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November 2008 new titles

Non-Fiction - New Titles December 2008

Digital cameras the easy way : improve your photos, make sense of your manual  Brian Miller.

Art & Architecture

An illustrated life : drawing inspiration from the private sketchbooks of artists, illustrators and designers  Danny Gregory.

Anthony Davies : ten years after, 1997-2007  essays by Katy Corner, Edward Hanfling and Elizabeth Rankin.

Architecture uncooked : the New Zealand holiday house through an architect's eyes  Pip Cheshire and Patrick Reynolds.

Art of New Zealand icons : lines in the sand  Oliver Stead.

Certain images, art objects and art styles have embedded themselves in the consciousness of many New Zealanders. But why and how have they become part of our visual vocabulary?

Baches & cribs : a pictorial journey through New Zealand's favourite holiday places  Jeff Grigor.

Bob Dylan : the drawn blank series  Ingrid Mossinger and Kerstin Drechsel.

Collage : assembling contemporary art  Blanche Craig

Contemporary beach houses down under  Stephen Crafti.

Courtyards for modern living : contemporary outdoor spaces  Stephen Crafti.

Current : contemporary art from Australia and New Zealand  editor: Art & Australia.

Cy Twombly : cycles and seasons  Nicholas Serota

Drawing fantasy art  Steve Beaumont, Jim Hanson and John Burns.

Face parts : a visual source book for depicting the human face  Simon Jennings.

From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci : a century of Italian drawings from the Prado  Nicholas Turner

Long live the modern : New Zealand's new architecture, 1904-1984  Julia Gatley.

Loot : the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world  Sharon Waxman.

New China, new art = Zhongguo dang dai yi shu  Richard Vine

Painting out the past : the life and art of Patricia France  Richard Donald.

Painting Out the Past showcases Patricia's impressionistic paintings along with photographs and extracts from her extensive correspondence.

Passive design  Alide Elkink

This guide explains the technical background to good passive design, NZBC clauses and standards requirements.

Pioneers of modernism : the arts and crafts movement in Australia  Harriet Edquist.

Seven days in the art world  Sarah Thornton.

Takes on a journey through the international art market, looking at various aspects of buying, selling, and creating serious art.

Te ara tapu = Sacred journeys : Whanganui Regional Museum taonga Maori collection  Michelle Horwood & Che Wilson.

Te Ara Tapu presents more than 150 of the most prized treasures from the extensive collection of historically important and stunning taonga Maori entrusted to the care of the Whanganui Regional Museum.

The art of romance : Mills & Boon and Harlequin cover designs  Joanna Bowring and Margaret O'Brien.

The Bauhaus : 1913-1933 : reform and avant garde  Magdalena Droste.

The celluloid circus : the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre, 1925-1970  Wayne Brittenden.

The Henson case  David Marr.

"David Marr examines the issues surrounding the recent seizure of artworks by NSW Police from Bill Henson's exhibition. Censorship and the arts.

The painted garden in New Zealand art  Christopher Johnstone.

The Phaidon atlas of 21st century world architecture.  

Toi ora : ancestral Maori treasures  Arapata Hakiwai and Huhana Smith.

This exceptional book highlights over 120 taonga tuku iho (ancestral Maori treasures) from Te Papa's collections.

Versailles : a biography of a palace  Tony Spawforth.

World architecture : the masterworks  Will Pryce.

Automobiles

Malta bus album : a pictorial record of buses in Malta & Gozo spanning fifty years  [J.A. Senior].

The best of Car Magazine : the 60s and 70s.  

Biographies

A life in twilight : the final years of J. Robert Oppenheimer  Mark Wolverton.

"A Life in Twilight" reveals the least-known and most enigmatic period of J. Robert Oppenheimer's life, from the public humiliation he endured after the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission's investigation into his alleged communist leanings and connections to his death in 1967.

A passion for nature : the life of John Muir  Donald Worster.

For anyone wishing to more fully understand America's first great environmentalist, and the enormous influence he still exerts today.

Buck Shelford : the man, the story, the truth  John Matheson.

Carra : my autobiography  Jamie Carragher.

Casanova : actor, spy, lover, priest  Ian Kelly.

Chagall : love and exile  Jackie Wullschlager.

Coming back to me : the autobiography of Marcus Trescothick  Marcus Trescothick.

A true-life sporting memoir of one of the best batsman in the game who stunned the cricket world when he prematurely ended his own England career.

Dame Joan Hammond : love & music  Sara Hardy.

Joan Hammond lived an extraordinary life - a life as dramatic and moving as any of the operatic roles for which she became world famous.

Doris Day : the untold story of the girl next door  David Kaufman.

Kaufman reveals Day's demons while emphasizing the credit she deserves as an artist.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez : a life  Gerald Martin.

This biography concentrates on the tension in Garcia Marquez"s life, between celebrity and literary quality, between politics and writing; and between power, solitude and love.

Gerard Manley Hopkins : a life  Paul Mariani.

A story of personal struggle, doubt, intense introspection, and inward heroism . As a Jesuit priest, Hopkinsas descent into loneliness and despair and his subsequent recovery are a remarkable and inspiring spiritual journey.

Hallelujah junction : composing an American life  John Adams.

An eminent composer shares the story of his life, from his childhood and early studies in classical composition to his minimalist and "docu-opera" achievements, in an account that evaluates his professional relationships and the social movements that inspired his creative process.

