Recreation

Non-Fiction New Titles December 2012 (arrived in November)

Art & Architecture

Ancestral modern : Australian aboriginal art : Kaplan & Levi collection, Pamela McClusky … et al.
Behind the canvas : an insider's guide to the New Zealand art market, Warwick Henderson.
Bookshops : long established and the most fashionable, Markus Sebastian Braun.
This volume is dedicated to the most beautiful bookstores in the world. The old and the new, classical and innovative, giant stores and paradises in miniature for bibliophiles: What they all have in common is that they create a desire for books and prove that the bookshop as institution will always fulfill a need and without a doubt enjoys a future.
Frank Lloyd Wright natural design : organic architecture : lessons for building green from an American orginal, photography by Alan Weintraub ; text by Alan Hess.
Great houses of London, James Stourton ; photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg.
Home AKL : artists of Pacific heritage in Auckland, Ron Brownson … et al.
House, Diane Keaton ; text by D.J. Waldie ; principal photography by Lisa Hardaway and Paul Hester and by Paul Warchol.
A luxurious, graphically compelling vision for contemporary domestic living, as observed and artfully presented by the Oscar-winning film star. House is Diane Keaton's stunning portrayal of the way we may and do live now.
Lalibela : wonder of Ethiopia : the monolithic churches and their treasures, Jacques Mercier and Claude Lepage.
Modelling and sculpting the figure, Tanya Russell.
New treehouses of the world, Pete Nelson.
World-renowned treehouse designer and builder Pete Nelson takes readers on yet another exciting international tour of more than thirty-five new treehouses and reveals architectural wonders not only in the United States where treehouses are proliferating rapidly, but also in the forests of Bali, Japan, Costa Rica and Brazil.
On a Saturday night : community halls of small-town New Zealand, Michele Frey and Sara Newman with Anna Rogers ; photographs by John Maillard and John O'Malley.
The accessible home : designing for all ages and abilities, Deborah Pierce.
The best of Grand Designs : celebrating innovative houses from architecture's iconic TV series, magazine and awards programme, Kevin McCloud.
Two hundred and forty years of New Zealand painting, Gil Docking.
This book on New Zealand artists and their work was first published in 1971, extended to 1990 by art historian Michael Dunn and now again to 2010 by art historian, writer and lecturer Edward Hanfling.
What are you looking at? : the surprising, shocking, and sometimes strange story of 150 years of modern art, Will Gompertz.
Why your five-year-old could not have done that : modern art explained, Susie Hodge.
Wood : architecture & design, Michelle Galindo.

Automobiles

Daimler fleetline, Gavin Booth.
Warman's Hot Wheels field guide : values and identification, Michael Zarnock.

