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.
