"Paid Attention" is a comprehensive look at the theory behind advertising in the attention economy. In a well-researched look at advertising and consumer attention, Faris Yakob discusses the new world of infinite content, the attention... Read More

Cliffhangers abound; spies, servants, and the brink of WWI enthralls; and friends Saul and Agnes are thrown into danger and difficulty as they charade their way to finding the deed to the house they use as their time-travel gang hangout... Read More

Contextualizing Dickinson’s work, Gilpin reveals both a reverence for her poetry and a skill in exploring new meaning. W. Clark Gilpin’s new take on the enigmatic giant of American poetry, Emily Dickinson, eruditely weaves literary... Read More

Rich portraits of the people who were displaced when the Shenandoah National Park was created are both heartrending and ironic. Each year, a million tourists traverse the “lizard-shaped” Shenandoah National Park by car on the Skyline... Read More

Vancouver, Canada-based Marguerite Pigeon, a former journalist and traveler turned fiction writer and poet, has created a conundrum with the title of this, her newest book—there is nothing boring about this collection of short stories.... Read More

Only a third party can tame the “Beltway Beast,” says Moon in a tone of controlled, well-thought-out frustration. The Beltway Beast: A Challenge to Our Democracy by Munir Moon is a concise look at a litany of problems with the... Read More

No, you don’t see a book like this every day—a four-color, professionally photographed, coffee-table-worthy marijuanapedia. If you or your unemployed nephew needs gardening details about the use of clones vs. seeds, hydroponics,... Read More

The mix of theological diction and conversational prose makes the Psalms accessible to lay readers seeking spiritual guidance. From Columbia University’s emeritus professor of Hebrew Bible Walter Brueggemann comes a new work which... Read More