Notable new books at the NMNH Libraries, August 2014
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Collated by NMNH/SERC Librarian, Sue Zwicker & NMNH Librarian Martha Rosen
Collection: Natural History
Rereading the fossil record : the growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline / / David
Sepkoski. by Sepkoski, David, 1972-
Call #: QE719.8 .S47 2012 Imprint:
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Collection: Natural History
Tierpark Berlin 1955-2013 : eine Chronik in Bildern / / von Bernhard Blaszkiewitz.
by Blaszkiewitz, Bernhard. Author. Call #: QL76.5.G32 B54 2013
Collection: Natural History
The owl that fell from the sky : stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill.
by Gill, Brian (Brian James) Call #: QH70.N45 G55 2012
Imprint: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Press, 2012.
Collection: Natural History
Marine geochemistry / / Roy Chester and Tim Jickells. by Chester, R. (Roy), 1936-
Call #: GC111.2 .C47 2012 Imprint:
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2012. Collection: Natural History
Empire of Extinction Russians and the North Pacific's Strange Beasts of the Sea, 1741-1867 / / Ryan Tucker
Jones. by Jones, Ryan Tucker.
Call #: QL88.15.N69 J66 2014
Imprint: New York : Oxford Univ Press 2014.
Collection: Natural History
Palaeozoic climate cycles : their evolutionary and sedimentological impact / / edited by A. Gąsiewicz and
M. Słowakiewicz. Call #: QC884.2.C5 P35 2013
Collection: Natural History
Searching for pekpek : cassowaries and conservation in the New Guinea rainforest / / Andrew L. Mack.
by Mack, Andrew L., author. Call #: QH31.M14 A3 2014
Collection: Natural History
Antarctica : a biography / / David Day. by Day, David, 1949-
Call #: G870 .D296 2013 Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. Collection: Natural History
The extreme life of the sea / / Stephen R. Palumbi and
Anthony R. Palumbi. by Palumbi, Stephen R.
Call #: QL121 .P35 2014 Collection: Natural History
Walter Potter's curious world of taxidermy / / by Dr.
Pat Morris with Joanna Ebenstein. by Morris, Pat, 1943-
Call #: QL31.P686 M67 2014 Collection: Natural History
Fire in the sea : bioluminescence & Henry Compton's
art of the deep / / David A. McKee, with Larry J. Hyde, Michael Barrett, Jennifer Hardell, & Mark Anderson.
by McKee, David A., 1947- author. Call #: QH91.3.C665 M35 2014
Collection: Natural History
When the invasion of land failed : the legacy of the Devonian extinctions / / George R. McGhee Jr.
by McGhee, George R. author. Call #: QE721.2.E97 M393 2013
Collection: Natural History
Der Paläobotaniker Oswald Heer im Briefwechsel mit
Charles Darwin und Charles Lyell / / Urs B. Leu. by Heer, Oswald, 1809-1883, author.
Call #: QH31.H435 H435 2013 Collection: Natural History
Collection: Birds
Facing extinction : the world's rarest birds and the
race to save them / / Paul F. Donald, Principal
Conservation Scientist, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ; Nigel J. Collar, Leventis Fellow in
Conservation Biology, BirdLife International ; Stuart J. Marsden, Reader in Conservation Ecology, Manchester
Metropolitan University ; Deborah J. Pain, Director of Conservation, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
by Donald, Paul F., author. Call #: QL676.7 .F33 2013
Collection: Birds
South American and Antarctic continental Cenozoic birds : paleobiogeographic affinities and disparities / /
Claudia P. Tambussi, Federico J. Degrange. by Tambussi, Claudia.
Call #: QE871 .T35 2013 Imprint:
Dordrecht ; New York ; London : Springer, c2013. Collection: Birds
Collection: Entomology
The tortoise beetles of Madagascar (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Cassidinae / / Lech Borowiec &
Jolanta Świętojańska. by Borowiec, Lech.
Call #: QL596.C5 B736 2011 Imprint:
Wrocław : Polish Taxonomical Society, 2011- Collection: Entomology
Catalogue of aleocharine rove beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) / /
Nicolas Gouix & Jan Klimaszewski. by Gouix, Nicolas.
Call #: QL596.S75 G68 2007 Imprint:
Sofia : Pensoft, 2007. Collection: Entomology
The Eupithecia of China : a revision / / by Vladimir
Mironov, Anthony Galsworthy. by Mironov, Vladimir, 1957- author.
