Two more brief book items. Slate has a slideshow by Frank Jacobs excerpting material from his book and blog, Strange Maps, starting with Çatalhüyük and ending with a geological map of the Moon. And Katharine Harmon continues to get local media coverage for her latest book, The Map as Art; here’s the Seattle Times.

Previously: The New York Times on Two Map Books; Strange Maps: Frank Jacobs Interviewed; The Map as Art.

• Buy The Map as Art at Amazon.com
• Buy Strange Maps at Amazon.com