Doris Flexner

Great bathroom book! I wish some of the entries had more detail... but they're a good starting point for looking stuff up online.

Brief sections on historical disasters. Depressing to read straight through for any length of time. I ended up skimming through and picking sections of interest to me to read.

Short, descriptive guide to various calamities from prehistoric times to the present. Light and amusing, but more of a reference for a serious student of the topic, hampered by a lack of bibliography

Sucked! Many facts were simply made up. Since when are bible stories counted as actual history? I had to put it down before I ran into some Grimm's Fairy-tales and threw it across the room.