BARRONS

Forensics the Easy Way (Oct., $14.95) covers this increasingly important aspect of police procedural work.

ECW

Let Them Eat Flax! 70 All-New Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Food & Life (Oct., $15.95) by Joe Schwarcz offers scientific facts that readers can use to make informed decisions about common situations.

FIREFLY BOOKS

A Measure of Everything: An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Measurement (Sept., $24.95), edited by Christopher Joseph, considers units of measure in technology, leisure activities, and earth and life sciences.

KREGEL PUBLICATIONS

The Limitations of Scientific Truth: Why Science Can't Answer Life's Ultimate Questions (Nov., $16.99) by Nigel Brush concludes that biblical truth is more trustworthy than science on issues of eternal consequence.

MOMENT POINT PRESS (dist. by Red Wheel Weiser)

Dr. Quantum's Little Book of Big Ideas: Where Science Meets Spirit (Sept., $12.95) by Fred Alan Wolf delivers ideas on topics ranging from the construction of everyday reality to people's relationships with each other.

ONE WORLD

25 Big Ideas: The Science That's Changing Our World (Oct., $14.95) by Robert Matthews takes a tour of the biggest ideas in modern science.

QUIRK BOOKS

The Space Tourist's Handbook: Where to Go, What to See, and How to Prepare for the Ride of Your Life (Nov., $15.95) by Eric Anderson and Joshua Piven is a handbook from Space Adventures, the first travel agency dedicated to outer space. 50,000 first printing.

UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS

My Mother Was a Computer: Digital Subjects and Literary Texts (Oct., $22) by N. Katherine Hayles shows how computer technologies have affected print media and human culture.

WALKER CO.

Stroke a Martian and 99 Other Things to Do Before You Die (Plus 5 to Do Afterward) (Sept., $7.95) by the editors of New Scientistmagazine is a catalogue of life-enhancing projects and activities.

WEISER BOOKS

Neurosphere: The Convergence of Evolution, the Group Mind and the Internet (Nov., $17.95) by Donald P. Dulchinos traces ideas of evolution, anthropology, biology and theology to the technology of the Internet.

WILEY/FOR DUMMIES

Physics for Dummies (Dec., $19.99) by Steven Holzner explains such basics of physical science as motion, energy, waves, atomic and nuclear structures and more.

YALE UNIV. PRESS

Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing (Oct., $18) by Russell G. Foster and Leon Kreitzman explains why timing still plays a major role in all living organisms.

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