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'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking. Packed with 'Well-I-never-knew-that' information and with fascinating and unusual examples throughout, we find out how many people it took to build the Great Pyramid, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). There's a wonderful mix of science, history and wit, all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics.Urgent and essential, Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to b

Presents a revised and expanded edition of the classic anti-textbook that uses a question-and-answer format to offer a chronological, informal introduction to American history.

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 AboutR History, Don't Know Much Abo

For more than twenty years since his New York Times bestseller Don’t Know Much AboutR History first appeared, Davis has shown that Americans don’t hate history, just the dull version dished out in sch

“Fun, engrossing, and significant. . . . History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”—San Francisco ChronicleHere, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its

Here, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its debut as a New York Times bestseller, is the revised, updated, and expanded edition of the classic anti-textbook that changed the way we look at hist

When Don't Know Much AboutA?actual symbol not reproducibleA" History first appeared thirteen years ago, it created a sensation. With humor, wit, great stories, and a trademark conversational style, t

Who really discovered America? What was "the shot heard 'round the world"? Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: Did he or didn't he? From the arrival of Columbus through the bizarre election of 2000 an

“Fun, engrossing, and significant. . . . History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”—San Francisco ChronicleHere, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its

Three classic Kenneth C. Davis audiobooks are now available as an audiobook collection. Collection includes: Don’t Know Much About the Civil War, Don’t Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition, a

Desde la llegada de Cristóbal Colón hasta las extrañas elecciones del 2000, el autor Kenneth C. Davis lleva a sus lectores en un divertido viaje a través de más de 500 a

Was Columbus the first European in the Americas? What sport became more popular after the Civil War? Were the Little Rock Nine a rock-and-roll band? As best-selling author Kenneth C. Davis know

The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much AboutR series -- a magical journey into the timeless world of mythology It has been fifteen years since Kenneth C. Davis first

What is an Egyptian pyramid doing on the U. S. dollar bill? Did a pharaoh inspire Moses to worship one God? What’s a Canaanite demoness doing at a rock concert? Since the beginning of time,

Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about the most significant event in our history. Now New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sort

In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much AboutR series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, myth

Multi-million-copy bestselling historian Kenneth C. Davis sets his sights on war stories inThe Hidden History of America at War. In prose that will remind you of "the best teacher you ever ha

Money. We obsess about it in a material sense, butwe don't know much about it on a deeper level. We know it makes the world go‘round, but do we really understand how? It's what we want, but why? Coi

Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the