Recreation

Non-Fiction New Titles October 2011 (arrived in September)

Art & Architecture

200 houses, Edited by Mark Cleary
A history of design from the Victorian era to the present : a survey of the modern style in architecture, interior design, industrial design, graphic design, and photography, Ann Ferebee with Jeff Byles.
Anish Kapoor, Homi K. Bhabha.
Castles : a history of fortified structures : ancient, medieval & modern, Editor Charles Stephenson.
Country house : architecture + design, Michelle Galindo.
Dandini comes clean, Paintings by Robert McLeod
Glass houses : inspirational homes and features in glass, Catherine Slessor
Joan Miro : the ladder of escape, Matthew Gale and Marko Daniel
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519. Volume 2, The graphic work, Frank Zollner, Johannes Nathan.
On first looking into Chapman's Homer : New Zealand at the 54th Biennale di Venezia 2011, Michael Parekowhai
Pacific island artists : navigating the global art world, Karen Stevenson.
Polynesia : the Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art, Adrienne L. Kaeppler.
Princely treasures : European masterpieces 1600-1800, from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Sarah Medlam and Lesley Ellis Miller.
Starting your career as an artist : a guide for painters, sculptors, photographers, and other visual artists, Angie Wojak and Stacy Miller
Steampunk : the art of Victorian futurism, Jay Strongman.
The Irish country house, Knight of Glin
The Queen : art & image, Paul Moorhouse
The Redstone book of the eye : a compendium of visual surprise, Julian Rothenstein

Automobiles

The RV handbook, Dave Solberg.

Biographies

A nurse in action : my life as a nurse in the Second World War, Evelyn Prentis.
All the things you are : the life of Tony Bennett, David Evanier.
An unexpected life : a mother and son's story of love, determination, autism, and art, Debra Chwast
Angel in the rubble : how I survived for 27 hours under the World Trade centre debris, Genelle Guzman-McMillan with William Croyle.
Breakfast at Sally's : one homeless man's inspirational journey, Richard LeMieux with illustrations by Michael Gordon.
Once a happily married businessman, avid golfer, and the proud owner of several luxury cars and three boats, conservative-minded Richard LeMieux saw his fortune change almost overnight. In this heartfelt memoir, he describes his descent into homelessness and his struggle to survive personal and economic disaster.
Darren Lockyer : autobiography, With Dan Koch.
Defying convention :the truth about Tony and me, Joyce Fleming [306.8743 FLE]
Joyce Fleming, former Halswell librarian and passionate campaigner for local causes has published a book documenting her experiences as a single mother in the male-dominated world of 1950s Britain. Life became very difficult when she fell pregnant to a Nigerian law student in the northeastern England city of Newcastle-on-Tyne. It was an impossible predicament for a young woman at that time in Britain.
Farmhand to chief constable, Alexander A. Rennie.
From the heart, Kym Marsh.
Ghost in the wires : my adventures as the world's most wanted hacker, Kevin Mitnick
The world's most famous former computer hacker, now a security consultant, describes his life on the run from the FBI creating fake identities, finding jobs at a law firm and a hospital, and keeping tabs on his pursuers.
Gift of time, Rory MacLean
An heartbreakingly honest and deeply moving memoir in the words of the son, his wife and his mother of her battle with cancer, from one of the UK's best loved travel writer
Jane Fonda : the private life of a public woman, Patricia Bosworth.
Life on wheels, Graeme Sinclair.
Graeme Sinclair producer, writer and star of the ever popular Gone Fishin' writes candidly about his life and career.
My life from Antarctica to the Yukon, John A. Shannon.
My life in pieces : an alternative autobiography, Simon Callow.
Drawing on a lifetime of writing about theatre and film, this autobiography takes us behind the curtain and behind the camera to introduce us to the performers and performances that have shaped him as an actor and as a public persona.
Rafa, Rafael Nadal with John Carlin.
Sleeping with the enemy : Coco Chanel, Nazi agent, Hal Vaughan.
Sliding down the hypotenuse : a memoir, Eric Beardsley.
In the 80 years since veteran journalist and broadcaster Eric Beardsley arrived in Christchurch from the West Coast, he has lived a full and varied life, devoting much time to observing the Canterbury scene, its people, politics, conflicts and progress.
Sonny Bill Williams : the story of rugby's new superstar, John Matheson.
Surviving Maggie : an Australian story, John Fingleton.
By the age of eleven when Harold was not out desperately foraging for food for himself and his sisters he was trying to avoid the regular beatings doled out by his drunken and abusive mother Maggie - until he was forcibly removed to a state orphanage.
The man who couldn't eat : a memoir, Jon Reiner.
The man who couldn't eat is the very personal journey of Jon Reiner's struggle with chronic illness
The most dangerous man in the world: the inside story on Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks secrets., Andrew Fowler.
The two of me, John Dybvig.
This is the inspirational story of how Dybvig - known widely as New Zealand's loudest man - turned his life around when facing a mid-life crisis that almost crushed him. This high profile sportsman, broadcaster and actor will surprise even those who think they know him well with his brutally honest account of his quest to find love and contentment.
The way it was : a farming, shearing, hunting life, Tom Brough.
After a challenging childhood in the King Country backblocks and minimal schooling, Tom Brough became a Golden Shears Open Champion shearing a million sheep along the way, King Country Farmer-of-the-Year and noted hunter of pigs and deer.
Wine, women and song : a Spitfire pilot's story, Compiled from Doug Brown's letters and reminiscences
Yoga bitch : one woman's quest to conquer skepticism, cynicism, and cigarettes on the path to enlightenment, Suzanne Morrison.
Yossarian slept here : when Joseph Heller was dad, the Apthorp was home, and life was a Catch-22, Erica Heller.
The daughter of author Joseph Heller shares the story of her childhood, marked by her father's fame, her parents' acrimonious divorce, and their unconventional parenting choices, in a lighthearted personal account that includes coverage of such topics as a summer at the Beverly Hills Hotel and her father's celebrity friendships.

