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Loading... Don't Know Much About Anything: Everything You Need to Know but Never…by Kenneth C. DavisSeries: Don't Know Much About
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Kenneth Davis has written many books in his "Don't Know Much" series, covering everything from the Bible to the Universe to the Civil War. In all those books, he takes questions about his topic and give clear information, never very deep, but excellent starting points when learning about any new topic. However, in DKMA Anything, he presents a series of mini-quizzes about each topic, giving brief sentence-length answers to each. This might be very entertaining and useful for middle- and high-school aged children and their families. It's also quite amusing to dip into. However, this format precludes reading in large doses or for any real insight into a topic. (  )1   kaelirenee | Oct 5, 2008 |  An excellent book for learning some things you may have never heard before. Best read in small doses to avoid "fact overload" and give you time to think over what you've read and possibly do further research on something you'd like to learn even more about. (  ) rastaphrog | Feb 21, 2008 | Good book, with some fascinating and fun information, but the format is more like taking a series of little tests. Consequently I found I had to be flipping back and forth between the pages, which got tiresome. ( ) omphalos02 | Aug 18, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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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 Watergate, from Michelangelo to Houdini. Brimming with busted myths, gripping true stories, and peculiar particulars about a plethora of people, places, and events, this captivating compendium is guaranteed to delight information lovers everywhere as it feeds our insatiable appetite to know everything!"
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