Britt's Staff Picks


Showing 81 - 100 of 138  There are a total of 170 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "The Pluto files"
Star rating for The Pluto files
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
Description:
Traces the history of Pluto and the debate over its planethood, citing its entrenchment in America's cultural and patriotic view of the cosmos to explain its considerable popularity and the reasons why so many people campaigned for the preservation of its status. An exploration of the controversy surrounding Pluto and its planet status from a renowned astrophysicist at the heart of the controversy.
Book cover for "Till we have faces"
Star rating for Till we have faces
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
This reinterpretation of the tale of Cupid and Psyche, combines elements of barbarism and fantasy with an understanding of human nature and psychology

83. Remina

Book cover for "Remina"
Star rating for Remina
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
"An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the body Remina after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the object picks up speed as it moves along in its curious course, eliminating planets and stars one after another, until finally Earth itself faces extinction Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe?"--Provided by publisher....
Book cover for "Attack on Titan, colossal edition"
Star rating for Attack on Titan, colossal edition
Series:
Attack on Titan volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"For eons, humans ruled the natural world. But a century ago, everything changed when the Titans appeared. Giant, grotesque parodies of the human form, these sexless monsters consumed all but a few thousand human beings, who took refuge behind giant walls. Today, the threat of the Titans is a distant memory, and a boy named Eren yearns to explore the world beyond the wall. But what began as a childish dream will become an all-too-real nightmare when...
Book cover for "Men explain things to me"
Star rating for Men explain things to me
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
A landmark essay that went viral, inspired the word "mansplaining," and prompted fierce arguments.
Book cover for "The long way to a small, angry planet"
Star rating for The long way to a small, angry planet
Series:
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
"When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possible want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy and some distance from her past. And nothing could be further from what she's known than the crew of the Wayfarer."--Page [4] of cover
Book cover for "The power"
Star rating for The power
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
In this stunning bestseller praised as "our era's Handmaid's Tale," a fierce new power has emerged—and only women have it (Washington Post). 
In The Power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family....
Book cover for "The refrigerator monologues"
Star rating for The refrigerator monologues
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"From ... Catherynne Valente comes a series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who's ever been 'refrigerated': comic book women who are killed, raped, brainwashed, driven mad, disabled, or had their powers taken so that a male superhero's storyline will progress. In an entirely new and original superhero universe, Valente explores these ideas and themes in the superhero...
Book cover for "Heart berries"
Star rating for Heart berries
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for...
Book cover for "Jane Doe"
Star rating for Jane Doe
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Book cover for "You know you want this"
Star rating for You know you want this
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Book cover for "Mostly dead things"
Star rating for Mostly dead things
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Book cover for "Midnight rising"
Star rating for Midnight rising
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown on Harpers Ferry, revealing how his acts, deemed terrorism by the South, prompted a counterattack by Robert E. Lee and galvanized Northern supporters during Lincoln's election campaign.
Book cover for "The rape of Nanking"
Star rating for The rape of Nanking
Author:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Book cover for "Hao"
Star rating for Hao
Author:
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"[A] debut collection of short stories by a three-time Pushcart Prize winner following Chinese women in both China and the United States who turn to signs and languages as they cross the alien landscapes of migration and motherhood."--
Book cover for "The factory"
Star rating for The factory
Average Rating:
4 stars
Book cover for "A touch of Jen"
Star rating for A touch of Jen
Author:
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
A funny and terrifying debut novel looks at a love triangle so toxic that it breaks the order of the universe and unleashes a literal monster.
Book cover for "The hellion's waltz"
Star rating for The hellion's waltz
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"It's not a crime to steal a heart... Sophie Roseingrave hates nothing more than a swindler. After her family lost their piano shop to a con man in London, they're trying to start fresh in a new town. Her father is convinced Carrisford is an upright and honest place, but Sophie is not so sure. She has grave suspicions about silk-weaver Madeline Crewe, whose stunning beauty doesn't hide the fact that she's up to something. All Maddie Crewe needs is...
Book cover for "The body keeps the score"
Star rating for The body keeps the score
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure.
Book cover for "Nightbitch"
Star rating for Nightbitch
Average Rating:
2.8 stars
Description:
An artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced that she is turning into a dog and, as her symptoms intensify, struggles to keep her alter-canine-identity a secret, until she meets a group of mothers who may also be more than what they seem.