CARROLL GRAF

Fade to Black: Voices from the Frontlines of Biracial America (Feb., $24.95) by Elliott Lewis continues the conversation on race and identity à la James McBride's The Color of Water and Rebecca Walker's Black, White and Jewish.

DISINFORMATION COMPANY

50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed to Know (Sept., $9.95) by Mickey Z. pinpoints events and people not usually included in conventional American history.

GOOD BOOKS

The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools (Nov., $4.95) by Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz and Judy H. Mullet shows how restorative justice principles can be applied in schools at all grade levels.

LYONS PRESS

Biker—Truth and Myth: How the Original Cowboy of the Road Became the Easy Rider of the Silver Screen (Oct., $29.95) by Bill Osgerby cruises through the motorcycle culture.

Man and Machine (Dec., $16.95) by Stephan Wilkinson. The author of The Gold-Plated Porschereturns with more piston-pumping tales.

NEW PRESS

Wal-Mart: A Field Guide to America's Largest Company and the World's Largest Employer (Jan., $18.95), edited by Nelson Lichtenstein, scrutinizes the company that may define the 21st-century economy.

NYU PRESS

Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging (Dec.; $22, cloth $65) by Jeff Ferrell. A tenured professor undertakes an eight-month odyssey that is both field research and free-form survival.

RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION

Contentious City: The Politics of Recovery in New York City (Sept., $24.95), edited by John Mollenkopf, takes an in-depth look at competing interests in lower Manhattan's recovery process.

STYLUS PUBLISHING

White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms: A Guide to Building Inclusive Schools, Promoting High Expectations, and Eliminating Racism (Jan.; $24.95, cloth $45), edited by Julie Landsman and Chance W. Lewis, features examples of how teachers can transform the current state of education for African-American students.

UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME PRESS

Eagles, Donkeys, and Butterflies: An Anthropological Study of Brazil's "Animal Game" (Feb., $25) by Roberto DaMatta and Elena Soárez focuses on a popular Brazilian gambling entertainment.

YALE UNIV. PRESS

Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World (Sept., $18) by James P. Comer, M.D., explains how public schools can succeed.

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