Biographies

Alan M. Turing, Sara Turing with a foreword by Martin Davis and an afterword by John Turing.
Containing never-before-published material, this fascinating account sheds new light on one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.
All cheeses great and small : a life less blury, Alex James.
This is the story of Alex James' transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.
All teachers great and small : a memoir of lessons and life in the Yorkshire Dales, Andy Seed.
All teachers great and small tells the true story of Andy's first year at Cragthwaite Primary School: how he bravely negotiated the vagaries of the local dialect, made disastrous bids to provide a family home, naively and hilariously tried out new-fangled ideas in a school stuck in a 1950s time warp, and ultimately discovered a little part of England he was proud to call home.
Autobiography of a face, Lucy Grealy.
At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit.
Beautiful wreck : sex, lies & suicide, Stephanie Schroeder.
Twenty-five year old Stephanie Schroeder arrived in New York City in 1990 with edgy good looks, attitude to burn and undiagnosed bipolar disorder.
Belieber! : fame, faith, and the heart of Justin Bieber, Cathleen Falsani.
Birdie Bowers : Captain Scott's marvel, Anne Strathie.
This new biography, drawing on Bowers' letters, journals and previously neglected material, sheds new light on Bowers and tells the full story of the hardy naval officer who could always lift his companions' spirits.
Bradley Wiggins : tour de force, John Deering.
Britain's first Tour de France winner.
Bruce, Peter Ames Carlin.
This sweeping biography of one of America's greatest musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the cooperation of Bruce Springsteen
Camp David : the autobiography, David Walliams.
David Walliams is an actor, writer, active fundraiser and above all he's a world class comedian who knows how to make us laugh.
Cezanne : a life, Alex Danchev.
Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. This title covers the days and years of this visionary who would 'astonish Paris with an apple'.
Deranged marriage : a memoir, Sushi Das.
An affectionate, often hilarious, memoir of growing up in London in the 1970s in an Indian household, and avoiding an arranged marriage.
Does this baby make me look straight? : confessions of a gay dad, Dan Bucatinsky.
In 2005, Dan Bucatinsky and his partner, Don Roos, found themselves in an L.A. delivery room, decked out in disposable scrubs from shower cap to booties, to welcome their adopted baby girl launching their frantic yet memorable adventures into fatherhood. Bucatinsky's soul-baring and honest stories tap into that all-encompassing, and very human, hunger to be a parent and the life-changing and often ridiculous road to getting there.
Elsewhere, Richard Russo.
This work is the author's memoir of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape. Anyone familiar with the author's fiction will recognize Gloversville, New York, once famous for producing that eponymous product and anything else made of leather.
Ever the diplomat : confessions of a Foreign Office mandarin, Sherard Cowper-Coles.
For over thirty years Sherard Cowper-Coles was on the diplomatic front line in a distinguished Foreign Office career that took him from the corridors of power in Whitehall to a string of high-profile posts across the globe.
Family business : an Italian-New Zealand story, Vincent Moleta.
Bartolo Barnao first sailed into Wellington in 1902, aged 13, and began work in the fish trade. Eight years later he revisited Stromboli to marry the bride who had been chosen for him by the parish priest in his village. Bartolo and Giuseppina returned to New Zealand and raised their five children in Palmerston North and Wellington. In this fascinating book, Italian literary scholar Vincent Moleta traces the story of his grandparents.
Growing up a Chatham Islander : on the edge of 44 degrees South, Val Mete.
Many visitors experience a trip to the Chathams as a 'step back in time' and this is exactly what Val Mete has written about in her first book of memoirs from her childhood.
Happy days, Olly Murs with Martin Roach ; photography and creative direction by Dean Freeman.
Singer Olly Murs invites you behind the scenes in his official illustrated autobiography filled with hundreds of brand new and exclusive photos.
Honest : my story so far, Tulisa.
Tulisa Contostavlos is one of the most talented and high-profile recording artists working in the UK today.
If I only had time, John Rowles with Angus Gillies.
John Rowles had the popular music world at his feet in Britain in 1969. He speaks candidly to Angus Gillies about the highs and lows of his professional and personal life.
In the pleasure groove : love, death & Duran Duran, John Taylor with Tom Sykes.
A personal account by the co-founder of Duran Duran traces their meteoric rise in the 1980s while evaluating the impact of fame on the author's life, his struggles with addiction and depression, and his subsequent journey toward peace.
Is it just me?, Miranda Hart.
There's nobody like Miranda the British comedian!
J.R.R. Tolkien : the making of a legend, Colin Duriez.
Long before the successful The Lord of the Rings films, J.R.R. Tolkien's creations, imagination, and characters had captured the attention of millions of readers. But who was the man who dreamt up the intricate languages and perfectly crafted world of Middle-earth?
Jackie after O : one remarkable year when Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis defied expectations and rediscovered her dreams, Tina Cassidy.
Defined in the public eye by her two high-profile marriages, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis faced a personal crossroads on the eve of 1975.
Love song : the lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, Ethan Mordden.
Chronicles the romance of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, a dual biography that unfolds against the background of the tumultous twentieth century.
Love you, bye : my story, Scott Mills.
The story of how a painfully shy boy from the suburbs of Southampton made it to the biggest radio station in the UK, and just about managed to stay there. Scott Mills is a daily companion to millions of listeners as the host of the afternoon show on Radio 1 a station that has been his home for over 14 years.
Mao : the real story, Alexander V. Pantsov with Steven I. Levine.
This major new biography of Mao uses extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to biographers to reveal surprising details about Mao's rise to power and his leadership in China.
Marie Curie and her daughters : the private lives of science's first family, Shelley Emling.
Marie Curie was the first person to be honored by two Nobel Prizes and she pioneered the use of radiation therapy for cancer patients. But she was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two extraordinary daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, and Eve, a highly regarded humanitarian and journalist, who fought alongside the French Resistance during WWII.
Master of the mountain : Thomas Jefferson and his slaves, Henry Wiencek.
A brilliant examination of the dark side of the man who gave the world the most ringing declarations about human liberty, yet in his own life repeatedly violated the principles they expressed.
Meme : the three worlds of an Italian-Chinese New Zealander, Meme Churton.
Meme is half-Italian and half-Chinese and this unusual combination has coloured her personality and the course of her life. Growing up in Italy, she lived through the rise of Fascism and the Second World War. Next she went to China and, while working as a diplomat, found herself in the midst of the Chinese Revolution. Then she travelled to the other side of the world at the invitation of a New Zealand soldier whom she had met at the end of the war. Meme was shocked by the curiously old-fashioned and provincial way of life she found in 1950s New Zealand, but for various reasons she stayed, got married, and became involved in a variety of campaigns to enlarge its culture.
Mick Jagger, Philip Norman.
A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent. The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades.
Mr Foote's other leg, Ian Kelly.
Foote's rise to fame was based on three unrelated accidents: his extraordinary gifts as an impressionist, a murder within his family which he turned into a true-crime bestseller, and the loss of his leg after a disastrous practical joke. Out of this was born the most singular career in stage history.
My mother warned me about blokes like me : motorcycle stories of brotherhood, demons, dirt and danger, Boris Mihailovic.
Whether you're into dirt bikes, road bikes, ride a Yamaha, scooter or Laverda: if you've ever experienced the primal rush of riding a motor bike, the pain of crashing, the suffering of healing and the epiphanies of speed then this book is for you.
My world in cricket, Stuart Broad ; photography by Philip Brown.
Stuart Broad was born to be a cricketer. His skills with the ball and bat have made him world famous, but what is it like to be the star of the England cricket team?
Nancy : the story of Lady Astor, Adrian Fort.
In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman to be elected to Parliament. She was not what had been expected. She was not even British. She would prove to be a trailblazer and beacon for the generations of women who would follow her into Parliament.
Norman Granz : the man who used jazz for justice, Tad Hershor.
Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, immensely influential, often thoroughly unpleasant --and one of jazz's true giants.
Nowhere but up : the story of Justin Bieber's mom, Pattie Mallette with A.J. Gregory.
The complete story of Justin Bieber's mother's amazing spiritual journey from brokenness and despair to wholeness and hope.
Orphan of Islam, Alexander Khan.
This book tells the true story of a child desperately searching for his place in the world; the tale of a boy, lost and alone, trying to find a way to repair a life shattered by the shocking event he witnessed through a crack in the door of a house in an isolated village in Pakistan.
Outsiders : stories from the fringe of New Zealand society, Gerard Hindmarsh.
Gerard Hindmarsh has a great eye for a story, and in Outsiders he presents a highly readable and colourful social history, which speaks strongly about a rich vein of New Zealand identity.
Patrick Leigh Fermor : an adventure, Artemis Cooper.
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was a war hero whose exploits in Crete are legendary, and above all he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times, notably for his books about his walk across pre-war Europe.
Purpose : an immigrant's story, Wyclef Jean with Anthony Bozza.
Touching on themes of poverty, immigration, father/son relationships, and fame, musician, producer, and actor Wyclef Jean tells the story of his childhood growing up in Haiti and Newark, and gives the inside story on the hip hop group The Fugees.
Ripped apart : a city in chaos : Bob Parker's story., Bob Parker with Tony Farrington
New York, after 9/11 had Rudy Giuliani. Christchurch, after 22 February, had Bob Parker. This is Bob's personal story about people behind the scenes and events that have Ripped Apart Christchurch, not just physically, but politically and emotionally.
Robbie : rugby warrior : the autobiography of Robbie Hunter-Paul, Written with Chris Irvine.
Robbie Paul writes candidly about his journey from a farm boy in New Zealand to an international rugby star. He looks back on his experiences in the game and life in general and includes advice on how to be a pro rugby player.
Rod : the autobiography.
Rod Stewart aka Rod The Mod was born the working-class son of a Scottish plumber in North London. He was never, as some stories later had it, a professional footballer or a gravedigger, though he did become a bit of a singer and a fairly good one at that.
Royal romances : titillating tales of passion and power in the palaces of Europe, Leslie Carroll.
Sasha and Emma : the anarchist odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, Paul Avrich and Karen Avrich.
In 1889 two Russian immigrants met in a coffee shop on the Lower East Side. Over the next fifty years Emma and Sasha would be fast friends, fleeting lovers, and loyal comrades. This dual biography offers an unprecedented glimpse into their intertwined lives, the lasting influence of the anarchist movement they shaped, and their unyielding commitment to equality and justice.
Shooter : combat from behind the camera, Stacy Pearsall with words by Stacy Pearsall and Ellie Maas Davis.
A soldier's job is to engage the enemy; Stacy Pearsall's job is to document the action. As a female combat photographer, she carries a gun, but her real weapon is her camera. "Shooter" is Pearsall's honest and unflinching account of her life behind enemy lines as told through photographs that reveal the realities of war.
Still standing : my savage years, Paul O'Grady.
"Still Standing" will make you laugh and make you cry. Some of the stories might even make your hair curl. But it stands as a glorious tribute to absent friends and to a world which has now all but vanished.
Surviving the skies : a night bomber pilot in the Great War, Joe Bamford.
Captain Stephen Wynn Vickers joined the Cheshire Regiment in August 1914, but after being badly wounded he remustered to the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). While other young pilots were killed or injured almost as soon as they got their wings, Captain Vickers survived numerous crash and forced landings.
The rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif, Najaf Mazari & Robert Hillman.
Follows the extraordinary journey of Najaf Mazari from the despair of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime to the flowering of a new life in Australia.
The varnished untruth : my story, Pamela Stephenson.
A complicated childhood in Australia, a bold move to London, being a woman in a man's world on Not the Nine O'Clock News, becoming Mrs Billy Connolly, motherhood, career changes and then Strictly Come Dancing told in her own inimitable style, The Varnished Untruth is Pamela Stephenson's own story.
The winemaker : George Fistonich and the Villa Maria story, Kerry R. Tyack
Villa Maria has always fiercely guarded its independence as New Zealand's largest privately-owned wine company, an independence that can be tracked back to the day in 1961 when a young George Fistonich told his Croatian-immigrant father that he wanted to give up building and take over the family winery.
These wonderful rumours! : a young schoolteacher's wartime diaries : 1939-1945, May Smith.
Through May Smith's observant, witty and sometimes acerbic diary, we gain a new understanding of how the people of Britain coped with the uncertainty, the heartbreak and the black comedy of life during wartime.
This is me, Ian Thorpe and Robert Wainwright.
Thorpe's autobiography follows him all the way from his childhood in Sydney right up to the London Olympics. This is a man who has had highs and lows away from the pool, who has led an extraordinary life of an elite athlete that most of us will never know, who has faced up to his own demons, and who has the courage to come back and stake his claim for the ultimate goal once more.
Vanished years, Rupert Everett.
Rupert Everett's first memoir "Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins" was an international bestseller and an instant classic on publication in 2006. This new memoir is filled with brand-new stories, from childhood to the present.
Volcker : the triumph of persistence, William L. Silber.
Over the course of nearly half a century, five American presidents three Democrats and two Republicans, have relied on the financial acumen, and the integrity, of Paul A. Volcker.
When I die : lessons from the death zone, Philip Gould ; edited by Keith Blackmore.
Written during the last few months of his life, When I Die describes the journey Philip took with his illness, leaving to us what he called his lessons from the death zone. This courageous, profoundly moving and inspiring work is as valuable a legacy to the world as anyone could wish to bestow hugely uplifting, beautifully written with extraordinary insight.
When I was young : memories of a West Coast childhood, Vonnie Clarke Alexander.
While the world watched : a Birmingham bombing survivor comes of age during the civil rights movement, Carolyn Maull McKinstry with Denise George.
On September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Maull was just a few feet away when the bomb exploded, killing four of her friends in the girl's rest room she had just exited. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history and the turning point in a young girl's life.

