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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Members in the US may be interested to know that my book, <i>
Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects</i> has just been released in the States (it came out in the UK in November). A number of members of this community were extremely helpful in bringing the book into existence, for which I am thoroughly grateful.
It brings together the overlapping circles of animals and museums, with a big section on the unnaturalness of natural history museums, so I thought it might be of interest to SPNHC members:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jack Ashby<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal">From a single beginning, countless millions of stories from the animal kingdom have – and continue to – run their course. Museum objects allow us to investigate some of those stories.
<i>Animal Kingdom</i> journeys through both the evolutionary history of animals, and the ways that people have interpreted them in museums. Animals in museums are not only representatives of their entire species, but they also tell us something about the time
in which they were collected. They provide windows into the past as well as data for the present. They embody centuries of natural ecosystems and human cultures. Through a selection of 100 objects, telling 100 stories, this beautifully illustrated book explores
the diversity of animal life over the past 600 million years, and delves into some of the most exciting mechanisms in evolution. By understanding some of the key stories of how nature operates, we can gain amazing insight into the systems underlying life itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It should be available “in all good bookshops”, and Amazon have it here:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Animal-2DKingdom-2DNatural-2DHistory-2DObjects_dp_0750981520_&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=xiBNNQ-As1go-sFfrIWmytOhjW2QO7jO_1tXOYiMZ0g&s=j2S1A4g6JzOyU2Ug6mPT9wIDGY0BrIKTfz3QXF-_8uc&e=">
https://www.amazon.com/Animal-Kingdom-Natural-History-Objects/dp/0750981520/</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All the best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jack<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Manager</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Grant Museum of Zoology</span></b><b><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">UCL Culture</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Rockefeller Building</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University College London</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">21 University Street</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">London WC1E 6DE</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ucl.ac.uk_culture&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=xiBNNQ-As1go-sFfrIWmytOhjW2QO7jO_1tXOYiMZ0g&s=pWbWMtlxoLw22TSpxDN0sC9DYCc_VAJYP6r20_JMl4s&e=">ucl.ac.uk/culture</a><span style="color:#212121">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ucl.ac.uk_museums_zoology&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=xiBNNQ-As1go-sFfrIWmytOhjW2QO7jO_1tXOYiMZ0g&s=Mwz-fciN7nZuFbLV-eRh0Fhsx0BpJn5uXJkxyobBpXw&e=">ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology</a></span><u><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">020 3108 2052 (or 52052 from within UCL)</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:j.ashby@ucl.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">j.ashby@ucl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_JackDAshby&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=xiBNNQ-As1go-sFfrIWmytOhjW2QO7jO_1tXOYiMZ0g&s=4fnW9C3IW4uBuIMjM4zQihenyBZ_Iy3Bz47LvfVy6hY&e=">twitter.com/JackDAshby
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_GrantMuseum&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=xiBNNQ-As1go-sFfrIWmytOhjW2QO7jO_1tXOYiMZ0g&s=9JSbxxlOJlYltlQC2fy2vkLF6z6sg7ddA4DRC_lAkJM&e=">twitter.com/GrantMuseum
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