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Friday, 27 April 2009

Daft Cars, The Chatham Islands and its Wildlife and The Pooh Cook Book

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 the Arty Bees shops over the past seven days or so.

 

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

 

Childrens' Books

  • Daisy-Head Mayzie by Dr Seuss
  • The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter - Nineteen Stories of Peter Rabbit and His Friends
  • The Magician of Hoad by Margaret Mahy
  • The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams and illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Horrible Histories - The Wicked History of the World by Terry Deary and Martin Brown
  • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr Seuss
  • Usborne Discovery - Astronomy - Internet Linked by Rachel Firth
  • Winnie The Pooh - The Complete Collection of Stories and Poems by A A Milne and illustrated by E H Shepard
  • Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr Seuss
  • The Usborne Spy's Guidebook illustrated by Colin King
  • Wearing the Poppy - Why We Do and What It Means by A J Toledo
  • The Mysteries Collection by Enid Blyton - Three in One comprising
    • The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters,
    • The Mystery of the Missing
    • Necklace and The Mystery of the Hidden House
  • The Jungle Book - The Classic Tale - Young Reader's Edition by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Don Daily
  • Zagazoo by Quentin Blake

 

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