Recreation

New Titles Non-Fiction April 2013 (arrived in March)

Art & Architecture

Cut & paste : 21st-century collage, Richard Brereton with Caroline Roberts.
In the digital age, the original meaning of cut and paste has been replaced with a few clicks of a mouse, which has lead to a lot of computer generated work which looks derivative and unimaginative. In response to this, creatives have returned to using more traditional methods of making images. There has been a resurgence of drawing and illustration.
Expresiones con personalidad = Expressions with personality, Fernando de Haro, Omar Fuentes.
In architecture, as in life, new generations have set the standard for contemporary trends in design, transforming style as we know it. Houses are no longer merely living spaces designed for shelter and family recreation. This title showcases the advanced trends and styles in contemporary architecture.
Houses of the sundown sea : the architectural vision of Harry Gesner, Lisa Germany ; new photography by Juergen Nogai.
Incredible visual illusions, Al Seckel.
A comprehensive collection of optical illusions.
New Paris style, Danielle Miller ; photographs by Richard Powers.
This publication presents a fresh look into the private dwellings of the most exciting creative talents in Paris individuals from the music, fashion, design, film and art worlds.
Sculpting the figure in clay : an artistic and technical journey to understanding the creative and dynamic forces in figurative sculpture, Peter Rubino.
The gift : creativity and the artist in the modern world, Lewis Hyde.
Venetian interiors, Giuseppe Molteni and Roberta Motta.

Automobiles

Build your own electric vehicle, Seth Leitman, Bob Brant.

Biographies

A prince among Stones : that business with the Rolling Stones and other adventures, Rupert Loewenstein.
In 1968 Mick Jagger couldn't understand why the Rolling Stones had no money. The man he asked to help was a German prince, a merchant banker. They forged an unlikely alliance which re-invented the business of rock'n'roll.
A recipe for life, Antonio Carluccio.
Antonio Carluccio is a larger-than-life character who, over his 50-year career, has inspired thousands of people with his no-fuss Italian cooking and passion for good food and wine.
A spoonful of sugar : a true story of life as a Norland nanny in wartime England, Brenda Ashford.
A street cat named Bob, James Bowen.
When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change.
Alone on the ice : the greatest survival story in the history of exploration, David Roberts.
Describes the epic journey undertaken by Douglas Mawson, who suffered starvation, the loss of his team, and a crippling foot injury as he resorted to crawling back to base camp during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1913.
An awesome ride, Shaun Miller.
More than three million people across the world were moved and inspired by Shaun Wilson-Miller's tragic farewell message on YouTube.
Buddy : how a rooster made me a family man, Brian McGrory.
Award-winning journalist Brian McGrory goes head to beak in a battle royale with another male for a top-spot in his home, vying for dominance with the family's pet rooster as he learns how to live by living with animals.
Comandante : Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, Rory Carroll.
An exploration of Chavez's life and career.
Connecting Dors : the legacy of Diana Dors, Niema Ash in collaboration with Jason Dors-Lake.
Diana Dors is a legend. Not only has she become embedded in the U.K. psyche but is very much alive in the U.K. imagination. Her fame has survived from the adored celebrity of the 50's to the cult figure of today's younger generation.
Devangelical : why I left to save my soul : a memoir, Erika Rae.
"Devangelical" is an irresistibly funny and irreverent memoir about Erika Rae's experience growing up in and out of the Evangelical church in the American Bible Belt.
Did you hear me crying : the moving story of survival through 45 years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse, Cassie Moore.
In this shocking memoir, Cassie Moore gives a very open and honest description of how she suffered and survived a lifetime of abuse.
Everybody matters : my life giving voice, Mary Robinson with Tessa Robinson.
The first female president of Ireland and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights examines her life and career.
Exploited : a 13-year-old girl groomed and trafficed by a child sex gang, Emma Jackson.
Emma was just 13 when her happy childhood came crashing down. A nice girl from a good home, she had no idea the young lads she and her friends met every Saturday in the shopping mall weren't all they seemed. The boys were part of an organised child sexual exploitation gang targeting innocent young girls, grooming them for prostitution.
Facing the Khmer Rouge : a Cambodian journey, Ronnie Yimsut ; foreword by David P. Chandler ; afterword by Daniel Savin.
As a child growing up in Cambodia, Ronnie Yimsut played among the ruins of the Angkor Wat temples, surrounded by a close-knit community. As the Khmer Rouge gained power and began its genocidal reign of terror, his life became a nightmare. In this stunning memoir, Yimsut describes how, in the wake of death and destruction, he decides to live.
Fanny and Stella : the young men who shocked Victorian England, Neil McKenna.
28th April 1870. The flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their lascivious oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls. Moments later they are led away by the police. What followed was a scandal that shocked and titillated Victorian England in equal measure.
First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung.
From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.
Full circle, Ellen MacArthur.
In October 2009, Ellen MacArthur, one of the greatest sportswomen in the world, announced her retirement from competitive sailing. How could the woman who had fought so hard to set so many records give up racing?
I'm your man : the life of Leonard Cohen, Sylvie Simmons.
Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a man of spirituality, emotion, and intelligence whose work has explored the definitive issues of human life, sex, religion, power, meaning, love. Yet before he even began recording, Cohen was an accomplished literary figure whose poetry and novels brought him considerable recognition.
In the ring : a Commonwealth memoir, Don McKinnon.
For the first eight years of the 21st century, Don McKinnon was the Secretary General of the Commonwealth and this was the stuff of his day-to-day life, whether facing down armed coup leaders or soothing internal staff factions. With fascinating background detail and his predictions for the future of the Commonwealth itself, this is a compelling account of the trials and tribulations of running an international organisation in a complex world.
Inside the centre : the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ray Monk.
Robert J. Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb a breakthrough which was to have eternal ramifications for mankind, and made Oppenheimer the 'father of the Bomb'.
Jessie J : nice to meet you, Jessie J.
One of the most inspiring talents to emerge from British pop culture, Jessie J's message is loud and clear: be strong, be determined and never shy away from Who You Are.
Journey to peace : a true story of forgiveness and reconciliation, Adam Joe Lawton.
Journey to Peace tells the story of the author's baptism by fire onboard HMS Sheffield when she was hit by an Exocet missile. Twenty of his shipmates died in appalling circumstances, which for a young man on his first watch was beyond comprehension. In the months following the war, Adam became what he himself called 'a nightmare'. In writing this book, the author hopes to refuel the agenda so that those who take the nation's young men and women into war do so with the knowledge of what it can do to those who survive.
Leonard Cohen : hallelujah : a new biography, Tim Footman.
A man of many hats, Leonard Cohen currently in his mid seventies is so much more than the consummate songwriter and performer most eagerly associated with his name.
Love with a chance of drowning : a memoir, Torre DeRoche.
A city girl with a morbid fear of deep water, Torre DeRoche is not someone you would ordinarily find adrift in the middle of the stormy Pacific aboard a leaky sailboat with a total crew of two struggling to keep an old boat, a new relationship and her floundering sanity afloat.
Marbles : mania, depression, Michelangelo, & me : a graphic memoir, Ellen Forney.
Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Ellen Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic but terrified that medications would cause her to lose her creativity and livelihood, she began a years-long struggle to find mental stability without losing herself or her passion.
Memoirs of a musterer, Selwyn Clucas.
A shepherd from the Selwyn District remembers.
Not your ordinary housewife : how the man I loved led me into a world I had never imagined, Nikki Stern.
The true story of how a young woman from a privileged background found herself drawn into the dark world of petty prostitution and pornography by the troubled man she loved.
One from the Hart : a memoir, Stefanie Powers.
Throughout her career, Stefanie Powers has notched up so many stage, screen and TV credits, that her name alone recalls memories as varied as her roles.
Pride and perjury, Jonathan Aitken.
When Jonathan Aitken stepped from Number 10 Downing Street on July 20th 1994, he was soon tipped as next Leader of the Conservative Party. John Major had just appointed him First Secretary to the Treasury and his future could not have been brighter. What went wrong?
Rasputin : the untold story, Joseph T. Fuhrmann.
Legend portrays Rasputin as the 'Mad Monk' who rampaged through St. Petersburg in an alcoholic haze, making love to scores of women. A symbol of excess and religious extremism, he was believed to hold a mysterious power, emanating from his hypnotic eyes, over Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The fact that he was neither mad nor a monk has not stopped scores of writers from repeating these and other bogus claims.
The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard.
A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell's failed attempt to save him from an assassin's bullet.
The pike : Gabriele d'Annunzio, poet, seducer and preacher of war, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
In September 1919 Gabriele D'Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern day Croatia. His intention to establish a utopia based on his fascist and artistic ideals.
The real Jane Austen : a life in small things, Paula Byrne.
Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne's landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books.
Vow : a memoir of marriage (and other affairs), Wendy Plump.
In this unique, 360-degree look, Plump delivers a searing, confessional story about the challenges of marriage. From the view of both betrayer and betrayed, Plump looks at the ordeal of finding out about infidelity, the recovery, passion, and the daily play that can lead to fulfillment or disillusionment.
Welcome to your new life, Anna Goldsworthy.
When Anna Goldsworthy, pianist and perfectionist, falls pregnant with her first child, her excitement is tempered by the daunting journey ahead. In Welcome to Your New Life, she shares the dizzying wonder and crippling anxiety that come with creating new life.
When Hitler took Austria : a memoir of heroic faith by the Chancellor's son, Kurt von Schuschnigg with Janet von Schuschnigg.
In March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria as Adolf Hitler prepared to annex the country. Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg, who had opposed the Nazi take-over of his homeland, was placed under house arrest and subsequently sent with his wife to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. This is the gripping story of von Schuschnigg and his family as told by his son, who came of age during these dramatic events.
Young titan : the making of Winston Churchill, Michael Shelden.
Most people today think of Winston Churchill as simply the wartime British bulldog a jowly, cigar-chomping old fighter demanding blood, sweat and tears from his nation. But the well-known story of the elder statesman has overshadowed an earlier part of his life that is no less fascinating, and that has never before been fully told.
Zuma : a biography, Jeremy Gordin.
An in-depth study of one of the most controversial and influential African leaders, as well as a portrait of the culture and context that produced him.

