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|  | Who's Running the Nation? by Kathlyn Gay
Do huge corporations control government? Will big business eventually rule us and the world, as some contend? Should big companies be held accountable for any harmful effects they may have on communities? Even political economists and other experts cannot be sure about the exact nature of corporate influence, but there is no doubt that that influence is spreading around the globe, creating what some say is already in place: a global economy that knows no national borders or restrictions. Who's Running the Nation?looks at this highly controversial topic, as is the very definition of a corporation in the United States. AUTHOR: Kathlyn Gay
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business 
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 | Book of Abarat by Clive Barker
Description not available.Thrust into a fantastical world far away from her home in Minnesota, Candy Quackerbush must make sense out of her new surroundings as she is sent to the island of Abarat in the Sea of Izabella where she is given a warning that the evil Lord Carrion is eagerly looking for her. AUTHOR: Clive Barker
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | Friends by Kim Lewis
Description not available.Oscar's attempt at finding new friends in his new home in the woods doesn't go as he had expected and he soon realizes that friendships require a little give and take. AUTHOR: Kim Lewis
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | At the Sign of the Star by Katherine Sturtevant
In this novel set in Restoration London, 12-year-old Meg Moore is the only child of a widowed, successful bookseller. As such, she stands to inherit her father's entire estate and will eventually take over his business--a rare prospect for a women in the 17th century. Then Meg's father remarries, putting all of Meg's plans for the future in jeopardy. AUTHOR: Katherine Sturtevant
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | Math Behind Wall Street by Amir D. Aczel
This book prepares readers to understand neural networks, the powerful Garch model, and other challenging concepts that underlie the workings of modern financial markets. The author skillfully simplifies complex concepts so that the numbers become less intimidating and Wall Street loses its menace. AUTHOR: Amir D. Aczel
PUBLISHER: Four Walls Eight Windows
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Neon Metropolis by Hal Rothman
Long America's capital for gambling and excess, Las Vegas has always stood outside the mainstream of American society since its beginnings as a mining town - until now. NEON METROPOLIS offers a panoramic and entertaining account of contemporary Las Vegas and its stunning transformation from a national pariah into a paradigm for the future of urban America. Acclaimed historian and Vegas resident Hal Rothman combines a colorful history of the city's growth via gambling and crime --tackling Elvis, the Rat Pack, Howard Hughes, and an assortment of infamous gamblers--with a richly descriptive social portrait of contemporary Las Vegas. In the process, he shows how the city has shed its stigma as Sin City and is now setting the pace for nationwide trends in leisure, work, consumption, immigration, demographics, and urban growth. But Las Vegas' transition from isolated gambling outpost to its new status as the first city of the twenty- first century has not been without problems - rapid growth has been accompanied by sprawl, unending traffic jams, environmental problems, and an invasion by corporate interests. As NEON METROPOLIS powerfully demonstrates, the problems and opportunities facing Las Vegas are ones that, increasingly, confront all of America. AUTHOR: Hal Rothman
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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