Abrams imprint: 1041 books
Free Radicals
The Secret Anarchy of Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
“An exuberant tour through the world of scientists behaving badly” (The New York Times).
They may have a public image as cool, logical, levelheaded types. But in reality, scientists will do pretty much anything—take drugs, follow mystical visions, lie, and even cheat—to make a discovery.
In...
Freud Verbatim
Quotations and Aphorisms
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
The founder of psychoanalysis and one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers, in his own words.
Sigmund Freud is on the very short list of historical figures who have profoundly influenced—perhaps even revolutionized—the way we think and the way we see the world and ourselves....
The Cardinal's Hat
Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
“A riveting portrait of the day-to-day life of a wealthy, worldly Renaissance prince” as he pursues power and influence in the Catholic church (USA Today).
The second son of Alfonso d’Este and Lucretia Borgia, the Duke and Duchess of Ferrara, Ippolito d’Este was made the archbishop of Milan...
The National Team
The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, set record TV ratings, drawn massive crowds, earned huge revenues for FIFA and U.S. Soccer, and helped to redefine the place of women in sports. But despite their dominance, and their rosters of superstar...
It's Not Over 'Til It's Over
The Stories Behind Most Magnificent Heart-Stopping Sports Miracles of Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2004
Find inspiration in these “enjoyable” accounts of historic last-minute victories—both legendary and little-known—in the world of sports (Booklist).
From a former editor of Sport magazine, this book is a journey through a century of athletic endeavor, from baseball to boxing and beyond—filled...
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical,...
Getting There
A Book of Mentors
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Getting There, thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. In an honest, direct, and engaging way,...
Economix
How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Stimulus plans: good or bad? Free markets: How free are they? Jobs: Can we afford them? Occupy Wall Street . . . worldwide! Everybody’s talking about the economy, but how can we, the people, understand what Wall Street or Washington knows—or say they know? Read Economix. With clear, witty writing...
Grocery
The Buying and Selling of Food in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
In Grocery, bestselling author Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it—the grocery store.
In a culture obsessed with food—how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good...
The Art of Nothing
25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Timed for the 25th anniversary of the comic strip Mutts, The Art of Nothing celebrates the work of author and illustrator Patrick McDonnell
Mooch, the curious cat, and Earl, the ever-trusting dog, are just two of the characters who inhabit the world of Mutts. In The Art of Nothing: 25 Years...
Good Riddance
An Illustrated Memoir of Divorce
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
When you think you live in a Norman Rockwell painting—married 18 years, three kids, beautiful old house in the country, successful career as a writer—you don’t expect there’s another side to the canvas. Until you read a lovesick e-mail to your husband . . . that didn’t come from you!
Good...
Drawing Power
Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
More than 60 female comics creators share their personal experiences with sexual violence and harassment through new and original comics
Inspired by the global #MeToo Movement, Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival is a collection of original, nonfiction...
Commute
An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
An intimate, clever, and ultimately gut-wrenching graphic memoir about the daily decision women must make between being sexualized or being invisible
In Commute, we follow author and illustrator Erin Williams on her daily commute to and from work, punctuated by recollections of sexual encounters...
by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Octavia E. Butler’s bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format.
More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States,...