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Dear readers, I am fond of Cool Maps of France’s Overseas Territories and Departments because I love exotic places. This is a sort of companion volume to
I say "sort of" because the business case for doing this book was pretty tenuous compared to the case for Cool Maps of France. France is one of the most heavily touristed (sic?) countries in the world, and a quick Amazon search reveals that books on "France maps" sell well. I can’t say the same about "maps of St. Pierre and Miquelon" or any of the 20+ other French overseas territories illustrated in this book. Nevertheless, I felt impelled to do this book, simply because I think the places shown in it are cool. This book includes the following 48 figures and tables:
Figure 1. France’s
Table 1. Status and population
Table 2. Uninhabited
Figure 2. Martinique 1632 (Library of Congress)
Figure 3. Martinique
Figure 4. Fort-de-France 1984
Figure 5. French Guiana
Figure 6. French Guiana
Figure 7. French Guiana
Figure 8. French Guiana
Figure 9. French Polynesia 1989 (Central Intelligence Agency)
Figure 10. Guadeloupe (Central Intelligence Agency)
Figure 11. Île
Figure 12. Île Saint-Martin (Central Intelligence Agency)
Figure 13. Mayotte
Figure 14. Location of Mayotte (WikiMedia Commons, 2008)
Figure 15. New
Figure 16. Réunion
Figure 17. Réunion – the day after the volcano erupted,
Figure 18. Île
Figure 19. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (NASA)
Figure 20. Îles Wallis and Iles de Horne (Central Intelligence
Figure 23. Île Alofi,
Figure 22. Futuna
Figure 21. Uvea, one of
Figure 24. Île Amsterdam (WikiMedia Commons)
Figure 25. Île St. Paul (WikiMedia Commons)
Figure 26. Bassas da
Figure 27. Bassas da India from space (NASA)
Figure 28. Clipperton
Figure 29. Clipperton Island from space (NASA)
Figure 30. Crozet
Figure 31. Crozet Islands eastern group (NASA)
Figure 32. Ile Europa (Central Intelligence Agency)
Figure 33. Île Europa land use (WikiMedia Commons)
Figure 34. Île Europa (NASA)
Figure 35. French Antarctic and Southern Lands (Central
Figure 36. Îles
Figure 37. Îles
Figure 38. Île Juan de
Figure 39. Île Juan de
Figure 40. Île Kerguelen (Central Intelligence Agency)
Figure 41. Île Kerguelen (NASA)
Figure 42. Landsat infrared image of Kerguelen (NASA)
Figure 43. Baie du
Figure 44. Map of Kerguelen drawn during the expedition of
Figure 45. Île Tromelin (Central Intelligence Agency)
Figure 46. Île Tromelin (NASA) If you are like me, you will love flipping through these beautifully printed color maps of some of the world’s most isolated and unusual places. Enjoy! Cordially, Fred Zimmerman P.S. Check out the other books in the Cool Maps series:
Dear readers, I am very pleased to bring you this beautiful book in our new "nimble" format:
Introduction
Buy This Book If:
Acknowledgements
Key Facts
Specifications
Ships in the Seawolf Class
Remarks at the Naming Ceremony
Figure 1. SSN-23 incorporates new design features for
Figure 2. Positive thinking
Figure 3. President Carter being given a model of the
Figure 4. A full-length view of the model, courtesy
Figure 5. Ship’s crest.
Figure 6. A detailed view of the propeller, rudder, and
Figure 5. Moving her outdoors for the first time, June
Figure 6. Sneaking out a little
Figure 7. The Multi-Mission Platform that makes Jimmy Carter unique.
Figure 8. Inserting the forward
Figure 9. Leaving Electric Boat to begin Alpha Sea
Figure 10. During sea trials, February 2005.
Figure 11. The commissioning ceremony, February 19,
Figure 12. The crew manning the ship during the
Figure 13. Carter being "depermed", or
Figure 14. Jimmy Carter and
Figure 15. Departing Kings Bay, Georgia with the Carters
Figure 16. Carter on Carter. This is the boat’s mess room.
Figure 17. Returning to Kings Bay after taking Jimmy
An Appropriate Name
Why SSN-23 Jimmy Carter Matters
References
Colophon
I found some terrific AP photos taken inside JIMMY CARTER–I wish I had been able to use them! but the book is pretty nice. If you like this sort of thing, you may BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today CVN-78 GERALD R. FORD, U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Relative sales of these titles will determine whether we do more subs next, or return to the old-fashioned Very cordially yours, Fred Zimmerman Dear readers, I am very glad to bring you this "nimble" book about Cuba with the beautiful image from NASA’s MODIS sensor wrapping around the front and back covers.
