Abrams: 1969 books
Nathan Turner's I Love California
Design and Entertaining the West Coast Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Designer Nathan Turner’s style is synonymous with the easy glam of California living. His first book introduced readers to his casual American style and chic design sense. Now, he has written a love letter to his home state in I Love California. This book is a journey up and down Highway 1 that...
by Brooke Barker
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
No one ever said it was easy being young, and it’s especially true if you’re a little creature out in the jungles, forests, deserts, and oceans of the big, bad world. Following on the success of her Instagram feed and first book, Sad Animal Facts, Brooke Barker continues her examination of the...
by Unspirational
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Tinder Nightmares is a hilarious look at some of the most epic fails of the often racy, always ridiculous, “romantic” exchanges on Tinder. The Instagram account of the same name has skyrocketed to popularity for its captivating—and sometimes titillating—ability to capture the real-life conversations...
by Kathryn Reed Altman, Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
For decades, Robert Altman fascinated audiences with pioneering films—among them M*A*S*H, Nashville, The Player, and Gosford Park—that combined technical innovation with subversive, satirical humor and impassioned political engagement. His ability to explore and engage so many different worlds...
by Jody Duncan Jesser, Janine Pourroy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Behind the scenes—and the mask—of the great Batman film trilogy, including stunning illustrations.
In 2005, director Christopher Nolan reimagined and forever redefined the Batman legend when he began his epic trilogy of films—Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and *The Dark Knight Rises—*starring...
Vinyl Me, Please
100 Albums You Need in Your Collection
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Brought to you by the subscription club of the same name, Vinyl Me, Please: 100 Albums You Need In Your Collection is a vibrant visual guide to curating must-have records for any music lover’s shelf. Celebrating artists as varied and influential as Bikini Kill, Aretha Franklin, Wilco, and beyond,...
The Tooth Fairy
Parents, Lovers, and Other Wayward Deities (A Memoir)
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
In shimmering prose that weaves among intimate confessions, deadpan asides, and piercing observations on the fear and turmoil that defined the long decade after 9/11, Clifford Chase tells the stories that have shaped his adulthood. Â There are his aging parents, whose disagreements sharpen as their...
by Thomas O'Brien, Lisa Light, Laura Resen
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Designer and merchant, collector and tastemaker, Thomas O’Brien has made a career of translating cool notions of modernism into an easy and generous array of modern styles that anyone can attain. Now he introduces readers to a range of those styles—from casual to formal, vintage to urban—alongside...
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus
The Mathematics of Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list? What equations should you use to decorate the Christmas tree? Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner—shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night—or fatter—as he munches on cookies and...
Reefer Movie Madness
The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Reefer Movie Madness is the perfect follow-up to Halperin and Bloom’s big-selling Pot Culture. It’s the most extensive guide ever to movies for the stoner audience, a real market that has proven its mass appeal with the successful Harold and Kumar franchise and the Judd Apatow library (Pineapple...
The Friendship Cure
Reconnecting in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Our best friends, Twitter followers, gal-pals, bromances, Facebook friends, and long distance buddies define us in ways we rarely openly acknowledge. But as a society, we are simultaneously terrified of being alone and already desperately lonely. We move through life in packs and friendship circles...
Kraken
The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Kraken is the traditional name for gigantic sea monsters, and this book introduces one of the most charismatic, enigmatic, and curious inhabitants of the sea: the squid. The pages take the reader on a wild narrative ride through the world of squid science and adventure, along the way addressing some...
The Edge Becomes the Center
An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
If you live in a city—and every year, more and more Americans do—you’ve seen firsthand how gentrification has transformed our surroundings, altering the way cities look, feel, cost, and even smell.Over the last few years, journalists, policymakers, critics, and historians have all tried to explain...
Scream With Me
The Enduring Legacy of the Misfits
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
**The ultimate visual history paying tribute to one of punk’s most iconic bands **
Formed in 1977, the Misfits deeply influenced the genres of punk rock and metal alike by blending their music with horror film themes and imagery. This is their visual story as told through the original ephemera...