Just picked up from a USA-based internet discussion list - but there's no reason why Brits over here shouldn't read the book and comment! Francis Herbert [log in to unmask] http://www.rgs.org [see 'Collections' - including some online catalogues] -----Original Message----- From: Angie Cope [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 06 April 2005 2:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: MAPS-L: A Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman I recently heard about this new title -- being compared to the Da Vinci Code, The Rule of Four and Codex. Has anyone read it and care to comment on the treatment of the map library in question? The Geographer's Library (Hardcover) by Jon Fasman * Hardcover: 384 pages * Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (February 3, 2005) * ISBN: 1594200386 There is a nice description at amazon.com ... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594200386/qid=1112792868/sr=8 -1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-7881114-5858448?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 -- ************************************************** ANGIE COPE, Academic Map Librarian American Geographical Society Library UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html Hours: 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] (414) 229-6282 (800) 558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) (414) 229-3624 (FAX) **************************************************