Dont Know Much About Geography, Kenneth C. Davis
Dont Know Much About Geography, Kenneth C. Davis
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Don't Know Much About Geography
Everything You Need to Know About the World But Never Learned, Revised and Updated

Author: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrator: Kenneth C. Davis, Joe Ochman, Mark Bramhall, Paul Boehmer, Zach McLarty, Adenrele Ojo

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2013


Synopsis

From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our world.

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 crossroad 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.

About The Author

Kenneth C. Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nation Rising; America’s Hidden History; and Don’t Know Much About® History, which sold more than 1.6 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don’t Know Much About® series for adults and children. He blogs regularly at www.dontknowmuch.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by W. Derek on December 08, 2014

I read this book, and found much of the information interesting and fascinating. However, I found numerous factual errors, including the following: 1. Davis writes that Texas was annexed into the United States in 1836 - This actually occurred in December, 1845. (p. 116) 2. Davis writes that the Bikini......more

Goodreads review by Cherisa on February 23, 2025

Meh. 2 1/2 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Scott on September 08, 2016

I enjoyed learning certain aspects of the book (weather patterns, deserts, planets, cyclones, etc.) That was also its downfall: not enough geography and more about other history and astronomy. I also found that the author didn't go into enough detail (e.g. the difference between an ocean and a sea)......more

Goodreads review by Jvtv on July 13, 2009

Puts me to sleep sometimes but I'm learning things. Some of those things are interesting. The book sprinkles excerpts from people in history. My favorite is by Neil Amrstrong the man on the moon: "We were still thousands of miles away, but close enough, so that the Moon almost filled our circular wi......more

Goodreads review by Sigrid on January 15, 2019

Clearly not everything, but very fun to listen to in the car.......more