Books about books

One for the books, Joe Queenan.
One of America's leading humourists and author of the bestseller "Closing Time" examines his own obsession with books.

Business & Management

1501 ways to reward employees, Bob Nelson.
50 top tools for coaching : a complete toolkit for developing and empowering people, Gillian Jones and Ro Gorell.
All business is local : why place matters more than ever in a global, virtual world, John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz.
An introduction to small business management in New Zealand, David Sutton.
Are you smart enough to work at Google? : trick questions, zen-like riddles, insanely difficult puzzles, and other devious interviewing techniques you need to know to get a job anywhere in the new economy, William Poundstone.
Business mechanics : can you fix it? : a nuts and bolts guide for small business owners who want to go places, Jerome Jacobs.
First be nimble : a story about how to adapt, innovate and perform in a volatile business world, Graham Winter.
Hiring for attitude : a revolutionary approach to recruiting star performers with both tremendous skills and superb attitude, Mark Murphy.
Leading so people will follow, Erika Andersen.
Management in New Zealand, Danny Samson … et al.
This specifically NZ edition of Samson/Daft focuses on managing from, as well as within, the NZ region, containing a mix of NZ, Australian, Asian, US and European examples, as NZ managers have challenges locally as well as globally.
Managing employee turnover : dispelling myths and fostering evidence-based retention strategies, David G. Allen and Phillip C. Bryant.
Pinterest power : market your business, sell your product, and build your brand on the world's hottest social network, Jason Miles and Karen Lacey.
Successful online start-ups for dummies, Stefan Korn.
The commitment engine : making work worth it, John Jantsch.
The food truck handbook : start, grow, and succeed in the mobile food business, David Weber.
The pause principle : step back to lead forward, Kevin Cashman.
Think public relations, Dennis L. Wilcox … et al.

Commerce

The shadow world : inside the global arms trade, Andrew Feinstein ; research, Paul Holden and Barnaby Pace.
Totally wired : on the trail of the great dotcom swindle, Andrew Smith.
The story of the dotcom bubble, its tumultuous crash, and the visionary pioneer at its epicentre.

Computers

50 ideas you really need to know. Digital, Tom Chatfield.
Alan Turing and his contemporaries : building the world's first computers, Simon Lavington.
Secret wartime projects in areas such as code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers.
App savvy : turning ideas into iPad and iPhone apps customers really want, Ken Yarmosh.
Basic computing for the older generation, Jim Gatenby.
CorelDRAW X6 : the official guide, Gary David Bouton.
Internet and e-mail for seniors with Windows 7: for everyone who wants to learn to use the Internet at a later age, Edited by Jolanda Ligthart, Mara Kok, and Rilana Groot.
Internet research skills, Niall O Dochartaigh.
Provides more advanced ideas for harnessing the web in your research.
Java for dummies : quick reference, Doug Lowe.
Laptops, Sherry Kinkoph Gunter.
Offers visual, step-by-step guidance walks you through finding the right laptop to meet your needs, getting comfortable with the advanced versions of Windows and the Microsoft Office Suite, and understanding the most important security aspects of keeping your online experiences safe.
Learn Javascript, Steve Suehring.
Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion, Dave Taylor.
Linux bible : boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 13 other distributions, Christopher Negus.
Macbook in easy steps, Nick Vandome.
Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007 for seniors : practical applications for every day usage, Edited by Jolanda Ligthart, Rilana Groot and Mara Kok.
More Windows 7 for seniors : get more out of your computer!, Edited by Rilana Groot, Jolanda Ligthart, and Mara Kok.
SharePoint 2010 at work, Mark Miller … et al.
Staying safe online in simple steps, Joli Ballew.
Teach yourself visually OS X Mountain Lion, Paul McFedries.
The cybrarian's web : an A-Z guide to 101 free Web 2.0 tools and other resources, Cheryl Ann Peltier-Davis ; foreword by Stephen Abram.
Upgrading and repairing PCs, Scott Mueller.
20th edition.
What the plus! : Google+ for the rest of us, Guy Kawasaki.
Windows 7 for seniors : for everyone who wants to learn to use the computer at a later age, [edited by Joland Ligthart, Mara Kok, and Rilana Groot ; translated by Chris Hollingsworth and Irene Venditti.
Windows 8, Paul McFedries.

Crafts & Collecting

Animal hats : 25 fun projects to knit, crochet or make from fleece, Rachel Henderson with Sarah Kim … et al.
Baby crochet : 20 hand-crochet designs for babies, newborn-24 months, Sandy Powers ; photography by Tara Renaud.
Best in show : 25 more dogs to knit, Sally Muir & Joanna Osborne.
Calligraphy for greetings cards and scrapbooking, Peter E. Taylor.
Collecting gadgets & games from the 1950s to the 1990s, Daniel Blythe.
Collectomania : from objects of desire to magnificent obsession, Claudia Chan Shaw.
At a young age Claudia Chan Shaw developed a penchant for collecting of all kinds tin robots, Humphrey Bogart posters, snow domes and fashion. As she grew older she realised it had become an obsession and that there were others who felt the same.
Designing handmade rugs : inspiration for hooked, punched, and prodded projects, Annie Sherburne.
Enchanting art dolls & soft sculptures : sculpting, crazy quilting, embellishing, embroidery, Marina Druker.
First class : a history of Britain in 36 postage stamps, Chris West.
Goldwork, Helen McCook.
The Royal School of Needlework (RSN) teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard and is well respected all over the world.
Heart felt knits : 25 fresh and modern felting projects, Tamara Mello.
Homemade Christmas & festive decorations, Ros Badger with Elspeth Thompson ; photography by Benjamin J. Murphy.
Add a touch of personality and creativity to your home with projects for Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's and birthdays.
Jewelry upcycled! : techniques and projects for reusing metal, glass, plastic, fiber, and found objects, Sherri Haab and Michelle Haab.
Kirstie's vintage home., Kirstie Allsopp
Transform your home from shabby to chic. Looking to the past for inspiration and embracing vintage style to create something unique and beautiful, Kirstie continues her love affair with everything handmade.
Knitting : fashion, industry, craft, Sandy Black.
Little Christmas decorations to knit & crochet, Sue Stratford and Val Pierce.
Make me I'm yours jewellery.
Material world : the modern craft bible, Perri Lewis.
Renniks Australian & New Zealand token values : the premier guide for Australian & New Zealand token values, Michael T. Pitt ; contributors, Paul Bickerton, Mike Loy, Simon
Shrink! shrank! shrunk! : make stylish shrink plastic jewelry, Kathy Sheldon.
Stop, go, quilt, sew! : make 12 fun projects for boys to enjoy, Angela Yosten.
Upcycling celebrations : a use-what-you-have guide to decorating, gift-giving & entertaining, Danny Seo ; photographs by Laura Moss.
Vintage wedding style : more than 25 simple projects and endless inspiration for designing your big day, Elizabeth Demos.
Watch repairing as a hobby : an essential guide for non-professionals, D.W. Fletcher.

Crime

1888 : London murders in the year of the Ripper, Peter Stubley.
An introduction to criminal psychology, Russil Durrant.
California P.I., Rachel Sommerville.
California P.I. is Sommerville's passionate account of the men whose lives she tries to save and of her journey from genteel, middle-class Adelaide to the ghettos and prisons of America.
Life after death : the shocking true story of an innocent man on death row, Damien Echols.
Lost girls, Caitlin Rother.
Chelsea King was a popular high school senior, an outstanding achiever determined to make a difference. Amber Dubois loved books and poured her heart into the animals she cared for. Both girls disappeared in San Diego County, just eight miles and one year apart.
My stolen son : the Nick Markowitz story, Susan Markowitz with Jenna Glatzer.
This is the story of a mother's relentless nine-year fight to bring her son's killer to justice.
The devil's cinema : the untold story behind the "Dexter Killer", Steve Lillebuen.
Unleashed : the phenomena of status dogs and weapon dogs, Simon Harding.
This is the first book in the UK or US to set on record the recent cultural phenomenon of the use of certain dog breeds both legal and illegal to 'convey status' upon their owners. Large aggressive bull breeds such as pitbulls and akitas are now the must-have urban accessory used by owners seeking to acquire increased personal authority, respect, power and control.

