Abrams imprint: 1041 books
by Robert Edelstein
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
“A book that should be required reading for everyone who considers themselves to be a NASCAR fan” from the author of Full Throttle (SB Nation).
NASCAR Legends traces the story of stock car racing through the courageous, record-breaking drivers who made it the number one spectator sport in America....
The Secret Lives of Sports Fans
The Science of Sports Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form such a strong attachment to a sports team? Journalist Eric Simons presents in-depth research in an accessible and brilliant way, sure to interest...
Kinetic Golf
Picture the Game Like Never Before
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
In Kinetic Golf, Nick Bradley uses 115 extraordinary photographs, accompanied by clear, direct text, to raise the bar on golf instruction and give golfers—amateur or professional—a unique way of actually feeling their way to mastering the game. Offering insights that words alone cannot convey,...
Full Throttle
The Life and Fast Times of NASCAR Legend Curtis Turner
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2006
“A superbly researched and engagingly written biography” of NASCAR legend Curtis Turner, known as the Babe Ruth of stock car racing (Sports Illustrated).
Curtis Turner’s life embodied everything that makes NASCAR the biggest spectator sport in American history; the adrenaline rush of the...
The United States of Soccer
MLS and the Rise of American Soccer Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
In 1988, FIFA decreed that the 1994 World Cup would be played in the United States “ with the condition that the U.S. would start a new professional league. The North American Soccer League had failed just four years prior, and the prospects of launching a new league for Americans, who didn’t...
The Night Casey Was Born
The True Story Behind the Great American Ballad "Casey at the Bat"
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
The acclaimed biographer offers a social history of the poem that helped America fall in love with baseball—a lively story that “hits it out of the park” (The Baltimore Sun).
The sport that came to be known as America’s Pastime was still in its infancy when a journalist for the San Francisco...
The Career Code
Must-Know Rules for a Strategic, Stylish, and Self-Made Career
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The co-founders of the hugely successful Who What Wear empire share their best career advice for smart, stylish, self-starting women of all professional levels.
In The Career Code, the third book in the smash-hit Who What Wear series, fashion and digital entrepreneurs Katherine Power and Hillary...
Dead Distillers
A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery follow their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits.
Dead Distillers is a spirited portrait of the unusual and storied origins of forgotten drunkenness.
The...
Sh*tty Mom for All Seasons
Half-@ssing It All Year Long
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The authors of the New York Times–bestselling Sh*tty Mom are back with a hilarious guide presenting common parenting scenarios with advice for getting through the year the sh*tty mom way.
Told in the same tongue-in-cheek voice as the original, this sequel is full of funny parenting tips and relatable...
Heaven's Bankers
Inside the Hidden World of Islamic Finance
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
A trillion dollar financial industry is revolutionizing the global economy. Governments and corporations across the Islamic world are increasingly turning to finance that complies with Shari‘a law in order to fund economic growth. Even in the West, Islamic finance is rapidly becoming an important...
Still Reigning
Thoughts of a Queen
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
“The Queen’s fake tweets perfectly sum up British humour . . . on a rather glorious spoof twitter account” (Culture Trip).
She may not know firsthand the challenges of sitting atop the British throne for more than sixty years, but @Queen_UK has learned that ruling the Twitterverse is not...
My Little Pony
The Art of Equestria
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
M**y Little Pony: The Art of Equestria presents, for the first time, a deep exploration of the art and illustrations from this beloved animated series, Friendship Is Magic. Beginning with the show’s premiere and taking readers through its fifth season, the book offers an amazing collection of the...
You Can Knit That
Foolproof Instructions for Fabulous Sweaters
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
When knitting superstar Amy Herzog gets complimented on her hand-knit sweaters, the compliments are often followed by “but I could never knit that.” Now, you can! You Can Knit That is a clear, simple reference book and pattern collection that gives knitters the sweater-making confidence they need....
Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid
Your Path to Building an Energy-Independent Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Prefabrication offers a simple path to the green home of your dreams, and in her latest book, Prefabulous author Sheri Koones highlights the many ways of using prefabrication to create almost-off-the-grid homeshouses that are not only environmentally friendly but often operate at nearly zero annual...