Orem Library

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 listeners. 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. Amazing stories...

Questions and answers provide information about dinosaurs, including the different species, what they ate, how they lived, and why they may have become extinct.

Ranges from Mount Olympus and the Maya of Central America to ancient Rome and the land of the Norse to share tales and accessible commentary pertaining to mythological creation stories, gods, and heroes.

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 bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis knows, history can be fun, fascinating, and memorable. In his trademark question-and-answer style — peppered with surprising facts, historic reproductions, Davis introduces our ancestors who settled the East and expanded the West, as well as those who...

A New York Times bestseller 

“Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” —People magazine
From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this revised, expanded, and updated edition of the classic...

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.