-------- Original Message -------- Subject: mapnerd books Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 13:00:01 -0400 From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Dear Mapsters, Just spent some time at my local humongous retail bookstore. I was amazed that in ten minutes perusing the new non-fiction bookshelves I saw the following, that I got out pen and paper and took notes: Humboldt's cosmos/bio The empire of tea Sir Walter Raleigh/bio Over the edge of the World/Magellan Before Lewis & Clark/Chouteau family/fur traders Bering: The Russian discovery of America The book nobody read/Copernicus A pirate of exquisite mind/Dampier To the hear of the Nile, Lady Florence Baker and the exploration of Central Africa Cook, the extraordianary voyages of Captain James Cook By Permission of Heaven, the true story of the Great Fire of London Now, I do not know about you, but I found this to be an extraordinary compilation of geographically oriented books on the "hot new books" shelf at Barnes & Noble. I guess it is time for summer reading? Alice C. Hudson Chief, Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027 http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. - Nelson Henderson