Hard times with good relations : an imperfect memoir  Betty Bryson as told to Vanessa Bryson.

The first part consists of the author's recollections of family life in Christchurch, N.Z. The second part consists of family letters written during WW2.

Here's the story : surviving Marcia Brady and finding my true voice  Maureen McCormick.

A behind-the-scenes memoir by the actress best known for her portrayal of Marcia Brady describes the painful disparity between her on-screen persona and her real life.

In search of Bill Clinton : a psychological biography  John Gartner.

In spite of myself : a memoir  Christopher Plummer.

In this rollicking self-portrait from one of today's great actors, Plummer tells of his privileged Canadian upbringing, rich in Victorian gentility, and how he tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big, bad world of theatre.

Loving Peter : my life with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore  Judy Cook with Angela Levin.

A fascinating and in-depth account of life with comic genius Peter Cook by his second wife, Judy Cook. This is the first time Judy has told her story in full.

Maimonides : the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds  Joel L. Kraemer

This authoritative biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential minds in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver.

No ordinary man : the remarkable life of Arthur Porritt  Joseph Romanos, Graeme Woodfield.

Arthur Porritt was a multi-faceted New Zealander who achieved great things in several spheres

One flew into the cuckoo's egg : my autobiography  Bill Oddie.

National treasure Bill Oddie's unconventional autobiography, in which he shares his many highs as a comedian and wildlife presenter and explores the crippling lows he has suffered as a result of his severe clinical depression.

Palagi tafaovale : a wanderer in the Pacific  Robert Rankin.

Pacific rascal's exhilarating account of his life and loves over the past 75 years, 50 of them in Samoa, with escapades in New Zealand, and romantic and dramatic adventures in Japan after World War II.

Portrait in light and shadow : the life of Yousuf Karsh  Maria Tippett.

Yousuf Karsh is acknowledged to be the twentieth century's leading portrait photographer.

Rimbaud : the double life of a rebel  Edmund White.

White brings his literary mastery to a new biography of 19th-century poet and prodigy Arthur Rimbaud.

Robert Burns : the patriot bard  Patrick Scott Hogg.

Biurns is revealed as a Scottish patriot of the heart, an idealist who wished for 'Freedom and Liberty' for his beloved Scotland, but also a man who was pragmatically a British patriot who risked his life for democratic reform.

Somebody : the reckless life and remarkable career of Marlon Brando  Stefan Kanfer.

Kanfer takes us through Brando's troubled childhood, to his arrival in New York in the 1940s,and examines each of Brando's films - making clear the evolution of Brando's singular genius, while also shedding light on the cultural evolution of Hollywood itself.

The centre of the bed : an autobiography  Joan Bakewell.

The story of Joan Bakewell's life and times spans the Blitz in Manchester, Cambridge during the glittering era of Michael Frayn, Peter Hall, Jonathan Miller et al, London at its most exciting in the swinging sixties and the world of the media and the arts from the 60s to the present

The grass arena : an autobiography  John Healey

In his searing autobiography Healy describes his experiences of addiction, his escape through learning to play chess in prison, and his ongoing search for peace of mind.

The rabbit house  Laura Alcoba

Laura's parents are Montoneros, leftist militants who oppose the regime of President Isabel Peron. The state fights back with clandestine death squads and the guerrillas are forced to go underground. Laura's father is imprisoned and she becomes trapped in a world of hideaways, secret rooms, changed names, and fear.

The real McKay : the remarkable life of Alexander McKay, geologist  Graham Bishop.

When giants walked the Earth : a biography of Led Zeppelin  Mick Wall.

Willie Apiata VC : the reluctant hero  Paul Little.

This book will not only establish the place of Corporal Apiata in New Zealand's history but will give an insight into the nature of a man who is truly a reluctant hero. While to most of us his actions seemed extraordinary and heroic, Corporal Apiata felt he was an ordinary Kiwi just 'doing his job'.

Business & Management

Accounting for the organisation's internal environment and risk : costing and control  John Bradshaw

Beyond booked solid : your business, your life, your way-- it's all inside  Michael Port.

Book yourself solid : the fastest, easiest, and most reliable system for getting more clients than you can handle even if you hate marketing and selling  Michael Port

Bulletproof your job : 4 simple strategies to ride out the rough times and come out on top at work  Stephen Viscusi.

Business wise : a practical guide to success in business  Fred Stewart.

Buy ology : truth and lies about why we buy  Martin Lindstrom.

Crowdsourcing : how the power of the crowd is driving the future of business  Jeff Howe.

Developing mental toughness : gold medal strategies for transforming your business performance  Graham Jones and Adrian Moorhouse.

Employed but not engaged : how to break up with your employees and hold on to the ring  Michael Smyth.

Make a fortune promoting other people's stuff online : how affiliate marketing can make you rich  Rosalind Gardner.

Making it work from home : a practical guide to working from home  Anna Wright.

Management and organisational behaviour  Laurie J. Mullins.

Organize your life : free yourself from clutter & find more personal time  Ronni Eisenberg with Kate Kelly.

The new rules of marketing and PR : how to use news releases, blogs, podcasting, viral marketing, & online media to reach buyers directly  David Meerman Scott.

The second bounce of the ball : turning risk into opportunity  Ronald Cohen with Terry Ilott.

Tribes : we need you to lead us  Seth Godin.