Business & Management

Building the learning organization : achieving strategic advantage through a commitment to learning, Michael J. Marquardt.
Business : the ultimate resource.
Do it! or ditch it : turn ideas into action and make decisions that count : eight steps to business success from the millionaires' mentor, Bev James
I moved your cheese : for those who refuse to live as mice in someone else's maze, Deepak Malhotra.
Leadership beyond good intentions : what it takes to really make a difference, Geoff Aigner.
Leading with soul : an uncommon journey of spirit, Lee G. Bolman
Marketing shortcuts for the self-employed : leverage resources, establish online credibility, and crush your competition, Patrick Schwerdtfeger.
No more square pegs : how to hire winners for your business, Rob McKay.
Selling yourself to employers : the essential job-hunting guide, Tom and Gaynor O'Neil.
Social media for social good : a how-to guide for nonprofits, Heather Mansfield.
Sounds like branding : using the power of music to turn customers into fans, Jakob Lusensky.
The case for creativity : two decades' evidence of the link between imaginative marketing and commercial success, James Hurman
The little black book of management : essential tools for getting results now, Suzanne Turner.
The success gurus : 17 lessons in greatness from the best minds in business, Andrew B. Clancy

Civil Rights

Manufacturing hysteria : a history of scapegoating, surveillance, and secrecy in modern America, Jay Feldman.
A provocative study of how notions of democracy, freedom and tolerance are threatened during times of crisis traces how fear-mongering practices throughout the past century have compromised civil rights, providing coverage of such examples as FDR's "summary apprehensions" during World War II and the Cold War-era's Lavender Scare.

Computers

3D for graphic designers, Ellery Connell.
C++ programming in easy steps, Mike McGrath.
Coffeescript : accelerated Javascript development, Trevor Burnham.
Dreamweaver CS5.5 : the missing manual, David Sawyer McFarland.
Flash CS5.5: the missing manual, Chris Grover.
Learning new techniques with Microsoft Word 2010, Doug Hewitt
Mac OS X Lion bible, Galen Gruman.
MacBook Pro portable genius, Brad Miser.
Teach yourself visually Mac OS X Lion, Paul McFedries.
Windows 7 inside out, Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson.
WordPress in depth, Bud E. Smith

Crafts & Collecting

100 pretty little projects : pincushions, potholders, purses, pillows & more.
175 fresh card ideas : designs to make and give throughout the year, Kimber McGray.
32 programmes, Dave Roberts.
When Dave Roberts relocates to the USA, his wife informs him that they can only take what is 'absolutely essential'. Packing his collection of football programmes (1,134 of them - football fans are sticklers for statistics), Dave is aghast to be informed that the programmes do not fall into that category. He must whittle down his treasured archive to only what will fit inside a Tupperware container the size of a Dan Brown hardback.
A year of afghans : 52 projects to keep you knitting every week of the year, Kara Gott Warner.
Baby cashmerino. 2, [Debbie Bliss].
Button jewellery, Marrianne Mercer.
Christmas crafting in no time : 50 step-by-step projects and inspirational ideas, Clare Young.
Cross-stitch and embroidery for babies, toddlers and children, Isabelle Leloup
Earrings, Tansy Wilson.
Embroidery on paper for cardmakers, Annie & Nico Heesakkers.
Handbag designer 101 : everything you need to know about designing, making, and marketing handbags, Emily Blumenthal.
Heat transfer techniques, Dawn Dupree.
Learn to spin with Anne Field : spinning basics.
Make me I'm yours-- Christmas.
This is a festive collection of more than 25 fantastic projects that are modern and stylish, but simple enough to make for the busy Christmas season.
Making flowers from wool, Nan Loncharich
Making whirligigs, whimsies and folk toys, Rodney Frost.
Nordic Knits : 25 stylish, small projects, Martin Storey
Papertoy monsters : 50 cool papertoys you can make yourself!, Castleforte and 24 of the top papertoy designers from around the world.
Rings, Rachel Church.
Draws from the collections of the V&A to offer a beautifully illustrated introduction to rings.
Sewing A to Z : your source for sewing and quilting tips and techniques, Nancy Zieman.
Super-cute felt : 35 step-by-step projects to make and give, Laura Howard.
The busy girl's guide to sewing : unlock your inner sewing goddess: projects, advice and inspiration for a creative lifestyle, Carrie Maclennan.
The Christmas craft book, Thomas Berger
The encyclopedia of greeting card tools & techniques, Susan Pickering Rothamel.
The fleece & fiber sourcebook : more than 200 fibers from animal to spun yarn, Deborah Robson & Carol Ekarius.
Tilda's Studio : over 50 fresh projects for you, your home and loved ones, Tone Finnanger.
'Twas the knits before Christmas, Fiona Goble
Vanities : the golden age of necessaires and minaudieres, Meredith Etherington-Smith
Vintage cards to make and treasure, Judy Balchin
Weta : the collector's guide, 2011, Daniel Falconer
Weta Workshop is best known for award-winning design and effects work The company has produced several hundred high-end collectible art pieces, appealing to a wide audience of discerning collectors around the world.

