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So much to do, so little time...📚
10/26/2025

So much to do, so little time...📚

Have any fun weekend plans? Why not join the lions for theirs? Our book THE LAST LIONS is a beautiful invitation to join...
10/24/2025

Have any fun weekend plans? Why not join the lions for theirs? Our book THE LAST LIONS is a beautiful invitation to join the pride and enjoy stunning photos like this little lion cub from Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. https://www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/science-nature/the-last-lions/

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Happy publication day to WATER'S EDGE! Truman Lowe (1944–2019) led a visionary career that was sourced in his Hooçak (Ho...
10/21/2025

Happy publication day to WATER'S EDGE! Truman Lowe (1944–2019) led a visionary career that was sourced in his Hooçak (Ho-Chunk) heritage and homeland. This volume traces the development of his career and the recurrent themes in his work—moving water, woodland structures, memory and knowledge, and landscape and place—to offer new perspectives on a remarkable oeuvre. https://www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/national-museum-american-indian-titles/waters-edge-the-art-of-truman-lowe/

Our book THE ASCENT OF RAUSCHENBERG comes out next week, but you can learn more about his fascination with flight with t...
10/10/2025

Our book THE ASCENT OF RAUSCHENBERG comes out next week, but you can learn more about his fascination with flight with this wonderful article from Smithsonian Magazine! "His enduring fascination with flight—whether mechanical, animal or imaginary—reveals an interest not just in elevation, but in transcendence. A century after his birth, his work continues to remind viewers that art can lift off."

Ahead of painter Robert Rauschenberg’s centennial this fall, a new book details how he was fueled by looking to the sky

"Beehler’s fascination with the Hudsonian Godwit permeates his writing as he’s constantly expressing his appreciation fo...
10/10/2025

"Beehler’s fascination with the Hudsonian Godwit permeates his writing as he’s constantly expressing his appreciation for the species. These godwits are elusive, and, half the time, Beehler couldn’t find them during his trips. This made the instances in which he did find them twice as thrilling." Check out this review of FLIGHT OF THE GODWIT from the American Birding Association!

Bruce M. Beehler’s 20th book, Flight of the Godwit: Tracking Epic Shorebird Migrations, is not only a study on the Hudsonian Godwits’ migration, but a journey through North America’s lesser-traveled roads. Though the title...

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