Kenneth C Davis
Author
Language
English
Description
An iconoclastic look at America's past: overlooked episodes that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, these narratives bring to light little-known but fascinating, myth-busting facts. Read the story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists; the coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella,...
2) Don't know much about the universe: everything you need to know about the cosmos but never learned
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
7) Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history but never learned
Author
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
This handy reference volume uses a question and answer format to provide readers with a thoughful, intelligent, and often humorous overview of American history.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
Description
Where do we come from? Why do stars shine and the seasons change? What is evil? Since the beginning of time, people have answered such questions by crafting imaginative stories that have served as religion, science, philosophy, and popular literature. In his irreverent a question-and-answer style, Davis introduces and explains the great myths of the world, as well as the works of literature that have made them famous. He tackles Mesopotamia's Gilgamesh,...
10) The Presidents
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the power and duties of the President of the United States, facts about each of the 43 presidents from George Washington through George W. Bush, and events during their years of service.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Historian Kenneth C. Davis brings his remarkable ability for making the past vital and entertaining to this in-depth study of the United States' bloodiest conflict. Not content to rehash the one-dimensional accounts that traditional history textbooks have foisted upon students, Davis reexamines with a fresh, critical eye the situations leading up to and the key events that shaped the Civil War. He begins by reaching back to the earliest days of American...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
Presents, in question and answer format, a history of the United States from the exploration of Christopher Columbus to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
Davis has brought his groundbreaking work up to the present, including the history of an "Era of Broken Trust," from the end of the Clinton administration through the recent Great Recession. This additional material covers the horrific events of 9/11 and the rise of conspiracy theorists, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the New Orleans levees, the global financial meltdown, the election of Barack Obama, and the...
20) World myths
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English