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1) Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history but never learned
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From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook-which includes a new preface by Davis-he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history.
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Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet. Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics, and political science. In addition to presenting geographical trivia that'll impress your friends, Davis explores 21st-century topics of global concern,...
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[1996]
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First edition.
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English
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"Highly informative and entertaining ... propels the reader light years beyond dull textbooks and Gone with the Wind." - San Francisco Chronicle It has been 150 years since the opening salvo of America's War Between the States. New York Times bestselling author Ken Davis tells us everything we never knew about our nation's bloodiest conflict in Don't Know Much About ® the Civil War -another fascinating and fun installment in his acclaimed series....
4) Don't know much about the Bible: everything you need to know about the good book but never learned
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1998.
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First edition.
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English
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With wit, wisdom, and an extraordinary talent for turning dry, difficult reading into colorful and realistic accounts, the creator of the bestselling Don't Know Much About®, series now brings the world of the Old and New testaments to life as no one else can in the bestseller Don't Know Much About® The Bible. Relying on new research and improved translations, Davis uncovers some amazing questions and contradictions about what the Bible really says....
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With his inimitable wit and knowledge, Kenneth Davis proves there is a lot more to geography than labeling countries on a map. Davis shows how geography is really a great crossroads of many fields; biology, meteorology, astronomy, history, economics, and even politics. For anyone who has felt geographically ignorant ever since gas stations stopped handing out free maps.
10) Don't know much about the universe: everything you need to know about outer space but never learned
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2001.
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First Perennial edition.
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English
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Who dug those canals on Mars? What was the biblical Star of Bethlehem? Were the pyramids built by extraterrestrials? From the ancients who charted the heavens to Star Trek, The X-Files, and Apollo 13, outer space has intrigued people through the ages. Yet most of us look up at the night sky and feel totally in the dark when it comes to the basic facts about the universe. Kenneth C. Davis steps into that void with a lively and readable guide to the...
11) The 50 states
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2002.
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English
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Provides assorted facts about each of the fifty states in question and answer format.
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[2005]
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English
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The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series -- a magical journey into the timeless world of mythology. It has been fifteen years since Kenneth C. Davis first dazzled audiences with his instant classic Don't Know Much About® History, vividly bringing the past to life and proving that Americans don't hate history, they just hate the dull, textbook version they were fed in school. With humor, wit, and a knack...
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