Customs

You aren't what you eat : fed up with gastroculture, Steven Poole.
In this subtle and erudite polemic, Steven Poole argues that we're trying to fill more than just our bellies when we pick up our knives and forks, and that we might be a lot happier if we realised that sometimes we should throw away the colour supplements and open a tin of beans.

Economics

Conscious money : living, creating, and investing with your values for a sustainable new prosperity, Patricia Aburdene
For better or for work : a survival guide for entrepreneurs and their families, Meg Cadoux Hirshberg.
Meet me at Begg's, Clare Gleeson.
Meet Me at Begg's looks at the history of the firm from its beginnings in Dunedin to its demise in 1970. Historian Clare Gleeson is the great-great-grand-daughter of the firm's founder, Charles Begg.
Pricing the future : finance, physics, and the 300-year journey to the Black-Scholes equation : a story of genius and discovery, George G. Szpiro.
The bubble and beyond : fictitious capital, debt deflation and the global crisis, Michael Hudson.
The mining valuation handbook : mining and energy valuation for investors and management, Victor Rudenno.
The money class : how to stand in your truth and create the future you deserve, Suze Orman.
The new industrial revolution : consumers, globalization and the end of mass production, Peter Marsh.
Your property success with renovation, Jane Slack-Smith.

Education

The new academic : a strategic handbook, Shelda Debowski.

Electronics

Emergency power for radio communications, Michael Bryce.
Understand electronics, Malcom Plant.

Engineering

Earthquake engineering for structural design, Victor Gioncu and Federico M. Mazzolani.
Covering the basis and basics of the major international codes, this is the essential guide for professionals working on structures in earthquake zones around the world.
Gears and gear drives, Damir Jelaska.
Introduction to chemical engineering computing, Bruce A. Finlayson.

Environment

Ice mice and men : the issues facing our far south, Geoff Simmons & Gareth Morgan with John McCrystal.
Our Far South - that part of New Zealand that extends from Stewart Island almost without interruption to the South Pole - harbours precious wildlife and is the engine room of the world's oceans and climate. This book looks at the ways we risk inflicting long-term, even permanent harm, on this precious and fragile region.

Farming

Food heroes, Simon Farrell-Green ; photography by Duncan Innes.
Food Heroes celebrates a remarkable group of producers and growers who are returning to artisan methods to create some of New Zealand's best food and finest quality ingredients.
Tractors of the world, Mirco de Cet.
A colourful pictorial history of the tractor that depicts the days of primitive steam-powered traction engines, through to the sleek, sophisticated powerhouses that perform as the main workhorse of today's farming industry.

Fashion

Decades, Cameron Silver with Rebecca DiLiberto.
Cameron Silver runs the most glamorous boutique in LA, where Hollywood royalty go to find vintage couture that is totally unique and utterly timeless. Decades tells an international story with designers from Milan, Tokyo, London, Paris and New York all strutting their stuff.
Dressmaking for real women, Lorna Knight.
Fifty fashion looks that changed the 1950s, Paula Reed.
Fifty fashion looks that changed the 1960s, Paula Reed.
Fifty fashion looks that changed the 1970s, Paula Reed.
How to set up & run a fashion label, Toby Meadows.
No matter how talented you are as a designer, if you are going to run a successful fashion label you also need to know about business from marketing and PR to manufacturing your collection, and where to find the money to finance it all.
Lauren Conrad beauty, Lauren Conrad with Elise Loehnen.
A beauty guide with tips on hair, makeup and beauty in general by celebrity Lauren Conrad.
Love looks not with the eyes : thirteen years with Lee Alexander McQueen, Anne Deniau.
Lee Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) is widely recognized as one of the leading fashion designers of his time, whose work combined aesthetic vision, emotional power, and extraordinary craft. He was especially known for staging provocative shows that were as much performances as venues to display his designs.
Make-up secrets, Jemma Kidd ; photographer, Vikki Grant ; text, Zia Mattocks.
Quick looks : beautiful makeup in minutes, Rae Morris ; photography by Steven Chee.
Schiaparelli & Prada : impossible conversations, Andrew Bolton and Harold Koda.
The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras.
The new jewelers : desirable, collectable, contemporary, Olivier Dupon.
The perfume lover : a personal story of scent, Denyse Beaulieu.
An account of the creative process that goes into composing a fragrance, and a uniquely candid insider's view into the world and history of fragrance. Your world will never smell the same.
The truth about style, Stacy London.
Vogue : the editor's eye, Eve MacSweeney.

Film, Television & Theatre

Getting started in short filmmaking, Ted Jones, Chris Patmore.
Sherlock : the casebook, Guy Adams.
The big screen : the story of the movies, David Thomson.
The theatre : a concise history, Phyllis Hartnoll ; revised and extended by Enoch Brater.
The true history of the Black Adder, J.F. Roberts.

Food & Wine

A homemade life : stories and recipes from my kitchen table, Molly Wizenberg ; illustrations by Camilla Engman.
After toast : recipes for aspiring cooks, Kate Gibbs.
Cake, Rachel Allen.
Curing & smoking : made at home, Dick & James Strawbridge.
Decorating cakes., From the Australian women's weekly
Foods that fight fibromyalgia : nutrient-packed meals that increase energy, ease pain, and move you towards recovery, Deirdre Rawlings with foreword by Jacob Teitelbaum.
Fresh and light : 180+ new recipes and flavour-packed ideas to find the perfect balance, Donna Hay ; photography by William Meppem.
Great British puddings : over 140 sweet, sticky, yummy, classic recipes from the world-famous pudding club, Pudding Club.
Home made winter, Yvette van Boven ; photography, Oof Verschuren.
Hoosh : roast penguin, scurvy day, and other stories of Antarctic cuisine, Jason C. Anthony.
I love to bake, Tana Ramsay.
Jerusalem : a cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi.
Limoncello and linen water : a trousseau of Italian recipes, Tessa Kiros ; photography, Manos Chatzikonstantis ; styling, Michail Touros.
Planet cake kids : 680 clever creations, Paris Cutler with Anna Maria Roche.
Seasonal cupcake, Carolyn White.
Sweets and treats to give away, Diana & Rebecca Peacock.
The complete Dukan cookbook, Pierre Dukan with the invaluable help of Rachel Levy.
The Engine Room, No. 115 : eatery, Natalia Schamroth & Carl Koppenhagen ; photography, Kieran Scott.
The homebuilt winery : 43 projects for building and using winemaking equipment, Steve Hughes.
The Revive cafe cookbook 2, Jeremy Dixon.
The smitten kitchen cookbook, Deb Perelman.
The sweet life : the basics and beyond, Kate Bracks.
Desserts by MasterChef Australia 2011 winner Kate Bracks.
The vintage tea party year, Angel Adoree.
Vintage cakes : tremendously good cakes for sharing and giving, Jane Brocket with photography by Polly Wreford.
Wendyl Nissen's supermarket companion : how to bring home good food, Wendyl Nissen ; illustrations by Alex Scott.
Who put the beef in Wellington? : 50 culinary classics, who invented them, when and why, James Winter.
Zumbarons : a fantasyland of macarons, Adriano Zumbo.

