DO SLEEPING VOLCANOES SNORE? (SEE PAGE 12) IS THE DEAD SEA DEAD? (SEE PAGE 21) HOW ICY IS ICELAND? (SEE PAGE 78) JOIN BEST-SELLING AUTHOR KENNETH C. DAVIS ON AN ENTERTAINING TREK ACROSS THE GLOBE AS HE ANSWERS SOME BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORLD IN THE AMUSING STYLE THAT HAS WON MILLIONS OF READERS. WITH FASCINATING ANECDOTES ABOUT THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL PLACES AND NOTABLE QUOTES FROM WORLD TRAVELERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, DAVIS LEADS YOU TO THE LONGEST RIVER, COLDEST DESERT, TALLEST WATERFALL, MOST POWERFUL VOLCANIC ERUPTION, AND MUCH MORE. HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND AMAZING STORIES MAKE THE "BORING" FACTS OF GEOGRAPHY COME TO LIFE AS YOU READ ABOUT MARCO POLO'S ADVENTURES IN CHINA AND DISCOVER THAT PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA SPEAK SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE -- NOT LATIN AT ALL! KENNETH C. DAVIS BRINGS THE VERVE OF HIS POPULAR BEST-SELLER DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT GEOGRAPHY TO A NEW AUDIENCE. HE MAKES IT FUN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE PLANET WE CALL HOME.
INTRODUCTION5(6) WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT EARTH?6(17) HOW ARE DESERTS LIKE DESSERTS?23 (11) WHY ARE MAPS SO POWERFUL?34 (12) AFRICA: DOES YOUR FAMILY TREE HAVE ITS ROOTS46 (12) IN AFRICA? ASIA: WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THE GREAT WALL OF58 (13) CHINA? EUROPE: IS ``EURO'' A NICKNAME FOR EUROPEANS?71 (12) NORTH AMERICA: WHY ISN'T AMERICA CALLED83 (14) COLUMBIA? SOUTH AMERICA: WHY IS CHILE SHAPED LIKE A97 (11) CHILE? AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: ARE THERE DEVILS108(11) IN TASMANIA? ANTARCTICA: IS THERE REALLY A POLE AT THE119(9) SOUTH POLE? COUNTRIES BY CONTINENT128(2) MILESTONES130(5) GLOSSARY135(4) SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY139(1) INDEX140
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