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San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Audio Book Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 1999 by Muller, Carol Doup
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 24 -- CATCH UP ON YOUR GEOGRAPHY: In back-to-school September, the kids hop into the car every afternoon full of new (to them) knowledge. It can make a driver feel a little dull by comparison. One solution can be the audiotapes of Kenneth C. Davis' best-selling "Don't Know Much About ..." books.
"Don't Know Much About Geography" (Bantam Doubleday Dell, three hours abridged, $18), Davis says in an introduction that he reads, is for everyone who looked a map of the Nile and wondered how that river could flow north. A lively, knowledgeable teacher with a fondness for trivia, Davis clears up that conundrum and launches into a brisk overview of the whole physical world.
The gee-whiz factor is high. Who knew...
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