Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge & the Ordnance Survey [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa blanda

Parker, Mike

 
9780007351572: Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge & the Ordnance Survey [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 0007351577 ISBN 13: 9780007351572
Editorial: Collins, 2010

Sinopsis

'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said…'

Mike Parker, presenter of Radio 4’s On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic, critically-acclaimed read.

Have you ever got through an entire day without referring to some kind of navigational aide, be it checking the A-Z, touring the globe on Google Earth, planning a walk or navigating a shopping centre? Maps are everywhere and they are, according to self proclaimed map-addict Mike Parker, the unsung heroes of life. Here he sings their song, celebrating everything cartographic.

With a mix of wry observation and hard fact, the offbeat and the completely pedantic, Parker wages a one-man war against the moronic blandishments of the Sat Nav age. He combines cartographic history and trivia with memoir and oblique observation to create a highly readable exposé of the world of maps. Only here can you find out which area has officially been named by the OS as the most boring square kilometre in the land and whether Milton Keynes was really built to pagan alignment.

Confessing that his own impressive map collection was founded on a virulent teenage shoplifting habit Parker ponders how a good leftie can be so gung-ho about British cartographic imperialism and establishes himself as defender and saviour of British cartography in the internet age.

. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Acerca del autor

Mike Parker was born in England and has lived in Wales for half of his life. His first book for HarperNorth, All the Wide Border, was a Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month and Travel Book of the Year. His other books include the bestseller Map Addict, The Wild Rover and On the Red Hill, which was shortlisted and Highly Commended for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing and won the non-fiction Wales Book of the Year Award.

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Editorial
Collins
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0007351577
ISBN 13 
9780007351572
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
336
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
HarperCollins Publishers
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9780007300846: Map Addict [Idioma Inglés]

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0007300840 ISBN 13:  9780007300846
Editorial: Collins, 2009
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