This book presents some of the greatest disasters that have taken place in history throughout the world, in an informative and objective manner. At the same time, the spectacular pictures and eyewitness reports heighten our sensitivity to the devastating consequences of the events.

- 542 onwards The Black Death - Still a Threat
- 1906 The Day the Sky Caught Fire
- 1912 The End of a Luxury Liner
- 1918 onwards Flu: The Underestimated Threat
- 1945 Nuclear Holocaust
- 1967 Oil on the Coasts of Europe
- 1970s onwards Avoid Infection at All Costs
- 1974 Swathes of Destruction
- 1976 Agent Orange and the Seveso Dioxin Cloud
- 1980 A Mountain Explodes
etc,