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The Phoenix: A Novel About the Hindenburg by Henning Boetius (Doubleday, $24.

95) German-born Boetius is the son of the last remaining survivor of the 1937 explosion of the airship Hindenburg over Lakehurst, N.

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J., which took 36 lives. Boetius creates a tale of Biger Lund, a journalist who survives the blast, takes the identity of one of the dead passengers and spends years searching for the explosion's cause. In 1947, he finds Edmund Boyson, also a survivor, on an isolated island in the North Sea; together, they become involved with spies, the Gestapo and foes of the Nazis as they seek the answers. The Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate (Scribner, $23) In Southgate's second novel (following "Another Way to Dance"), the elite, all-boys Chelsea School in Connecticut is the meeting place for three very distinct characters: Jerome Washington, an African-American Latin teacher bent on discipline and averse to being "racial" in the eyes of his students; Rashid Bryson, a black student from New York City hoping to succeed and seeking an ally in Washington, and Jana Hansen, a white, divorced teacher who helps Bryson. Hansen and Washington find romance, and Bryson deals with the loss of his brother, as their lives become inextricably entangled. Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky (Walker, $28) The focus of Kurlansky's interest is the edible rock that, he says, "shaped civilization.

" Ranging from prehistoric China to ancient Egypt to modern-day Texas, his book points out the use of salt in religious, political and scientific activities. Salt, we learn, even served as currency, helping fund the Great Wall of China and the Erie Canal. Kurlansky ("Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World") also explores how salt has affected eating habits around the globe. Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President by Ralph Nader (St. Martin's Press, $24.

95) Nader may have been soundly defeated in 2000, but with 3 million votes, he and the Green Party have made themselves a force in future elections. Here, he recalls his run for office, talking about the two-party system and why Al Gore and George W. Bush didn't want him in their debates. He also recounts how he stopped in all 50 states to offer voters his political beliefs. Nader presents his take on the future of politics in America and the role of the media, providing an appendix filled with speeches and goals for the country.

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