Abrams Press imprint: 299 books
by Paul Du Noyer
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London. They asked him to interview the star; McCartney and Du Noyer had met once before and enjoyed a good rapport.In the years that followed, Paul Du Noyer continued to meet, interview and work for Paul McCartney on a regular...
The Habit of Labor
Lessons from a Life of Struggle and Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
“There’s no better way to explain the miracle of Israel than to examine the life of Stef Wertheimer . . . A story to be read by everyone” (Warren Buffett).
Forced to flee Nazi Germany with his family at age ten, Stef Wertheimer came to British Palestine in the late 1930s. He promptly...
The Good Neighbor
The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Fred Rogers (19282003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and...
Boudica
The Life of Britain's Legendary Warrior Queen
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
An “intelligent and infectiously enthusiastic” biography of the Celtic queen and an analysis of her impact on British and feminist history (The Sunday Times).
Boudica has been mythologized as the woman who dared to take on the Romans to avenge her daughters, her tribe, and her enslaved...
Soulless
The Case Against R. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
The essential account of R. Kelly’s actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making
In November 2000, Chicago journalist and music critic Jim DeRogatis received an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had a problem with “young girls.” Weeks later, DeRogatis broke the...
Between the Sheets
Nine 20th Century Women Writers and Their Famous Literary Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
The literary critic examines the love lives and career ambitions of some of the twentieth century’s greatest female authors—from Sylvia Plath to Anaïs Nin.
Why did a gifted writer like Sylvia Plath stumble into a marriage that drove her to suicide? Why did Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) want to marry...
by Curtis Cate
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2005
“An accessible, anecdotally rich” biography of the profoundly influential 19th century philosopher, author of Beyond Good and Evil and The Will to Power (Kirkus Reviews).
Friedrich Nietzsche was the most fearlessly provocative and original thinker in Western history. The protean diversity of...
Wilde's Women
How Oscar Wilde Was Shaped by the Women He Knew
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
“A lively debut biography of the flamboyant Irish writer . . . focusing on the women who loved and supported him” (Kirkus Reviews).
In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures...
A Dangerous Liaison
A Revelatory New Biography of Simon de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
The renowned biographer offers a tale of intellectual and romantic rivalry in this “dazzling portrait of Sartre and De Beauvoir’s relationship” (The Guardian).
Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were two of the twentieth century’s most prominent authors and philosophers, and the story...
Sex vs. Survival
The Life and Ideas of Sabina Spielrein
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
“An impressively researched, documented, and readable biography” of a woman who played a key role in the history of psychology (Library Journal, starred review).
Who was Sabina Spielrein? She is probably best known for her notorious affair with Carl Jung, which was dramatized in the film A...
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...