Books about books

Book was there : reading in electronic times, Andrew Piper.
More baths less talking, Nick Hornby.

Business & Management

Business models for the social mobile cloud : transform your business using social media, mobile Internet, and cloud computing, Ted Shelton.
Consumed : how shopping fed the class system, Harry Wallop.
Consumer.ology : the truth about consumers and the psychology of shopping, Philip Graves.
Contagious : why things catch on, Jonah Berger.
Why are some products and ideas talked about more than others? Why do some articles make the most emailed list? Why do some YouTube videos go viral? Word-of-mouth.
Decide : better ways of making better decisions, David Wethey.
Drucker on marketing : lessons from the world's most influential business thinker, William A. Cohen.
Learning MYOB AccountRight Standard 2011.1, Cheryl Price.
Make it all about them : winning sales presentations, Nadine Keller.
Managerial accounting for dummies, Mark P. Holtzman.
More turbulent change, Peter R. Garber.
Learn to understand and manage trends in changing businesses, and you can be ready to shape your career the way you want.
Principled selling : how to win more business without selling your soul, David Tovey.
Rebooting work : transform how you work in the age of entrepreneurship, Maynard Webb and Carlye Adler.
Rich dad's before you quit your job : 10 real-life lessons every entrepreneur should know about building a multimillion-dollar business, Robert T. Kiyosaki.
Scenario-based e-learning : evidence-based guidelines for online workforce learning, Ruth Colvin Clark.
Start your business week by week : how to plan and launch your successful business one step at a time, Steve Parks.
Style guide for business documents.
The Facebook guide to small business marketing, Ramon Ray.
Ultimate guide to Twitter for business, Ted Prodromou.
Generate quality leads using 140 characters, instantly connect with 300 million customers in 10 minutes, discover 10 Twitter tools that can be applied now.
Writing your plan for small business success, Ian Birt.

Cartoons

Batman, the dark knight : golden dawn, Writer ; David Finch, Jason Fabok, penciller. ; Scott Williams.
Delving into the supernatural side of Gotham City, this tale from New York Times bestselling writer/artist David Finch explores the horrific murder of one of Bruce Wayne's childhood friends and the terrible ramifications the brutal crime has on Batman's life.

Computers

App empire : make money, have a life and let technology work for you, Chad Mureta.
iPhone and iPad apps for absolute beginners, Rory Lewis.
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 : step by step, Joyce Cox, Joan Lambert, Curtis Frye.
Teach yourself — digital communications technologies with Skype, Facebook, Twitter, SMS, MMS, Blogs, Wikis etc.
Teach yourself — keyboarding with Microsoft Word 2010.
Windows 8 bible, Jim Boyce, Rob Tidrow.

Crafts & Collecting

Art of layers : simple techniques, inventive scrapbook pages, imaginative papercrafts, Ronda Palazzari.
Cabinets of curiosities, Patrick Mauries.
Cabinets of wonder, Text by Christine Davenne ; photographs by Christine Fleurent.
Offering both a historical overview and a look into contemporary interior design, this extravagantly illustrated book celebrates the wonderfully off world of cabinets of curiosities.
Crochet lace innovations : 20 dazzling designs in broomstick, hairpin, Tunisian, and exploded lace, Doris Chan.
Evil knits : 20 projects that go bump in the night, Hannah Simpson.
Free-form embroidery with Judith Baker Montano : transforming traditional stitches into fiber art.
Knit to flatter : the only instructions you'll ever need to knit sweaters that make you look good and feel great!, Amy Herzog ; photographs by Karen Pearson.
Knot thread stitch : exploring creativity through embroidery and mixed media, Lisa Solomon.
Making soap from scratch : how to make handmade soap : a beginners guide and beyond, Gregory Lee White.
Mastering the art of fabric printing and design : techniques, tutorials, and inspiration, Laurie Wisbrun.
Prints : 50+ designs and 20 projects to get you started, Heather Ross ; photographs by John Gruen.
S is for stitch : 52 embroidered alphabet designs + charming projects for little ones, Kristyne Czepuryk.
Sweater girls : 20 patterns for starlet sweaters, retro wraps, & glamour knits, Madeline Weston and Rita Taylor ; photography by Debi Treloar.
The spinner's book of yarn designs : techniques for creating 80 yarns, Sarah Anderson ; foreword by Judith MacKenzie.

