Abrams Press imprint: 299 books
by Kenneth Lonergan
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2000
Dennis—with a famous painter father and social activist mother—is a small-time drug dealer and total mess. His hero-worshipping friend Warren has just impulsively stolen 15,000 from his father, an abusive lingerie tycoon. When Jessica, a mixed-up prep school girl, shows up for a date, Warren pulls...
Haiti
A Shattered Nation
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
Renowned author Elizabeth Abbott, who lived and wrote in Haiti, begins with the notorious Duvaliers—father and son—and explores their legacy to the present day. In 1803, the enslaved people of Haiti vanquished their French masters after a bloody war which left tens of thousands dead. Since then,...
Brilliant Orange
The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
If any one thing, Brilliant Orange is about Dutch space and a people whose unique conception of it has led to the most enduring arts, the weirdest architecture, and a bizarrely cerebral form of soccer—Total Football—that led in 1974 to a World Cup finals match with arch-rival Germany, and more...
by Jeffrey Scott
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2003
In recent years, the world of animation has expanded far beyond the Saturday morning cartoons that generations of Americans grew up watching. Recent years have seen a boom in animation—hit prime-time television series, blockbuster cutting-edge digitally animated features, conventional animation....
Best Friends Forever
Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Men, jobs, children, personal crises, irreconcilable social gaps—these are just a few of the strange and confusing reasons which may cause a female friendship to end. No matter the cause, the breakup of a female friendship leaves a woman devastated and asking herself difficult questions. Was someone...
The Diet Myth
Why the Secret to Health and Weight Loss is Already in Your Gut
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
What should we eat? It’s a simple and fundamental question that still bewilders us, despite a seemingly infinite amount of available information on which foods are best for our bodies. Scientists, dieticians, and even governments regularly publish research on the dangers of too much fat and sugar,...
Murder in the First-Class Carriage
The First Victorian Railway Killing
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was traveling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He boarded a first-class carriage on the 9:45 pm Hackney service of the North London railway. A short time later, two bank clerks entered the compartment and noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions...
The Lolita Effect
The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Pop culture—and the advertising that surrounds it—teaches young girls and boys five myths about sex and sexuality: Girls don't choose boys, boys choose girls—but only sexy girls; there's only one kind of sexy—slender, curvy, white beauty; girls should work to be that type of sexy; the younger...
The Dardanelles Disaster
Winston Churchill's Greatest Failure
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Acclaimed naval military expert Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles prolonged the war by two years, led to the Russian Revolution, forced Britain to the brink of starvation, and contributed to the destabilization of the Middle East. With never before published information on...
Citizen Science
How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Think you need a degree in science to contribute to important scientific discoveries? Think again. All around the world, in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, millions of everyday people are choosing to participate in the scientific process. Working in cooperation with scientists in pursuit...
Of Orcas and Men
What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Orcas are one of earth’s most intelligent animals. Benign and gentle, with their own languages and cultures, orcas’ amazing capacity for long-term memory and, arguably, compassion, makes the ugly story of the captive-orca industry especially damning. In Of Orcas and Men, a marvelously compelling...
How the Dog Became the Dog
From Wolves to Our Best Friends
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
How the Dog Became the Dog posits that dog was an evolutionary inevitability in the nature of the wolf and its human soul mate. The natural temperament and social structure of humans and wolves are so similar that as soon as they met on the trail they recognized themselves in each other. Both are...
Vanishing Fleece
Adventures in American Wool
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2019
A fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way
Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers,...
A Very Short Tour of the Mind
21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
“Thoroughly enjoyable” essays from a cognitive neuroscientist, filled with surprising facts (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Modern computers might be faster, and whales might have larger brains, but neither can match the sheer intellect or capacity for creativity that the human mind enjoys....