Crime

Art theft and the case of the stolen Turners, Sandy Nairne.
Breaking silence : the Kahui case, Ian Wishart.
Macsyna King tells her side of the story.
Hitman : the untold story of Johnny Martorano : Whitey Bulger's enforcer and the most feared gangster in the underworld, Howie Carr.
Sex on the moon : the amazing true story behind the most audacious heist in history, Ben Mezrich.
Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA programme had an idea. He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon. Thad convinced his girlfriend and another female accomplice, both NASA interns, to break into an impenetrable laboratory at NASA's headquarters and help him steal the most precious objects in the world: Apollo moon rocks from every moon landing in history.
Stealing Rembrandts : the untold stories of notorious art heists, Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg.

Economics

Childhood under siege : how big business ruthlessly targets children, Joel Bakan.
Diary of a hedge fund manager : from the top, to the bottom, and back again, Keith McCullough with Rich Blake.
How to change the world : reflections on Marx and Marxism, Eric Hobsbawm.
Lore of the global trader : strategies to master international stock markets, Jacques Magliolo.
Nanovation : how a little car can teach the world to think big and act bold, Kevin & Jackie Freiberg and Dain Dunston.
Taxation and legal compliance, Paul Wilton and Stewart Hobbs.
The end of influence : what happens when other countries have the money, Stephen S. Cohen, J. Bradford DeLong.
The Fitzpatrick tapes, Tom Lyons and Brian Carey.
One day in May 2009, Sean FitzPatrick - the disgraced former chief executive and chairman of Anglo Irish Bank - sat down to lunch in a Holiday Inn in Dublin. This is the story of FitzPatrick: the man who built that bank that has been at the centre of Ireland's economic meltdown.
The great crash ahead : strategies for a world turned upside down, Harry S. Dent, Jr. with Rodney Johnson.

Education

Directions for learning : the New Zealand curriculum principles, and teaching as inquiry., New Zealand Education Review Office
How to succeed in exams & assessments, Kathleen McMillan
How to tutor your own child : boost grades and inspire a lifelong love of learning without paying for a professional tutor, Marina Koestler Ruben
The dyslexic advantage : unlocking the hidden potential of the dyslexic brain, Brock L. Eide
The world in your sandpit : understanding sand play in early childhood, Bernard Woodhams

Environment

An overview of the state and trends in water quality of Canterbury's rivers and streams, Michele Stevenson, Taryn Wilks, Shirley Hayward.
ECAN report.
Instant weather forecasting, Alan Watts.
The growth syndrome : economic destitution : a global tsunami of insanity, Derek J. Wilson.

Farming

The dirty life : on farming, food, and love, Kristin Kimball.
After interviewing a young farmer, writer Kristen Kimball gave up her urban lifestyle to begin a farm with her interviewee near Lake Champlain in northern New York.

Fashion

A green guide to natural beauty : 35 step-by-step projects for homemade beauty, Karen Gilbert.
Hussein Chalayan, Drawings by Hussein Chalayan
Jewellery in the age of Queen Victoria : a mirror to the world, Charlotte Gere and Judy Rudoe.
The wedding dress : 300 years of bridal fashions, Edwina Ehrman.

Film, Television & Theatre

Cannes cinema : a visual history of the world's greatest film festival, Photographs by the Traversos ; text by Serge Toubiana.
Fundamentals of theatrical design, Karen Brewster, Melissa Shafer.
Minding movies : observations on the art, craft, and business of filmmaking, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson.
Monsters in the movies : 100 years of cinematic nightmares, John Landis.
More Balanchine variations, Nancy Goldner.

