FAST MINDS: How to Thrive if You Have ADHD (Or Think You Might) By Craig Surman, MD and Tim Bilkey, MD with Karen Weintraub C’88 (Berkley, 2013, $25.95.) Four percent of adults have ADHD, and millions more have enough of its traits to keep them from performing as well as they should. The key is to identify which ADHD traits one has and to use active lifestyle and behavioral strategies to cope with them. The authors lay out techniques to help with time management, thinking patterns, organizational habits, and other challenges. Buy this book
PARIS, CAPITAL OF THE BLACK ATLANTIC: Literature, Modernity, and Diaspora Edited by Jeremy Braddock Gr’02 and Jonathan P. Eburne Gr’02 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013, $35.00.) Paris has always attracted and welcomed writers, and throughout the past century, that included writers of American, Caribbean, and African descent. Starting with W.E.B Du Bois’ visit in 1900 and ending with the contemporary state of diasporic letters from Paris, the essays collected by Braddock (associate professor of English at Cornell) and Eburne (associate professor of comparative literature and English at Penn State) focus on literary fiction and the examples it provides of Paris as an imaginary capital of diasporic consciousness. Buy this book
THE POWER OF CITIZENSHIP: Why John F. Kennedy Matters to a New Generation By Scott D. Reich C’05 L’08 (BenBella Books, 2013, $24.95.) “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” is among the more memorable political exhortations in American history. Reich, a New York-based attorney, argues that the spirit evoked by those lines has grown faint in the current era of political division and cynicism, and makes the case that a rededication to the values articulated by the 35th president is critical for the nation’s future. Buy this book
MARKETING TO MILLENNIALS: Reach the Largest and Most Influential Generation of Consumers Ever By Jeff Fromm W’87 and Christie Garton (American Management Association, 2013, $24.95.) With a direct buying power of $200 billion, Generation Y is the largest generation in American history. Fromm (executive vice president of the Barkley advertising agency in Kansas City) and Garton identify specific behaviors and attitudes of Millennials and lay out marketing strategies that target them, complete with examples of companies that are successfully employing these tactics. Buy this book
KAFKA AT THE BEACH: A Layman’s Handbook for Those Falsely Accused of Felonies By Steve Bevilacqua C’86 (Arden Venice Press, 2013, $14.99.) After getting knocked down by a deranged motorist in Venice Beach, California, Steve B- finds himself dodging the woman’s verbal and physical assaults; he then faces a Kafkaesque nightmare of felony charges, mandatory prison sentences, therapy sessions, and expensive legal fees for crimes he did not commit. This humorous memoir concludes with his vindication, in a televised courtroom, by a certain Judge J-. Buy this book
THE WORKS OF TIM BURTON: Margins to Mainstream Edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock C’92 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013, $95.00.) The films, art, and writings of Tim Burton—and their impact on changing cinematic practices and social expectations in Hollywood and American culture—are the subject of this collection of scholarly essays, which trace his career path from a peripheral filmmaker in the 1980s to one of Hollywood’s most celebrated figures. Weinstock is a professor of English at Central Michigan University. Buy this book
TEN STEPS TO RELIEVE ANXIETY: Refocus, Relax and Enjoy Life By H. Michael Zal C’62 (New Horizon Press, 2013, $14.95.) Generalized Anxiety Disorder affects some 6.8 million adults in the United States and untold millions around the world, and can severely disrupt one’s work, school, family, and personal life. Zal, a clinical professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, draws from his 40 years of experience to offer simple and effective treatments for anxiety. Buy this book
IRELAND IN THE VIRGINIAN SEA: Colonialism in the British Atlantic By Audrey Horning G’90 Gr’95 (University of North Carolina Press, 2013, $49.95.) Beginning in the late 1500s, England began to establish control over Ireland and continued its westward expansion into North America. Focusing on the Ulster Plantation in the north of Ireland and the Jamestown settlement in what is now Virginia, Horning explores how people, financial networks, and information circulated through both settlements, and challenges the notion that England’s expansion into Ireland served as a rehearsal for its colonization of the New World. She is professor of archaeology at Queen’s University, Belfast. Buy this book
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: Addressing Gaps in Global Policy and Research Edited by Louis Galambos and Jeffrey L. Sturchio Gr’81 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014, $34.95.) Noncommunicable diseases—including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory conditions—are the leading cause of death worldwide, and 80 percent of them occur in developing countries. This collection of scholarly papers investigates how the private and public sectors can help prevent NCDs, especially in less affluent nations. Buy this book
