Abrams: 1969 books
by Masako Kojima
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
The very first Hello Kitty nail art design book will feature 20 DIY Hello Kitty–themed projects for painting nails by well-known Hello Kitty nail design artist Masako Kojima. Each project will include simple, step-by-step instructions for creating designs and/or applying decals and will be accompanied...
Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns
The Lost Art of William Steig
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Children, octogenarians, and everyone in between know the work of William Steig, the beloved cartoonist and award-winning children’s book author whose work graced the covers and pages of the New Yorker for more than 70 years. In Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns: The Lost Art of William...
The English
A Portrait of a People
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2001
The acclaimed author of On Royalty explores the mysteries of English identity in this “witty, argumentative book bursting with good things” (The Daily Telegraph).
A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller
Being English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated...
by Emily Herbert
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
A true original, Gaga found fame the hard way, playing the grimy bars and burlesque shows of New York City, before finally relocating to Los Angeles to begin work on what would become her debut album The Fame. Constantly en vogue and always in the public eye, this is the biography of the rise of Gaga,...
City Farmhouse Style
Designs for a Modern Country Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots, and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city dwelling. Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fairs, and vintage store. She is also a legendary...
The Olive Season
Amour, A New Life, and Olives, Too . . . !
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2004
The celebrated author of The Olive Farm once again proves to be “a storyteller of great economy and deftness” in this memoir of life in the South of France (The Daily Telegraph).
A critically acclaimed actress and star of the BBC series All Things Great and Small, Carol Drinkwater embarked...
by Carol Drinkwater
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2001
After all, they are newlyweds of limited means, and Carol is still adjusting to her role as stepmother to Michel’s two daughters. But the splendor of the region becomes a force they are unable to resist. Michel presents their life savings to the real estate broker as a down payment for the farm,...
by Philipp Blom
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
From amassing sacred relics to collecting celebrity memorabilia, the impulse to hoard has gripped humankind throughout the centuries. But what is it that drives people to possess objects that have no conceivable use? To Have and To Hold is a captivating tour of collectors and their treasures from...
The First Detective
The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq: Criminal, Spy, and Private Eye
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
He was the Inspector Morse, the Sherlock Holmes, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal in his youth, he became a police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. He developed innovative criminal indexing techniques and experimented with fingerprinting, until his cavalier...
Choking on Marlon Brando
A Film Critic's Memoir About Love and the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
In this witty and bittersweet memoir, the film critic shares her misadventures as a lover of film stars who seeks movie romance in the real world.
Antonia Quirke was ten years old when she first saw Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. It was the first film she ever saw, and her reaction...
by Yoko Yagi, Tohru Yuasa
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Tokyo is home to a creative and daring street-style scene, rich with subcultures and shaped by constant motion. In Tokyo Street Style, fashion writer Yoko Yagi explores influential trends, covering an eclectic range of styles from kawaii cute to genderless looks, while designers, editors, models,...
American Gothic
The Life of Grant Wood
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
From humble beginnings sketching Iowa’s cornfields and rolling hills as a child, Grant Wood became the father of regionalism, an artistic movement that celebrated the simple and real-life surroundings of the people. When studying art in Europe in the early 20th century, Grant couldn’t find a style...
Danza!
Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of Amalia Hernández, dancer and founder of El Ballet Folklórico de México.
Published in time for the 100th anniversary of Hernández’s birth, Danza! is the first picture book about the famous dancer and choreographer.
Danza!...
Breakfast at Sotheby's
An A-Z of the Art Word
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Two questions are key to experiencing a work of art in a museum or exhibition: 1.) Do I like it? 2.) Who's it by? You need quite a few more questions if you're in an auction room or dealer's gallery, however. You’ll find yourself asking, How much is it worth? How much will it be worth in five or...