Call #: QL561.G6 M57 2014 Collection: Entomology
The cicadas of Thailand / / Michel Boulard (EPHE & MNHN, Paris).
by Boulard, Michel, 1935- author. Call #: QL527.C5 B68 2007
Collection: Entomology
Field guide to the jewel beetles (Coleoptera:
Buprestidae) of northeastern North America / / Steven M. Paiero ... [et al.].
by Paiero, Steven M. Call #: QL596.B8 P35 2012
Imprint: [Ottawa?] : Canadian Food Inspection Agency, c2012.
Collection: Entomology
A taxonomic revision of the genus Deretaphrus Newman, 1842 (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea:
Bothrideridae) / / Nathan P. Lord and Joseph V. McHugh, Department of Entomology, University of
Georgia, Athens, GA. by Lord, Nathan P., author.
Call #: QL596.C423 L67 2013 Collection: Entomology
Collection: Fishes
Sharks and rays of Borneo / / Peter R. Last ... [et al.]. Call #: QL638.9 .S453 2010
Imprint: Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Pub., c2010.
Collection: Fishes
Status of demersal finfish stocks on the west coast of Australia / / Fairclough, D.V., Molony, B.W., Crisafulli,
B.M., Keay, I.S., Hesp, S.A. and Marriott, R.J.
by Fairclough, D. V., author. Call #: SH318.W4 F35 2014
Collection: Fishes
Zhongguo hai yang yu lei tu pu = Atlas of sea fishes
of China / / Cao Yuru zhu bian.
by 曹玉茹.
Call #: QL634.C5 Z46 2010
Imprint: Beijing : Zhongguo da bai ke quan shu chu ban she,
2010. Collection: Fishes
Zhongguo xi jian hai yang yu lei er shi tu pu = Photographic atlas of fish otoliths of the China Sea / /
Ye Zhenjiang, Zhu Bojun, Xue Ying bian zhu. by Ye, Zhenjiang., 叶振江., 朱柏军., 薛莹.
Call #: QL623.548 .Y48 2008 Imprint:
Qingdao Shi : Zhongguo hai yang da xue chu ban she, 2008.
Collection: Fishes
Guide to the identification of larval and early juvenile pricklebacks (Perciformes: Zoarcoidei: Stichaeidae) in
the northeastern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea / / Ann
C. Matarese, Deborah M. Blood, Morgan S. Busby. by Matarese, Ann C., creator.
Call #: QL638.S84 M38 2013 Collection: Fishes
Collection: Invertebrate Zoology
Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells / / by John
K. Tucker, Manuel J. Tenorio.
by Tucker, John K. Call #: QL430.5.C75 T835 2013
Collection: Invertebrate Zoology
Collection: Kellogg Library (Marine Mammalogy)
Whale-watching : sustainable tourism and ecological management / / edited by James Higham, Lars
Bejder, Rob Williams. Call #: QL737.C4 W435 2014
Imprint: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
2014. Collection: Kellogg Library
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
Museums in the Digital Age :
Changing Meanings of Place, Community, and Culture / / Susana
Smith Bautista.
by Bautista, Susana Smith, 1966- Call #: AM5 .B335 2014
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
The multisensory museum : cross-
disciplinary perspectives on touch, sound, smell, memory, and space /
/ edited by Nina Levent and Alvaro Pascual-Leone.
Call #: AM160 .M85 2014 Collection: Museum Studies
Reference Library
The museum is open : towards a transnational history of museums
1750-1940 / / editors, Andrea Meyer, Bénédicte Savoy.
Call #: N410 .M875 2014 Collection: Museum Studies
Reference Library
Exhibiting Europe in museums : transnational networks, collections,
narratives and representations / / Wolfram Kaiser, Stefan
Krankenhagen and Kerstin Poehls.
by Kaiser, Wolfram. Call #: AM40 .K3513 2014
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
Effective exhibit interpretation and design / / Tessa Bridal.
by Bridal, Tessa, 1947- author. Call #: AM151 .B75 2013
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
The art of museum exhibitions :
how story and imagination create aesthetic experiences / / Leslie
Bedford. by Bedford, Leslie.
