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|  | People Vs Big Tobacco by Adam Levy, Carrick Mollenkamp, Joseph Menn
Memphis, Tennessee, 1993. Attorney Michael Lewis looks into the emaciated face of his friend, a lifelong smoker dying of cancer, and resolves that something has to be done to right the wrong. Big Tobacco, which in four decades of litigation has never paid a penny, must be held accountable for the human and financial wreckage its products leave behind - especially the millions of lives snuffed out. Four years later, Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore stands at his microphone in the ballroom of the ANA Hotel in Washington, D.C., and announces to the nation that Big Tobacco has just conceded the biggest legal settlement in history - $368.5 billion. And from the moment it is announced, the agreement is attacked and applauded from every side. For the first time, the facts behind this fascinating story are woven into a single investigative narrative. Written by a reporting team positioned, from the very beginning, close to key players from all sides of the legal battleground, this compelling human spectacle takes us behind closed doors to witness greed, duplicity, sacrifice, the power of people with influence, and the ingenuity of people without power. With its tales of reversals, brilliant compromises, and cold-eyed brinkmanship, The People vs. Big Tobacco lets readers become insiders themselves in one of the most consequential social and financial dramas of our century. AUTHOR: Adam Levy, Carrick Mollenkamp, Joseph Menn
PUBLISHER: Bloomberg Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | How to Go to College Almost for Free by Benjamin R. Kaplan
Description not available.Drawing on his own personal experiences, the author presents a step-by-step guide for prospective college students that shows students of all ages how to find and win scholarship prizes and cut down on student debt. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Benjamin R. Kaplan
PUBLISHER: HarperInformation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Rewind by Marilyn Kaye
Description not available.After someone close to Amy displays symptoms of the mysterious disease that has no cure, but to which Amy is immune, Amy must travel back in time to the prehistoric age--the last time the deadly bacteria was active. AUTHOR: Marilyn Kaye
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Pecos Bill by Aida E. Marcuse, Steven Kellogg, ALC Staff
A retelling of the tall tale about the cowboy hero of the American West. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Aida E. Marcuse, Steven Kellogg, ALC Staff
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Selling the Sea by Andrew Vladimir, Robert H. Dickinson
Description not available.Looks at the management, marketing practices, and competitive nature of the vacation cruise industry, and looks at the growth of steamship transporation as a leisure industry AUTHOR: Andrew Vladimir, Robert H. Dickinson
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Getting Our Kids Back on Track by Janine Bempechat
My children spend five hours in school every day. They work very hard while they are there, and believe me, it's stressful. The last thing they need is homework. They need to come home and relax. They have a life outside of school. -mother of Fourth grade twins Compared to children from other industrialized countries, our nation's children are scholastic underachievers. But in our quest to keep our children well-rounded we leave little time for homework and other activities considered by many to be an important part of their education. It's obvious-our notions about promoting a child's positive self-esteem seem to contradict what is needed to achieve academic excellence. Is it too late to get our kids back on track? Not according to Janine Bempechat-an acclaimed educational researcher from Harvard and the parent of two school-aged children. Bempechat offers parents and teachers a practical guide to encourage and support children's academic success and, by doing so, bolster their self-worth. Getting Our Kids Back on Track reveals that those parents who advocate for reduced homework loads, stress-free schoolwork, and an increase in extracurricular activities are actually doing children a great disservice. Using illustrative real-life examples from her years of research, Bempechat shows how to set priorities and help children develop traits of persistence, diligence, and the ability to delay gratification. Getting Back on Track offers a wealth of advice and information including
Guidelines for structuring the home to support academic achievement
Tips for making homework an enriching part of daily family life
Directions for supporting teachers' values as well as parents' educational priorities
Pointers on how to balance schoolwork with extracurricular activities
Suggestions for laying the groundwork to provide a barrier against negative adolescent peer pressure This important book AUTHOR: Janine Bempechat
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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