Food & Wine

Auberge Du Chocolat : the secrets of fine chocolate making, [text, Anne Scott].
Bake me I'm yours-- Christmas : over 20 delicious festive treats : cookies, cupcakes, brownies & more.
Chinese food made easy, Ching-He Huang.
Classic cookies : biscotti, macaroons and more, Pamela Clark
Cook : how to cook absolutely everything, Pamela Clark
Cook smart baking : great-tasting baking recipes for every occasion, all updated with ProPoints values., Weight Watchers International.
Country Women's Association classics : over 400 favourite recipes., Country Women's Association of Australia
Easy Chinese recipes : family favourites from dim sum to kung pao, Bee Yinn Low
Eating for beginners : an education in the pleasures of food from chefs, farmers, and one picky kid, Melanie Rehak.
French classics made easy, Richard Grausman.
From season to season : a year in recipes, Sophie Dahl
Homemade : simple delicious food, Anna Gare
Hungry : food from my heart, Guy Mirabella
Joan Bishop's New Zealand crockpot & slow cooker cookbook.
Let's preserve it, Beryl Wood.
Liquid raw : over 125 juices, smoothies, soups, & other raw beverages, Lisa Montgomery.
Little squares & slices, Pamela Clark.
Love music, love food : the rock star cookbook, Photographs by Patrice De Villiers
Making a meal of it : smart ways to buy, store and use up food, Jane Willcox and Rosemary Cadden.
Making supper safe : one man's quest to learn the truth about food safety, Ben Hewitt.
Milk : a local and global history, Deborah Valenze.
My kitchen : casual home cooking, Pete Evans.
Pasta by design, George L. Legendre
This is not a cookbook; this is an entirely fresh and idiosyncratic look at the world's most popular food.
Preserves : a beginner's guide to making jams & jellies, chutneys & pickles, sauces & ketchups, syrups & alcoholic sips, Jill Nice.
Sarah Raven's complete Christmas : food & flowers, Photography by Jonathan Buckley.
Sushi : taste and technique, Kimiko Barber and Hiroki Takemura ; photography by Ian O'Leary.
The birthday cake book, Fiona Cairns
The diabetes cookbook, Pamela Clark
The gluten-free Asian kitchen : recipes for noodles, dumplings, sauces, and more, Laura B. Russell
The great British bake off : how to bake the perfect Victoria sponge and other baking secrets, Linda Collister
The Soul cook book, Judith Tabron
Soul is Auckland's best-known restaurant, and its owner Judith Tabron is one of the country's most high profile and innovative restaurateurs.
Thrive foods : 200 plant-based recipes for peak health, Brendan Brazier
Vietnamese street food, Tracey Lister
What's for pudding?, Alexa Johnston.
A family will eat the main course and be satisfied, but the main event, the thing waited for with the greatest anticipation by all is, of course, pudding. Alexa Johnston brings together the sweet delights that have graced New Zealand tables for generations.

Gardens and Gardening

Green : eco-wow gardens from Dry Spell Gardening, Brendan Moar.
Green urban living : simple steps to growing food, keeping chickens, worm farming, beekeeping and much more in New Zealand, Janet Luke.
Growing windowsill orchids, Philip Seaton.
Native by design : landscape design with New Zealand plants, Ian Spellerberg and Michele Frey ; photography by John Maillard.
Paradise under glass : the education of an indoor gardener, Ruth Kassinger.
Piet Oudolf : landscapes in landscapes, Piet Oudolf with Noel Kingsbury.
The best gardens in Italy : a traveller's guide, Kirsty McLeod
The Kiwi backyard handbook, Justin Newcombe.
An essential if you're planning a garden makeover.
The Little Veggie Patch Co. : how to grow food in small spaces, Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember.
The Tui NZ vegetable garden : the complete guide to growing vegetables in New Zealand, Sally Cameron..
The weed control handbook : how to identify and manage invasive plants in New Zealand, Weedbusters New Zealand.
Yates vegetable garden : your complete guide to growing vegetables and herbs in New Zealand.
Your farm in the city : an urban dweller's guide to growing food and raising livestock, Lisa Taylor

Graphic novels

Blankets : a graphic novel, Craig Thompson.
Loosely based on the author's life.
Death note. Black edition. I, Story by Tsugumi Ohba ; art by Takeshi Obata
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god.
Death note. Black edition. V, Story by Tsugumi Ohba ; art by Takeshi Obata
DMZ. [10], Collective punishment, Brian Wood
When Matty Roth first landed in the DMZ, he was handed the exclusive opportunity to document the city under siege. Instead he's allowed himself to fall in with politicians and opportunists, warlords, and mercenaries.
Do androids dream of electric sheep? [5], Philip K. Dick ; art, Tony Parker
George R. R. Martin's fevre dream, Story by George R.R. Martin] ; adapted by Daniel Abraham
Set in 1857 along the muddy Mississippi, Fevre Dream introduces Abner Marsh, a remarkably ugly man who longs to captain the fastest steamboat on the river.
Naoki Urasawa's 20th century boys. 16, Behind the looking glass, Story and art by Naoki Urasawa
Ordinary victories. What is precious, Manu Larcenet
Queen of the black black, Megan Kelso.
The chronicles of Conan. Volume 21, Blood of the Titan and other stories, Based on the classic pulp character Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard ; written by Michael
Unknown soldier. 4, Beautiful world, Joshua Dysart