Wake up and change your life  Duncan Bannatyne.

You can do it too : the 20 essential things every budding entrepreneur should know  Rachel Bridge.

Cartoons

Garfield : 30 years of laughs & lasagna : the life & times of a fat, furry legend!  Jim Davis

The Mammoth book of zombie comics  David Kendall.

Commerce

Africa rising : how 900 million African consumers offer more than you think  Vijay Mahajan

Computers

Adobe Photoshop CS4 : up to speed : the only book focused exclusively on the new features in Photoshop CS4  Ben Willmore.

Computing for the older and wiser : get up and running on your home PC!  Adrian Arnold.

Forms that work : designing Web forms for usability  Caroline Jarrett, Gerry Gaffney.

How to be a silver surfer : a beginner's guide to the Internet  Emma Aldridge.

MacBook Pro portable genius  Brad Miser.

Sams teach yourself Adobe Photoshop CS4 in 24 hours  Kate Binder.

The really, really, really easy step-by-step guide to building your own website : for absolute beginners of all ages  Gavin Hoole and Cheryl Smith.

The Web designer's idea book : the ultimate guide to themes, trends and styles in website design  Patrick McNeil.

Crafts & Collecting

2007 standard catalog of Winchester firearms  Joseph Madden Cornell

A guide to collecting studio pottery  Alistair Hawtin.

Between tides : jewellery by Alan Preston  Damian Skinner.

Ceramics, a lifelong passion : collection Peter Siemssen Foundation   Carsten Frerk

Collapse weave : creating three-dimensional cloth  Anne Field.

Crochet that fits : shaped fashions without increases or decreases  Mary Jane Hall.

Free-range knitter : the yarn harlot writes again  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.

Glam knits : 25+ designs for luxe yarns  Stefanie Japel.

Indian textiles : with 475 illustrations, 450 in colour and 4 maps  John Gillow & Nicholas Barnard.

Jewellery from natural materials  Beth Legg.

Kaffe Fassett's country garden quilts  Kaffe Fassett

Knitted finger puppets : 34 easy-to-make toys  Meg Leach.

Knitting little luxuries  Louisa Harding.

Knitty gritty : for the absolute beginner knitter  Aneeta Patel

Latch-hooking rugs  Lynda Spiro.

Natural knits for babies & toddlers  Tina Barrett.

Perfume bottles  Judith Miller.

Phaidon design classics.  

Prodded hooking for a three-dimensional effect  Gene Shepherd.

Simple knits for cherished babies  Erika Knight

Standard catalog of Remington firearms  Dan Shideler

Switch craft : battery-powered crafts to make and sew  Alison Lewis

Te mahi kete : Maori flaxwork for beginners  Mick Pendergrast.

The art of felt : inspirational designs, textures and surfaces  Francoise Tellier-Loumagne.

The expectant knitter : 30 designs for baby and your growing family  Marie Connolly.

Tohunga whakairo : Paki Harrison : the story of a master carver  Ranginui Walker.

Paki Harrison is widely regarded as New Zealand's greatest living master carver, a man with a huge reputation as a leading tohunga of the art form.

Ultimate celebration cards : over 200 card designs for special occasions throughout the year  Sarah Crosland.

Yarn harlot : the secret life of a knitter  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.

Crime

Classroom to prison cell  Alison Sutherland.

Classroom to Prison Cell is a short work addressing one particular topic from the perspective of a number of young criminal offenders. The topic can be broadly stated as their perception of their school years and of the education system as a whole.

Gangs II  Ross Kemp.

Homicide : a year on the killing streets  David Simon.

Twice every three days another citizen in Baltimore is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, and the author gained unlimited access to this homicide unit.

Honor few, fear none : the life and times of a Mongol  Ruben "Doc" Cavazos.

A history of the Mongols Motorcycle Club challenges negative and sensationalized media perspectives to profile the Mongols as a tightly knit band of enthusiasts who enjoy partying and are willing to fight for their respect.

Maximum security  Karen Farrington.

Inside stories from the world's toughest prisons.

Mom said kill  Burl Barer.

This is the horrifying true story of how a mother turned her children and their friends into stone cold killers - and then rewarded them for their crime…

The wrong guys : murder, false confessions, and the Norfolk Four  Tom Wells and Richard A. Leo.

On July 8, 1997, nineteen-year-old sailor Billy Bosko returned to his home in Norfolk, Virginia, from a naval cruise to find his wife on the floor of their bedroom, raped and stabbed to death. In this story of justice gone awry, four innocent men separately confess to the heinous crime that none of them actually committed.

Vanished : the truth about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann  Danny Collins.

Customs

A New Zealand Christmas : three centuries of Kiwi Christmas celebrations from the Alexander Turnbull Library  Sarah Ell.

This sister volume to the successful Map New Zealand is a treasure trove of Christmas Kiwiana from down the years.

Economics

Against the odds : negotiating for New Zealand's future  Ted Woodfield.

Business stripped bare : adventures of a global entrepreneur  Richard Branson.

Cold steel : Britain's richest man and the multi-billion-dollar battle for a global industry  Tim Bouquet

In 2006, the two largest steel-producers went head to head in a bitter battle for total market domination, this is their story.

Commercial real estate investing : a creative guide to sucessfully making money  Dolf de Roos.

Debt man walking : a 10-step investment and gearing guide for Generation X  Bruce Brammall.

