Today, February 8th, 2012, marks the 184th anniversary of the birth of French science fiction pioneer Jules Verne. Verne was a visionary writer who took 19th century scientific inventions to wondrous levels in his books.
The Smithsonian Libraries has several early editions of works by Verne. To learn more, visit "A Jules Verne Centennial: 1905-2005".
Image: Science and Invention, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Aug. 1920 , 1920.
Wondering what's new in the SIL stacks this month? Here's a sampling! Above the book listings, you'll see a slideshow with links to the WorldCat records for each book. If you are not a user of our physical collection, WorldCat will help you find a copy of the book in a library near you.
Here are some of the newest additions to the National Air and Space Museum Library collection:
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Astronomy at the Frontiers of Scienceby Jean-Pierre Lasota, editor. Springer, New York/Dordrecht, 2011. QB47. A88 2011 |
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Cataclysm: General Hap Arnold and the Defeat of Japan by Herman S. Wolk. University of North Texas Press,Denton, Texas, 2010. UG626.2 A76 W65 2010 |
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DC-3, A Legend in Her Time. A 75th Anniversary Photographic Tribute by Bruce McAllister. Roundup Press, Boulder, Colorado, 2010. TL686. D65 M33 2010 |
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Skies to Conquer: A Year Inside the Air Force Academy by Diana Jean Schemo. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2010. UG638.5 P1 S34 2010 |
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Wings of Ice: The Mystery of the Polar Air Race by Jeff Maynard. Vintage Books, New South Wales, North Sydney, Australia. G608. M39 2010 |
—Leah Smith
New books in the National Museum of American History Library:
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Benching Jim Crow : the rise and fall of the color line in southern college sports, 1890-1980 / / Charles H. Martin. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.
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Founding rivals : Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights and the election that saved a nation / / by Chris DeRose.Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub., 2011. E302.1 .D47 2011
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Are we not new wave? : modern pop at the turn of the 1980s by Theo Cateforis.Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2011. |
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Japanese American resettlement through the lens : Hikaru Carl Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945 by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi ; with Kenichiro Shimada ; photographs by Hikaru Carl Iwasaki ; foreword by Norman Y. Mineta. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2009.
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Lincoln on war edited and with an introduction by Harold Holzer. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c2011.
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— Trina Brown
We're testing out a new way of displaying our "New & Notable" books by combining them in to one post per month. Also, above the book listings, you'll see a slideshow with links to the WorldCat records for each book. If you are not a user of our physical collection, WorldCat will help you find a copy of the book in a library near you. If you enjoy our "New & Notable" section, we would love to hear your comments below.
Here are some of the newest additions to the National Air and Space Museum Library collection:
| Ascend or Die: Richard Crosbie: Pioneer of Balloon Flightsby Bryan McMahon. History Press Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2010. TL620. C76 M36 2010 | |
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Fighting Seventeen: A Photographic History of VF-17 in World War II by Lee Cook. Schiffer Military History, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2011. D790. 375 17th C66 2011 |
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Millville Army Air Field: America's First Defense Airport (Images of Aviation) by John Galluzzo. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011. UG634.5 M55 G35 2011 |
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Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed by Palmiro Campagna. Dundurn Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010. TL685.3 C35 2010 |
—Leah Smith
New books in the National Museum of American History Library:
| American Eden : from Monticello to Central Park to our backyards : what our gardens tell us about who we are by Wade Graham.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2011. SB451.3 .G718 2011 |
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| Born southern : childbirth, motherhood, and social networks in the old South by V. Lynn Kennedy.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. |
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| The sword of St. Michael : the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II by Guy LoFaro.
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2011. |
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| Master mechanics & wicked wizards : images of the American scientist as hero and villain from colonial times to the present by Glen Scott Allen.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2009. |
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| American tempest : how the Boston Tea Party sparked a revolution by Harlow Giles Unger.
