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English
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Join best-selling author Kenneth C. Davis on an entertaining trek across the globe as he answers some big questions about the world in the amusing style that has won millions of listeners. With fascinating anecdotes about the world’s most unusual places and notable quotes from world travelers throughout history, Davis leads you to the longest river, coldest desert, tallest waterfall, most powerful volcanic eruption and much more. Amazing stories...
2) Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history but never learned
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English
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Using a question-answer format, this chronological overview offers an informal introduction to American history and features annotated reading lists and biographical profiles.
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English
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Historian Kenneth C. Davis brings his remarkable ability for making the past vital and entertaining to this in-depth study of the United States' bloodiest conflict. Not content to rehash the one-dimensional accounts that traditional history textbooks have foisted upon students, Davis reexamines with a fresh, critical eye the situations leading up to and the key events that shaped the Civil War. He begins by reaching back to the earliest days of American...
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides information about space in a question and answer format, discussing astronomy, the sun and planets, the universe, and the possibility of life on other planets. Includes riddles and humorous illustrations.
10) World myths
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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4 audio discs (approximately 249 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Explores the myths of the world, their impact on history, and their continuing role in people's lives. Mythology is alive today in art, literature, theatre, dreams, and psychology.
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