Gardens and Gardening

Auckland's remarkable urban forest, Mike D. Wilcox.
Contemporary gardens of New Zealand, Carol Bucknell & Sally Tagg.
Garden mosaics project book : stylish ideas for decorating your outside space with over 25 step-by-step projects shown in 450 photographs, Helen Baird.
My secret garden : a personal tour of my own private plot, Alan Titchmarsh ; photographs by Jonathan Buckley.
Seasons in my kitchen garden : a journey from paddock to potager, Marcelle Nankervis.
Sons of the soil : Chinese market gardeners in New Zealand = Hungtu zis, Lily Lee and Ruth Lam.
Success through adversity : a history of the Dominion Federation of New Zealand Chinese Commercial Growers = Chnggong de z kuhn li, Nigel Murphy.
White cube, green maze : new art landscapes, Raymund Ryan.
Yates month by month : the complete guide of what to do in your garden throughout the year, Judy Horton.

Graphic Arts

Marvel Comics : the untold story, Sean Howe.
Interweaves history, anecdotes, and analysis with more than one hundred interviews with Marvel insiders to reveal how Marvel, which introduced brightly costumed caped crusaders in the 1960s, became one of the most dominant pop cultural forces in contemporary America.

Graphic novels

American vampire. Volume four, writer, Scott Snyder ; artists, Rafael Albuquerque …
Southern New Mexico Territory, 1871. Before he became the Wild West's most wanted man, before he became a whole new breed of American vampire, Skinner Sweet was a soldier in the U.S. Army.
Bakuman. 15, Support and feeling, Story by Tsugumi Ohba ; art by Takeshi Obata.
With Nanamine's manga struggling, he sets Moritaka and Akito an interesting challenge. But will the duo accept and risk what they've worked so hard to achieve? And when the news media puts the spotlight on their series for the wrong reasons, how will it affect Akito?
Brightest day. Volume three, Geoff Johns & Peter J. Tomasi, writers ; Ivan Reis …
Once dead, twelve heroes and villains were resurrected by a white light expelled deep within the center of the earth.
Brightest day. Volume two, Geoff Johns & Peter J. Tomasi, writers ; Ivan Reis …
Durarara!! 4, Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, Akiyo Satorigi.
The colourless gang known as the Dollars has quite a reputation in Ikebukuro, but even those who are in the group know nothing about the Dollars' mysterious founder.
Marvel Zombies, Writer, Robert Kirkman … et al. ; artist, Sean Phillips … et al.
The smash-hit Marvel Zombies saga is collected in one meaty, macabre tome. The dead walk and leap, fly and climb walls when Marvel's mightiest are transformed into flesh-eating monsters.
Omamori Himari. 0, Milan Matra … et al.
Omamori Himari gets it very own companion book with Omamori Himari Volume 0! A luscious colour side-story comic starts off the volume as the girls of the series descend on a hot spring with their heavenly bodies!
Rat catcher, Writer, Andy Diggle ; art, Victor Ibanez ; letters, Jared K. Fletcher.
According to underworld legend, the Rat Catcher is a peerless assassin who specializes in silencing mob snitches.
Saga. [1], Writer, Brian K. Vaughan ; artist, Fiona Staples ; lettering + design, Fonograpiks
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
Simon's cat in kitten chaos, Simon Tofield.
After the runaway success of the orignial book, Simon Tofield returned last year with the further adventures of his feline 'beyond the fence'. Now we welcome a cuddly new addition to the family the form of Simon's Kitten.

Health & Medicine

Anaesthesia : a very short introduction, Aidan O'Donnell.
Complete guide to prescription & nonprescription drugs, H. Winter Griffith ; revised and updated by Stephen W. Moore.
The revised and updated 2011 edition.
Grace under pressure : going the distance as an Asperger's mum, Sophie Walker.
Grace Under Pressure is a moving story that charts the highs and lows of raising a child with Asperger Syndrome and the physical challenge of training for a long-distance running event.
Hallucinations, Oliver Sacks.
This book is an investigation into the types, physiological sources, and cultural resonances of hallucinations traces everything from the disorientations of sleep and intoxication to the manifestations of injury and illness.
Insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring : a user's guide to effective diabetes management, Francine R. Kaufman with Emily Westfall.
Love is the Cure : on life, loss and the end of AIDS, Elton John.
The very personal story of Sir Elton's life during the AIDS epidemic, including his agony at seeing friends perish
New Zealand outdoor first aid, Christine McLeod ; medical adviser: Dick Price ;
Run fat bitch run, Ruth Field.
Throw away the scales, stock up on pasta and enjoy carbs without guilt. If you want to lose weight, get fit and become an ass-kicking, gets-things-done superwoman, there's only one thing left to do - run!
The end of your life book club, Will Schwalbe.
When Mary Anne Schwalbe was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, her publisher son Will accompanied her to her treatments. As they had all their lives, they discussed books and the end of your life book club was born.

History, Geography & Travel

100 places you will never visit : the world's most secret locations, Daniel Smith.
This fascinating guide book takes a look at places around the world that are either so hard to reach, so closely guarded, or so secret that they are virtually impossible to visit any other way.
101 best Australian beaches, Andy Short, Brad Farmer.
A fabled land : the story of Canterbury's famous Mesopotamia Station, Bruce Ansley with Peter Bush.
A free man, Aman Sethi.
Every morning in Sadar Bazaar, one of the oldest markets in Delhi, a gang of men gather looking for work in the building trade. For five years, journalist Aman Sethi shared their lives, and in particular that of Mohammed Ashraf. Ashraf is a mazdoor, an itinerant house-painter, but he's not a typical labourer. He has studied biology in college, and after college learnt how to repair TV sets, cut suits, and slice chicken. He lived all over India, but now he finds himself in Delhi: the second most populous city in the country.
A happy feat : voyage to the end of our far south, Gareth Morgan with John McCrystal.
Join Gareth Morgan and his crew on their voyage of discover, as they mix with penguins, albatrosses, seals, elephant seals, sea lions and whales on the way. Hear all about the issues: the race for resources on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean, the effects of over-fishing, climate change and habitat destruction - facing the region.
Barcelona, Regis St. Louis, Anna Kaminski, Vesna Maric.
Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers, Don George.
A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including: Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht, DBC Pierre.
Brazil, Michael Palin ; photographed & designed by Basil Pao.
Cafe reflections on Christchurch City, 1975-2012 : a tribute to the Christchurch central business district community, Deb Donnell.
Canberra, Paul Daley.
Civilizations of ancient Iraq, Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster.
Croatia, Piers Letcher ; updated by Rudolph Abraham.
Dream islands : the world's most breathtaking places, Antony Mason.
Ethiopia, Philip Briggs ; updated by Kim Wildman.
Former people : the last days of the Russian aristocracy, Douglas Smith.
Four graces : Queen Victoria's Hessian granddaughters, Ilana D. Miller.
Hap working the world, Hap Cameron.
When Hap Cameron left home in April 2003, he decided he wanted to live and work in every continent before he turned thirty. He knew he had plenty of time so how hard could it be?
High Country legacy : four generations of Aspinalls at Mt. Aspiring Station, Alex Hedley.
High country New Zealand : the land, the people, the seasons, photography by Antonia Steeg ; introduction by Philip Temple.
Highway one : the ultimate Australian road trip, text by Catherine Lawson ; photography by David Bristow.
Historic treasures of the South, John Hall-Jones.
From the arrivals of the early Māori and later the Europeans, the navigators, sealers and whalers, in the southern part of New
Iron Curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56, Anne Applebaum.
Killing Kennedy : the end of Camelot, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
The author recounts in gripping detail the brutal muder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent America into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
Lonely Planet's best in travel. 2013 : the best trends, destinations, journeys & experiences for the upcoming year.
Special edition celebrating Lonely Planet's 40th anniversary.
Memories of a lost world : travels through the magic lantern, Charlotte Fiell with additional introductory text by James R. Ryan.
From the bustling streets of Victorian London and the ruins of ancient Egypt to the temples of Japan and the tribesmen of New Guinea, this publication explores the world through a captivating collection of over 800 magic lantern slide images.
Midnight in Sicily, Peter Robb.
New Orleans, Adam Karlin, Amy C. Balfour.
New Zealand North Island, Darroch Donald.
From Auckland's streetside cafes to traditional Māori feast and from the volcanic lakes of Rotorua to the mysterious Te Urewera National Park, Footprint Focus New Zealand North Island provides extensive coverage of this fascinating island.
On the map : why the world looks the way it does, Simon Garfield.
Maps have the most amazing stories and Simon Garfield is the perfect author to tell them. This is a book that will inspire mapophiles but engage even those of us who stare blankly at an OS pathfinder's hieroglyphs.
Once in a lifetime : travel and leisure redefined, Edited by Robert Klanten, Sven Ehmann, Marie Le Fort ; text and preface by Marie Le Fort.
Presents unique and exceptional travel lodgings--including hotels, resorts, farms, houses, trains and boats--in just-as-unique destinations around the world.
Portrait of a new Angola, Rita Galliani, Laura Villani ; photos by Francesca Galliani, Walter Fernandes.
Prague & the Czech Republic, Neil Wilson, Mark Baker.
Rarotonga, Samoa & Tonga, Craig McLachlan, Brett Atkinson, Celeste Brash.
Roadway to the rushes : Waikouaiti and district 1840-1890, whaling, agriculture and gold, Eileen Foote.
Secrets & treasures : our stories told through the objects at Archives New Zealand, Ray Waru.
Shackleton's whisky : a spirit of discovery-- Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic expedition and the rare malt whisky he left behind, Neville Peat.
Six months in 1945 : FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman : from world war to cold war, Michael Dobbs.
South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland, Written and researched by James Bainbridge … et al.
Southeast Asia on a shoestring, Written and researched by China Williams … et al.
Still counting the dead : survivors of Sri Lanka's hidden war, Frances Harrison.
Sunflowers and snipers : saving children in the Balkan War, Sally Becker.
In May 1993, Sally Becker went to Bosnia to help victims of war, delivering medical aid and evacuating wounded children from the besieged city of Mostar. She was dubbed the 'Angel of Mostar', and was hailed for her efforts to treat the casualties on both sides.
Thailand handbook, Andrew Spooner … et al.
The hidden prince, Billy Rennie.
In the hidden prince, Billy Rennie presents compelling information passed down generation to generation regarding the secrecy surrounding a relationship between the late Queen Victoria and John Brown, who was most likely the love of her life.
The last Viking : the life of Roald Amundsen : conqueror of the South Pole, Stephen Bown.
The last wild island : saving Tetepare, John Read.
The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death, Jill Lepore.
A history of American ideas about life and death includes coverage of topics ranging from the 17th-century Englishman who investigated a belief about life starting with eggs and the heated debates over Darwin's evolutionary findings to the role of the Space Age in changing views on planetary life to the 1970s trends in cryogenics.
The rough guide to Chile, Andrew Benson
The world's heritage : the bestselling guide to the most extraordinary places.
The world's weirdest places, Nick Redfern.
Ukraine : the Bradt travel guide, Andrew Evans.
Vanuatu & New Caledonia, Jayne D'Arcy.
Victorian Bloomsbury, Rosemary Ashton.
Embracing the high life of the squares, the nonconformity of churches, the parades of shops, schools, hospitals and poor homes, this is a major contribution to the history of nineteenth-century London.
Vikings, Neil Oliver.
Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshire, Norman and June Buckley.
With Hillary at Scott Base : a Kiwi among the penguins, Vern Gerard.
Firsthand account by a scientist who was actually involved in the creation and operation of New Zealand's Scott Base.