Economic concepts and applications : the contemporary New Zealand environment  James Stewart and Keith Rankin.

Economics  John Sloman & Penelope de Boer.

Factory girls : from village to city in a changing China  Leslie T. Chang.

An eye-opening and previously untold story, "Factory Girls" is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China.

Get rich with options : four winning strategies straight from the exchange floor  Lee Lowell.

Investing in renewable energy : making money on green chip stocks  Jeffrey Siegel ; with Chris Nelder and Nick Hodge.

Journeys towards progress : essays of a geographer on development and change in Oceania  Ray Watters

New Zealand and the European union  Matthew Gibbons.

Payback : debt and the shadow side of wealth  Margaret Atwood.

This is not a book about debt management or high finance, but about debt as a very old, central motif in religion and literature and also in the structuring of human societies.

Spin-free economics : a no-nonsense, nonpartisan guide to today's global economic debates  Nariman Behravesh.

The great crash : how the Stock Market Crash of 1929 plunged the world into depression  Selwyn Parker.

The rookie's guide to options : the beginner's handbook of trading equity options  Mark D. Wolfinger.

The Smart Cookies' guide to making more dough : how five young women got smart, formed a money group, and took control of their finances  The Smart Cookies with Jennifer Barrett.

The thrift book : live well and spend less  India Knight.

The world of tourism and travel  Alan Collier.

This book provides key reference material for those studying towards the National Certificate in Tourism (Core Skills) but will also be of interest to practitioners in the industry who deal with issues relating to customer service and customer service excellence.

Education

An introduction to educational assessment, measurement and evaluation  Gavin Brown

Belonging and contributing to our world in the early childhood setting  Herjinder Uppal.

Experiment, create, make : problem solving activities for the early childhood setting  Rob Nelson.

Partners in learning : good practice.  

Partners in learning : parents' voices.  

Partners in learning : schools' engagement with parents, whanau and communities.  

Your child's strengths : discover them, develop them, use them  Jenifer Fox.

Engineering

Stirling and hot air engines : designing and building experimental model Stirling engines  Roy Darlington and Keith Strong.

Tech terms : what every telecommunications and digital media professional should know  Jeff Rutenbeck.

The big necessity : adventures in the world of human waste  Rose George.

Environment

Connecting the country : development of New Zealand's national grid 1886-2007  Helen Reilly.

Connecting the Country tells the story of the early engineers, surveyors, linemen and operators, and describes how their commitment to keep the lights on is still central to the ethos of those who run the national grid today.

Living green : the New Zealand handbook for an eco-friendly, toxin-free, sustainable life  Annmaree Kane, Christina Neubert.

Wonders of the Indian wilderness  Erach Bharucha.

Etiquette

Do It for le$$! weddings : how to create your dream wedding without breaking the bank  Denise Vivaldo.

Farming

Surviving and thriving on the land : how to use your time and energy to run a successful smallholding  Rebecca Laughton.

Fashion

How to dress : your complete style guide for every occasion  Gok Wan.

Lucien Lelong : with 134 illustrations, 48 in colour  Jacqueline Demornex.

Lucien Lelong was a central figure in French fashion from the 1920s to the 1950s, and his designs were in many ways precursors of contemporary fashion shapes and developments.

New fashion figure templates  Patrick John Ireland.

The Japanese tattoo design handbook. Vol. 1  

Who do you want to be today? : be inspired to dress differently  Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine ; photography by Robin Matthews.

Tired of how you look? Style experts Trinny & Susannah show you how to get out of the rut of dressing the same way...

Film, Television & Theatre

"Have you seen...?" : a personal introduction to 1,000 films  David Thomson.

90-day geisha : my time as a Tokyo hostess  Chelsea Haywood.

Being a Scot  Sean Connery with Murray Grigor.

Sean Connery's personal celebration of Scotland and being a Scot.

Blade runners, deer hunters & blowing the bloody doors off : my life in cult movies  Michael Deeley

This book looks at the true stories behind some of the greatest cult movies.

Dance : the illustrated history of dance in New Zealand  Tara Jahn-Werner.

Reading dance : a gathering of memoirs, reportage, criticism, profiles, interviews, and some uncategorizable extras  edited and with an introduction by Robert Gottlieb.

Sinatra in Hollywood  Tom Santopietro.

Folklore

Leaves from the garden of Eden : one hundred classic Jewish tales  selected and retold by Howard Schwartz

Tahuhu korero : the sayings of Taitokerau  Merata Kawharu

Tahuhu Korero is a collection of pepeha and whakatauki - Maori proverbs and sayings - from the Taitokerau region, which stretches from Auckland to Cape Reinga.

The mythical creatures bible : everything you ever wanted to know about mythical creatures  Brenda Rosen.

Food & Wine

1000 best-ever recipes from the AWW : the Australian women's weekly  food director Pamela Clark.

500 more low-carb recipes : 500 all-new recipes from around the world  Dana Carpender.

Barefoot Contessa back to basics : fabulous flavor from simple ingredients  Ina Garten

Best-ever Christmas cookbook  Annabelle White.

Blue eye dragon : Taiwanese cooking  Jade & Muriel Chen.

Citrus and spice : a year with flavour  Sybil Kapoor

Coast to coast : food from the land & sea inspired by travels across the world  Rick Stein.

Coastal kitchen : delicious food from New Zealand's seaside eateries  photography by Ian Batchelor.