Call #: AM7 .B353 2014 Collection: Museum Studies
Reference Library
Social design in museums : the psychology of visitor studies :
collected essays. Volume one / / Stephen Bitgood.
by Bitgood, Stephen. Call #: AM7 .B558 2011
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Museums Etc, 2011. Collection: Museum Studies
Reference Library
The convivial museum / / Kathleen McLean and Wendy Pollock.
by McLean, Kathleen. Call #: AM7 .M135 2010
Imprint: Washington, DC : Association of
Science-Technology Centers Inc., c2010.
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
Present on site : transforming exhibitions and museums / / Bruno
Ingemann. by Ingemann, Bruno.
Call #: AM151 .I54 2012 Imprint:
Lejre, Denmark : Visual Memory Press, 2012.
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
The preservation management
handbook : a 21st-century guide for libraries, archives, and museums / /
[edited by] Ross Harvey and Martha R. Mahard.
Call #: Z701 .P7445 2014 Collection: Museum Studies
Reference Library
Collection: Mammals
Grandes felinos de Colombia. Vol 1 / / editado por
Esteban Payán Garrido y Carlos Castaño Uribe. Call #: QL737.C23 G73 2013
Collection: Mammals
Catalog of type specimens of recent mammals : Rodentia (Myomorpha, Anomaluromorpha, and
Hystricomorpha) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution / / Robert D. Fisher
and Craig A. Ludwig.
by National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Call #: QL737.R6 N225 2014
Collection: Mammals
Collection: Minerals
Tomography of the Earth's crust : from geophysical
sounding to real-time monitoring : GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report no. 21 / / edited
by Michael Weber, Ute Munch. Call #: QE538.5 .T65 2014
Collection: Minerals
Amethyst Uruguay : two centuries of amethyst mining
/ / Reinhard Balzer ; geology and mineralogy Peter Marsberg.
by Balzer, Reinhard. Call #: QE394.A4 B35 2008
Imprint: München : Christian Weise Verlag, 2008.
Collection: Minerals
Collection: Reptiles
Dragon songs : love and adventure among crocodiles,
alligators, and other dinosaur relations / / Vladimir Dinets.
by Dinets, Vladimir. Call #: QL666.C925 D54 2013
Collection: Reptiles
Tracks and shadows : field biology as art / / Harry W.
Greene. by Greene, Harry W., 1945-
Call #: QH31 .G73 2013
Collection: Reptiles
North American amphibians : distribution and diversity / / David M. Green, Linda A. Weir, Gary S. Casper,
and Michael J. Lannoo. by Green, David Martin, author.
Call #: QL651 .G74 2013 Collection: Reptiles
The turtles of Mexico : land and freshwater forms / /
John M. Legler And Richard C. Vogt. by Legler, John M.
Call #: QL666.C5 L42 2013 Collection: Reptiles
Lizard ecology : the evolutionary consequences of foraging mode / / edited by Stephen M. Reilly, Lance
D. McBrayer, Donald B. Miles.
Call #: QL666.L2 L569 2007 Imprint:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Collection: Reptiles
Collection: Smithsoniana (non-circulating)
Magtymguly : poems from Turkmenistan / / with an
introduction by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ; English translation edited by Paul Michael Taylor ;
drawn from the Turkmen edition of selected poems compiled by Annagurban Ashirov ; chief translator,
Zohra Meredova ; coordinator for translations, Maya Meredova.
by Magtymguly, approximately 1733-approximately 1782, author.
Call #: PL334.M3 A2 2014 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
Smithsoniana (non-circulating)
The philosophical breakfast club & the invention of the scientist / / Laura J. Snyder.
by Snyder, Laura J. Call #: Q141 .S5634 2013
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Smithsoniana (non-circulating)
Washington Kazakhstan 2010 Festival : April 15-December 31, 2010.
by Washington Kazakhstan Festival (2010 : Washington, D.C.)
Call #: DK906 .W37 2010
Imprint: [Washington, D.C. : Asian Cultural History Program,
National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Office of Policy and Analysis, 2010]
Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library Smithsoniana (non-circulating)
The Smithsonian book of air & space trivia / / Amy
Pastan. by Pastan, Amy.
Call #: TL793.7 .P37 2014 Collection: Museum Studies Reference Library
Smithsoniana (non-circulating)
Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology
Transylvanian dinosaurs / / David B. Weishampel and
Coralia-Maria Jianu. by Weishampel, David B., 1952-
Call #: QE861.9.R62 T739 2011 Imprint:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011.
Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology