Abrams imprint: 1041 books
The Art of Rube Goldberg
(A) Inventive (B) Cartoon (C) Genius
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Not many of us make it into the dictionary as an adjective. But then again, Rube Goldberg was no ordinary noun. He was a cartoonist, humorist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, and in a 72-year career he wrote and illustrated nearly 50,000 cartoons. Goldberg (1883–1970) was the most famous...
by Dave Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
A “hilarious” tale of procrastination, obsession, search engines, and worldwide travel, based on the award-winning one-man comedy show (Booklist).
“When he turned 31, British stand-up comic Gorman decided he wanted to be taken seriously, so he landed a contract to write a novel. He took novel...
Can I Sit on Your Lap While You're Pooping?
Actual Quotes from an Actual Toddler to Her Actual Dad
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
As a single dad, Matthew Carroll didn’t always have someone to share in his frequent laughter and incredulity at the various things his daughter, Morgan, said. Hoping to document some of her best commentary, Carroll took to recording her choicest quotes on his iPhone when she was between the ages...
by Carolyn Cassady
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Written by the woman who loved them all--as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac, and friend of Ginsberg--this riveting and intimate memoir spans one of the most vital eras in twentieth-century literature and culture, including the explosive successes of Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl, the...
Worst Laid Plans
When Bad Sex Happens to Good People
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
“When bad sex happens to good people, there is no recourse like full disclosure,” is the motto of Worst Laid Plans, a collection of forty probably-too-intimate, but shockingly funny, true-life tales of lust gone wrong. The stories are divided into themed sections including Foreign Affairs (“When...
A Stash of One's Own
Knitters on Loving, Living with, and Letting Go of Yarn
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
From New York Times bestselling knitting writer Clara Parkes, comes a new collection of essays and stories drawn from the yarn-loving, stash-collecting, close-knit community of knitters.
This addictive-to-read anthology celebrates yarn—specifically, the knitter’s reputation for acquiring it...
Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses
Roger Corman: King of the B Movie
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses is an outrageously rollicking account of the life and career of Roger Cormanone of the most prolific and successful independent producers, directors, and writers of all time, and self-proclaimed king of the B movie. As told by Corman...
Watching Porn
And Other Confessions of an Adult Entertainment Journalist
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Lynsey G. never imagined that she would ever work in porn, but at 24 years old, with a degree in English literature and an empty bank account, she found herself reviewing the film East Coast ASSault for an adult magazine in New York City. One interview later and it was official: she was a porn journalist....
The Unpersuadables
Adventures with the Enemies of Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Why, that is, did the obviously intelligent man beside him sincerely believe in Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden and a six-thousand-year-old Earth, in spite of the evidence against them? It was the start of a journey that would lead Storr all over the world—from Texas to Warsaw to the Outer Hebrides—meeting...
It's Not You, It's Me
The Poetry of Breakup
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
“This may be an anthology for anyone who’s been broken-hearted, but it’s not an anthology for anyone who’s faint-hearted . . . Superb” (Entertainment Weekly).
It’s Not You, It’s Me is a poetry anthology—at once amusing, angry, sweet, and bitter—that gives a fresh voice to...
by Nicholas Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2005
From the renowned British author of The Dancer Upstairs comes this “meticulous, lyrical history” of the remote island and his family’s connection to it (Publishers Weekly).
Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “one of the best English novelists of our time,” Nicholas Shakespeare decided...
Sh*tty Mom
The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Sh*tty Mom is the ultimate parenting guide, written by four moms who have seen it all. As hilarious as it is universal, each chapter presents a common parenting scenario with advice on how to get through it in the easiest and most efficient way possible. With chapters such as “How to Sleep Until...
by kate spade new york
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
New York Times Bestseller
in this charming guide to entertaining, kate spade new york throws rigid rules out the door and shares unpretentious ideas for the modern-day hostess that are easy, festive, authentic, and always with an air of deliberate polish.
filled with how-tos, personal essays,...
by Pamela Stephenson
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this intimate biography of the British comic is “a triumph of the will, an Angela’s Ashes with punch lines” (Publishers Weekly).
One of the UK’s most beloved stand-up comedians, Billy Connolly is recognized around the world for his HBO comedy specials...