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While I don’t enjoy browsing an electronic list as much as I like checking physical volumes on a shelf, a quick scan of this virtual collection included these titles for further exploration:

Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The Desert of Ice; A Trip from the Earth to the Moon; A Tour of the Moon
Book by Jules Verne; edited by by Charles F. Horne; published by Vincent Parke, 1911

Physical Science in the Time of Nero: Being a Translation of the Quaestiones Naturales of Seneca
Book VII Which Treats of Comets
Book by Seneca; translation by John Clarke, published by Macmillan, 1910.

Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends concerning the Sun and Its Worship
Book by William Tyler Olcott; published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914

New Books in Hilo

Older titles recently added to the collection:
(shelved in regular collection)
IAU Symposiums 15, 61, 68, 71, 72, 102, 156


New Books
(on New Books shelf)

IAU Symposiums 233-240

Enright, Leo
Beginner's Observing Guide
QB 63 .E44

Harwit
Astrophysical Concepts
REF QB 461 .H37

Oswalt
Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium
Vol. II - The Telescopes We Use
QB 88 .F993


Older Books
(on New Books shelf)

Brahic, A.
Formation of planetary systems
QB 981 .F67 1982

Goudis, C.
The Orion complex : a case study of interstellar matter.
QB 790 .G68

Houghton, John Theodore
The physics of atmospheres
QC 880 H68 1986

Norton, Arthur P. and Ridpath, Ia
Norton's star atlas and reference handbook
QB 65 N7 1998

NEW BOOKS at Manoa: August-September 2007

1st ARENA Conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy," Roscoff, France, October 16-19, 2006.
Epchtein, N. and Candidi, M. [editors]
QB 460 .A74 2006

Astronomical and biochemical origins and the search for life in the universe : proceedings of the 5th International conference on bioastronomy, IAU colloquium no. 161, Capri, July 1-5, 1996.: International Conference on Bioastronomy.
Cosmovici, Cristiano Batalli, Bowyer, Stuart C., and Werthimer, Dan [editors]
IAU Colloquium ; 161 ; C161
QB 54 .I575 1996

Astronomical tables of the sun, moon, and planets.
Meeus, Jean
REF QB 12 .M44 1995

Binary stars as critical tools and tests in contemporary astrophysics : proceedings of the 240th symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Prague, Czech Republic, August 22-25, 2006.
Hartkopf, William I., Guinan, E. F., and Harmanec, Petr
IAU Symposium : 240.
QB 1 .I58 no. 240 REF

Comparison of the large-scale structure of the galactic system with that of other stellar systems.
Roman, Nancy Grace [editor]
IAU Symposium ; 5
QB 1 .I58 no. 5 REF

Encyclopedia of the solar system.
Weissman, Paul Robert, McFadden, Lucy-Ann Adams, and Johnson, T. V.
QB 501 .E53 1999

Fundamental astronomy. (Tahtitieteen perusteet.)
Karttunen, Hannu
QB 43.2 .T2613 2003

Light pollution handbook.
Narisada, Kohei and Schreuder, Duco
TK 4188 .N37 2004

Non-stable phenomena in galaxies. International Astronomical Union Symposium No 29. Byurakan, May 4-12, 1966 (Nestatsionarnye iavleniia v galaktikakh. Simpozium MAS No 29. Biorakan, 4-12 maia, 1966.)
IAU Symposium ; 29
QB 1 .I58 no. 29 REF

Planetary nebulae.: Symposium on Planetary Nebulae, Tatranska Lomnica (1967)
Osterbrock, Donald E. and O'Dell, C. Robert [editors]
IAU Symposium ; 34
QB 1 .I58 no. 34 REF

Planetary ring systems.
Miner, Ellis D., Wessen, Randii R., and Cuzzi, Jeff
QB 603 .R55 M56 2007

Urban astronomy (Observer le ciel en ville).
Berthier, Denis
QB 64 .B4913 2003

Visions for Infrared Astronomy : proccedings of the conference, 20-22 March 2006, Paris, France.
Coude du Forseto, Vincent, Rouan, Daniel, and Rousset, Gerard [editors]
QB 470 .A1 V57 2006