Kenneth C Davis
2) Don't know much about the Bible: everything you need to know about the Good Book but never learned
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English
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A question-and-answer format helps explain some of the mistranslations and misconceptions about the Bible.
5) Don't know much about history: everthing you need to know about American history, but never learned
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Profiles every American president up to George W. Bush, presenting facts about their time in office, listing major events, and providing personal information such as their hobbies and favorite foods.
7) Don't know much about the universe: everything you need to know about the cosmos but never learned
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001
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English
8) Don't Know Much About the Universe: Everything You Need to Know About Outer Space but Never Learned
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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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...
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HarperCollins
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[2013]
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English
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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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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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From Homer to Harry Potter, from Chaucer to Charlotte's Web, acompelling book of quizzes on history's most influential literary worksand writers Did a whale named "Mocha Dick" inspire Melville's masterpiece? Who was the first poet to speak at a presidential inauguration? Which French-speaking high school football star shook up the literary world? Do you freeze when someone mentions Faulkner? When the conversation turns to the Odyssey, do you want...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About ® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology, the Bible, the universe, geography, and the Civil War. Now, the sky's the limit in his latest irresistible installment-a grand tour of knowledge that carries us from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Berlin Wall, from the Salem Witch Trials to...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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For years, Kenneth C. Davis has enlightened and enthralled us, opening our minds and tickling our fancies with his wonderfully irreverent, fun, and factual Don't Know Much About ® books. He has carried readers on wild and edifying rides through history, mythology, geography, the Bible, the Civil War, even across the universe. Now, following on the heels of his triumphant New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About ® Anything, comes Don't Know...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Kenneth C. Davis presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation’s destiny and character. Davis’s dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light little-known but fascinating facts from a time when the nation’s fate hung in the balance.
Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington’s inauguration...
Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington’s inauguration...