Cutting the curd : cheesemaking at home : with a collection of delicious recipes  Katherine Mowbray.

Destitute gourmet : delicious  Sophie Gray

Ducasse made simple by Sophie : 100 recipes from the master chef simplified for the home chef  Alain Ducasse and Sophie Dudemaine

Fleurs Place  Graham Warman and Paul Sorrell.

Fresh start : healthy recipes and food tips for parents of preschoolers  Christelle Le Ru.

Home made : stories and recipes from New Zealand stove tops  compiled by Kim Knight.

Kai time : tasty modern Maori food  food by Peter Peeti.

Lygon Street : stories and recipes from Melbourne's melting pot  Michael Harden.

Maggie's kitchen  Maggie Beer

Marie Claire fresh + fast : simply delicious healthy food  Michelle Cranston.

Martha Stewart's cooking school : lessons and recipes for the home cook  Martha Stewart

Mediterranean summer : a season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella  David Shalleck

Milk : the surprising story of milk through the ages : with 120 adventurous recipes that explore the riches of our first food  Anne Mendelson.

Mrs. Charles Darwin's recipe book : revived and illustrated  Dusha Bateson

My favourite ingredients  Skye Gyngell.

Focuses on prime foods such as fish and shellfish, cheese, nuts, pulses and grains; seasonal favourites including asparagus, cherries, tomatoes and game; and, flavour enhancers like garlic, olive oil, vinegar and honey.

No time to cook  Donna Hay

Nourish  Simon Gault

Rachael Ray's big orange book  

Ruth Pretty entertains  

Saffron : food from the Central Otago heartland  Pete Gawron

The best gluten-free, wheat-free & dairy-free recipes : more than 100 mouth-watering recipes for all the family  Grace Cheetham.

The cook school recipes  Jo Seagar

The food & cooking of Russia : discover the rich and varied character of Russian cuisine, in 60 authentic recipes and 300 glorious photographs  Elena Makhonko

The frugal cook  Fiona Beckett.

Gardens and Gardening

Lawnscapes : mowing patterns to make your yard a work of art  David Parfitt.

Planthropology : the myths, mysteries, and miracles of my garden favorites  Ken Druse.

Small garden design bible  Tim Newbury.

The English roses : classic favorites & new selections  David Austin

The grower's cookbook : from the garden to the table  Dennis Greville & Jill Brewis.

The Royal Horticultural Society new encyclopedia of herbs & their uses  Deni Bown.

Wally's green tips for gardeners  Wally Richards.

Your own allotment : how to find it, cultivate it and enjoy growing your own food  Neil Russell-Jones.

Graphic novels

500 essential graphic novels : the ultimate guide  Gene Kannenberg, Jr.

52. Volume four  Geoff Johns

Abandoned cars  Tim Lane.

Aces : curse of the Red Baron  Shannon Eric Denton

Afterworks. [2]  Bill Presing

Archie. [Volume 1], Day by day  Henry Scarpelli & Craig Boldman.

Batman. Death mask  Yoshinori Natsume

Batman. The resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul  Paul Dini

Black summer  Warren Ellis

Breakdowns : portrait of the artist as a young %@[squiggle][star]!  Spiegelman.

Burma chronicles  Guy Delisle.

Chibi vampire. Volume 11   Yuna Kagesaki

DMZ. [4], Friendly fire  Brian Wood

DMZ. [5], The hidden war  Brian Wood.

Eisner/Miller : a one-on-one interview  conducted by Charles Brownstein.

Will Eisner, and the modern master of cinematic comics storytelling, Frank Miller - discuss one on one in an intimate interview format, the ins-and-outs of this compelling and often controversial art form.

Heroes. Volume two  Joe Kelly

John Constantine, Hellblazer. The fear machine  Jamie Delano

John Constantine, Hellblazer. The laughing magician  Andy Diggle

Liquid city. Volume one  Leong Wan Kok

Love and rockets. No. 1 : new stories  the Hernandez Brothers.

Nightmares & fairy tales. [Volume 4], Dancing with the ghosts of whales  writer, Serena Valentino

Prince of stories : the many worlds of Neil Gaiman  Hank Wagner

Real. 2  Takehiko Inoue

Robo-hunter. Day of the droids  John Wagner

Steve Niles omnibus  

Strontium Dog : search/destroy agency files. 03  John Wagner

The complete Aranzi hour  by Aranzi Aronzo

The Sandman papers : an exploration of the Sandman mythology  Joe Sanders ; [introduction by Neil Gaiman].

The walking dead. Vol. 6, This sorrowful life  Robert Kirkman

Health & Medicine

A bright red scream : self-mutilation and the language of pain  Marilee Strong.

Anticancer : a new way of life  David Servan-Schreiber.

Body, breath & being : a new guide to the Alexander technique  Carolyn Nicholls.

Downsize you  Lee-Anne Wann.

Dr. Bernstein's diabetes solution : the complete guide to achieving normal blood sugars  Richard K. Bernstein

Eyebrows and other fish  Anthony Scally.

A very personal account of the author's voyage from a heartbreaking childhood through to being an adult diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Hip and knee surgery : a patient's guide to hip replacement, hip resurfacing, knee replacement, & knee arthroscopy  Robert Edward Kennon.

Life is for living : how to get the most out of life at any age  John Shackleton.

Mosby's pocket guide for health assessment  Pamela Becker Weilitz, Patricia A. Potter.