Crime

American honor killings : desire and rage among men, David Mcconnell.
In American honor killings, David McConnell explores the roots of hatred and male sexual violence by examining a series of murders of gay men that are among the most notorious crimes of our era.
Buried memories : Katie Beers' story, Katie Beers with Carolyn Gusoff.
Beers was a profoundly neglected and abused child even before she was kidnapped on Long Island in 1992. Abducted by a family friend, she was held captive in an underground cell for 17 days and sexually abused. With smarts and strength, she slipped the bonds of captivity and began a new life.
Contrasts in punishment : an explanation of Anglophone excess and Nordic exceptionalism, John Pratt and Anna Eriksson.
Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in the penal systems of England, Australia, New Zealand on the one hand, and Finland, Norway and Sweden on the other, this book seeks to address these underlying questions.
Give me everything you have : on being stalked, James Lasdun.
My James : the heartrending story of James Bulger by his father, Ralph Bulger with Rosie Dunn.
James Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday when, on 12 February 1993, he wandered away from his mum Denise in a shopping mall in Bootle. Grainy images from a security camera showed him trustingly holding the hand of ten-year-old Jon Venables as they walked away. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson murdered James, in a crime that shocked the world.
Nobody walks : bringing my brother's killers to justice, Dennis M. Walsh.
In 2003, Christopher Walsh was found stuffed in a trash barrel in a storage locker in Van Nuys, California. After the dilatory murder investigation took seven months to file charges, and years to go to trial, Dennis Walsh knew it was up to him to keep his little brother's murder from becoming a cold case.
Snouts in the trough : a true story of the underworld and the brotherhood behind the badge, Andrew Fraser.
A chilling chronicle of the crimes and betrayals of some of Australia's own police.
Tamam Shud : the Somerton man mystery, Kerry Greenwood.
In 1948 a man was found dead on an Adelaide beach. Well-dressed and unmarked, he had a half-smoked cigarette by his side, but no identity documents. Six decades on we dont know who he was, how he got there or how he died.
The Kelly Gang unmasked, Ian MacFarlane.
Ned Kelly was a dangerous man to be around. At Glenrowan, before the siege began, he was fiddling with a confiscated revolver when it accidentally discharged, wounding a hostage in the eye. That individual died months later in wretched circumstances. The organised crime network of stock theft, of which the Kelly Gang was a major part, inspired community fear.
Three crooked kings, Matthew Condon.
Three Crooked Kings is the shocking true story of Queensland and how a society was shaped by almost half a century of corruption. At its core is Terence Murray Lewis, deposed and jailed former police commissioner.

Customs

Death : antiquity and its legacy, Mario Erasmo.
Personal and yet universal, inevitable and unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures since earliest times. Remarkably, across the span of several millennia and despite the myriad of cultural profusions since antiquity, we can recognise in the customs of ancient Greece and Rome ceremonies and rituals that have lasting resonance today in both the East and West.
Dinner with a cannibal : the complete history of mankind's oldest taboo, Carole A. Travis-Henikoff ; foreword by Christy G. Turner II.
Gifts with meaning : how to choose unique & thoughtful presents for any occasion, Shanon Lyon.
Gypsy wedding dreams : 10 dresses, 10 dreams, all the secrets revealed, Thelma Madine.
Weddings : an inspirational guide to styling the perfect vintage wedding, Annabel Beeforth.

Economics

10 critical factors in fundraising : the little green book for chief executive officers, J. Terry Johnson ; foreword by Andrew K. Benton.
China's silent army : the pioneers, traders, fixers and workers who are remaking the world in Beijing's image, Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araujo.
Investigative journalism into the unknown extent of China's global power.
Dirty little secrets : what the credit reporting agencies won't tell you, Jason R. Rich.
How do we fix this mess? : the economic price of having it all and the route to lasting prosperity, Robert Peston and Laurence Knight.
Keeping your head after losing your job : how to survive unemployment, Robert L. Leahy.
Money matters : get your $$$ sorted, Amanda Morrall.
Street smarts : adventures on the road and in the markets, Jim Rogers.
The complete fundraising handbook, Nina Botting Herbst and Michael Norton ; contributors, Anna Adams.
The global farms race : land grabs, agricultural investment, and the scramble for food security, Michael Kugelman, Susan L. Levenstein.
The great rebalancing : trade, conflict, and the perilous road ahead for the world economy, Michael Pettis.
The little book of economics : how the economy works in the real world, Greg Ip ; foreword by Mohamed A. El-Erian.
The physics of finance, James Owen Weatherall.
The precariat : the new dangerous class, Guy Standing.
The trend following bible : how professional traders compound wealth and manage risk, Andrew Abraham.

Education

A ship, a man & a boy : the story of the Otaki Scholar, Rex Kerr.
Story of a Scottish-based scholarship which marks a heroic sea battle in World War I. It is awarded to the head boy of Robert Gordon's College to reward an outstanding pupil with a seven-week trip to travel through New Zealand.
Dancing with difference : culturally diverse dances in education, Linda Ashley.
An ethnographic investigation with teachers in New Zealand lays a foundation for the examination of issues, challenges and opportunities associated with teaching about culturally different dances.
Hope against hope : three schools, one city, and the struggle to educate America's children, Sarah Carr.
About educational change and Charter Schools in New Orleans.
Raising global IQ : preparing our students for a shrinking planet, Carl F. Hobert.
The anti-education era : creating smarter students through digital learning, James Paul Gee.
The country school in the city : Harewood School : a celebration of 150 years of history.

Electronics

Build your own teams of robots with Lego Mindstorms NXT and Bluetooth, Cameron Hughes … [et al.].
Build your own transistor radios : a hobbyist's guide to high-performance and low-powered radio circuits, Ronald Quan.
Building your own electronics lab : [a guide to setting up your own gadget workshop], Dale Wheat.
Complete electronics self-teaching guide with projects, Earl Boysen, Harry Kybett.
Electricity and basic electronics : workbook, Stephen R. Matt.

Encyclopedias

Information is beautiful, David McCandless.
A visual guide to how the world really works, through stunning infographics and data visualisations, thoroughly revised, recalculated and reimagined for this new edition.

Engineering

The deep mixing method, Editors Masaki Kitazume, Masaaki Terashi.
The Deep Mixing Method (DMM), a deep in-situ soil stabilization technique using cement and/or lime as a stabilizing agent, was developed in Japan and in the Nordic countries independently in the 1970s.

Environment

Franzi & the great terrain robbery : the disinheritance of our children, Sam Mahon.
A collection of essays and interviews in the form of a response to a letter from Franzi Weber. Describes the campaign the author and others over recent years to protect rivers and public spaces.
Home in the howling wilderness : settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand, Peter Holland.
Peter Holland reveals how the first European settlers learned about their new environment: talking to Maori and other Pakeha, observing weather patterns and the shifting populations of rabbits, reading newspapers and going to lectures at the Mechanics' Institute. As the New Zealand environment threw up surprise after surprise, the settlers who succeeded in farming were those who listened closely to the environment.
Quarantine inspected : the work of front-line quarantine inspectors in New Zealand's biosecurity system, Jaimie D. Baird ; foreword by Ruud Kleinpaste, "The bug man".
Treasuring our biodiversity : an EDS guide to the protection of New Zealand's indigenous habitats and species, Lucy Brake and Raewyn Peart.

