning and Stem Cells by Jane Maienschein
- Do Cats Hear With Their Feet? Where Cats Come From, What We Know About Them, and What They Think About Us by Jake Page
- The Infinite Book - A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless by John D Barrow
- Bioethics in the Clinic - Hippocratic Reflections by Grant R Gillett
- The Art of Genes - How Organisms Make Themselves by Enrico Coen
- In Defence of Dogs - Why Dogs Need Our Understanding by John Bradshaw
- Richard Dawkins - The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True Illustrated by Dave McKean
- Beekeeping - Inspiration and Practical Advice for Would-Be Smallholders by Andrew Davies
- Why Do Buses Come in Threes? The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life by Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham
- David Attenborough - Life Stories
- What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
Religion and New Age, Pop Culture and Philosophy
- Colin Fry - The Message - TV's Leading Psychic Medium
- Arguably by Christopher Hitchens
- Stolen Innocence - Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer
- Fundamentalist World - The New Dark Age of Dogma by Stuart Sim
- The Healing Promise of Qi - Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and Tai Chi by Roger Jahnke
- Lost Symbols? The Secrets of Washington D C by David Ovason
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tarot Spreads by Arlene Tognetti and Carolyn Flynn
- Stumbling on Happiness - Why the Future Won't Feel the Way You Think it Will by Daniel Gilbert
- The Greatness Guide - Book 2 by Robin Sharma
Family, Health and Psychology
- Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers by Tracey Hogg with Melinda Blau
- The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems - Sleeping, Feeding and Behaviour - Beyond the Basics From Infancy Through Toddlerhood by Tracy Hogg and Melinda Blau
- Usborne Parents' Guides - Healthy Food for Babies and Toddlers by Henny Fordham
- Usborne Parents' Guides - A Guide to Potty Training by Caroline Young
- Usborne Parents' Guides - Help Your Child to Read and Write by Fiona Chandler
- The Better Angels of Our Nature - The Decline of Violence in History and its Causesby Stephen Pinker
- The Power of a Positive Mum - Includes Leader's Guide for Study Groups by Karol Ladd
- No, It's Not Ok - How to Stop the Cycle of Bullying by Tania Roxborogh and Kim Stephenson
- Kids Behaving Bravely - Raising a Resilient Child by Tania Roxborogh and Kim Stephenson
- Insomniac by Gayle Greene
Business, Sports and Humour, Hobbies and UFOs
- Robbie Deans - A Tribute to Rugby's Great Crusader by John Matheson
- MP - The Life of Michael Peterson - The Incredible Story of Australian Surfing's Cult Hero by Sean Doherty
- Andrew Mehrtens - A Tribute to a Rugby Genius by John Matheson
- Doonesbury's Greatest Hits - A Mid-Seventies Revue by G B Trudeau
- To the Edge and Back - From Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder by Chris Klug
- Buck Shelford - The Man, the Story, the Truth by John Matheson
- The Men Commandments - The Bible for Blokes from the Daddy of Breakfast Radio by Christian O'Connell
- G B Trudeau Doonesbury Dossier - The Reagan Years
- The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects - What Are They? by Edward J Ruppelt (1956)
- Serena Williams - My Life - Queen of the Court with Daniel Paisner
- The Travelling Leunig, The Bedtime Leunig and Ramming the Shears all by Michael Leunig
- The Kite Book - All the Know-How You Need to Fly a Kite by Rosanne Cobb
- Morgan - American Financier by Jean Strouse
- Ronaldinho - Football's Flamboyant Maestro by Jethro Soutar
- The Way of the Spiritual Warrior - Soft Style Martial Arts for Body, Mind and Spirit by Paul Brecher
- The Complete Practical Guide to Poker and Poker Playing by Trevor Sippets
- The Essential Spike Millligan
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