Mother warriors : a nation of parents healing autism against all odds  Jenny McCarthy.

Pain management for older adults : a self-help guide  editors, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos.

Quantum wellness : a practical and spiritual guide to health and happiness  Kathy Freston.

Surviving cancer : inspirational stories of hope and healing  editor, Paul Kraus

The New Zealand pregnancy book : a guide to pregnancy, birth and a baby's first three months  Sue Pullon

The rough guide to men's health  Lloyd Bradley.

The sex bible : our bedside guide to a lifetime of sexual satisfaction  Laura Berman.

The UV advantage  Michael F. Holick and Mark Jenkins.

Sunshine is good for you! While too much sun causes wrinkles and raises other health concerns, a lack of sun exposure, our primary source of vitamin D, can cause serious health problems.

Torn apart  James Patterson and Hal Friedman.

Cory Friedman was an ordinary fun-loving little boy but on a fateful day in 1989 he started to feel very different. It started with an irresistible urge to shake his head, and before long, his body became a volatile, explosive and unpredictable force. Cory had developed a rare combination of Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder and other neurological conditions, and this is his family's story on how they hoped to find a cure.

Twins 101 : 50 must-have tips for pregnancy through early childhood from doctor M.O.M.  Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin.

You, being beautiful : the owner's manual to inner and outer beauty  Michael F. Roizen

History, Geography & Travel

A long slow affair of the heart : an adventure on the French canals  Bruce Ansley.

Craving adventure, Bruce Ansley goes in search of happiness on the French canals. He and his wife Sally buy a canal boat, the River Queen, in Holland and sail it through Belgium to France.

Africa : altered states, ordinary miracles  Richard Dowden

Amazon  Bruce Parry with Jane Houston.

Written in diary form, this title gives an insight into the ways of life that have existed since the dawn of time and are about to disappear.

Angler : the shadow presidency of Dick Cheney  Barton Gellman.

Atlantis and other lost worlds : new evidence of ancient secrets  Frank Joseph.

Attila the Hun : barbarian terror and the fall of the Roman Empire  Christopher Kelly.

Brotherhood of warriors : behind enemy lines with a commando in one of the world's most elite counterterrorism units/ Aaron Cohen and Douglas Century.  

By any means : from Wicklow to Sydney  Charley Boorman

Cast away : lost and found in history : epic true stories of shipwreck, piracy and mutiny on the high seas  Joseph Cummins.

Cruise confidential : a hit below the waterline  Brian David Bruns.

Discover the truth behind the glamour of cruise holidays in this scandalous, hilarious, and edifying romp.

Dream routes of the world.  

Exploring the Hauraki Gulf : from Bream Head to the Coromandel  Linda Bercusson & John Walsby.

Fire in the night : the Piper Alpha disaster  Stephen McGinty.

The Piper Alpha oil platform, 110 miles northeast of Aberdeen, was once one of the world's single largest oil producer. On 6 July 1988, its final day, it was ablaze with 226 men onboard. Only sixty-one would survive.

First Australians : an illustrated history  Rachel Perkins

From Egypt to Babylon : the international age 1550-500 BC  Paul Collins.

Ghost Strasse : Germany's East trapped between past and present  Simon Burnett.

Going to live in New Zealand  Mary Neilson & Mathew Collins.

This book is written by professionals, expert in assisting those wanting to emigrate to New Zealand.

Hauraki Gulf  Ian D. Robinson.

Hijacking America : how the religious and secular right changed what Americans think  Susan George.

Historical & political dictionary of New Zealand  Keith Jackson, Alan McRobie.

I believe in yesterday  Tim Moore.

An odyssey through 2,000 years of filth and fury, where men were men, the nights were black, the world was your outside toilet and everything tasted faintly of leeks.

Ian Brodie's New Zealand : one man's love affair with his country.  

In search of the English eccentric  Henry Hemming.

India : in word & image  Eric Meola

Inside the Stalin archives : discovering the new Russia  Jonathan Brent.

Israel at sixty : the social and political history of a nation reborn  Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald S. Strober.

It's all Greek to me  Charlotte Higgins.

Jorge Sandoval, surviving Pinochet  Peter Bidwell.

Imprisoned and tortured in his Chilean homeland for his crimes against Pinochet's dictatorship, Jorge Sandoval escapes to a new life in New Zealand - only to meet his torturer.

Kenya : a country in the making, 1880-1940  Nigel Pavitt.

Kiwiosities : New Zealand traditions & folklore  Gordon Ell.

London calling : high art and low life in the capital since 1968.  

Tells the story of the rebirth of London since 1968, covering various aspects of London life, from architecture to art, fashion to food, clubbing to the counter-culture, music to morals.

Maori place names explained  Murdoch Riley ; introduction by Johan Bonnevie.

Maori tribes of New Zealand.  

Matakana  Lauraine Jacobs

With its glorious coastline, gentle hinterland, vineyards, sculpture park, marine reserves and lodges, the Matakana region, an hour north of Auckland, is fast becoming Auckland's playground.

Moko : Maori tattooing in the 20th century  Michael King ; photographs, Marti Friedlander.

A new edition of this iconic book includes new larger format and photographs rescanned from Marti Friedlander's originals. It is an indepth photographic study of the ancient art of moko.

