{"product_id":"maphead-charting-the-wide-weird-world-of-geography-wonks-ken-jennings-paperback","title":"Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks -- Ken Jennings, Paperback","description":"Record-setting Jeopardy! champion and New York Times bestselling author of Planet Funny Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, \"a literary gem\" (The Atlantic). Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the \"unreal estate\" charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. Jennings also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been. From the \"Here be dragons\" parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. If you're an inveterate map lover yourself--or even if you're among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket--let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Jennings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439167182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e won seventy-four games and $2.52 million on \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e, both U.S. game show records. His book, \u003ci\u003eBrainiac\u003c\/i\u003e, about his bizarre \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e adventures and the phenomenon of trivia in American culture, was a national bestseller. He currently lives outside Seattle, with his family and a deeply unstable Labrador retriever named Banjo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ken Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67584631898340,"sku":"9781439167182","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781439167182.jpg?v=1792050921","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/maphead-charting-the-wide-weird-world-of-geography-wonks-ken-jennings-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}