House & Garden

Ann Getty : interior style, Diane Dorrans Saeks ; photography by Lisa Romerein.
DIY ideas : projects and tips for every room.
English decoration : timeless inspiration for the contemporary home, Ben Pentreath ; with a foreword by Nicky Haslam ; photography by Jan Baldwin Ryland.
How to design, build & equip your automotive workshop on a budget, Jeffrey Zurschmeide.
Mid-century modern : living with mid-century modern design, Judith Miller.
Rhapsody, Kelly Wearstler with Amanda Luttrell Garrigus.
Design trendsetter Kelly Wearstler shares her inspirations, inviting readers into the creation of her opulent interiors.
The complete guide to decks : plan & build your dream deck : includes complete deck plans.
The natural home, Hans Blomquist ; photography by Debi Treloar.

Humour

A seal walks into a club : a side-splitting compilation of the best jokes, gags and one-liners, Nick Harris.
What you didn't miss : a book of literary parodies : as featured in Private Eye, edited and introduced by D. J. Taylor ; with illustrations by Ken Pyne.

Journalism

Imagine my surprise : unpublished letters to the Daily Telegraph, Iain Hollingshead.
Man bites talking dog, Colin Dunne.
From a modest start on a country weekly to Fleet Street in its heyday. For the best part of half a century Colin Dunne delighted readers of local, regional and national newspapers and magazines with his canny ability to spot and more importantly to report the strange, the odd, the unlikely and the just plain daft elements of human life.
The history of the NME : high times and low lives at the world's most famous music magazine, Pat Long.

Language

Better than great : a plenitudinous compendium of wallopingly fresh superlatives, Arthur Plotnik.
Collins French vocabulary.
Collins German vocabulary.
Collins Italian vocabulary.
New Oxford rhyming dictionary.
Robert Hartwell Fiske's the dimwit's dictionary.
Thousands of overused words and phrases and alternatives to them are compiled in this ultimate writer's reference, composing the perfect companion for those seeking to weed out bland, commonplace content and replace it with crisp, concise prose.
The painted word : a treasure chest of remarkable words and their origins, Phil Cousineau ; artwork by Gregg Chadwick.

Law

Guide to company liquidation, Liesle Theron.
Plain language for lawyers, Michele M. Asprey.

Literature

From Germany to Germany : journal of the year 1990, Gunter Grass ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston.
In 1990, Gunter Grass, a reluctant diarist, felt compelled to make a record of the interesting times through which he was living. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the collapse of Communism, Germany and Europe were enduring a period of immense upheaval.
Kurt Vonnegut : letters, Edited and with an introduction by Dan Wakefield.
A compilation of personal correspondence written over a sixty-year period offers insight into the iconic American author's literary personality, his experiences as a German POW, his struggles with fame, and the inspirations for his famous books.
Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough : the medical lives of great writers, John J. Ross, M.D.
The fun stuff, and other essays, James Wood.
The world of Robert Jordan's The wheel of time, Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson.

Manufacturing

Ballpoint : a tale of genius and grit, perilous times, and the invention that changed the way we write, Gyorgy Moldova ; translated from the Hungarian by David Robert Evans.
Cartridges of the world : a complete and illustrated reference for over 1500 cartridges, Frank C. Barnes ; edited by Richard A. Mann.
Every serious firearms enthusiast, cartridge collector and handloader will benefit from this completely revised and updated Cartridges of the World, 13th Edition

Military

Catch that Tiger : Churchill's secret order that launched the most astounding and dangerous mission of World War II, Noel Botham and Bruce Montague.
Commando : winning World War II behind enemy lines, James Owen.
Destiny in the desert : the story behind El Alamein : the battle that turned the tide, Jonathan Dimbleby.
Dig WW2 : rediscovering the great wartime battles, Jean Hood.
Fortress Israel : the inside stroy of the military elite who run the country and why they can't make peace, Patrick Tyler.
Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation POSTMASTER : the untold top secret story, Brian Lett.
This is a true story of a force of licensed to kill secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret service chief code named M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his James Bond stories were based. The author, an experienced criminal QC, proves beyond doubt that this thrilling operation, and the men who carried it out, were the inspiration for Fleming's James Bond.
Military Land Rover : enthusiasts' manual : 1947-2012 (Series I-III, Defender, Wolf, 'lightweight', 101 in forward control, Minerva, Tempo, Otokar, etc., Pat Ware.
The phantom army of Alamein : how Operation Bertram and the Camouflage Unit hoodwinked Rommel, Rick Stroud.
Thinking the unthinkable : the lives of Royal Air Force and East German fast-jet pilots in the Cold War, Nigel Walpole.
Uncommon soldier : brave, compassionate and tough, the making of Australia's modern Diggers, Chris Masters.
We come unseen : the untold story of Britain's Cold War submariners, Jim Ring.
Follows the careers of six Royal Navy submariners from their graduation from Dartmouth's Britannia Royal Naval College in 1963, just after the Cuban Missile Crisis, to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. This book explains the nuclear threat and its beginnings in the last days of the Second World War.
World's deadliest warbirds : first 100 years, Kim Lockwood.

