Here are a couple threads from the past that address aspects of this (there are many others, but these were ones I could find quickly since I started them ) I don't have time to harvest the links and titles inside tonight, but I'm sure they'll be fairly obvious...for the books, several are out of print (though easy to <ahem> track down).

I appreciate your effort putting this together!

http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...Building-Books
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...Medieval-Times
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...asted-Blend%29
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...-Coriolis-quot