This book provides you with 27 beautifully printed color maps and satellite images of Cuba, listed below. Figure 1. The historical context of the Spanish and Portugese Age of Discovery. The Cambridge Modern History Atlas edited by Sir Adolphus William Ward, G.W. Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, and E.A. Benians. Cambridge University Press; London. 1912. Figure 2. Cuba. Joan Vickeboons, 1639 (Library of Congress). Figure 3. A new chart of the seas surrounding the island of Cuba with the soundings, currents, ships, courses &c. and a map of the island itself lately made by an officer in the Navy. From The London magazine, or, Gentleman’s monthly intelligencer. Oct. 1762, v. 21. Figure 4. Cuba during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Figure 5. The location of the Bay of Pigs (1961). Figure 6. The Bay of Pigs in Atlas Nacional de Cuba (Moscow 1970) via Cryptome.org. Figure 7. CIA briefing board for JFK showing range of Soviet MRBMs stationed in Cuba (CIA 1962, via the National Security Archive, George Washington University). Figure 8. Sugar in Cuba (US 1977). Figure 9. Land Utilization in Cuba (US 1977). Figure 10. Economic Activity in Cuba (US 1977). Figure 11. Population Density (US 1977). Figure 12. Political map of Cuba (CIA 1994). Figure 13. Havana (CIA). Figure 14. Detailed topographic map of Guantanamo Bay (NIMA, 1996). Figure 15. Camp Delta at Guantanamo (Department of Defense, 2003). Our bad. Figure 16. A beautiful MODIS image of Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba (NASA 2001). Figure 17. Another spectacular MODIS image (NASA 2004). Figure 18. Coral reefs of Cuba (NOAA). Figure 19. Coral reefs off western Cuba (Landsat 2001). Figure 20. Land cover (MODIS IGBP, NASA, 2007). Red is urban, dark green is forest, pale green is grassy. Figure 21. Vegetation map of Cuba (USGS & the Nature Conservancy). Figure 22. Elevation and depth of Cuba and its surrounding waters (SRTM, NASA, 2007). Figure 23. Coastal and Marine Geology (USGS). Figure 24. Capitalists will find this USGS map of Cuba’s mineral resources handy. Not dated, but note the nuclear power plant near Cienfuegos on the west side of the island. Elements are identified via their scientific abbreviation (e.g. Cu for copper). Figure 25. Population density (SEDAC, 2004). After Fidel and his brother depart, the people of Cuba will remain. Figure 26. Almost every area of Cuba has been touched by human activity. Reds are substantial impact, green is low impact. (SEDAC Human Footprint V2, 2007). Figure 27. Night lights over Florida and Cuba (DMSP, 2007). Observe the difference between the vibrant lights of Florida and the scattered lights of Cuba.
I wish I had been able to find a Godfather III map of organized crime activity in Cuba before 1960, and I would have liked to find a map that showed something of the restrictions on freedom under the Castro regime. If you have any ideas for more Cool Maps of Cuba, by all means send them to me!
In the meantime, let’s be glad that Castro is finally on the way out, and hope that this authoritarian regime will soon loosen its grip on the people of Cuba. Surely, at the very least, they deserve to live less like North Korea and more like China.
Sincerely yours,
Fred Zimmerman Publisher, Nimble Books LLC Dear readers, I am pleased to welcome you to the Amazon detail page for BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today This is one of my favorites in the ever-growing Nimble Books list. The cover looks terrific–very realistic, just as if the Navy had really built the U.S.S. Montana! The interior of the book includes:
In short, this presents a unique package of art and text devoted exclusively to one of the most interesting hypothetical ships ever designed. I’m very happy to see that this book is selling well. I hope you enjoy it. Cordially yours, Fred Zimmerman P.S. if you are interested in reading other stuff about Montana, I recommend two major studies of U.S. battleships: U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman and Both of these books rely on archival sources to give a highly technical history of the ten or twenty different designs that were considered for Montana. My book’s different in that I tackle the issue of "why do we care about this today" head-on. Dear readers, This book
has a special place in my heart because it was the first one I published. It’s held up pretty well over time. The cover, of course, is awfully clunky, and I’ve learned that white is not usually a good color for the cover background. If I were doing it today, I’d probably find a U.S. government public domain image of Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib to serve as the dominant image and put it over a dark grey background. I would probably choose a different font than the Copperplate Gothic I used here, too–but I have to say that the Copperplate Gothic does have a certain appeal! The content is still solid. The Taguba report is essential reading for an understanding of Abu Ghraib, and the Supreme Court cases are still controlling law. I would probably add more about the Guantanamo interrogation protocols and include some of the more egregrious Justice Department memoranda. The interior design is fine. I have no heartburn with anything I did. About two-thirds of the book simply incorporates Supreme Court PDFs of their case reports, which look a bit old-fashioned but are the real deal. That fits with my idea for the book, which is to encourage (force?) people to look at the raw documents whenever possible. The message of the book is still right on target and I am still proud I published it. The rule of law is the winning strategy in the Global War on Terror, and it was, and is, both foolish and wrong for the Bush administration to pursue a strategy of "taking the gloves off" in the treatment of prisoners. Financially speaking, the book has been profitable, and sales have been pretty steady. There are more copies of this book in the WorldCat library catalog than any other book I’ve published. Net lifetime revenue ranks 7th out of all my titles. I expect the book will continue to sell well for many more years. I hope you will add my book to your collection, and even better, buy a copy for your local library. I would hazard that for at least the next hundred years, it will be important that every generation to relearn the lessons of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. There’s no better way to do that than to look directly at the original primary documents. Cordially, Fred Zimmerman P.S. I strongly recommend that people interested in this topic also buy
The bottom line is that regardless of whether torture is wrong (of course it is), it does not work. Dear readers, If you enjoyed this book, you may enjoy I have no hesitation in saying that his book is terrific, and I also have no hesitation in saying that my book is quite a bit more cost-effective than his (which rings up at $268.91!) — and even has nicer color printing! Of course, you may also want to take a look at:
Best, Fred Zimmerman Dear Reader, I’m very happy with how this book turned out. The color maps print even more beautifully than they look on screen. If you are interested in Iraq and its history, I feel sure you will find this a rewarding purchase. Cordially, Fred Zimmerman Dear reader, I hope you enjoy COOL MAPS OF IRAQ. I’ve read a lot of books about Iraq. A few must-reads:
You may also enjoy some of the other books in the Cool Maps series from Nimble Books:
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