Fashion

Alexander McQueen, Chloe Fox.
Alexander (Lee) McQueen was for the 15 years that he stood at its helm British fashion's most significant figure. His extraordinary career which took him from humble beginnings as an apprentice on Savile Row to the creative directorship of his own global brand is a story of hard work ambition and visionary brilliance.
BurdaStyle sewing vintage modern : mastering iconic looks from the 1920s to 1980s, Nora Abousteit with Jamie Lau and David Leon Morgan.
Dressing the Queen : the Jubilee wardrobe, Angela Kelly.
The book follows the entire creative process, from initial sketches and fabric swatches to the completed outfit with accessories, and celebrates the many remarkable highlights of the Diamond Jubilee year.
Lauren Conrad style, Lauren Conrad with Elise Loehnen.
Perfect fitted : creating personalized patterns for a limitless wardrobe, Lynne Garner.
Shape shape. 2 : sewing for minimalist style, Natsuno Hiraiwa.
Patterns and instructions for 19 innovative women's garments and accessories in classic minimalist Japanese style.
The style mentors : women who define the art of dressing today, Elyssa Dimant.

Film, Television & Theatre

Doctor Who. A history of the universe in 100 objects, James Gross and Steve Tribe ; designed by Paul Lang ; original illustrations by Peter McKinstry.
Inside HBO's Game of thrones, Bryan Cogman ; preface by George R. R. Martin ; foreword by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss.
Jane Campion : authorship and personal cinema, Alistair Fox.

Folklore

Legends of Brittany : -- from the dawn of history to the nuclear age --, Wendy Mewes.
The dancing goddesses : folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance, Elizabeth Wayland Barber.
An ethnographic and archaeological exploration of ancient traditions and folklore pertaining to "dancing goddesses" traces their roots in early Roman, Greek, and European cultures to reveal the origins of modern customs.

Food & Wine

Artisan cheese making at home : techniques and recipes for mastering world-class cheeses, Mary Karlin.
Cook with love : the Pete Evans collection.
Flavour first & foremost : a fresh take on flavour : 100 unforgettable recipes, Angelo Sosa with Suzanne Lenzer ; photography by William Brinson.
How to make cheese & other dairy products : your guide to easy cheesemaking, Jean Mansfield.
Matt Preston's 100 best recipes : simple and delicious recipes everyone should know.
Pig tits & parsley sauce : slash your grocery bill by living sustainably, Lyn Webster.
The complete halogen oven cookbook : how to cook easy and delicious meals using your halogen oven, Sarah Flower.
The Hairy Bikers' great curries, Si King & Dave Myers.
The Hummingbird Bakery home sweet home, Tarek Malouf and the Hummingbird bakers.
The icing on the cake : your ultimate step-by-step guide to decorating baked treats, Juliet Stallwood.
Vietnamese home cooking, Charles Phan with Jessica Battilana ; photography by Eric Wolfinger.

Gardens and Gardening

Agaves : living sculptures for landscapes and containers, Greg Starr.
Allotment gardening, Alan Titchmarsh.
Allotment handbook, Simon Akeroyd.
Culture and horticulture : the classic guide to biodynamic and organic gardening, Wolf D. Storl.
Gardening Australia's flora : the gardener's bible.
Grow fruit & veg in pots.
Grow herbs, Jekka McVicar.
Instant colour, Alan Titchmarsh.
Lawn gone! : low-maintenance, sustainable, attractive alternatives for your yard, Pam Penick.
Planting plans for your kitchen garden : how to create a vegetable, herb and fruit garden in easy stages, Holly Farrell.
Small trees, Alan Titchmarsh.
Teeny tiny gardening : 35 step-by-step projects and inspirational ideas for gardening in tiny spaces, Emma Hardy.
The permaculture handbook, Peter Bane.
The vegetable gardener's guide to permaculture : creating an edible ecosystem, Christopher Shein with Julie Thompson.
Vertical vegetable gardening : a living free guide, Chris McLaughlin.
Weekend gardening, Alan Titchmarsh.

Genealogy

Family photo detective : learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries, Maureen A. Taylor.
The Bidwills, Paul Goldsmith.
Family history written by well known historian and author Paul Goldsmith.

Generalities and the Unknown

Profits of doom : milking the apocalyptic cash cow for all it's worth, Robert Stricklin.
The clock is ticking. The days are numbered. The signs are everywhere. Are we really on the eve of destruction? Nahhhh. As the end of the Mayan calendar looms and global crises fill the news, a whole new wave of books, films, TV shows and evangelical ventures are proclaiming the imminent demise of civilisation as we know it.

Graphic novels

7 miles a second, Text, David Wojnarowicz ; art, James Romberger ; color, Marguerite Van Cook.
7 Miles a Second is the story of legendary artist David Wojnarowicz, written during the last years before his AIDS-related death in 1992. Artists James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook unsentimentally depict Wojnarowicz's childhood of hustling on the streets of Manhattan, through his adulthood living with AIDS, and his anger at the indifference of government and health agencies. A primal scream of a graphic novel, 7 Miles a Second blends the stark reality of Lower East Side street life with a psychedelic delirium that artfully conveys Wojnarowicz's sense of rage, urgency, mortality and a refusal to be silent.
Batman, Incorporated, Written by Grant Morrison ; art by Yanick Paquette .
Bruce Wayne publicly announces that he is the financial backer of Batman and establishes a worldwide franchise of Batmen that will protect the entire globe. This is the beginning of a stunning direction for the world's greatest detective that will team him with Catwoman, Batwoman, and Batman Inc. representatives on international crime fighting missions against Lord Death Man in Japan, South America, and Argentina.
Black Orchid, Written by Neil Gaiman ; illustrated by Dave McKean.
A plant/human hybrid superhero called Black Orchid goes on a spiritual journey in the wake of her death, during which she reviews her life, investigates her origins, and is given the opportunity to avenge herself.
Blacklung, Chris Wright.
In a night of piratical treachery when an arrogant school teacher is accidentally shanghaied aboard the frigate Hand, his fate becomes inextricably fettered to that of a sardonic gangster.
Calling Dr. Laura : a graphic memoir, Nicole J. Georges.
When Nicole Georges was two years old, her family told her that her father was dead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive. Her sister, saddled with guilt, admits that the psychic is right and that the whole family has conspired to keep him a secret.
Eustace, S.J. Harris.
Poor Eustace is not very well. Convalescing in bed, a victim of the coughs and hiccups that rack his frail body, his world is confined to the four spare walls of his grand and gloomy room, in a tall house in London.
Everybody loves Tank Girl, Jim Mahfood, Alan C. Martin.
Everyone's favourite outback anarchist is back! Alan C. Martin teams up with wunderkind Jim Mahfood to bring you Tank Girl as you've never seen her: wild, raw, foul-mouthed and forever rockin' but rendered in a style that will bring pleasure to thine eyes.
Grandville Bete noir : a fantasy, Bryan Talbot.
The Badger is back! At Toad Hall, lair of multibillionaire. Baron Aristotle Krapaud, a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the violent overthrow of the French state by the intervention of horribly beweaponed automaton soldiers.
Heads or tails, Lilli Carre.
A stunningly designed and packaged collection of some of the most poetic and confident short fiction stories being produced in comics today.
John Constantine, Hellblazer. The devil's trenchcoat, Peter Milligan, writer ; Giuseppe Camuncoli, layouts ; Stefano Landini, finishes.
When Gemma Masters punishes her uncle by auctioning off his trench coat, she ignites a horrific chain of events.
Last days of an immortal, Gwen de Bonneval & Fabien Vehlmann.
When you live forever, what will you live for?
Message to Adolf. Part 1, Osamu Tezuka.
A graveyard in contemporary Israel has an unlikely visitor. The elderly gentleman from Japan, a former news correspondent, lays a bouquet of flowers at the tomb of one Adolf Kamil.
Scalped. [3], Dead mothers, Jason Aaron, writer ; John Paul Leon, R.M. Guera, Davide Furno, artists.
Dashiell Bad Horse is a man divided. His job as a cop on the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation is just a front for his role as a soldier for the Rez's brutal chief, Red Crow. But beneath both surfaces, Dash is an undercover FBI agent, forced back onto the reservation he escaped years ago to bring Red Crow down, no matter the cost.
Sparko, Karl Stephen.
Norman used to be a rock star. A bona fide, ego-maniacal, substance-abusing cult celebrity rock star. Now all he has left are the substances as he slinks through the gutters of London's underworld or at least what he thinks is the underworld.
The cape. 1969, Written by Jason Ciaramella ; based on the short story "The Cape" by Joe Hill.
It's 1969 and the war in Vietnam rages on. Captain Chase, a Medevac helicopter pilot for the US Army, is shot down over enemy territory. He and his crew are in a fight for their lives as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Vietcong. But, machine guns and grenades aren't the only frightening things hiding in the jungle.
The stand. [4], Hardcases, Creative director and executive director, Stephen King ; script, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa ; art, Mike Perkins.
Who are the Hardcases? Like the rest of the one percent who outlived the worldwide sweep of death known as Captain Trips, they are survivors. But as followers and acolytes of the Dark Man, Randall Flagg, they are enforcers of a nihilistic plan that will reshape the new world in his image.
The wallflower = Yamatonadeshiko shichihenge. 30, Tomoko Hayakawa.
Sunako and the handsome foursome cannot be stopped! Sunako dresses up as a pirate to get her aunt's jewellery back!

