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Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned Audio CD – Abridged, September 15, 1998

by Kenneth C. Davis (Author, Reader)

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Was there an Atlantis?What's the smallest country in the world?What's the difference between a jungle and a rain forest? Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About® History, Don't Know Much About® the Civil War and Don't Know Much About® the Bible, turns his inimitable wit and wide-ranging knowledge to the subject of geography, and proves once and for all that there is a lot more to it than labeling countries on a map.

From often amusing perceptions people have had through the ages about the world and the universe to the changing map of today, Davis shows how geography is really a great crossroads of many fields: biology, meteorology, astronomy, history, economics, and even politics. In this lively, entertaining, and endlessly fascinating presentation, you'll hear about the personalities that helped shape the world and learn the answers to questions that have vexed most of us since grade school. Along the way, Davis offers an affectionate ode to the earth: a celebration of the earth, a searching investigation of the destruction of our habitat, and a practical guide to saving our home planet.

For anyone who has felt geographically ignorant ever since gas stations stopped handing out free maps, Don't Know Much About® Geography is enormously informative entertainment.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Audio (September 15, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553456040
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553456042
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.9 x 0.93 x 5.58 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,814,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10,829 in Geography (Books)
- #11,842 in Atlases & Maps (Books)
- #65,802 in Books on CD

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Kenneth C. Davis is the author of Don't Know Much About® History, which spent 35 consecutive weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and gave rise to the Don't Know Much About® series of books and audios.

Davis's success aptly makes the case that Americans don't hate history, just the dull version they slept through in class. Davis's approach is to refresh us on the subjects we should have learned in school. He does it by busting myths and setting the record straight.

Kenneth C. Davis is a frequent media guest and has appeared on hundreds of television and radio shows, including NPR, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and CNN. He has written for the New York Times Op-Ed page, Smithsonian, Washington Post, and other national publications.

His latest books are the critically acclaimed IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives (2016), MORE DEADLY THAN WAR: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War (2018), and STRONGMAN: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy (2020).

His forthcoming GREAT SHORT BOOKS: A Year of Reading--Briefly, will be published in November 2022. A compendium of 58 great short works he read during the pandemic lock-down, it is a joyous celebration of reading.

Davis lives in New York City with his wife.

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Cathy Teckmeyer

The most helpful book on Geography

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2019

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I just finished reading the book using the book and following with Audible. I learned so much and it was a fun way to learn.

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Wendy M. Flohr

Well Done

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2013

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I love this book and the information it gives regarding the very early maps. Until I read this I never thought about how the "early" maps were developed and added onto over the years. Very interesting how maps evolved into what we are spoiled with today.

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CynthiaK

Title erroneous in Kindle edition.

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2021

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The word Bible is inserted in the book’s title. I bought the Kindle to complement the Audible edition. The word Bible needs to be edited out as it is confusing as though two different books.

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2019

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This book has a lot of helpful information on Geography.

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2011

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This is an informative book. It isn't your average book with maps. This book puts geography in a new light and i enjoyed it. This seller shipped quickly, and the book was in fine condition. I RECOMEND THIS SELLER AND BOOK.

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2005

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"Don't Know Much about Geography" was . . . mediocre. Arguably, a good refresher on the physical science you learned in 8th grade. The author surveys many of the basic concepts like "the ice age," geographical terms, and introduces a little "geo-sociology," explaining how geography influenced society. Towards the end of the book, the author reverses his path and begins a discussion of "socio-geography," explaining how man influences geography. A fun little book but not filled w/ much substance.

As a minor point, the author gets a little sloppy w/ his writing. Each chapter has its fair share of basic grammatical miscues like the following sentence, which contains at least two errors in grammar and construction: "The 1980's were by far the hottest decade ever recorded."

All in all, it was . . . mediocre.

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Anthony Moore

Lots of new information

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2016

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I consider myself fairly knowledgeable on the subject, but there were a number of tidbits I learned.