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Don't Know Much about Geography: Everything You Need to Know about the World But Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)

by Kenneth C Davis

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Publisher Comments:

Who Killed The Dead Sea? Where was the Garden of Eden? What's So Bad About the Badlands?

Get on board as Kenneth C. Davis, author of the acclaimed national bestseller Don't Know Much About® History, takes us on a fascinating, breathtaking, and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth — opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild, and wonderful world we never knew.

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"This entertaining, copious guide should help to remedy American readers' lack of geographical literacy." Publishers Weekly

Review:

"Kenneth C. Davis proves there is a lot more to geography then labeling countries on a map." School Library Journal

Synopsis:

Who killed the dead sea?...Where was the garden of Eden?...What's so bad about the badlands?

The author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller Don't Know Much About History now takes us on a fascinating, breathtaking and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth — opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild, and wonderful world we never knew.

Synopsis:

Who Killed The Dead Sea? Where was the Garden of Eden? What's So Bad About the Badlands?

Get on board as Kenneth C. Davis, author of the acclaimed national bestseller Don't Know Much About® History, takes us on a fascinating, breathtaking, and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth — opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild, and wonderful world we never knew.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-365) and index.

About the Author

Kenneth C. Davis is the best-selling author of Don't Know Much About History, which spent 35 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold nearly 1.5 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don't Know Much About® series for adults and children. Davis appears frequently in the media, has spoken at the Smithsonian Museum and American Museum of Natural History, and has written for the New York Times and Newsday, among other publications. He has also contributed to NPR's All Things Considered. He lives in New York City and Dorset, Vermont.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780380713790
Subtitle:
Everything You Need to Know about the World But Never Learned
Author:
Davis, Kenneth C.
Author:
Davis, Kenneth C.
Author:
by Kenneth C Davis
Publisher:
Harper Paperbacks
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Geography
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Questions and answers
Subject:
Slavery
Subject:
Earth Sciences - Geography
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Don't Know Much About...
Series Volume:
123
Publication Date:
November 1993
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
8.08x5.29x.97 in. .69 lbs.

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