Health & Medicine

Almost addicted : is my (or my loved one's) drug use a problem?, J. Wesley Boyd with Eric Metcalf.
Anatomies : the human body, its parts and the stories they tell, Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
Be your own nutritionist : rethink your relationship with food, George Cooper.
This is an exciting new take on nutrition showing how factors such as climate, time, environment and emotional wellbeing should all affect the way we eat. Combining age-old traditions of healthy eating with modern scientific research, clinician George Cooper shows you how to ignore the fads and eat right for yourself.
Better in 7 : the ultimate seven-day guide to a better you!, Andrew Ordon.
Fat chance : beating the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and disease, Robert H. Lustig.
From cancer good things grow, Jeffrey Deslandes.
In 1999, Jeffrey Deslandes learned he had an aggressive cancer. After chemotherapy failed, he turned to vaccine therapy and was able to regain a new lease on life. He has been disease-free for six years.
Inside rehab : the surprising truth about addiction treatment and how to get help that works, Anne M. Fletcher.
It starts with food, Dallas & Melissa Hartwig.
An outline for a clear, balanced, sustainable plan to change eating habits forever.
Light on pranayama : the definitive guide to the art of breathing, B.K.S. Iyengar.
Medical detectives : the lives & cases of Britain's forensic five, Robin Odell.
Navigating life with a brain tumor, Lynne P. Taylor, Alyx B. Porter Umphrey, Diane Richard.
Navigating life with Parkinson disease, Sotirios A. Parashos, Rose L. Wichmann, Todd Melby.
Put that knife away : Alzheimer's, marriage and my transformation from wife to caregiver, Phyllis W. Palm.
Quit : say goodbye to smoking, Patrick McCarthy.
Salt, sugar, fat : how the food giants hooked us, Michael Moss.
Solve your child's sleep problems : the world's bestselling guide to helping your child sleep through the night, Richard Ferber.
The 2-day diet : diet two days a week, eat normally for five, Michelle Harvie & Tony Howell.
The blokes' book. Two, Canterbury Men's Centre.
The complete CBT guide for anxiety, Roz Shafran, Lee Brosan and Peter Cooper.
The fast diet, Michael Moseley & Mimi Spencer.
The pregnancy and baby book.
The Shaolin workout : 28 days to transforming your body and soul the Shaolin kung fu way, Sifu Shi Yan Ming.
Unleash the power of the female brain : supercharging yours for better health, energy, mood, focus, and sex, Daniel G. Amen.
Yoga anatomy, Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Matthews ; illustrated by Sharon Ellis.