Music & Musicians

Electronics in music, F.C. Judd.
'Electronics In Music' was originally published in 1972 and describes the principles behind early electronic musical instruments and synthesised sound, including circuit diagrams.
Light & shade : conversations with Jimmy Page, Brad Tolinski.
Draws on twenty years of personal interviews to cover Page's early work with such artists as Tom Jones and Eric Clapton, the creative years of Led Zeppelin, and his post-Zeppelin relationships with Robert Plant and John Paul Jones.
Listen, whitey! : the sights and sounds of Black power 1968-1975, Pat Thomas.
While befriending members of the Black Panther Party, Thomas discovered rare recordings of speeches, interviews and music by noted activists Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Elaine Brown, The Lumpen and many others that form the framework of this definitive retrospective. Listen, Whitey! also chronicles the forgotten history of Motown Records.
On song : stories behind New Zealand pop classics, Simon Sweetman.
On Song is a lively journey through New Zealand's diverse pop music landscape.
One direction A-Z, Sarah Oliver.
Find out about the behind-the-scenes gossip during X-Factor boot camp auditions, from their crippling stage fright through to the moment One Direction found out they'll be heading to Simon Cowell's house in Marbella for the last round of auditions.
Practical recording techniques : the step-by-step approach to professional audio recording, Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett.
This hands-on, practical guide covers all aspects of recording, perfect for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts.
Prince, Matt Thorne.
With reference to every song, released and unreleased, over 35 years of recording, 'Prince' will stand for years to come as the go-to book on the Great Man.
Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap stories, Randy Bachman.
Reinventing Bach, Paul Elie.
Elie tells the electrifying story of how musicians of genius have made Bach's music new in our time, at once restoring Bach as a universally revered composer and revolutionising the ways that music figures in our lives.
Slash : an intimate portrait, Photography by Robert Knight ; foreword by Ronnie Wood ; preface by Joe Perry ; text by Richard Bienstock.
This comprehensive collection features more than twenty years' worth of previously unpublished photographs of guitar legend Slash in all, more than 100 arresting images from the lens of esteemed rock photographer Robert Knight.
Streets of fire : Bruce Springsteen in photographs and lyrics, 1977-1979, photographs by Eric Meola ; lyrics by Bruce Springsteen.
The accordion in the Americas : klezmer, polka, tango, zydeco, and more!, Helena Simonett.
The Gershwins and me : a personal history in twelve songs, Michael Feinstein with Ian Jackman.
Michael Feinstein was just 20 years old when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero, Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership, Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin's mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man's zeal.
The ultimate lyric book, Jimi Hendrix ; compiled by Janie L. Hendrix.
Thomas Ades : full of noises, Conversations with Tom Service.
Thomas Ades is feted from Los Angeles to London, from New York to Berlin, as the musician who has done more than any other living composer to connect contemporary music with wider audiences. His operas, orchestral pieces, and chamber works have already stood the test of repeated performances, productions, and continued critical acclaim.
Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Alan Licht.
A collection of conversations between Licht and Will Oldham, aka musician Bonnie Prince Billy, about his 2 personas and his life in in music and film.

Natural Science

Animals of the Masai Mara, Adam Scott Kennedy, Vicki Kennedy.
Birds of Central Asia : Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Raffael Aye and Manuel Schweizer with Tobias Roth ; illustrated by Dave Nurney … et al. with contributions to the distribution maps from Arend Wassink.
Birds of prey of Australia : a field guide, Stephen Debus ; illustrated by Jeff Davies.
Buller's birds of New Zealand : the complete work of J.G. Keulemans, Text Geoff Norman.
A complete, all-new edition of the classic 19th century ornithological paintings of John Gerrard Keulemans for Walter Buller's iconic A History of the Birds of New Zealand, featuring fresh reproductions of the original watercolour paintings.
Butterflies of the South Pacific, Brian Patrick & Hamish Patrick.
Owls, [Marianne Taylor].
Owls of the world : a photographic guide, Heimo Mikkola.
The book of barely imagined beings : a 21st century bestiary, Caspar Henderson.
Unusual creatures : a mostly accurate account of some of the Earth's strangest animals, Michael Hearst.
Wonders of the sea : the protection of New Zealand's marine mammals, Kate Mulcahy and Raewyn Peart.

Occult

Astrology : from Ancient Babylon to the present, P. G. Maxwell-Stuart.

Painting

How to paint colour & light in watercolour, Jean Haines.

Parenting

Baby names. 2013, Ella Joynes.
The only annually updated UK baby names book, including the year's most popular names, celebrity choices and names making a comeback.
Bottled up : how the way we feed babies has come to define motherhood, and why it shouldn't, Suzanne Barston.
Getting on with others : how to teach your child essential social skills, John Cooper.
Raising caring, capable kids with Habits of Mind, Lauren A. Carner, Angela Iadavaia-Cox.
The genius of natural childhood : secrets of thriving children, Sally Goddard Blythe.
What babies and children really need, Sally Goddard Blythe.

Pets & Animals

Feline friends : tales from the heart, Cat Protection Society of NSW Inc.
Keeping canaries, Brian Keenan.
The life & love of cats, Lewis Blackwell.
The rescue of Belle & Sundance, Birgit Stutz and Lawrence Scanlan.
The truth about wolves & dogs : dispelling the myths of dog training, Toni Shelbourne.
The whispering land, Gerald Durrell with illustrations by Ralph Thompson.

Photography

Beautiful beasties : a creative guide to modern pet photography, Jamie Pflughoeft.
Fashion photography 101 : a complete course for the new fashion photographer, Lara Jade.
Icons, Markus Klinku & Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri with Cindy de la Hoz.
Showcasing for the first time the work of Markus and Indrani the hottest team in celebrity and fashion photography "Icons" presents riveting images of pop culture icons such as Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, and Naomi Campbell, complete with stories behind the photos from the photographers and stars themselves.
In London, Chris Craymer.
A collection of stunning photographs capturing the essence of fashionable London.
Life in colour : National Geographic photographs, Text by Susan Tyler Hitchcock.
Ocean soul, Brian Skerry.
The ultimately stunning photographic portrait of the ocean as a place of mystery, as a place in trouble, and as a place of hope.
Private view, Mario Testino.
Slim Aarons, la dolce vita, Christopher Sweet edt.
This lavish fourth volume in Abrams' Slim Aarons collection revels in this photographer's decades-long love affair with Italy.

Poetry

Being of two minds, Michael Jackson.
Brown girls in bright red lipstick, Courtney Sina Meredith.
Even Gods ears ache, poems by John Patterson.
Poems to a glass woman : 1944-1945, James K. Baxter ; edited, with an essay, by John Weir.
Written in 1944-5, these poems record the immediate impact of James K. Baxter's first serious love affair. The sequence is published for the first time on the 40th anniversary of the poet's death, 22 October 2012.
Stag's leap, Sharon Olds.
"Stag's Leap", Sharon Olds' stunningly poignant new sequence of poems, tells the story of a divorce, embracing strands of love, sex, sorrow, memory, and new freedom.
Three days in a wishing well, Kerrin P. Sharpe.

Politics & Government

The victory lab : the secret science of winning campaigns, Sasha Issenberg.
A look how social scientists and renegade thinkers are imposing a new data-driven order on the American political campaign - an industry previously run on gut instinct.

Pounamu

Exploring Aotearoa : short walks to reveal the Maori landscape, Peter Janssen.
Māori culture has close ties with the landscape, in pa and early battle sites, and in myths and legends. From north to south, nearly 200 of the most accessible and memorable landmarks can be visited including volcanic summits, headlands, lakes and islands as well as pa sites, urupa (graveyards), and hunting and fishing grounds.
Tu, Na Patricia Grace ; na Wiremu raua ko Te Ohorere Kaa i whakamaori.
In Māori. The only survivor of three young men who went to war from his family, Tu faces the past and tells his niece and nephew, through the pages of his war journal, what really happened to the brothers as the Māori Battalion fought the war.

