There are countless Map courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
- Me on the Map (2018)
- The Map of Salt and Stars: A Novel (2019)
- The Love Map: Reignite, Reconnect and Repair Your Relationship (2019)
- Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999)
- The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (2007)
- Maps and Globes (Reading Rainbow Book) (1986)
- The Once Upon a Time Map Book: Take a Tour of Six Enchanted Lands (2010)
- The Culture Map (Intl Ed): Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures (2016)
- The Map: A Spiritual Guide to Your Soul s Journey (2019)
- The Expeditioners and the Lost City of Maps (2019)
- Rand Mcnally Washington D.C. Street Map (Red Cover) (2013)
Me on the Map (2018)
Where are you? Where is your room? Where is your home? Where is your town? This playful introduction to maps shows children how easy it is to find where they live and how they fit in to the larger world. Filled with fun and adorable new illustrations by Qin Leng, this repackage of Me on the Map will show readers how easy it is to find the places they know and love with help from a map.
The Map of Salt and Stars: A Novel (2019)
This “beguiling” (Seattle Times) and stunning novel begins in the summer of 2011. Nour has just lost her father to cancer, and her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father’s spirit alive as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story—the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker.
The Love Map: Reignite, Reconnect and Repair Your Relationship (2019)
If you aren’t growing together in your relationship, you are likely growing apart. The Love Map: Reignite, Reconnect and Repair Your Relationship, gives couples a blueprint to help you navigate the inevitable ups and downs of love. This book is a practical guide, an engaging story, and a workbook.
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999)
Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us about the mind, morality, and structure of the world itself? From the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos comes a provocative hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern neuropsychology tells us about the brain and what rituals, myths, and religious stories have long narrated.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (2007)
A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year It’s the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure-garbage removal, clean water, sewers-necessary to support its rapidly expanding population, the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease no one knows how to cure.
Maps and Globes (Reading Rainbow Book) (1986)
This comprehensive look at geography and the environment, Maps and Globes, can take you anywhere—to the top of the tallest mountain on earth or the bottom of the deepest ocean. Maps tell you about the world: where various countries are located, where the jungles and deserts are, even how to find your way around your own hometown. If you take a fancy to any place on earth, you can go there today and still be home in time for dinner. So open a map, spin a globe.
The Once Upon a Time Map Book: Take a Tour of Six Enchanted Lands (2010)
Imagine that fairy tales are real and can be explored in detail with the help of maps. Imagine navigating the mysteries of Aladdin’s kingdom, the dangers of the Giant’s kingdom at the top of Jack’s beanstalk, and the whimsy of Alice’s Wonderland. Imagine a trip through the unique geographical features of Peter Pan’s Neverland, Dorothy’s Land of Oz, and Snow White’s Enchanted Forest. You’ll have expert guides and clear, simple directions.
The Culture Map (Intl Ed): Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures (2016)
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The Map: A Spiritual Guide to Your Soul s Journey (2019)
The Map was created as a way for you to develop a clearer sense of your path and purpose here in this physical plane. It is a tool for recharging and reorienting yourself to your true focus, and it helps you work through those road blocks that keep you from discovering your maximum potential. The Map makes it easier to navigate your life. It illuminates where you’ve been and where you’re headed.
The Expeditioners and the Lost City of Maps (2019)
As the world teeters on the edge of war, Explorer-in-Training Kit West finishes his spy training and is sent on his first secret mission: a dangerous journey across the Simerian Desert to retrieve a secret map that will allow his government to fend off an invasion.
Rand Mcnally Washington D.C. Street Map (Red Cover) (2013)
Rand McNally’s folded map for Washington, D.C. is a must-have for anyone traveling in and around this part of District of Columbia, offering unbeatable accuracy and reliability at a great price. Our trusted cartography shows all Interstate, U.S., state, and county highways, along with clearly indicated parks, points of interest, airports, county boundaries, and streets. The easy-to-use legend and detailed index make for quick and easy location of destinations.
Best Map Books That You Need
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some map books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Understanding Distillation Using Column Profile Maps
Author(s): Daniel Beneke, Mark Peters, David Glasser, Diane Hildebrandt
ID: 885632, Publisher: Wiley, Year: [2013] ©2013, Size: 5 Mb, Format: pdf
Jesse James and the Lost Templar Treasure: Secret Diaries, Coded Maps, and the Knights of the Golden Circle
Author(s): Daniel J. Duke
ID: 2387934, Publisher: Destiny Books, Year: 9 July 2019, Size: 7 Mb, Format: epub
Home Is Everywhere: The Unbelievably True Story of One Man’s Journey to Map America
Author(s): Charles L. Novak
ID: 2386788, Publisher: Disruption Books, Year: 26 Feb 2019, Size: 12 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are really chart-busters according to The New York Times, others are composed by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.