History, Geography & Travel

Adelaide.
All the countries we've ever invaded : and the few we never got around to, Stuart Laycock.
Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, Britain has invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That's not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 per cent. Find out how we first invaded them armed with cannon instead of cameras.
Angola : the Bradt travel guide, Mike Stead, Sean Rorison, Oscar Scafidi.
Annals, Tacitus ; translated and with an introduction by Cynthia Damon.
Tacitus' "Annals" recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68.
Back roads California, Contributors, Christopher P. Baker, Lee Foster.
Back roads France, Contributors, Rosemary Bailey … [et al.].
Back roads Great Britain, Contributors, Pat Aithie … [et al.].
Back roads Ireland, Contributors, Donna Daily … [et. al].
Back roads Italy, Contributors, Ros Belford … [et al.].
Back roads Spain, Contributors, Mary-Ann Gallagher … [et al.].
Bombing Hitler : the story of the man who almost assassinated the Fuhrer, Hellmut G. Haasis.
Describes how an average citizen of Munich secretly assembled and detonated a bomb intended to kill Adolf Hitler during a 1939 speech and the would-be assassin's attempted escape to Switzerland before ending his life in a concentration camp.
Canoeing the Congo : first source to sea descent of the Congo River, Phil Harwood.
Castro's secrets : the CIA and Cuba's intelligence machine, Brian Latell.
Cultureshock. Saudi Arabia : a survival guide to customs and etiquette, Peter North, Harvey Tripp.
Detroit : an American autopsy, Charlie LeDuff.
Displaced donkeys : a Guernsey family's war, Suzanne Lang.
The evacuation of Guernsey in late June 1940 impacted on every family on that peaceful rural island. Parents had only 24 hours to decide whether or not to send their children to Britain with their schools and teachers. Mothers with children under school age had to decide whether to flee Guernsey to Britain with their children, whilst men of military age had to decide whether to enlist in the British forces, or to remain on Guernsey to protect their homes and livelihoods.
Elizabeth's sea dogs : how the English became the scourge of the seas, Hugh Bicheno.
Elizabeth's Sea Dogs investigates the rise and fall of a unique group of adventurers: men like Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher and Walter Raleigh. Seen by the English as heroes but by the Spanish as pirates, they were expert seafarers and controversial characters.
England, This edition written and researched by David Else …
Eureka : the unfinished revolution, Peter FitzSimons.
In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind.
Fascist voices : an intimate history of Mussolini's Italy, Christopher Duggan.
France, Written and researched by Nicola Williams .
Germany, Written and researched by Andrea Schulte-Peevers.
Grandfather's yarns : the tales of William Thomas, Dornie Publishing.
Collection of true stories as told by an old whaler, William Thomas, to his grandchildren in the 1890s. Thomas's yarns span the course of 90 years and feature many famous (and infamous) personalities, places and key events that helped shape the early history of southern New Zealand.
Hobart.
Korea, Written and researched by Simon Richmond, Timothy N Hornyak, Shawn Low.
Loire Valley, Jack Tresidder.
London Bridge in America : the tall story of a transatlantic crossing, Travis Elborough.
Madagascar : the eighth continent : life, death and discovery in a lost world, Peter Tyson.
Mawson : and the ice men of the heroic age : Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen, Peter FitzSimons.
My Greek island home, Text and photography by Claire Lloyd.
This book describes Claire's journey to a small village in Greece the ancient land of gods and poets, where the seasons govern a way of life that has barely changed over thousands of years.
Naples & the Amalfi Coast.
Pocket Athens : top sights, local life, made easy, Alexis Averbuck.
Pocket Milan & the lakes : top sights, local life, made easy, Paula Hardy.
Provence & the Cote d'Azur, Written and researched by Emilie Filou, Alexis Averbuck, John A. Vlahides.
Seven pillars of wisdom : a triumph, T.E. Lawrence.
Encompasses an account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War alongside general Middle Eastern and military history, politics, adventure and drama. It is also a memoir of the soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia.
Surveying the Antarctic : the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition 1957-1958, Eugene Brian Fitzgerald.
Sydney : feeling peckish?
The Dreyfus affair : the story of the most infamous miscarriage of justice in French history, Piers Paul Read.
The elephant's tale : London to Vladivostok on two wheels, Mike Hannan.
With their children grown and flown, Mike and Jo Hannan discover that it's never too late to live the dream and embark on an epic tour of Europe and beyond on a 1150cc BMW motorbike called 'Elephant'.
The fall of the house of Dixie : the Civil War and the social revolution that transformed the South, Bruce Levine.
The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II, Denise Kiernan.
This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb.
The ice balloon : one man's dramatic attempt to discover the North Pole by balloon, Alec Wilkinson.
The Kennedy detail : JFK's secret service agents break their silence, Gerald Blaine with Lisa McCubbin.
The levelling sea : the story of a Cornish haven in the age of sail, Philip Marsden.
The lost empire of Atlantis : history's greatest mystery revealed, Gavin Menzies.
The other Irish : Scots-Irish rascals that made America, Karen McCarthy.
The pharaoh's shadow : travels in ancient and modern Egypt, Anthony Sattin.
The power of us : New Zealanders who dare to dream, Foreword by Sir Ray Avery ; words by Cameron Bennett ; photographs by Adrian Malloch.
The presidents club : inside the world's most exclusive fraternity, Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.
Examines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another.
Turn right at Machu Picchu : rediscovering the lost city one step at a time, Mark Adams.
Turning points : events that changed the course of New Zealand history, Paul Moon.
Twenty months in Southland 1867-69 : an early account of Southland's people, settlements, and landscape, 'A. Tasmanian' ; edited by David Dudfield.
Worlds of Arthur : facts & fictions of the Dark Ages, Guy Halsall.

House & Garden

Bring the outdoors in : garden projects for decorating and styling your home, Shane Powers with Jennifer Cegielski ; photographs by Gentl & Hyers.
Complete book of framing : an illustrated guide for residential construction, Scot Simpson.
Design your home, Shaynna Blaze ; photography by Vanessa Hall.
Fundamental building technology, Andrew J. Charlett and Craig Maybery-Thomas.
Past & present : 24 favourite moments in decorative arts history and 24 moden DIY projects inspired by them, Amy Azzarito ; illustrations by Julia Rothman ; photographs by Ellen
Reclaiming style : using salvaged materials to create an elegant home, Maria Speake & Adam Hills ; words by Hettie Judah ; photography by Debi Treloar.
Renovation, Michael W. Litchfield ; Chip Harley, technical editor.
Retro home, Katherine Sorrell.
The versatile shed : how to build, renovate and customize your bonus space, Chris Gleason.
Timber construction manual, American Institute of Timber Construction.
Tree houses : fairy tale castles in the sky, Philip Jodidio ; illustrations by Patrick Hruby.
This stunningly-illustrated study offers a tour of the best tree houses in the world, some designed by architects, others the work of unknown craftsmen.
Wonder walls, Sarah Bagner.
You are your stuff! This book is about embracing everything you own and showing it off on your walls.

Humour

Fish like a drink : Joe Bennett writes again, Joe Bennett.
Les Dawson's joke book, Compiled by Tracy and Charlotee Dawson.
Portlandia : a guide for visitors, Fred Armisen.
It is syled exactly like a Lonely Planet city guide but to the fictional city of "Portlandia" and the unusual residents who make it their home.

Inventions

The wonderful future that never was, Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics.
Reveals predictions made in "Popular Mechanics" magazine between 1903 and 1969 about what the future would hold!

Language

Arabic for dummies, Amine Bouchentouf.
Cantonese dictionary & phrasebook.
Complete Cantonese, Hugh Baker and Ho Pui-Kei.
Easy French reader : a three-part text for beginning students, R. de Roussy de Sales.
How to use power phrases to say what you mean, mean what you say, and get what you want, Meryl Runion.
Learning ROILA, Alison Stedman, Christoph Bartneck, Dean Sutherland.
The RObot Interaction Language (ROILA) is a new spoken language that is optimised for the communication between machines and humans. It is extremely easy to learn for humans and it is simple for machines to recognise.
The recursive mind : the origins of human language, thought, and civilisation, Michael C. Corballis.

Library Science

Doing social media so it matters : a librarian's guide, Laura Solomon.

Literature

Angels in America : a gay fantasia on national themes, Tony Kushner.
Dramatizes the effects of AIDS on the United States through the experiences of lawyer Roy Cohn, a Mormon couple, and a young man called Prior Walter.
Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters : the hidden lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing, Jane Dunn.
Selected poems, William Carlos Williams ; Robert Pinsky, editor.
Presents approximately 140 poems by twentieth-century American poet William Carlos Williams.
The lady and her monsters : a tale of dissections, real-life Dr. Frankensteins, and the creation of Mary Shelley's masterpiece, Roseanne Montillo.
The letters of T.S. Eliot. Volume 4, 1928-1929, Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden.
Writing children's books for dummies, Lisa Rojany Buccieri and Peter Economy.

Manufacturing

Sir Joseph Banks and the question of hemp : hemp, seapower and empire, 1776-1815, John Jiggens.
Two hundred years ago, hemp Cannabis sativa was the most important plant on the planet. As the basis for sail and rope, hemp was as strategic in the Age of Sail as oil is in our era.

Military

An illustrated encyclopedia of the uniforms of the Roman world : a detailed study of the armies of Rome and their enemies, including the Etruscans, Samnites, Carthaginians, Celts, Macedonians, Gauls, Huns, Sassanids, Persians and Turks, Kevin F. Kiley ; consultant, Jeremy Black.
Modern weapons : compared and contrasted : top speed, armament, calibre, rate of fire, Martin J. Dougherty.
The illustrated guide to aircraft carriers of the world, Bernard Ireland.
The world of encyclopedia of rifles and machine guns, Will Fowler & Patrick Sweeney.
Victor boys : true stories from 40 memorable years of the last V Bomber, Tony Blackman with Garry O'Keefe.
World War II trucks and tanks, John Norris.

