BARRICADE BOOKS
Breeding Between the Lines: Why Interracial People Are Healthier and More Attractive (Aug. $14. 95) by Alon Ziv claims that the offspring of interracial marriages have both genetic and physical advantages. Author tour.
MARION BOYARS
Mathematics Minus Fear (Mar., $17.95) by Lawrence Potter. For those afraid of math, Potter shows its real connections to the world around us. 20,000 first printing.
ECW
Quarks, Quirks, and Quanta: An Anecdotal History of the Birth of Modern Physics (Apr., $16.95) by Anton Capri culls stories from four decades of working alongside Bohr, Schrödinger and Einstein.
INNER TRADITIONS
Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos: The Rise of the Integral Vision of Reality (Mar., $14.95) by Ervin Laszlo. The Nobel Peace Prize nominee presents a new theory to bridge the divide between science and spirituality.
MOUNTAIN PRESS
Living Mountains: How and Why Volcanoes Erupt (Mar., $18) by Jacques Kornprobst and Christine Laverne explains volcanology; includes 46 watercolors.
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS
Mind Race: Navigating Bipolar Disorder (June, $9.95) by Patrick Jamieson and Moira Rynn provides hope for teens and young adults living with this condition.
PERENNIAL
What We Believe but Cannot Prove (Apr., $13.95), edited by John Brockman. Some 100 leading thinkers discuss beliefs for which they lack evidence. 35,000 first printing.
QUEST
The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist's Guide to Enlightenment (July, $21.95) by Amit Goswami. The physicist from What the Bleep Do We Know!? offers scientific explanations for universal consciousness.
SPECK PRESS
Follies of Science: 20th Century Visions of Our Fantastic Future (Aug., $19) by Eric Dregni and Jonathan Dregni discusses early 20th-century utopian ideas, from DDT to jet packs in every garage.
STEINER BOOKS
Understanding Water: Developments from the Work of Theodor Schwenk (Mar., $25) by Andreas Wilkens presents an illustrated look at the nature of water.
TRUMPETER BOOKS
The Compassionate Brain: How Empathy Creates Intelligence (June, $14) by Gerald Hüther reveals the connection between compassion and brain capacity. 20,000 first printing.
VINTAGE
Intelligent Thought: Scientists on the Fact, Power, and Beauty of Evolution (May, $14), edited by John Brockman, collects 15 essays on evolution.