Health & Medicine

A beginner's guide to autism spectrum disorders : essential information for parents and professionals, Paul G. Taylor.
Allergic girl : adventures in living well with food allergies, Sloane Miller.
Back to life : a journey of transformation through back surgery, Pamela Douglas.
Ben behind his voices : one family's journey from the chaos of schizophrenia to hope, Randye Kaye.
Beyond the baby blues : the complete perinatal anxiety and depression handbook, Catherine Knox
Birth matters : a midwife's manifesta, Ina May Gaskin
Birth stories : real and inspiring accounts from Australian women, Edited by David Vernon
Brain bugs : how the brain's flaws shape our lives, Dean Buonomano.
Neuroscientist Dean Buonomano illuminates the causes and consequences of the brain's imperfections in terms of its innermost workings and its evolutionary purposes. He then examines how our brains function--and malfunction--in the digital, predator-free, information-saturated, special-effects-addled world we have built for ourselves.
Breast cancer : 50 essential things you can do, Greg Anderson.
Calorie counter.
Calorie Counter is an easy-to-use guide to counting the energy values of thousands of food items available all over New Zealand.
Heal your skin : the breakthrough plan for renewal, Ava Shamban.
Healing your hungry heart : recovering from your eating disorder, Joanna Poppink.
Kids on meds : up-to-date information about the most commonly prescribed psychiatric medications, Kevin T. Kalikow.
Love addict : sex, romance, and other dangerous drugs, Ethlie Ann Vare ; foreword by Margaret Cary.
Loving someone with borderline personality disorder : how to keep out-of-control emotions from destroying your relationship, Shari Y. Manning
Manhood : the rise and fall of the penis, Mels van Driel
Mindfulness and hypnosis : the power of suggestion to transform experience, Michael D. Yapko.
Overcoming health anxiety : letting go of your fear of illness, Katherine M.B. Owens and Martin M. Antony.
Reiki for common ailments : a practical guide to healing, Mari Hall.
Supporting traumatized children and teenagers : a guide to providing understanding and help, Atle Dyregrov.
The 17 day diet workbook : your guide to healthy weight loss with rapid results, Mike Moreno.
The body sculpting bible express, James Villepigue
The complete guide to teaching exercise to special populations, Morc Coulson.
Physical education and training for people with disabilities
The mind : leading scientists explore the brain, memory, personality, and happiness, John Brockman.
The new natural : your ultimate guide to cutting-edge age reversal, Neal Sadick
Walking with the taniwha, Paul Bennett.
Paul tackles the challenges of addiction and of overcoming mental and physical ill-health, and describes the options available that can lead to rehabilitation and wellness.
Wheat belly : lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health, William Davis.

History, Geography & Travel

1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created, Charles C. Mann.
A history of England. Volume I, Foundation, Peter Ackroyd.
A long day's dying : critical moments in the Darfur genocide, Eric Reeves
A.A. Gill is further away : helping with enquiries, A.A. Gill ; photographs by Tom Craig.
A selection of the very best pieces that Gill has written over the past five years
Bali & Lombok.
New edition Insight Regional Guide
Beijing welcomes you : unveiling the capital city of the future, Tom Scocca.
Britain's best days out : theme parks & attractions, Bob Sehlinger
Concise world atlas.
Cuba.
An Eyewitness travel guide
Dancing in the glory of monsters : the collapse of the Congo and the great war of Africa, Jason K. Stearns.
Havana real: one woman fights to tell the truth about Cuba today, Yoani Sanchez
India, Sarina Singh
India: a sense of place, Catherine Bourzat
Japan, Chris Rowthorn
Matilda : Queen of the Conqueror, Tracy Borman.
Moscow, December 25, 1991 : the last day of the Soviet Union, Conor O'Clery.
Nazis on the run : how Hitler's henchmen fled justice, Gerald Steinacher.
Pasefika : the Festival of Pacific Arts, Floyd K. Takeuchi.
Southern Africa : old treacheries and new deceits, Stephen Chan.
Tears in paradise : suffering and struggles of Indians in Fiji, 1879-2004, Rajendra Prasad.
The beautiful and the damned : a portrait of the new India, Siddhartha Deb.
The Channel Islands, Beata Moore.
Explores the rich heritage of British and French influences and the surprisingly varied landscapes of the Channel Islands.
The eleventh day : the full story of 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan.
The end : Hitler's Germany, 1944-45, Ian Kershaw.
The man who cycled the Americas, Mark Beaumont.
The story of a 15,000 mile expedition that once again broke the barriers of human achievement.
The New York book : highlights of a fascinating city, Robert Fischer
The voyage of the Roxane : a true Kiwi yachting adventure, Keith Dawson.
The women of the Cousins' War : the Duchess, the Queen, and the King's mother, Philippa Gregory
Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor dynasty.
Tunisia, Elzbieta Lisowscy.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
Unique & unspoilt : a year among the natural wonders of Heard Island : the 1953 journals of John Bechervaise, Bernadette Hince.
Venetian navigators : the voyages of the Zen brothers to the far north, Andrea di Robilant.
In the 14th century, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus.
White fever : a journey to the frozen heart of Siberia, Jacek Hugo-Bader
Wild Coast : travels on South America's untamed edge, John Gimlette.

Hospitality & Tourism

Principles of tourism : a New Zealand perspective, Alan Collier.

House & Garden

Modern vintage style, Emily Chalmers
Organic fruit growing : your complete guide to producing beautiful fruit all year round, Annette McFarlane.
Romantic English homes, Robert O'Byrne ; photography by Simon Brown.
The Liberty book of home sewing, Lucinda Ganderton

Humour

Rugby shorts, Mark Lynch.
Laugh-out-loud rugby jokes and cartoons covering the very best - and worst - of rugby humour.
Stickmen book of rugby, Peter Vegas.
Just in time for the Rugby World Cup in NZ! Hillarious cartoon and line drawings with jokes covering all aspects of rugby.
The Oxford book of parodies, John Gross.

Journalism

Adventures in correspondentland, Nick Bryant.

Language

Collins Robert French dictionary.
Don't you know there's a war on? : words and phrases from the World Wars, Nigel Rees.
Good word guide : the fast way to correct English, spelling, punctuation, grammar and usage, Martin H. Manser
McGraw-Hill's Japanese illustrated dictionary.
What language is : and what it isn't and what it could be, John McWhorter.

Law

International law, Malcolm D. Evans.
Law and ethics in complementary medicine : a handbook for practitioners in Australia and New Zealand, Michael Weir.
Nevill's guide to being a trustee, Nicky Richardson.

Library Science

Foundations of library and information science, Richard E. Rubin.

