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by Shelby Van Pelt
A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” -- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible. -
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by Kate Manning
'A fantastic, feminist dance through history.' - JULIA QUINN
What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne? -
by Richard Slotkin
“Deserves the careful attention of everyone concerned with the history of American culture or literature. ”—Comparative Literature
“Slotkin’s large aim is to understand what kind of national myths emerged from the American frontier experience. . . . [He] discusses at length the newcomers’ search for an understanding of their first years in the New World [and] emphasizes the myths that arose from the experiences of whites with Indians and with the land.” —Western American Literature
National Book Award Finalist: A study of national myths, lore, and identity that “will interest all those concerned with American cultural history” (American Political Science Review).
Winner of the American Historical Association’s Albert J. Beveridge Award for Best Book in American History -
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