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1	How to Lie with Maps more books like this by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist Originally published to wide acclaim, this illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must. The second edition is updated with the addition of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.42! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America more books like this by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist The text explains how maps can tell us a lot about where we can anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be dangerously misleading. It considers that although it is important to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious dangers that we have to ... see all copies from $12.25! new only from $25.93! \| SVS
3	Perthes World Atlas more books like this by Guntram H Herb (Editor), David H Kaplan (Editor), Mark Monmonier (Editor) add to wishlist This is the new world atlas for higher education and college geography level teachings. It uses the Klett-Perthes high quality map print details as known from their Wall Maps. It features over 350 pages of detailed maps, statistics, glossary and information to teach higher level geography education. see all copies from $11.76! new only from $15.60! \| SVS
4	Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather more books like this by Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist Every night across the country, viewers tune in to their evening news to glimpse the next day's weather. They are treated to graphic images of invading air masses, colliding fronts, and growing tropical storms. This book is the story of this tool, the weather map, which in its many forms has made the atmosphere visible, understandable, and at ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions
5	Mapping It Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social Sciences more books like this by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist Monmonier shows authors and scholars how they can use expository cartography--the visual, two-dimensional organization of information--to heighten the impact of their books and articles. A concise, practical book that introduces the fundamental principles of graphic logic and design. 112 maps. 1 halftone. see all copies from $2.72! new only from $19.73! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection more books like this by Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist An account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy examines the limitations and uses of Mercator's clever method of portraying the earth on a flat surface while taking into account the earth's actual roundness. see all copies from $14.99! new only from $19.47! \| first editions \| SVS
7	From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame more books like this by Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist Brassiere Hills, Alaska. Mollys Nipple, Utah. Outhouse Draw, Nevada. In the early twentieth century, it was common for towns and geographical features to have salacious, bawdy, and even derogatory names. In the age before political correctness, mapmakers readily accepted any local preference for place names, prizing accurate representation over ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.77! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Maps with the News: The Development of American Journalistic Cartography more books like this by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist Maps with the News is a lively assessment of the role of cartography in American journalism. Tracing the use of maps in American news reporting from the eighteenth century to the 1980s, Mark Monmonier explores why and how journalistic maps have achieved such importance. "A most welcome and thorough investigation of a neglected aspect of both the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy more books like this by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist Most people trust the maps they encounter in newspapers, on television and in classrooms, and assume they are simple reflections of "truth." Approached with none of the skepticism people bring to words, maps are rarely recognized as the ideological symbols they are. In fact, though few people realize it, maps can be powerful instruments of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy more books like this by University of Chicago Press (Creator), Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist In Spying with Maps, the "mapmatician" Mark Monmonier looks at the increased use of geographic data, satellite imagery, and location tracking across a wide range of fields such as military intelligence, law enforcement, market research, and traffic engineering. Could these pervasive forms of geographic monitoring, he asks, lead to grave ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.14! \| first editions
11	Things Maps Don't Tell Us: An Adventure Into Map Interpretation more books like this by Armin K Lobek, Armin K Lobeck, Mark Monmonier (Foreword by) add to wishlist "The book is a treasure trove of tidbits describing how the world around us came about. . . . "Things Maps Don't Tell Us" actually communicates a great deal about the things maps can tell us if we care to look carefully underneath the printed symbols."--James E. Young, "Cartographic Perspectives" see all copies from $4.24! new only from $18.65! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Bushmanders and Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate Electronic Maps and Census Data to Win Elections more books like this by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist This study of how congressional districts are mapped and remapped after each census explores the goal-oriented political motivations that determine this feature of our representative democracy. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $9.91! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Technological Transition in Cartography more books like this by Mark S. Monmonier add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Coast Lines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change more books like this by Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence - chiefly economic, residential, and environmental - as ... see all copies from $16.25! new only from $17.53! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Computer-Assisted Cartography: Principles and Prospects more books like this by Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
16	Drawing the Lines: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy more books like this by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist Most people trust the maps they encounter in newspapers, on television and in classrooms, and assume they are simple reflections of "truth." Approached with none of the skepticism people bring to words, maps are rarely recognized as the ideological symbols they are. In fact, though few people realize it, maps can be powerful instruments of ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17 view cover	Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy more books like this by Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist In Spying with Maps, the "mapmatician" Mark Monmonier looks at the increased use of geographic data, satellite imagery, and location tracking across a wide range of fields such as military intelligence, law enforcement, market research, and traffic engineering. Could these pervasive forms of geographic monitoring, he asks, lead to grave ... see all copies from $10.76! new only from $10.77! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Play Guitar With "Metallica" (Play Guitar With...) by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist This title contains both tab and standard notation with a CD comprising two "soundalike" backing tracks of each song, one full demo with guitar showing you how it should sound and the other without guitar so you can play along. see all copies from $29.99! new only from $29.99!
19	Map Appreciation more books like this by Mark S Monmonier add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
20	Maps, Distortion, and Meaning more books like this by Mark S. Monmonier, Salvatore Natoli (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $46.25!
21	The study of population : elements, patterns, processes more books like this by George A. Schnell, Mark S. Monmonier add to wishlist see all copies from $2.01!
22	Comment Faire Mentir Les Cartes, Ou, Du Mauvais Usage De La Gèographie by Mark Monmonier add to wishlist see all copies from $79.46! new only from $79.46!

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