Literature

A place on earth : an anthology of nature writing from Australia and North America, Mark Tredinnick.
On Shakespeare, John Bell.
Orpheus : the song of life, Ann Wroe.
The man who saved Britain : a personal journey into the disturbing world of James Bond, Simon Winder.
An insightful and, above all, entertaining exploration of post-War Britain under the influence of the legendary Agent 007.

Managing your Money

Alan Kohler's Eureka Report : guide to personal investing, with Barbara Drury.
Rich Dad's cashflow quadrant : guide to financial freedom, Robert T. Kiyosaki.
Trend commandments : trading for exceptional returns, Michael W. Covel.

Military

Mosquito : the original multi-role combat aircraft, Graham M. Simons.
Sub : life on board with the hidden heroes of the Royal Navy's Silent Service, Danny Danziger.
At any given time, any number of the Royal Navy's 15 nuclear submarines lurk undetected in the world's oceans. Totally self-sufficient for months at a time, they lie in readiness to be deployed to listen, intercept, or attack wherever they may be needed.

Music & Musicians

Glee : vocal method & songbook : learn to sing like the stars of the Fox television show, Kate Reid & Andy Waterman.

Natural Science

Birds of New Zealand, Photography by Rob Suisted ; text by Alison Dench.
Rob Suisted has captured NZ birds in remarkable, vibrant photographs, with individual portraits and habitat
Birds of New Zealand, Julian Fitter
Ideal companion for travelling birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts.
Feathers : the evolution of a natural miracle, Thor Hanson.
Fifty animals that changed the course of history, written by Eric Chaline.
Humpback whales of the South West Pacific, Glenn Edney.
The atlas of birds : mapping avian diversity, behaviour and habitats worldwide, Mike Unwim.
The origin of our species, Chris Stringer.

New Zealand titles

A living tradition : a centennial history of Knox College, Dunedin, Alison Clarke.
All our volts : electrifying Akaroa, John Wilson with Angus Davis.
Are you ready?, John Lockyer.
This is your complete guide to what to do before, during and after disaster strikes, covering all possible situations and eventualities including: what to do in specific emergencies such as an earthquake or tsunami, a volcanic eruption, a bushfire, an epidemic or an extreme weather event.
Daughters of Erebus, Paul Holmes.
The technical side of what happened on Mt Erebus on that fateful November day back in 1979 has been brilliantly explained by Justice Mahon, the Royal Commissioner appointed to investigate the crash of the Air New Zealand DC-10. His magnificent investigation and conclusions were rubbished by a Prime Minister desperate to remove blame from Air New Zealand. Daughters of Erebus is the story of five people who were left behind and how the whole tragedy affected their lives.
Dunedin : a portrait of today and yesterday, [Graham Stewart].
Effective interventions with offenders : lessons learned, Ken McMaster & David Riley.
This book offers answers drawn from the research and experience of New Zealand practitioners across the field - it includes the learnings of those who work with offenders in prison and in the community, with men and women in separate programmes, with youth and with Maori and Pacific people.
Flying blind : how the justice system perpuates crime and the Corrections Department fails to correct, Roger Brooking.
Good wine, bad language, great vineyards : wine characters of New Zealand, Photographed by Esmeralda Wood
Having a ball : a cartoon history of New Zealand rugby, Ian F. Grant.
Making our place : exploring land-use tensions in Aotearoa New Zealand, Co-edited by Jacinta Ruru, Janet Stephenson, Mick Abbott.
National parks of New Zealand, Photography by Rob Suisted ; text by Alison Dench.
New Zealand : the essential landscape, Rob Brown.
Scottishness and Irishness in New Zealand since 1840, Angela McCarthy.
This book examines the distinctive aspects, mixed and complex, that insiders and outsiders perceived as characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic identities in New Zealand.
The Anchor Foundry, a history : and the maritime structures of colonial Nelson; the early steamers; ships of the Anchor Line; the Thomson Brothers, marine engineers, Pat W. Win.
The big kahuna : tax and welfare, Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie
The complete history of New Zealand in less than two hours!, Peter Jessup.
The Lord of the rings location guidebook, Ian Brodie.
This definitive full-colour guidebook updated in 2011 showcases the principal movie-set locations around New Zealand as seen in all three films.
The third wave : poisoning the land, W.F. Benfield.
Leonard Cockayne - whose obsession whith browse lead to a romantic desire to re-create a pristine world that had, in fact, never existed. In the beginning it was the war over deer, fought with service rifles. Today the possum is the recipient of the nation's odium.
Travels of Hochstetter and Haast in New Zealand, 1858-60, Mike Johnston, Sascha Nolden.
Their journey resulted in the last great narratives of colonial exploration and a record of many new sights and discoveries.
Volcanoes of Auckland : the essential guide, Bruce W. Hayward

Painting

The practical encyclopedia of drawing : Pencils, pens and pastels, observing and measuring, perspective, shading line drawing, sketching, texture, sing negative spaces, composition, Ian Sidaway & Sarah Hoggett.

Parenting

Growing great families, Ian & Mary Grant.
Ian and Mary have studied the keys to healthy functioning and fun filled families through years of teaching parenting throughout NZ and Australia.
Help your child to read, Dee Reid and Diana Bentley.
Preschool parties : easy ideas for princesses, pirates and other little people, Colleen Mullaney.
Shush, you! : or how to get a better relationship with any teenager in just 5 minutes a day, Eva-Maria.

