(4) 4-6 Heinemann Infosearch: Deadly History series. This simplified overview discusses the people, places, and events that led to the persecution and genocide of millions of Jews and others in Europe by the Nazis during World War II. Nine short sections track the Holocaust's evolution before addressing the overall effect it had on the world. Photographs (sometimes graphic), diagrams, and sidebars round out the cursory volume. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan

(4) 4-6 Heinemann Infosearch: Deadly History series. This simplified overview introduces three major bubonic plague pandemics: the Plague of Justinian, the Black Death, and the Modern Plague. Also discussed is the introduction of insecticides and antibiotics to help curtail the disease today. Other important, non-pandemic outbreaks of bubonic plague are confusingly interwoven in the eleven short sections, which are peppered with illustrations, photographs, charts, and sidebars. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan