Abrams: 1969 books
Amy Herzog's Ultimate Sweater Book
The Essential Guide for Adventurous Knitters
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Yarn and fiber enthusiasts everywhere will celebrate the latest addition to Amy Herzog’s beloved knitting series (which includes You Can Knit That, Knit to Flatter, and Knit Wear Love). This essential guide details every aspect of sweater knitting, starting with instructions for four basic sweater...
Identically Different
Why We Can Change Our Genes
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
In this book, a geneticist who studies identical twins “treats the view that genes are destiny with skepticism” (The New York Times).
How much are the things you choose to do every day determined by your genes and how much is your own free will? Drawing on his own cutting-edge research of identical...
A Mango in the Hand
A Story Told Through Proverbs
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Francisco is finally old enough to journey to the mango grove all by himself to gather the mangoes for a special dinner. But bees swarm the fruit, and Francisco has trouble picking them from the tree. He returns to his father several times, and each time his father shares a different proverb to inspire...
Russian Symbolist Theater
An Anthology of Plays and Critical Texts
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Although by writers better known for their verse and narrative prose, the plays of the Symbolists were not intended, like the dramatic poems of the Romantics, for the study rather than the stage. Instead, they are highly theatrical creations in a new style that demanded a new style of production....
by Rene Daumal
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
For this early 20th century French poet-philosopher, life, in its most dynamic sense, can only be experienced after the facade of self-identity has been systematically negated through a kind of metaphysical suicide. In Le Contre-Ciel, Daumal invites us, his readers, to go through this process of regeneration-through-negation...
The New Paris
The People, Places & Ideas Fueling a Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The city long-adored for its medieval beauty, old-timey brasseries, and corner cafés has even more to offer today. In the last few years, a flood of new ideas and creative locals has infused a once-static, traditional city with a new open-minded sensibility and energy. Journalist Lindsey Tramuta...
The Ring of Truth
The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times, and has fascinated both critics and devotees for over a century and a half. No recent study has examined the meaning of Wagner's masterpiece with the attention to detail and intellectual power that...
Vietnam: The Real War
A Photographic History by the Associated Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
To cover the Vietnam War, the Associated Press gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the great photographic legacies of the 20th century. Collected here are images that tell the story of the war that left a deep and lasting impression on American...
The Encyclopedia of Misinformation
A Compendium of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Confabulations, Skullduggery, Frauds, Pseudoscience, Propaganda, Hoaxes, Flimflam, Pranks, Hornswoggle, Conspiracies & Miscellaneous Fakery
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
The Encyclopedia of Fakery is a compendium of misinformation, deception, and self-delusion throughout history. The lens is wide—fakery is examined in the context of science and advertising, humor and law, sports and video games. Entries span eclectic topics: Artificial Intelligence, Auto-Tune, Chilean...
Release Your Inner Roman
A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Learn the secrets to conquering the world like a Caesar: “A fun concept and an entertaining way to teach the history of Roman society” (Historical Novel Society).
Following his “ingenious” handbook on slave management, here is Marcus Sidonius Falx’s new guide on how to improve every aspect...
by Jancis Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Many wine drinkers wish they knew more without having to understand every nuance or go to expensive wine tastings. In her new book, Jancis Robinson, the leading international authority on wine, grants the wishes of would-be wine experts the world over. With The 24-Hour Wine Expert, anyone can learn...
Rosé All Day
The Essential Guide to Your New Favorite Wine
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
In Rosé All Day, wine writer Katherine Cole takes us on an entertaining survey of the history of the wine, moving from the goblets of King Louis XIV to the vineyards of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Cole explains in detail how rosé is created and then tells us where to find the good stuff.
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The Last Crusaders
East, West, and the Battle for the Center of the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
The Crusades were the bridge between medievl and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the lttle explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for thy made the crisis truly global. The Last Crusaders is about the perio's last great conflict between East...
by Nikki McClure
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
In cut-paper artist Nikki McClure’s latest picture book, a kitten practices the basics of feline behavior over the course of a day. A single word of text per spread teaches readers “how to be a cat?—how to stretch, clean, pounce, feast—while the striking paper cuts illustrate the kitten’s...