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2011. |
— Trina Brown
New items in the Botany-Horticulture Library:
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Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasey. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 2010 SB475.9.E35 C74 2010 |
— Robin Everly
New books in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library:
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Crystal and arabesque : Claude Bragdon, ornament, and modern architecture . Jonathan Massey. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2009. NA737.B65 M37 2009 CHM From the 1890s to the 1930s, Claude Bragdon enjoyed an international reputation as an architect, designer, and critic working in the progressive tradition associated with Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Prairie School. In 1915 Bragdon created “projective ornament,” a system of geometric patterns designed to serve as a universal form-language integrating not only architecture, art, and design, but also a society divided by differences of class, gender, religion, culture, and national origin. Spreading across the surfaces of buildings, posters, books, and the settings Bragdon designed for massive community singing festivals, projective ornament came to symbolize the progressive potential of modernity for thousands of Americans. |
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Triumvirate : McKim, Mead & White : art, architecture, scandal and class in America's Gilded Age / / by Mosette Broderick. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. NA737.M4 B76 2010 CHM A rich, fascinating saga of the most influential, far-reaching architectural firm of their time and of the dazzling triumvirate—Charles McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White—who came together, bound by the notion that architecture could help shape a nation in transition. They helped to refine America’s idea of beauty, elevated its architectural practice, and set the standard on the world’s stage. |
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Bauhaus : a conceptual model / / editor, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin/Museum für Gestaltung, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, and Klassik Stiftung Weimar ; in cooperation with, Museum of Modern Art, New York ; [translations, Benjamin Carter... et al.]. Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, c2009. N6868.5.B27 B38 2009 CHM Essays: The Bauhaus on the market : on the difficult relationship between the Bauhaus and consumer culture / Regina Bittner ; Escape into the public sphere : the exhibition as an instrument of self-presentation at the Bauhaus / Patrick Rössler -- Selective appropriation : remarks on the reception of Bauhaus pedagogy in Germany / Rainer K. Wick ; Teaching at Black Mountain College and the New Bauhaus : the seperation of art and design / Gabriele Diana Grawe ; The Bauhaus : internationalization and globalization / Klaus von Beyme ; "Timeless gothic" instead of "Dentist-style with housing cubes" : The National Socialist opposition to the Bauhaus / Justus H. Ulbricht ; Vice versa-art of the people? / Ulrike Bestgen and Werner Möller ; The Bauhaus today / Philipp Oswalt. |
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Gerrit Rietveld by Ida van Zijl. London ; New York, NY : Phaidon, 2010. NA1153.R5 Z54 2010 CHM From his first great design masterpiece, the Red-Blue Chair, to his final design for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld created a significant body of work and left a remarkable legacy. His simple yet dynamic design style has greatly affected international furniture design and has made a significant contribution to the history of architecture. His unconventional approach and extraordinary furniture, hailed by Theo van Doesburg as 'the new sculpture', inspired many of his contemporaries just as it continues to inspire today's designers; he has he has been cited as a source of inspiration by designers ranging from Verner Panton to Konstantin Grcic. This detailed yet accessible monograph is structured chronologically and richly illustrated with photographs and sketches of Reitveld's furniture design and his twenty-odd architectural projects. |
—Elizabeth Broman
We're testing out a new way of displaying our "New & Notable" books by combining them in to one post per month. Also, above the book listings, you'll see a slideshow with links to the WorldCat records for each book. If you are not a user of our physical collection, WorldCat will help you find a copy of the book in a library near you. If you enjoy our "New & Notable" section, we would love to hear your comments below.
From the National Museum of American History Library:
| Underwear : fashion in detail / / Eleri Lynn ; photographs by Richard Davis ; drawings by Leonie Davis. V&A, c2010. GT2073 .L96 2010 NMAH COSTUME |
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| Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America / / Richard White. W.W. Norton & Co., c2011. HE2751 W55 2011 |
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| Troubled experiment : crime and justice in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800 / / Jack D. Marietta and G.S. Rowe. University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006. HV6793.P4 M37 2006 |
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| The American style : Colonial revival and the modern metropolis / / Donald Albrecht, Thomas Mellins. Museum of the City of New York : Monacelli Press, c2011. NA7238.N6 A43 2011 NMAH DOMESTIC LIFE |
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| A history of the Internet and the digital future / / Johnny Ryan. Reaktion Books, 2010. TK5105.875.I57 R73 2010 |
From the National Air and Space Museum Library :
| American Flying Boats and Amphibious Aircraft: An Illustrated History by E.R. Johnson. McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2009. TL684. J65 2009 |
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| Blazing Skies: Air Defense Artillery on Fort Bliss, Texas, 1940-2009 by John A. Hamilton. Army Defense Department, Washington, DC 2009. UA32. H265 2009 |
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| How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfareby Walter J. Boyne. Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 2011. UG1230. B69 2011 |
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| John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon by John M. Logsdon. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York, 2010. TL789.8 U5 L64 2010 |
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| Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo by Nicholas de Monchaux. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2011. TL1550. D46 2011 |
~ Selections from Trina Brown & Leah Smith