Museum science

The secret museum, Molly Oldfield.
The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection.

Music & Musicians

The Afro-Peruvian percussion ensemble : from the cajon to the drum set, Written by Hector Morales ; produced by Hector Morales and Alessandra Brivio.
This book contains music charts with rhythms for the cajon, cajita, quijada, congas, cowbell, bongos and ensembles (including bass and guitar).
Transforming folk : innovation and tradition in English folk-rock music, Robert G.H. Burns.

Natural Science

A field guide to the birds of South-East Asia, Craig Robson ; illustrated by Richard Allen … [et al].
An introduction to animal behaviour, Aubrey Manning, Marian Stamp Dawkins.
Bats of the United States and Canada, Michael J. Harvey, J. Scott Altenbach, and Troy L. Best.
Birds of the world, David Burnie.
Coastal fishes of New Zealand, Malcolm Francis.
Extinction : not the end of the world?, Steve Parker.
More than 999 of every 1,000 species that have ever lived on the planet have become extinct. As part of evolution, extinction of the old allows emergence of the new. It is integral to the Earth's continually changing range and richness of life-forms.
John Gould's extinct and endangered birds of Australia, Sue Taylor.
Kangaroos, Terence J. Dawson ; illustrated by Anne Musser and Jillian Hallam.
Leech, Robert G.W. Kirk and Neil Pemberton.
The field guide to birds of Australia, Graham Pizzey ; illustrated by Frank Knight ; updated and edited by Sarah Pizzey.
The last rhinos : the powerful story of one man's battle to save a species, Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence.
The unfeathered bird, Katrina van Grouw.

Paranormal

Orbs : their mission and messages of hope, Klaus Heinemann and Gundi Heinemann.
People all over the world are fascinated by orbs - the opaque circular features that appear unexpectedly in photographs - but now that so much serious research and study has been done on the topic, the big question is this: what does their appearance mean?

Parenting

An A-Z of baby names, Patrick Hanks ; revised by Kate Hardcastle.
Cinderella ate my daughter : dispatches from the front lines of the new girlie-girl culture, Peggy Orenstein.
Reveals the dark side of pink and pretty in this wake up call to parents that offers ways to prevent raising daughters who only care about image.
Far from the tree : ten different kinds of love, Andrew Solomon.
The saying goes that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But what happens when it does? Over ten years in the making, "Far from the Tree" is a seminal work on difference between parents and children.
French parents don't give in, Pamela Druckerman.
A practical handbook that distils the author's findings into one hundred short tips to bring up your child a la francaise. It includes advice about pregnancy, feeding (including meal plans and recipes from Paris creches), sleeping, manners, and more.
Intentional parenting, Yvonne Sum.
MOB rule : lessons learned by a mother of boys, Hannah Evans.
Teach your children well : parenting for authentic success, Madeline Levine.

Pets & Animals

Cesar Millan's short guide to a happy dog : 98 essential tips and techniques.
Chicken health for dummies, Julie Gauthier and Rob Ludlow.
Homegrown honey bees : an absolute beginners's guide to beekeeping : your first year, from hiving to honey harvest, Alethea Morrison ; photography by Mars Vilaubi.
Lost cat : a true story of love, desperation, and GPS technology, Caroline Paul ; drawings by Wendy MacNaughton.
Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture, Ross Conrad.
Oscar : the bionic cat : a heart-warming tale of feline bravery, Kate Allan.
Storey's guide to raising turkeys : breeds, care, marketing, Don Schrider.
The genius of dogs : discovering the unique intelligence of man's best friend, Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods.

Philosophy

On living and dying well, Marcus Tullius Cicero ; translated with an introduction and notes by Thomas Habinek.
In the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry.

Philosophy & Psychology

The lives of Erich Fromm : love's prophet, Lawrence J. Friedman with assistance from Anke M. Schreiber.
This will make you smarter, John Brockman ; foreword by David Brooks.
Travels with Epicurus : a journey to a Greek island in search of a fulfilled life, Daniel Klein.
Describes how the author journeyed to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books in order to learn how to achieve a fulfilling old age, explaining how he came to regard old age as a life stage filled with simple and heady pleasures.

Photography

A third decade of Guess images, Created by Paul Marciano.
Filled with the most iconic GUESS images from 2001-2011 as well as quotes from the models, photographers and stylists who helped create them.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, The official training workbook from Adobe Systems.
For the love of our kids, Photography by Michelle Carlson.
Featuring photos of well-known New Zealanders.
Southern exposure : a year in New Zealand, New Zealanders.

Poetry

Angels in the morning light : poems from the "Live Poets Society", Illustrations by Alan McLean.
New Zealand poetry.
Building a time machine, Owen Bullock.
"Selected poetry Haiku from the New Zealand Poetry Society's 2012 International Competition--Back cover."
Ice diver, Linzy Forbes.
Inspiration for all, Aliesha Brown.
King Willow : selected poems, Robert J. Pope ; edited by Mark Pirie.
Robert J Pope (1865-1949) was a well-known Wellington poet, cricketer and songwriter in his day - and till the end of the 1940s he held a reputation as a national songwriter for his school song 'New Zealand, My Homeland' - but today, his work is little known.
Old hat : a book of triolets, Mark Pirie.
NZ poetry.
Red dust road, Jackie Kay.
Under the Dundas Street Bridge, Peter Olds.

Politics & Government

Confront and conceal : Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power, David E. Sanger.
Democratic decline and democratic renewal : political change in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, Ian Marsh and Raymond Miller.
Party time : who runs China and how, Rowan Callick.
A ground-breaking book of reportage and analysis about what is surely the world's most powerful institution: the Chinese Communist Party. Who is running China? As the third generation since Mao takes charge, where does real power lie?
Six moments of crisis : inside British foreign policy, Gill Bennett.

Pounamu

Ka mau te Wehi = Taking haka to the world : Bub & Nen's story, as told to Bradford Haami.

Religion & Ethics

Be good : how to navigate the ethics of everything, Randy Cohen.
Collects the author's favourite questions and answers from his tenure as the author of the New York Times' "The Ethicist", presenting evidence that sensible people disagree on the definition of ethical behaviour.
Beyond belief : my secret life inside scientology and my harrowing escape, Jenna Miscavige Hill with Lisa Pulitzer.
Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In Beyond Belief, she shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect, details her experiences as a member Sea Org - the church's highest ministry, speaks of her disconnection from family outside of the organisation, and tells the story of her ultimate escape.
Learning to love : passion, compassion and the essence of the gospel, Heidi and Rolland Baker.
Realising secularism : Australia and New Zealand, Max Wallace.
The God argument : the case against religion and for humanism, A. C. Grayling.
The vicar of Baghdad : fighting for peace in the Middle East, Andrew White.
As the vicar of St. George's Church in Baghdad, the only Episcopalian church in Iraq, Canon Andrew White has worked with those at the highest levels of authority in Iraq, for both Westerners and Iraqis. Now, as political and military solutions continue to fail, Andrew offers a different approach to making peace in the Middle East-speaking as a man of faith to men of faith.
Through the eye of a needle : wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD, Peter Brown.
Why I am not a Muslim, Ibn Warraq.
Warraq examines the life of Muhammad, the writing of the Koran and the spread of Islam. He also examines the dark side of Islam such as the Salman Rushdie affair, the opression of women, and the supression of basic human rights.
Why priests? a failed tradition, Garry Wills.
In his most provocative book yet, Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills asks the radical question: Why do we need priests?