Pets & Animals

Bees in the city : the urban beekeepers' handbook, Alison Benjamin
Born to bark : my adventures with an irrepressible and unforgettable dog, Stanley Coren.
Boxers, Sharon Sakson.
Canaries : everything about purchase, care, and nutrition, Thomas Haupt.
Good dog! : the easy way to train your dog, Sarah Whitehead.
Hunt, point, retrieve dogs for work and showing, N.C. Dear.
PetRescue's amazing dogs stories : true tales of second-chance dogs and the lives they changed, Vickie Davy and Saskia Adams.
Practical beekeeping in New Zealand, Andrew Matheson and Murray Reid.
For more than 25 years Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand has been the bible for New Zealand beekeepers. The only comprehensive guide to keeping bees in New Zealand, it provides both amateur and professional beekeepers with details on honey bee management throughout the year, advice on handling hive products and information about many other beekeeping subjects.
What's your dog telling you?, Martin McKenna.
Zen mind, zen horse : the science and spirituality of working with horses, Allan J. Hamilton.

Philosophy & Psychology

A real life : restoring what matters : family, good friends, and a true community, Ferenc Mate.
All about love : anatomy of an unruly emotion, Lisa Appignanesi.

Philosophy and psychology

The address book : our place in the scheme of things, Tim Radford.
The bond : connecting through the space between us, Lynne McTaggart.
Who am I? : and if so, how many? : a philosophical journey, Richard David Precht

Photography

Afterwards : contemporary photography confronting the past, Nathalie Herschdorfer.
Believing is seeing : observations on the mysteries of photography, Errol Morris.
Context and narrative, Maria Short.
Introduction to the use of storytelling in the creation of meaningful photographic images.
Frame-by-frame stop motion : the guide to non-traditional animation techniques, Tom Gasek.
I loved you the moment I saw you, Peter Black.
Land matters : landscape photography, culture and identity, Liz Wells.
Photography as activism : images for social change, Michelle Bogre.
The passionate photographer : ten steps toward becoming great, Steve Simon.

Plays

Midnight in Moscow, Dean Parker.

Poetry

Shift, Rhian Gallagher.
Rhian Gallagher's second collection encompasses a departure from London, where she lived for eighteen years, and a return to the pines and paddocks of the South Island.

Pounamu

Colonising myths--Maori realities : he rukuruku whakaaro, Ani Mikaere.
This book brings together a collection of papers that reflect on the impact of Pakeha law and values on Maori legal thought and practice.
Polynesian navigation and the discovery of New Zealand, Jeff Evans ; foreword by Francis Cowan.
The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he and the many canoes that followed find their way without modern navigational techniques through perilous seas in wooden canoes?
Rongoa Maori : a practical guide to traditional Maori medicine, Rob McGowan.
The Raupo phrasebook of modern Maori : the user-friendly guide for all New Zealanders, Scotty Morrison.

Religion & Ethics

Absolute monarchs : a history of the papacy, John Julius Norwich.
A comprehensive, rollicking, and timely history of the papacy.
Amish values for your family : what we can learn from the simple life, Suzanne Woods Fisher.
Christian atheist : belonging without believing, Brian Mountford.
For the beauty of the earth : a Christian vision for creation care, Steven Bouma-Prediger.
Mary MacKillop : a window of hope, Monica Cavanagh.
Nuns behaving badly : tales of music, magic, art, and arson in the convents of Italy, Craig A. Monson.
Saved by an angel : true accounts of people who have had extraordinary experiences with angels--and how you can, too!, Doreen Virtue.

Science

Free radicals : the secret anarchy of science, Michael Brooks.
From here to infinity : scientific horizons, Martin Rees.
The Darwinian tourist : viewing the world through evolutionary eyes, Christopher Wills
The fact of evolution, Cameron M. Smith.
Presents an introduction to evolution, using examples from different species to show how replication, variation, and selection are the three factors needed for evolution.
The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world, Laura J. Snyder.
Traces the influential friendship of William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones.

Self Development

I can make you happy, Paul McKenna
Unleash the warrior within : develop the focus, discipline, confidence, and courage you need to achieve unlimited goals, Richard Machowicz.

