Abbeville Press imprint: 33 books

Everyone has questions about drinking, but it can seem like every bartender (and bargoer) has different answers. Between the old wives' tales, half-truths, and whiskey-soaked conjectures, it's hard to know what to believe-until now. Armed with cutting-edge research and a barfly’s thirst for...

Big League Dreams finds the Krimsk Rebbe and many of his flock in St. Louis on a Saturday, the Sabbath, in the summer of 1920. In St. Louis, it is the summer of 1920 and the day is the Sabbath, but there is little rest for the Jews from Krimsk and less reverence for the wondrous Krimsker Rebbe,...

Small Worlds takes place in 1903 and introduces the wondrous rebbe of Krimsk, a small Hasidic settlement in Eastern Europe.The Russians called it Krimsk; the Poles called it Kromsk, but it was mainly the Jews who lived there. They called it whatever their hosts preferred. Krimsk-so it was called in 1903-had...

The art of Jewish storytelling thrives in this captivating collection of tales filled with memorable characters. The stories in this collection are deeply felt explorations in to the Jewish mind and world—stories in the tradition of Isaac Bashevis Singer. At the same time, illuminated by...

The definitive reference for the collector of mechanical wristwatches, now with a special offer on the print edition.This fifteenth edition of industry mainstay Wristwatch Annual features more than 1,400 of the world’s most luxurious timepieces, from 175 international brands. For each watch, the editors...