{"id":38115,"date":"2020-08-29T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T02:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38115"},"modified":"2021-01-07T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:00:15","slug":"review-of-brilliant-maps-for-curious-minds-by-ian-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38115","title":{"rendered":"Review of Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds, by Ian Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/brilliant_maps_for_curious_minds_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/brilliant_maps_for_curious_minds_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38158\" \/><\/a><em>Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds<\/p>\n<p>100 New Ways to See the World<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Ian Wright<br \/>\nillustrated by Infographic.ly<\/p>\n<p>The Experiment, 2019.  Originally published in the UK.  192 pages.<br \/>\nReview written July 29, 2020, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Standouts2020.html\">2020 Sonderbooks Stand-out<\/a>: #9 General Nonfiction<\/p>\n<p>This book is a collection of maps from the author\u2019s website, <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliantmaps.com\/\">brilliantmaps.com<\/a>.  As the subtitle suggests, these maps are able to help you see the world in a different way.  Most of the maps shine a spotlight on one aspect of the world and make you see that aspect differently.<\/p>\n<p>The 100 maps are broken into 9 chapters:  People and Populations; Politics, Power, and Religion; Culture and Customs; Friends and Enemies; Geography; History; National Identity; Crime and Punishment; and Nature.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the maps you might consider silly \u2013 for example, longest place names, countries whose flags contain red or blue, and world plug and socket maps \u2013 others more serious, such as Homicide rates: Europe vs. the U. S.  <\/p>\n<p>Some maps I enjoyed included Probability of a White Christmas map (except that the probability is low where I live); European countries that have invaded Poland; How the North American population fits into Europe; and Countries without McDonalds.<\/p>\n<p>This book is well titled.  Yes, these maps are brilliant.  Yes, you are sure to enjoy them if you have a curious mind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brilliantmaps.com\/\">brilliantmaps.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1615196250\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/brilliant_maps_for_curious_minds.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/brilliant_maps_for_curious_minds.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds 100 New Ways to See the World by Ian Wright illustrated by Infographic.ly The Experiment, 2019. Originally published in the UK. 192 pages. Review written July 29, 2020, from a library book Starred Review 2020 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #9 General Nonfiction This book is a collection of maps from the author\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,2,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-issues","category-nonfiction-review","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38809,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38115\/revisions\/38809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}