Abrams: 244 books
Dr. Charles David Spivak
A Jewish Immigrant and the American Tuberculosis Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2009
Part biography, part medical history, and part study of Jewish life in turn-of-the-century America, Jeanne Abrams's book tells the story of Dr. Charles David Spivak - a Jewish immigrant from Russia who became one of the leaders of the American Tuberculosis Movement.
Born in Russia in 1861,...
Eye of the Whale
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Filled with “breathtaking scenes” and “vivid” (Publishers Weekly) imagery, national bestselling author Douglas Carlton Abrams’s riveting ecological thriller blends shockingly true facts with a powerful narrative that pulls readers into a dangerous race through a majestic and mysterious world.
Dedicated...
Norman Podhoretz and Commentary Magazine
The Rise and Fall of the Neocons
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
What does the term "neoconservative" mean? Who are we talking about and where did they come from? Abrams answers those very questions through a detailed and critical study of neoconservatism's leading thinker, Norman Podhoretz, and the magazine he edited for 35 years, Commentary.
Podhoretz...
by Judith Z. Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1995
In this unique volume Judith Abrams, author of the highly regarded series The Talmud for Beginners, examines the episodes recorded in rabbinic literature that suggest the actions of the women of those times.
By overlooking what the sages thought about women, or what they believed women ought...
by Linsey Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Ms. magazine called Charting by the Stars “a memorable account of growing up about the ways we invent and reinvent ourselves reminiscent of Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing.” Linsey Abrams’ passionate and eloquent first novel chronicles one girl’s coming of age, from a 1950s childhood into the...
Baby Loves
A First Book of Favorites
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
An interactive photographic board book all about the things babies love most!
This bold, playful board book introduces a variety of familiar objects for babies to identify, including a banana, a sippy cup, a ball, and a puppy! Each is introduced with a variety of other objects in the same category,...
Destin cosmique
Pourquoi la nouvelle cosmologie place l'homme au centre de l'Univers
Language: French
Release Date: July 10, 2014
" La vie intelligente n'est ni fortuite ni négligeable ; elle occupe dans l'Univers une place particulière insoupçonnée. "
Décryptant les découvertes les plus récentes de l'astronomie et de la physique, Joel R. Primack, cosmologiste renommé, et Nancy Ellen Abrams, philosophe et écrivain,...
Everyday Desistance
The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more...
Our History in New York
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Our History in New York covers a single year in the lives of narrator Chloe, her long-time lover, Helen, and their friends. From AIDS to the glory of Greenwich Village to romance and aging, the novel addresses time, art, mortality, and community at a century’s end. The New York Times said of this...
El cuerpo es sabio
Descubra la inteligencia corporal para una salud perfecta
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 25, 2017
La Dra. Rachel Carlton Abrams, líder en el campo de la medicina integrativa, cuenta con una larga experiencia en el campo de la salud femenina.
Basado en un enfoque rompedor que aborda la salud en su conjunto.
Repleto de consejos y pautas específicas, ofrece los recursos necesarios...
Formula for Fortune
How Asa Candler Discovered Coca-Cola and Turned It into the Wealth His Children Enjoyed
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Asa Candler rose from a rural background to reap a fortune. His windfall came from purchasing the Coca-Cola formula in 1888 and establishing the company that became a national phenomenon in less than a decade. In Formula for Fortune, author Ann Uhry Abrams narrates the life and times of Candlerfrom...
Party Like a President
True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief From the Oval Office
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
There’s the office: President of the United States. And then there’s the man in the office—prone to temptation and looking to unwind after a long day running the country. Celebrating the decidedly less distinguished side of the nation’s leaders, humor writer Brian Abrams offers a compelling,...
Boys Among Men
How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
The definitive, never-before-told story of the prep-to-pro generation, those basketball prodigies who from 1995 to 2005 made the jump directly from high school to the NBA.
When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college—as young basketball prodigies...
Six-Week Start-Up
A step-by-step program for starting your business, making money, and achieving your goals!
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Written for anyone who has an idea for a business, but doesn’t know how to go about starting it, Six-Week Start-Up 3rd Ed. takes readers from idea to “open-for-business.” This unique book provides in-depth coverage on business concept clarification, goal definition, money matters, market research,...