Social Issues

Adventures in the orgasmatron : how the sexual revolution came to America, Christopher Turner.
The untold story of the dawn of the sexual revolution in America-- an illuminating, startling, at times bizarre, story of sex and science, ecstasy and repression.
Big Porn Inc. : exposing the harms of the global pornography industry, Melinda Tankard Reist
Close to the edge : in search of a global hip hop generation, Sujatha Fernandes.
Comeback : a mother and daughter's journey through hell and back, Claire Fontaine, Mia Fontaine.
Narrated from both the mother's and daughter's perspective, a memoir describes the life of a teenage runaway; her mother's journey into the world of drugs to rescue her daughter; and the daughter's struggle back to life in a boot camp school.
favourite wife : escape from polygamy, Susan Ray Schmidt.
Susan was fifteen years old when she became the sixth wife of Verlan LeBaron--one of the leaders of a rogue Mormon cult. She tells her story, growing up on the inside and of her ultimate escape.
Free ride : how the internet is destroying the culture business and how the culture business can fight back, Robert Levine.
Himalayan hospitals : Sir Edmund Hillary's Everest legacy, Michael Gill with Lynley Cook.
The hospitals were staffed by volunteer doctors and their partners from New Zealand and Canada until they were eventually handed over to Sherpa Doctors. Michael Gill worked with Sir Edmund from the beginning on these projects.
Instructions not included : one mum, three boys and a very steep learning curve, Charlotte Moerman.
Reconstructing Kobe : the geography of crisis and opportunity, David W. Edgington.
An absorbing account of the largest urban-planning redevelopment effort in Japanese history and the disaster that caused it. Reconstructing Kobe offers real-world solutions to urban planners, policy makers, and students.
Rethinking aging : growing old and living well in an overtreated society, Nortin M. Hadler.
Smoke in the lanes, Dominic Reeve
A vivid and charming memoir of Gypsy life in the 1950s.
The biggest estate on earth : how Aborigines made Australia, Bill Gammage.
The Kaiser's Holocaust : Germany's forgotten genocide and the colonial roots of Nazism, David Olusoga and Casper W. Erichsen.
The lost key : the supranatural secrets of the Freemasons, Robert Lomas.
The neighbourhood project : using evolution to improve my city, one block at a time, David Sloan Wilson.
The revolution will be digitised : dispatches from the information war, Heather Brooke.
Together : how small groups achieve big things, Henry Hemming.
Top secret America : the rise of the new American security state, Dana Priest and William M. Arkin.
Two lives : a transsexual's story and the fight for recognition, Kathy Anne Noble.
Unnatural selection : choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, Mara Hvistendahl.
Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge.
Women's stuff, Kaz Cooke.

Sport & Recreation

Boaties' tales : amazing stories from New Zealand and the world of boating, Peter Jessup.
Bridge for complete beginners, Paul Mendelson.
Developing swimmers, Michael Brooks.
Renowned coach Michael Brooks shares the insights, secrets and strategies that have transformed his athletes and swim teams from novice competitors to distinguished champions.
Halo encyclopedia : the definitive guide to the Halo universe.
Comprehensive guide to one of the most successful video game franchises in history.
Mental challenge : give your mind a workout with this stimulating puzzle challenge.
Open water swimming, Steven Munatones.
Performance fly casting : an illustrated guide, Jon B. Cave
Princess : the Miss Andretti story, John Hunt.
Riddles & conundrums : over 200 visual, logic and number puzzles, Robert Allen.
Rugby speak, Justin Brown.
Ever been at a rugby match and not known what to yell out when? Here's the answer to your prayers: Rugby Speak, a book you can pop in your pocket along with your hip flask and pull out should you feel the need to yell out appropriate abuse from the terraces.
Trail, Paul Sorrell & Graham Warman.
For the many thousands who have walked or ridden the Otago Central Rail Trail.
Union : the heart of rugby, Paul Thomas with Martin Johnson ... [et.al.] ; photo editors Kelsen Butler and Geoff Blackwell.
Union: The Heart of Rugby is an epic international portrait of rugby through the lenses of the world's great rugby photographers. Conceived to celebrate the true heart and soul of rugby around the world, Union will be both a stunning large-format book and exhibition. Launched in spectacular style in September 2011, it is the book rugby fans worldwide have been waiting for and will be a landmark in the history of rugby publishing. The Union collection of images will be the result of an international search designed to involve the highest echelon of award-winning rugby photographers and will be edited by legendary sports photographer, Neil Leifer. The final collection will comprise 150 original and evocative images drawn from many thousands. Complementing the images is an original text by author Paul Thomas that explores the eight core creeds that underpin the sport - pride, team, friendship, courage, passion, heroes, pain and glory - and based on interviews with five of the game's greatest players from New Zealand, Australia, France, South Africa and England: John Kirwan, Nick Farr-Jones, Phillipe Sella, Joel Stransky and Martin Johnson.
Wild horizons : more great hunting adventures, Greg Caigou.
World rugby records 2012, Chris Hawkes.
A unique celebration of rugby excellence, featuring not only a host of records from teams and tournaments around the world in all the game's formats, but also the stories behind them and a series of potted biographies on some of the greatest players ever to have played the game.

Trains, Boats, Planes

Modern diesel power, Brian Solomon.

Transport

New Plymouth tramways 1916-1954, Don Rudd.
New Zealand on the move : 100 Kiwi transport icons, Matthew Wright.
Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White.
Whangarei buses : a brief illustrated history, Clive Otway, Sean Millar.

War

Escape from Germany : the greatest PoW break-out of the First World War, Neil Hanson.
Story of a secret state : my report to the world, Jan Karski.
Karski was a liaison officer of the Polish underground, who infiltrated both the Warsaw Ghetto and a German concentration camp and then carried the first eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to a mostly disbelieving Anthony Eden and Franklin Roosevelt.
The heart and the fist : the education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL, Eric Greitens.
The author describes how, after working as a humanitarian around the world, he realized that he could do nothing to stop violence or prevent people from becoming refugees and soon joined the elite Navy SEALs, where he drew on his humanitarian training as he battled injustice.
To the gateways of Florence : New Zealand forces in Tuscany, 1944, Stefano Fusi.
The book balances expert accounts by military historians - on topics from tank warfare in Chianti to the contribution of Maori soldiers - with personal testimonies of New Zealand soldiers and Italian civilians
Weapons of World War II, Alexander Ludeke.