Monsters : history's most evil men and women  Simon Sebag Montefiore

New Zealand  Susan James

Gives advice on renting accommodation, opening the right bank account, finding your ideal home and making the most of your leisure time.

New Zealand time line : pre-history to today/ Murdoch Riley.  

From Kupe to the present day. History in a nutshell.

Pubs with personality : a personal selection of over 150 of New Zealand's best  Peter Janssen & Steve Reid.

Puketutu and its people  Paul Goldsmith and Michael Bassett.

Queens consort : England's medieval queens  Lisa Hilton.

Rail trails of Victoria and South Australia : walking, cycling and horse riding trails  Alexander McCooke

Samuel Duncan Parnell : a legacy : the 8 hour day, Labour Day and time off  written by Paul Corliss.

The eight hour day movement

She wolves : the notorious Queens of Medieval England  Elizabeth Norton.

The amazing world of James Hector  Simon Nathan and Mary Varnham.

In this superb collection of essays, scientists, historians and Hector's descendants tell the fascinating and sometimes controversial story of Hector's life and work.

The beating heart : a political and socio-economic history of Te Arawa  Vincent O'Malley and David Armstrong.

The Beating Heart details the determined efforts since the 1830s of Te Arawa tribes to work with the Crown and settlers to pursue a mutually advantageous relationship under the Treaty while at the same time maintaining their autonomy, culture, and control over their land and resources.

The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family  Annette Gordon-Reed.

Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.

The Irish Americans : a history  Jay P. Dolan.

The journal of Helene Berr  

The joyful but ultimately heartbreaking journal of a young Jewish woman in occupied Paris, now published for the first time, 63 years after her death.

The last campaign : Robert F. Kennedy and 82 days that inspired America  Thurston Clarke.

The Montefeltro conspiracy : a Renaissance mystery decoded  Marcello Simonetta.

The snow tourist  Charlie English.

The Third Reich at war 1939-1945  Richard J. Evans.

The vertigo years : change and culture in the West, 1900-1914  Philipp Blom.

A panorama of Europe, 1900-1914, describing the cultural, economic and political life before the First World War.

Titanic's last secrets : the further adventures of shadow divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler  Brad Matsen.

Tony's ten years : memories of the Blair administration  Adam Boulton.

Treasure below : the adventures of a New Zealand treasure hunter  John F. Pettit.

Walking Auckland : 25 walks of discovery in and around Auckland  Helen Vause.

Walking Wellington : 23 walks of discovery in and around Wellington  Kathy Ombler.

Where shall we take the kids? : a New Zealand guide to family-friendly destinations and activities  Gaye Miller.

Zen and now : on the trail of Robert Pirsig and the art of motorcycle maintenance  Mark Richardson.

Zen and Now is a vivid chronicle of a journalist's heartfelt and determined journey to reconnect with a beloved American classic.

House & Garden

1000 home ideas  Stafford Cliff

A guide to looking and feeling fabulous over forty  Twiggy with Jenny Dyson

Bobbi Brown makeup manual : for everyone from beginner to pro  Bobbi Brown

Coatings  Alan Bulleyment

This book specifies the coating systems for interior and exterior surfaces to minimise environmental impacts.

Energy  

This book explains the different water heating, space heating, ventilation, lighting and alternative energy systems available for domestic buildings, with the focus on creating energy-efficient houses.

Fences, gates, and bridges : and how to build them  George A. Martin

Floor coverings  Anna Smith

Heating and ventilation  Alide Elkink

Perfect lighting : inspiring soultions for every room  Sally Storey

Small+modern+urban=home.  

The green beauty guide : your essential resource to organic and natural skin care, hair care, makeup, and fragrances  Julie Gabriel.

The little goddess book of big beauty ideas  Elisabeth Wilson.

Using natural finishes : lime- & earth-based plasters, renders & paints : a step-by-step guide  Adam Weismann & Katy Bryce.

Water  [writer, Tony Conder].

This guide describes ways to reduce water usage by minimizing wastage, providing storage for future use and reducing waste water volumes requiring disposal.

Windows   Alan Bulleyment

Humour

A series of small explosions  Maurice O'Reilly

Illustrates that the current 'Boy Racers' are not a new phenomenon - they have existed for over 50 years - and the previous generations were up to much more mischief than the current group.

Disquiet, please : more humor writing from The New Yorker  David Remnick

Ewe Zealand made  Colin Langmead.

For crying out loud! : the world according to Clarkson. Volume three  Jeremy Clarkson.

The best Australian humorous writing  Andrew O'Keefe + Steve Vizard.

The thong also rises : further misadventures from funny women on the road!  Jennifer L. Leo.

Journalism

Between the devil and the deep blue sky : domesticity, danger and deadlines : confessions of a foreign correspondent in Iraq  Gina Wilkinson.

I have fun everywhere I go : savage tales of pot, porn, punk rock, pro wrestling, talking apes, evil bosses, dirty blues, American heroes, and the most notorious magazines in the world  Mike Edison.

Red, white, or yellow? : the media and the military at war in Iraq  Charles Jones.

In this passionate look at how war is reported in the age of Fox News and blogging, Charles Jones takes readers from the front page to the front lines - and back again - to explore how the Iraq War has been covered.

The longest trip home : a memior  John Grogan.

The well-fed self-publisher : how to turn one book into a full-time living  Peter Bowerman.

Language

Easy Portuguese.  

Te mahuri  John C. Moorfield.