Science

A palette of particles, Jeremy Bernstein.
Jeremy Bernstein guides readers through high-energy physics from early twentieth-century atomic models to leptons, mesons, quarks, and the newly discovered Higgs boson, drawing them into the excitement of a universe where 80 percent of all matter has never been identified.
Are we being watched? : the search for life in the cosmos, Paul Murdin.
Before Galileo : the birth of modern science in medieval Europe, John Freely.
Histories of modern science often begin with the heroic battle between Galileo and the Catholic Church that sparked the Scientific Revolution and led to the world-changing discoveries of Isaac Newton. In reality, more than a millennium before the Renaissance, a succession of scholars paved the way for the discoveries for which Galileo and Newton are often credited. In Before Galileo, John Freely investigates the pioneering research of the first European scientists, many of them monks whose influence ranged far beyond the walls of the monasteries where they studied and wrote. Before Galileo places the great discoveries of the age in their rightful context.
Biocentrism : how life and consciousness are the keys to understanding the true nature of the universe, Robert Lanza with Bob Berman.
Biogeography : an ecological and evolutionary approach, C. Barry Cox, Peter D. Moore.
Destiny or chance revisited : planets and their place in the cosmos, Stuart Ross Taylor.
Earthmasters : playing God with the climate, Clive Hamilton.
Gems, Ronald Louis Bonewitz.
Mathematical handbook of formulas and tables, Murray R. Spiegel, Seymour Lipschutz, John Liu.
Rocks & minerals : a portrait of the natural world, Frederick D. Atwood.
Rocks and minerals, Ronald Louis Bonewitz.
Spectrums : our mind-boggling universe from infinitesimal to infinity, David Blatner.
Storm kings : the untold history of America's first tornado chasers, Lee Sandlin.
The chemistry of polymers, John W. Nicholson.
The cosmic gallery : the most beautiful images of the universe, Giles Sparrow.
The essential David Bohm, Lee Nichol with a reminiscence by H.H. The Dalai Lama.
The illustrated guide to rocks & minerals : how to find, identify and collect the world's most fascinating specimens, featuring over 800 stunning photographs and artworks, John Farndon.
The molecular life of plants, Russell Jones … [et al.].
The scientific Sherlock Holmes : cracking the case with science and forensics, James F. O'Brien.
Understanding Earth, John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan.
Understanding the earth system : global change science for application, Sarah E. Cornell … [et al.].

Self Development

101 coaching strategies and techniques, Gladeana McMahon and Anne Archer.
Add more ~ing to your life : a hip guide to happiness, Gabrielle Bernstein.
Life lessons from the monk who sold his Ferrari, Robin Sharma.
Mastery, Robert Greene.
Around the globe, people are facing the same problem that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to succeed. The author debunks the prevailing mythology of success and presents a radical new way to greatness.
The wisdom and teachings of Stephen R. Covey.
To sell is human : the suprising truth about persuading, convincing and influencing others, Daniel H. Pink.
Wired for life : retrain your brain and thrive, Martina Sheehan and Susan Pearse.

Social Issues

Facing the wave : a journey in the wake of the tsunami, Gretel Ehrlich.
A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to bear witness, listen to survivors, and experience their terror and exhilaration in villages and towns where all shelter and hope seemed lost.
How to create chemistry with anyone : 75 ways to spark it fast and make it last, Leil Lowndes.
Chemistry affects nearly every relationship, but few people understand it. How does it work. Why does it happen? And how can you use it to find love that lasts forever?
It ain't what you give, it's the way that you give it : making charitable donations which get results, Caroline Fienne.
Joining forces : empowering male survivors to thrive, Howard Fradkin.
An inspirational new book written to empower male survivors of sexual victimisation to develop skills they can use to overcome the effects of trauma and learn to live their lives.
Love @ first click : the ultimate guide to online dating, Laurie Davis.
Mindfulness & the art of urban living : discovering the good life in the city, Adam Ford.
Navigators, the new wave : the next generation of Pacific health professionals share their stories, Michael Fitzsimons and Nigel Beckford.
Nuclear roulette : the truth about the most dangerous energy source on earth, Gar Smith ; foreword by Jerry Mander and Ernest Callenbach.
Real lives : nine recovery stories, Written by Affinity Services ; edited by Barbara Browne and Bradley Walker.
The future, Al Gore.
In "The Future", former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades.
The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies?, Jared Diamond.
This crazy life, Robbie Mac.
Anecdotes by New Zealander Robbie Mac.

Sport & Recreation

Adventure cycle-touring handbook, Stephen Lord ; with contributions by Tom Allen.
Calon : a journey to the heart of Welsh Rugby, Owen Sheers.
Coaching excellence, Frank Pyke, editor.
Francona : the Red Sox years, Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy.
Francona explores his tenure in Boston, examining how the beleaguered Red Sox reached incredible highs and equally incredible lows under his management, including several championship victories.
Getting started in Pinewood Derby : step-by-step workbook to building your first car!, Troy Thorne.
Designed to help parents and children enjoy building a simple Boy Scouts Pinewood Derby car together, especially if they have no woodworking skills.
Sea fishing : expert tips and techniques for yachtsmen, motorboaters and sea anglers, Jim Whippy.
The art of stand up paddling : a complete guide to SUP on lakes, rivers, and oceans, Ben Marcus.
The illustrated guide to Viking martial arts, Antony Cummins.
The New Zealand boxing scrapbook, Dave Cameron with Paul Lewis.
The ordinary acrobat : a journey into the wondrous world of the circus, past and present, Duncan Wall.

Trains, Boats, Planes

Port of London through time, Geoff Lunn.
The QE2 story, Chris Frame and Rachelle Cross.
There is no more famous ship in history than Queen Elizabeth 2. The flagship of the Cunard Line for most of her life, this legendary vessel wandered the world's oceans for almost forty years. This book offers a history of this ocean liner, from her construction, early life and various refurbishments, to her triumphant farewell and retirement in Dubai.

Transport

The London bus story, John Christopher.

War

Furies : war in Europe, 1450-1700, Lauro Martines.
We think of the Renaissance as a shining era of human achievement - a pinnacle of artistic genius and humanist brilliance, the time of Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and Montaigne. Yet it was also an age of constant, harrowing warfare.
Sandakan : the untold story of the Sandakan death marches, Paul Ham.
The story of the three-year ordeal of the Sandakan prisoners of war - a barely known episode of unimaginable horror. After the fall of Singapore in February 1942, the Japanese conquerors transferred 2700 British and Australian prisoners to a jungle camp some eight miles inland of Sandakan, on the east coast of North Borneo.
The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War, Lara Feigel.
The nature of war : origins and evolution of violent conflict, Jim Stempel.
Women in war, Celia Lee and Paul Edward Strong.
The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays.