Abrams Press imprint: 299 books
Gender Medicine
The Groundbreaking New Science of Gender- and Sex-Related Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Over millions of years, male and female bodies developed crucial physiological differences to improve the chances for human survival. These differences have become culturally obsolete with the overturning of traditional gender roles. But they are nevertheless very real, and they go well beyond the...
by Imam Al-Ghazali
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
On the Duties of Brotherhood shows how brotherhood can be an aid to spiritual purification and the perfection of one's worship, as well as a source of help and comfort in the world. Readers will find the road to fellowship—by way of forgiveness, prayer, sincerity, loyalty, and consideration—and be enlightened by stories that illustrate the doctrine of brotherhood.
Walking English
A Journey in Search of Language
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the language and its speakers. Woven from personal reflections, historical allusions, and observations of travelers, this...
The Gospel & the Zodiac
The Secret Truth About Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2008
“Darlison elucidates the zodiac’s significant place in the Gospels, most specifically in the Book of Mark . . . An intriguing leap into faith” (Kirkus Reviews).
For millennia the world has been driven by the differences between the great patriarchal religions. Western civilization—or...
by Robert Lax
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Though many hold him to be one of the greatest American poets of this century, Lax has maintained a low profile, living and writing in seclusion on the Greek island of Patmos. In Circus Days & Nights, Lax's three great long poems on the circus—“Circus of the Sun,? “Mogador's Book,? and “Sunset...
History of the Philippines
From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
From ancient Malay settlements to Spanish colonization, the American occupation and beyond, A History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives with an eye for the layers of colonial and post-colonial history that have created this diverse and fascinating population. A History of the...
The Timothy Leary Project
Inside the Great Counterculture Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The first collection of Timothy Leary’s (1920–1996) selected papers and correspondence opens a window on the ideas that inspired the counterculture of the 1960s and the fascination with LSD that continues to the present. The man who coined the phrase “turn on, tune in, drop out,” Leary cultivated...
Word for Word
A Translator's Memoir of Literature, Politics, and Survival in Soviet Russia
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
A remarkable memoir of living in the Soviet Union and working as a literary translator.
In the early twentieth century, Lilianna Lungina was a Russian Jew born to privilege, spending her childhood in Germany, France, and Palestine. But when she was thirteen, her parents moved to the USSR—where...
Return of the Dambusters
The Exploits of World War II's Most Daring Flyers After the Flood
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
The Dambusters were the go-to forces for dangerous precision attacks: They bombed Hitler’s prize battleship, Tirpitz, as well as rocket sites, weapon strongholds, and the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr; they targeted enemy leaders including Hitler and Mussolini; and they created a false...
Alexandria
The Last Night of Cleopatra
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Blending aspects of memoir, history, and travel narrative into an elegant and unique tapestry, Stothard uses the sights and sounds of the ancient city to reconnect with the experiences that shaped his life. Melancholy yet often humorous, Alexandria probingly deconstructs the enigma...
Those Feet
A Sensual History of English Football
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
This follow-up to Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer is “an enchanting love letter to English football” (The Daily Telegraph).
In this playful, witty, and highly original look at English soccer, David Winner, author of the acclaimed Brilliant Orange, journeys to the heart...
The Korean War
The West Confronts Communism
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2001
An authoritative account by the historian and Korean War vet offers “a comprehensive picture of the war . . . and riveting tales of heroics . . . Gripping” (The Washington Post Book World).
Winner of the Westminster Medal for Military Literature
On June 25, 1950, the North Korean...
by Richard Hough
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2003
The major naval powers—Britain, America, Russia, and Japan—have all played a part in the theater of war at sea over the last one hundred years. Naval fighting has always been a rapidly developing affair, and in no century have changes been so swift and fundamental. In 1905, when this book begins,...
Waterloo
The Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
In the early morning hours of June 19, 1815, more than 50,000 men and 7,000 horses lay dead and wounded on a battlefield just south of Brussels. In the hours, days, weeks and months that followed, news of the battle would begin to shape the consciousness of an age; the battlegrounds would be looted...