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Davis consistently does what your junior high teacher probably didn't; he makes geography amusing and riveting. From early concepts of whether the world was a disk floating in water (Thales) or pear-shaped (Columbus), Davis explains earthquakes, rain forests, Atlantis and whether there are canaries on the Canary Islands. In short, he covers the scientific, physical, and political history of the Earth and does his level best to raise our collective geographic IQ while entertaining us.
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18 released booksDon't Know Much About is a 18-book series first released in 1990 with contributions by Kenneth C. Davis and Jenny Davis.
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This book has an easy-to-follow format. Each section is really a question that gets answered; it's easy to read a little here and there. I learned a lot. Unfortunately, it's a bit dated at this point, but since I know that, I took some sections as not quite the truth anymore.