(3) YA African-American Biographies series. These generally admiring biographies trace the lives of Bunche and Goldberg from their impoverished beginnings through their professional triumphs. Bunche, the statesman who engineered Mideast peace, was the first African American to win a Nobel Prize; Goldberg has combined Oscar-winning film work with humanitarian causes. The accessible texts are illustrated with average quality black-and-white photos. Goldberg contains a filmography. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Overcoming Adversity series. Illustrated with black-and-white publicity photos, these show business biographies cover their subjects' personal lives and professional careers, and demonstrate how each person has prevailed over an obstacle. Though the books' tone is often adulatory, they do an adequate job discussing Carey's depression, Goldberg's youthful poverty and drug abuse, and Cruise's dyslexia. Time lines are included. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta