(4) 4-6 Chronicle of America's Wars series. These books do an adequate job of detailing the activities that led to the Korean, Vietnam, and Cold wars as well as the conflicts themselves. Nicely designed pages full of quotes, reproduced art, and maps help to break up the sometimes dense text. Occasional double-page spreads focus on such topics as weapons and soldiers' uniforms. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Chronicle of America's Wars titles: The Korean War, The Vietnam War, and The Cold War.]

Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman

(4) 4-6 Passport to History series. With a contemporary tourist-guide tone, these books on ancient civilizations are generally amusing and informative. Accompanying sometimes humorous boxed trivia are cartoon figures dressed in ancient garb and wearing sunglasses, which detract from the useful photos of artifacts. Pronunciation guide, reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Passport to History titles: Your Travel Guide to Ancient Rome and Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel.]

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) 4-6 Techies series. These run-of-the mill biographies trace the personal and professional lives of three leaders in the computer technology revolution: Jobs of Apple Computer, Andreessen of Netscape, and Bezos of Amazon.com. Jobs is the best of the three with its balanced description of the visionary taskmaster; Bezos is the weakest, due to choppy writing. Bland stock photos add little to the volumes. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 4-6 Techies series. Although the books in this series include biographical information, their strength is the clear way they present computer history and technology and highlight their subjects' contributions to it. Torvalds's operating system Linux, Ellison's relational database Oracle, and Yang and Filo's Yahoo! search engine are discussed in journalistic prose illustrated with bland, sometimes tangential stock black-and-white photos. Bib., ind. [Review covers these Techies titles: Linus Torvalds, Larry Ellison, Jerry Yang and David Filo.]

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Rodeo series. Welcome provides an overview of the rodeo, while the other five books look at specific events in more detail, emphasizing rules, preparation, and action, and downplaying dangers to animals and competitors. The informative, though somewhat repetitive, volumes conclude with short profiles of stars and a list of previous winners. Photographs of riders, horses, bulls, and cattle in action accompany the texts. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Rodeo series. Welcome provides an overview of the rodeo, while the other five books look at specific events in more detail, emphasizing rules, preparation, and action, and downplaying dangers to animals and competitors. The informative, though somewhat repetitive, volumes conclude with short profiles of stars and a list of previous winners. Photographs of riders, horses, bulls, and cattle in action accompany the texts. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Rodeo series. Welcome provides an overview of the rodeo, while the other five books look at specific events in more detail, emphasizing rules, preparation, and action, and downplaying dangers to animals and competitors. The informative, though somewhat repetitive, volumes conclude with short profiles of stars and a list of previous winners. Photographs of riders, horses, bulls, and cattle in action accompany the texts. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Rodeo series. Welcome provides an overview of the rodeo, while the other five books look at specific events in more detail, emphasizing rules, preparation, and action, and downplaying dangers to animals and competitors. The informative, though somewhat repetitive, volumes conclude with short profiles of stars and a list of previous winners. Photographs of riders, horses, bulls, and cattle in action accompany the texts. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Rodeo series. Welcome provides an overview of the rodeo, while the other five books look at specific events in more detail, emphasizing rules, preparation, and action, and downplaying dangers to animals and competitors. The informative, though somewhat repetitive, volumes conclude with short profiles of stars and a list of previous winners. Photographs of riders, horses, bulls, and cattle in action accompany the texts. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Rodeo series. Welcome provides an overview of the rodeo, while the other five books look at specific events in more detail, emphasizing rules, preparation, and action, and downplaying dangers to animals and competitors. The informative, though somewhat repetitive, volumes conclude with short profiles of stars and a list of previous winners. Photographs of riders, horses, bulls, and cattle in action accompany the texts. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman