Abrams: 1969 books
Susan Boyle
Dreams Can Come True
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
As she announced she was going to sing I Dreamed a Dream, the judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan didn't bother to hide their amusement. One minute later they, and very soon the world, were giving Susan Boyle a standing ovation. She had the voice of an angel and her story was to become...
by John Leguizamo
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
“Ghetto Klown is autobiographical dynamite—this is Leguizamo at his scathing, honest, moving, comedic best. Among the finest portraits of an artist as a young wounded talented man as I’ve read.”
—Junot Díaz
“My main Johnny Legs has done it again. Ghetto Klown as a graphic novel? DOPENESS.”
—Spike...
Looking for Jimmy
A Search for Irish America
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
“[An] exceptionally thoughtful and interesting inquiry into Irish America . . . More a meditation than a history” from the acclaimed author of Dry Bones (The Washington Post).
In the hands of historical novelist and speechwriter Peter Quinn, the Irish stereotype of “Paddy” gives way...
Bash
Three Plays
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Neil LaBute burst onto the American theater scene with the premiere of BASH at NYC’s Douglas Fairbanks Theater in 1999 in a wildly praised production that featured Calista Flockhart, Paul Rudd, and Ron Eldard. It went on to play at the Almeida Theatre in London and since then has seen hundreds of...
Decorating a Room of One's Own
Conversations on Interior Design with Miss Havisham, Jane Eyre, Victor Frankenstein, Elizabeth Bennet, Ishmael, and Other Literary Notables
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
What would Little Women be without the charms of the March family’s cozy New England home? Or Wuthering Heights without the ghost-infested Wuthering Heights? Getting lost in the setting of a good book can be half the pleasure of reading, and *Decorating a Room of One’s *Own brings literary backdrops...
The Art of Rube Goldberg
(A) Inventive (B) Cartoon (C) Genius
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Not many of us make it into the dictionary as an adjective. But then again, Rube Goldberg was no ordinary noun. He was a cartoonist, humorist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, and in a 72-year career he wrote and illustrated nearly 50,000 cartoons. Goldberg (1883–1970) was the most famous...
by Dave Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
A “hilarious” tale of procrastination, obsession, search engines, and worldwide travel, based on the award-winning one-man comedy show (Booklist).
“When he turned 31, British stand-up comic Gorman decided he wanted to be taken seriously, so he landed a contract to write a novel. He took novel...
Can I Sit on Your Lap While You're Pooping?
Actual Quotes from an Actual Toddler to Her Actual Dad
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
As a single dad, Matthew Carroll didn’t always have someone to share in his frequent laughter and incredulity at the various things his daughter, Morgan, said. Hoping to document some of her best commentary, Carroll took to recording her choicest quotes on his iPhone when she was between the ages...
by Carolyn Cassady
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Written by the woman who loved them all--as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac, and friend of Ginsberg--this riveting and intimate memoir spans one of the most vital eras in twentieth-century literature and culture, including the explosive successes of Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl, the...
Worst Laid Plans
When Bad Sex Happens to Good People
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
“When bad sex happens to good people, there is no recourse like full disclosure,” is the motto of Worst Laid Plans, a collection of forty probably-too-intimate, but shockingly funny, true-life tales of lust gone wrong. The stories are divided into themed sections including Foreign Affairs (“When...
A Stash of One's Own
Knitters on Loving, Living with, and Letting Go of Yarn
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
From New York Times bestselling knitting writer Clara Parkes, comes a new collection of essays and stories drawn from the yarn-loving, stash-collecting, close-knit community of knitters.
This addictive-to-read anthology celebrates yarn—specifically, the knitter’s reputation for acquiring it...
Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses
Roger Corman: King of the B Movie
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses is an outrageously rollicking account of the life and career of Roger Cormanone of the most prolific and successful independent producers, directors, and writers of all time, and self-proclaimed king of the B movie. As told by Corman...
Watching Porn
And Other Confessions of an Adult Entertainment Journalist
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Lynsey G. never imagined that she would ever work in porn, but at 24 years old, with a degree in English literature and an empty bank account, she found herself reviewing the film East Coast ASSault for an adult magazine in New York City. One interview later and it was official: she was a porn journalist....
The Unpersuadables
Adventures with the Enemies of Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Why, that is, did the obviously intelligent man beside him sincerely believe in Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden and a six-thousand-year-old Earth, in spite of the evidence against them? It was the start of a journey that would lead Storr all over the world—from Texas to Warsaw to the Outer Hebrides—meeting...