Abrams imprint: 1041 books
The Carter Family
Don't Forget This Song
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Winner of the 2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work!
The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song is a rich and compelling original graphic novel that tells the story of the Carter Family—the first superstar group of country music—who made hundreds of recordings and sold millions...
by Edward Albee
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
These three plays tackle major themes such as race relations, American family life, and the essence of theater itself -- each of which still continue to resonate. Representing the bold and exciting periods in the then young career of widely consideredAmerica's most popular and imaginative playwrights, this edition is a must-have for theater lovers.
Darwin Slept Here
Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
**This entertaining combination of history, biography, and travel adventure is “a bracingly fresh portrait [of] Darwin . . . Nothing less than exhilarating” (Michael Pollan, New York Times–bestselling author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma).
One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, Eric Simons...
Orpheus
The Song of Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
“[A] startlingly original history that traces the obscure origins and tangled relationships of the Orpheus myth from ancient times through today” (Library Journal).
For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian,...
The Steampunk Bible
An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Steampunk—a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture—is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the...
Eclipse
The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An adventurer and rogue who has made his money through gambling, Dennis O'Kelly is also a known companion to the madam of a notorious London brothel. Under O'Kelly's management, Eclipse would go on a winning streak unparalleled for the next two centuries....
Hanazuki: Book of Treasures
The Official Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Hanazuki is a spirited moonflower who, with the help of Little Dreamer and the Hemkas, uses her powers to grow a magical treasure garden and bring beauty and harmony to her small world. As Hanazuki expresses herself, color reflects her many moods: happy, wacky, sad, adventurous, creative, etc. Over...
by Dodie Smith, Peter Bently
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Dodie Smith’s classic tale adapted into a playful and stylish new picture book
Dalmatians Pongo and Missis live in London with their beloved owners. When Missis finds out she’s going to have puppies, they’re all thrilled! But, Missis doesn’t just have one puppy . . . or two . . . or three...
by Fyodor Sologub
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
The Petty Demon is one of the funniest Russian novels. It is also the most decadent of the great Russian classics, replete with naked boys, sinuous girls, and a strange mixture of beauty and perversity. The main hero, Peredonov, is as comical as he is disgusting. He is at once a victim, a monster,...
Finding Arthur
The True Origins of the Once and Future King
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
The legend of King Arthur has been told and retold for centuries. As the king who united a nation, his is the story of England itself. But what if Arthur wasn't English at all? As writer and Arthurian scholar Adam Ardrey discovered, the reason historians have had little success identifying the historical...
by Jennifer Thermes
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Emma Gatewood’s life was far from easy. In rural Ohio, she managed a household of 11 kids alongside a less-than-supportive husband. One day, at age 67, she decided to go for a nice long walk . . . and ended up completing the Appalachian Trail.
With just the clothes on her back and a pair of thin...
by Jennifer George
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
If Rube’s inventions are any indication, “normal” means something very different in the Goldberg household. For Rube, up is down, in is out, and the simplest path to accomplishing an everyday task—like brushing his teeth or getting dressed—is a humorously complicated one. Follow Rube as...
Jitney
A Play - Broadway Tie-In Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Only one of the plays in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s masterful The American Century Cycle has never been seen on Broadway—until now. In his preface to this Broadway edition of Jitney, director Ruben Santiago-Hudson writes: “There had been nine jewels placed in August...
Reasons to be Happy
A Play
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Reasons to Be Happy features the same four characters--Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent--picking up their lives three years later, but in different romantic pairings as they each search desperately for that elusive object of desire: happiness. New York City's MCC Theater will produce the world premiere in May 2013.