BEACON PRESS

Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation (Apr., $22.95) by Beverly Daniel Tatum contends that schools can be key institutions for forging connections across the racial divide.

GALLAUDET UNIV. PRESS

Surgical Consent: Bioethics and Cochlear Implantation (Apr., $65), edited by Linda Komesaroff, compiles the views of ethicists, educators and deaf leaders on the bioethics of cochlear implantation in children.

HARMONY

Passing as Human: How I Discovered That No One Is Normal (Aug., $24) by Dawn Prince-Hughes articulates the idea that normal people are just as freakish as those in a circus sideshow.

MBI/VOYAGEUR PRESS

Women of the Harvest: Inspiring Stories of Contemporary Farmers (Apr., $24.95) by Holly Bollinger celebrates the heroic, never-ending labors performed by female farmers.

MORROW

Ladies of Liberty (Apr., $26.95) by Cokie Roberts. This follow-up to Founding Mothers examines the lives and times of women who have helped shape America. 400,000 first printing.

NEW VILLAGE PRESS

(dist. by Consortium)

Building Commons and Community (Mar., $29.95) by the late Karl Linn considers the shared spaces neighbors can create together; includes 200 color photos.

NYU PRESS

Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid (July, $26.95) by Lisa Jean Moore examines semen from historical, medical and cultural perspectives.

RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION

Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America (Mar., $35) by Dowell Myers proposes a new framework for understanding the demographic challenges.

America Works: Critical Thoughts on the Exceptional Labor Market (Apr., $21.95) by Richard B. Freeman posits that U.S. policies have created a market both dynamic and disparate.

SAGE REFERENCE

Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives (Apr., $335), edited by David S. Clark, explores how and why legal systems around the world evolve and respond to their environments.

SCRIBNER

Maxed Out (Mar., $24) by James Scurlock examines the debt industry and attempts to answer the question, Why can't we get out of debt? 75,000 first printing.

UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS

Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City (Mar., $29) by Mary Pattillo explores urban renewal, race relations and gentrification via the author's own Chicago South Side neighborhood.

UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

Terror, Insurgency, and the State: Ending Protracted Conflicts (Mar., $49.95) by Marianne Heiberg et al. scrutinizes state-based terror networks.