Religion & Ethics

Do yourself a favor, forgive : learn how to take control of your life through forgiveness, Joyce Meyer.
Is God an illusion? : the great battle between science and spirituality, Deepak Chopra, Leonard Mlodinow.
The popes : a history, John Julius Norwich.
Unapologetic, Francis Spufford
"Unapologetic" is a brief, witty, personal, sharp-tongued defence of Christian belief, taking on Dawkins' "The God Delusion" and Christopher Hitchens' "God is Not Great".
Wishes fulfilled : mastering the art of manifesting, Wayne W. Dyer.

Science

Astronomy : a beginner's guide to the universe, Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan.
Awesome forces : the natural hazards that threaten New Zealand, Geoff Hicks and Hamish Campbell.
Revised and updated in 2012.
College physics, Eugene Hecht.
Dinosaurs : a concise natural history, David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel with illustrations by John Sibbick.
Fragile Earth.
This unique book provides a striking look at the dramatic changes that are happening to our planet. The second edition of Fragile Earth shows over 350 dramatic images of natural disasters, human development and the impacts of climate change.
Genes, cells, and brains : the Promethean promises of the new biology, Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.
Geometry in nature : exploring the morphology of the natural world through projective geometry, John Blackwood.
Ice : portraits of vanishing glaciers, James Balog and the Extreme Ice Survey Team.
International Space Station : 1998-2011 (all stages) : owners' workshop manual, David Baker.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a permanently manned earth-orbiting complex where astronauts carry out research into a wide range of scientific activities.
Introduction to fluid mechanics, Donald F. Young … et al.
Introductory technical mathematics, John Peterson, Robert D. Smith.
Lost Antarctica : adventures in a disappearing land, James McClintock.
Surveys Antarctica's diverse plant and animal life while raising awareness about how its fragile ecosystems are being threatened by global warming.
Mirror Earth : the search for our planet's twin, Michael D. Lemonick.
Mysteries, facts, phenomena : 200 intriguing secrets of planet Earth explained.
Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection, Simon Winchester ; skull collection by Alan Dudley ; photography by Nick Mann.
Skulls from the collection of Alan Dudley, a British collector and owner of what is probably the largest and most complete private collection of skulls in the world.
The elements : the new guide to the building blocks of our universe, Jack Challoner.

Self Development

Never too late to be great : the power of thinking long, Tom Butler-Bowden.
Panorama of psychology, Vilen Vardanyan.
The body language advantage : maximize your personal and professional relationships with this ultimate photo guide to deciphering what others are secretly saying, in any situation, Lillian Glass.
The compound effect: multiplying your success : one simple step at a time, Darren Hardy.
The two-second advantage : how we succeed by anticipating the future, just enough, Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney.

Social Issues

A woman's place : good wives, happy husbands and why a woman's work is never done, selected by Redmer Yska.
So pull on your garter belt, pop on a pretty frock, put out the best china teapot and step dip into the wonderful, hilarious and often peculiar world of yesteryear.
Disasters that shook the world : history's greatest man-made catastrophes, editor Kelly Knauer.
Dumped : a grown-up guide to gettin' off your ass and over your ex in record time, Maryjane Fahey and Caryn Beth Rosenthal.
Dumped is the ultimate post-breakup bible for women.
Full planet, empty plates : the new geopolitics of food scarcity, Lester R. Brown.
I know who you are and I saw what you did : social networks and the death of privacy, Lori Andrews.
Andrews writes about the widespread misuse of our personal online data and creates a Constitution for the web.
Manopause : your guide to surviving his changing life, Lisa Friedman Bloch, Kathy Kirtland Silverman.
Aimed at women, "Manopause" explores how biological and psychological factors collide with the societal pressures men face, and provides advice on how women can help themselves and their men move through and enjoy this sometimes challenging phase.
No family is an island : cultural expertise among Samoans in diaspora, Ilana Gershon.
Plutocrats : the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else, Chrystia Freeland.
The Arab uprisings : the people want the fall of the regime, Jeremy Bowen.
Jeremy Bowen has been the BBC's Middle East correspondent for twelve years and has been on the ground for them as the recent revolutions have swept through the region.
The fair society : the science of human nature and the pursuit of social justice, Peter Corning.
The green paradox : a supply-side approach to global warming, Hans-Werner Sinn.
The many worlds of R.H. Mathews : in search of an Australian anthropologist, Martin Thomas.
The Search for R.H. Mathews is about the life and work of the renowned 19th century surveyor turned ethnologist, whose studies of Aboriginal Australia were path-breaking and quite controversial.
The New Zealand woman : 80 glorious years of fashion, food and friendship from the pages of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly, Bee Dawson.
Thirty seconds to impact : the captain's story of Flight BA38, Peter Burkill and Maria Burkill.
When Peter took charge of the flight deck of the 777 and took off from Beijing airport, there was nothing to suggest that this trip would be anything other than a routine flight of the sort he had made so many times before. It was not until moments before landing that anything went wrong.
Unlearn, rewild, Miles Olson.
Picture a world where humans exist, like all other living things, in balance. Where there is no separation between "human" and "wild". This book boldly envisions such a world, probing deeply into the cultural constraints on our ability to lead truly sustainable lives and offering real, tangible tools to move toward another way of living, seeing and thinking.

Sport & Recreation

7 weeks to a triathlon : the complete day-by-day program to train for your first race or improve your fastest time, Brett Stewart and Lewis Elliot.
A stadium of 4 million, Martin Snedden.
On the night of 23 October 2011, anxious fans endured the heart-stopping last minutes of the Rugby World Cup final as the All Blacks ground out a win by the narrowest of margins to again lift the Webb Ellis Cup. Watching in the stands was Martin Snedden, who had been charged with organising and delivering the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
All Blacks supreme : the ultimate guide to the ultimate team, Geoff Miller.
B is for ballroom : be your own armchair dancefloor expert, Anton du Beke ; edited by Natasha Garnett.
Boat fishing New Zealand, Mark Airey.
Britain and Ireland's top 100 racehorses of all time, Robin Oakley with a foreword by Henrietta Knight.
Country courses of New Zealand, text by Michael Donaldson ; photography by Niels Schipper.
Country Courses of New Zealand takes the armchair golfer off the beaten fairway, celebrating the hidden gems of the many courses around New Zealand.
Easy rider : a Kiwi's guide to cycling, Jon Bridges.
Free range bridge : not for chickens, Mary Lynch ; illustrations by Sergio Vuolo.
Hunting New Zealand : over 1000 hunting spots, Mark Draper, Mark Airey.
Shoot : your guide to shooting and competition, Julie Golob.
Surfcasting New Zealand, Mark Draper, Mark Airey.
Swanning around : a kiwi bird's wild life, Kim Swan.
This is a book about Kim Swan's view of life; pigs, pig dogs, deer, hunting, wildlife, game conservation, pine trees, possums (the ones you kill and skin), Possum (her hero and love of her life) and all the things that come together to make her put pen to paper.
The beginning runner's handbook : the proven 13-week RunWalk program, Ian MacNeill and the Sport Medicine Council of British Columbia.
The book of rifle accuracy, Tony Boyer.
The complete encyclopedia of football, Keir Radnedge.
The hairy hikers : a coast-to-coast trek along the French Pyrenees, David Le Vay.
The ninja defense : a modern master's approach to universal dangers, Stephen K. Hayes.
The reel life : adventures in travel fishing, Sam Mossman.
The roller derby athlete : a skater's guide to fitness, training, strategy and nutrition, Ellen Parnavelas.
Ultimate fishing adventures : 100 extraordinary fishing experiences around the world, Henry Gilbey.
Whitewater kayaking : the ultimate guide, Ken Whiting & Kevin Varette.
World's ultimate cycling races, Text, Ellis Bacon.

Transport

Leyland buses since 1955, Stewart J. Brown.
The colours of yesterday's trams, Martin Jenkins and Ian Stewart.