The speed reading book  Tony Buzan.

Law

Dark bargain : slavery, profits, and the struggle for the Constitution  Lawrence Goldstone.

A chronicle of the daily debates and back room conferences in inns and taverns through July and August of the 1787, to reveal how tenuous the Constitution was, and how an agreement between unlikely collaborators got the delegates to agree.

The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's law and constitution  Matthew S.R. Palmer.

Library Science

Freedom to read : a centennial history of Dunedin Public Library  Mary Ronnie.

Parliament's library 150 years  John E. Martin.

Serving urban teens  Paula Brehm-Heeger.

Literature

Called out of darkness : a spiritual confession  Anne Rice.

Creative writing.  

Dan Poynter's self-publishing manual : how to write, print and sell your own book  Dan Poynter.

Getting there : an autobiography  Barbara Anderson.

Barbara Anderson, one of New Zealand's finest and most loved writers, has written a classic autobiography. Getting There An Autobiography is both a moving life story with which many readers, especially women, will identify, and a revealing insight into the making of a major writer.

How to publish your own book : everything you need to know about the self-publishing process  Anna Crosbie.

How to publish your own book : secrets from the inside  Stewart Ferris.

How to self-publish comics ...not just create them  Josh Blaylock.

Sensible sinning  Bernard Brown.

Inimitable law professor Bernard Brown gives his views on law reform, literature and politics in sharply observant poems & short stories from seven decades of a remarkable life.

Shakespeare wrote for money  Nick Hornby.

With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this is the third and final collection of columns by celebrated novelist Nick Hornby from "The Believer" magazine.

Sherlock Holmes was wrong : reopening the case of the Hound of the Baskervilles  Pierre Bayard

In this re-creation of one of the most-loved detective stories of all time, Bayard examines the many facets of the case and illuminates the bizarre interstices between Doyle's fiction and the real world.

Small poems for busy people  [compiled by Kim O'Keefe].

Stop me if you've heard this : a history and philosophy of jokes  Jim Holt.

The letters of Allen Ginsberg  Bill Morgan.

The love school : personal essays  Elizabeth Knox.

Collects twenty years of Elizabeth Knox's non-fiction, beginning with her 1988 essay "Origins, Authority and Imaginary Games", which explores the roots of her writing in childhood imaginary games played with her sisters and friends.

The man who invented Christmas : how Charles Dickens's A Christmas carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits  Les Standiford.

The well-fed writer : back for seconds : a second helping of "how-to" for any writer dreaming of great bucks and exceptional quality of life  Peter Bowerman.

What would Jesus buy? : fabulous prayers in the face of the shopocalypse  Reverend Billy.

Founded by performance artist and activist Bill Talen (aka Rev Billy), the Church of Stop Shopping is on a mission to protest against the modern culture of commercialization and consumption that leads to environmental devastation, social iniquity and other dangers.

Write me a web page, Elsie! : how to write fresh, functional, findable content for intranets and web sites  Rachel McAlpine.

Manufacturing

British mousetraps and their makers  David Drummond.

Military

The faces of World War II  Max Hastings

Structured by year, the book includes images of the major events from Blitzkrieg to the Battle of Britain, from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbour.

Music & Musicians

Beg, steal or borrow  Spencer Honniball.

Features stories from rehab in a Thai monastery to riots at the Astoria, the tabloid expose of Kate Moss to countless brushes with the law.

Country music : the masters  Marty Stuart.

Hang the DJ : an alternative book of music lists  Angus Cargill.

Lyrics 1964-2008  Paul Simon.

Me and my friends : Red Hot Chili Peppers  Tony Wooliscroft.

The author has travelled the world with the Chili Peppers since 1990 and has 'crashed' in their hotel rooms while on tour. This book focuses not only on the photography but the stories behind each picture. It is packed with anecdotes and provides an insight to the band.

MerseyBeast : a musical memoir  Ian McNabb.

This book features the words of Ian McNabb a Liverpool singer-songwriter who has had his fair share of ups and downs. A book from the heart about his art.

No wave : post-punk, underground, New York, 1976-1980  Thurston Moore, Byron Coley.

Details the 'post-punk' music scene.

Peter Cooper : letters of an itinerant pianist  compiled by Bruce Coward

Rock gods : forty years of rock photography  Robert M. Knight

The Pitchfork 500 : our guide to the greatest songs from punk to the present  Scott Plagenhoef and Ryan Schreiber.

The treasures of Beethoven  John Suchet.

Tells the story of Beethoven's life and works, highlighting some of the most important events by the inclusion of facsimile memorabilia, much of it only available for viewing in museums around Europe.

Where were you when... the music played? : 120 unforgettable moments in music history  Michael Heatley

Wild boy : my life in Duran Duran  Andy Taylor.

The first member of Duran Duran to write his memoirs tells the full story of the excesses, glamour and excitement they lived through in the 1980s

Natural Science

Consider the birds : who they are and what they do  Colin Tudge.

Medicinal plants of Britain and Europe  Wolfgang Hensel.

Monitoring and restoration options for lizards on Kaitorete Spit, Canterbury  Marieke Lettink ... [et al.].

The gardens at Kew  Allen Paterson.

The mountains of Saint Francis : discovering the geologic events that shaped our earth  Walter Alvarez.

The seventy great mysteries of the natural world : unlocking the secrets of our planet  Michael J. Benton.

The superorganism : the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect soci