"CrazyBusy - a state of constant frenzy, a symptom of our high-speed, high-tech world - is a national epidemic. Day in and day out, we plunge ourselves into a mad rush of activity, and the resulting brain overload has led to the point where our entire society is suffering from culturally induced ADD. Dr. Edward Hallowell has helped more than a million people free themselves of the distractions and compulsions of ADD. Now he offers the same sound,...

This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a lifetime's study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, Michael Slater explores the personal and emotional life, the high-profile public activities, the relentless travel, the charitable works, the amateur theatricals and the astonishing productivity. But the core focus is Dickens' career as a writer...