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ADAMS MEDIA
The Everything Learning French Book
by Bruce Sallee and David Hebert and ...Spanish Book (both Aug., $12.95 each) by Frank Zambrano are basic introductions. 50,000 first printings. $500,000 ad/promo.

ALLWORTH PRESS
The Journalist's Craft: A Guide to Writing Better Stories
(Apr., $19.95), edited by Dennis Jackson and John Sweeney, collects essays by veteran journalists explaining how to craft stories.

ANCHOR
The Fact Checker's Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right
(Aug., $13) by Sarah Harrison Smith is a primer.

ANDREWS MCMEEL
Get Messaging: A Complete Guide to Instant Text Messaging
(Apr., $9.95) by Shiraz Lalani offers tips and a vocabulary for effectively using text messaging on wireless phones.

BALLANTINE
Reprint: Great Books for Girls: More Than 600 Books to Inspire Today's Girls and Tomorrow's Women
(May, $14) by Kathleen Odean.

BANTAM/SPECTRA
Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to the Uplift Universe
(July, $14.95) by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh reveals information pertaining to the alien races that populate Brin's science fiction works. 25,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.

BARRICADE BOOKS
Surviving Terrorism: How to Understand, Anticipate and Respond to Terrorist Attacks
(May, $15.95) by Rainer Stahlberg prepares for the next wave of terrorist warfare. 25,000 first printing. Ad/promo.

BOOK PEDDLERS
Coming Clean: Dirty Little Secrets from a Professional Housecleaner
(Mar., $10.95) by Schar Ward offers tips on running a clean house from an owner of a professional housecleaning service.

CAREER PRESS
Great Toasts: From Births to Weddings to Retirement Parties... and Everything in Between
(Apr., $13.99) by Andrew Frothingham is a toasts sampler.

CARROLL & GRAF
The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes
(July, $11.95) by Philip Gooden collects more than 250 stories attributed to writers from the 16th century to the present.

CITADEL PRESS
John Patrick's Internet Gambling
(Mar., $12.95) by John Patrick advises on which games to play and how.
Social Security for the Clueless (Apr., $12.95) by Diana Rosen elucidates the U.S. social security system.

CONARI
The Writers Mentor: A Guide to Putting Passion on Paper: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Writing
(Mar., $16.95) by Cathleen Roundtree comes in a q&a format and contains inspirational stories about famous writers.

Facts on File
The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings
(May, $21.95) by Michael Newton is a history of abductions, from Viking raids to Aztec sacrifices.

FALCON
Watersports Safety and First Aid
(May, $6.95) by Christopher Van Tilburg, M.D., is an illustrated pocket guide written for water-sports enthusiasts.

FREDERICK FELL
Fell's Official Know-It-All Guide: The Wedding Planner
(May, $16.95) by Edith Gilbert contains advice on all aspects of a wedding. Ad/promo.

GLOBE PEQUOT PRESS
Be Alert, Be Aware, Have a Plan: The Complete Guide to Personal Security
(Mar., $14.95) by Neal Rawls with Sue Kovach shows how to prevent problems in the first place.

HARCOURT/HARVEST
Depraved and Insulting English
(Aug., $13) by Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea is devoted to highly descriptive words.

HARPERRESOURCE
The Used Car Book 2002
(July, $11.95) by Jack Gillis is divided alphabetically by maker and then by model, with "Best Bets" charts.

INFORMATION TODAY/CYBERAGE BOOKS
(dist. by IPG)
Super Searcher, Author, Scribe: Successful Writers Share Their Internet Research Secrets (Apr., $24.95) by Loraine Page contains wisdom from 14 professionals.

JIST
FBI Careers: The Ultimate Guide to Landing a Job as One of America's Finest
(Apr., $18.95) by Thomas H. Ackerman offers tips on completing forms, preparing for exams and performing well in interviews.

KOGAN PAGE
(dist. by Stylus)
The Professional's Guide to Mining the Internet: Information Gathering and Research on the Net (Apr., $15.95) by Brian Clegg. Become an expert Internet navigator.

NEW PAGE BOOKS
Diane Warner's Great Parties on Small Budgets
(May, $12.99) presents affordable ideas for all kinds of get-togethers.

PENGUIN/COMPASS
The Intuitive Writer: Listening to Your Own Voice
(Apr., $13) by Gail Sher blends classic Zen teachings with the insights of writers. Author tour.

PLANNING COMMUNICATIONS
International Job Finder: Where the Jobs Are Worldwide
(Mar., $19.95) by Daniel Lauber lists ways to land jobs all over the globe. Advertising.

PRENTICE HALL PRESS
How Do You Spell Haagen-Dazs?
(Mar., $16) by Carl Hausman contains correct spelling and punctuation for proper names seldom found in dictionaries.

PRIMA
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Buying a House
(Mar., $14.95) by Nicholas Ordway offers comfort and confidence to first-time buyers.

PURPLE MOON PRESS
(dist. by Partners Books)
Willetta's Guide to Police Detective Series (Mar.) and ...to Private Eye Series (July, $19.95 each), both by Willetta L. Heising, feature contemporary authors whose fictional characters pursue their trades in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Advertising. Author publicity.

QUILL DRIVER
Videotape Your Memoirs: Recording the Times of Your Life
(Apr., $12.95) by Harriet Kinghorn and Suzanne Kita turns beginners into videotaping experts.

RONIN
Sacred Mushrooms & the Law
(Apr., $12.95) by Richard Glen Boire is a legal manual devoted to visionary mushrooms.

RUTGERS UNIV. PRESS
What Every College Student Should Know: How to Find the Best Teachers and Learn the Most from Them
(Mar., $12.95) by Ernie Lepore and Sarah-Jane Leslie explains to students how to pick the best professors.

THAMES & HUDSON
1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Myth and Art
(Apr., $27.50), edited by Rupert and Rowena Shepherd, is a dictionary of symbols and their cross-cultural meanings.

TUTTLE
How to Haiku: A Writer's Guide to Haiku and Related Forms
(Apr., $12.95) by Bruce Ross clarifies haiku writing through examples and compositional assignments.

UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Plain Style: A Guide to Written English
(June, $17.95) by Christopher Lasch is an aid to effective composition.

WORKMAN
Reprint: Restaurant Confidential: The Shocking Truth About What You're Really Eating When You're Eating Out
(Apr., $10.95) by Michael F. Jacobson and Jayne Hurley.

WRITER'S DIGEST BOOKS
Writing Mysteries, Second Edition: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
(Apr., $16.99), edited by Sue Grafton, shares expertise from 36 successful mystery writers, including Michael Connelly and Tess Gerritson.