{"product_id":"mike-parker-map-addict-2010","title":"Mike Parker: Map Addict [2010]","description":"\u003cp\u003e'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said...'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eMike Parker, presenter of Radio 4's On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic, critically-acclaimed read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eOn an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: they are a cipher for every area of human existence. At a stroke, they convey precise information about topography, layout, history, politics and power. They are the unsung heroes of life: \u003cem\u003eMap Addict\u003c\/em\u003e sings their song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThere are some fine, dry tomes out there about the history and development of cartography: this is not one of them. Mixing wry observation with hard fact and considerable research, \u003cem\u003eMap Addict \u003c\/em\u003eunearths the offbeat, the unusual and the downright pedantic in a celebration of all things maps. Combining history, travel, politics, memoir and oblique observation in a highly readable, and often very funny, style, Mike Parker confesses how his own impressive map collection was founded on a virulent teenage shoplifting habit, ponders how a good leftie can be so gung-ho about British cartographic imperialism and wages a one-man war against the moronic blandishments of the Sat Nav age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis new edition of the beloved classic has been fully revised and updated, with a new chapter on digital maps: the good, the bad, the Google Street View.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parker, Mike","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53771078271315,"sku":"9780007351572","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":53771078238547,"sku":"XG80007351572","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/parker-mike-mike-parker-map-addict-2010-1239069319.jpg?v=1779132159","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/mike-parker-map-addict-2010","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}