Abrams: 1969 books
The Idle Beekeeper
The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
From building a hive to harvesting honey, a top urban beekeeper shares how to care for bees the simple, mindful way.
Global bee populations have been rapidly declining for years, and it’s not just our honey supply that’s at stake: the contribution of bees to the pollination of crops...
Holy Cow, I Sure Do Love You!
A Little Book That's Oddly Moo-ving
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
An illustrated love note filled with moo-ving declarations by one adorable cow, from the New York Times–bestselling duo.
There are many ways to say “I love you.” This cow utters them all.
With playful bovine puns and simple, sophisticated illustrations, the bestselling creators of I Wish...
A Modern Plutarch
Comparisons of the Most Influential Modern Statesmen
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
One of the most significant and enduring texts to have survived from Ancient Greece is Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, written by Plutarch in the first century AD. In the work, the man known as the “Father of Biography? paired off the most notable and influential figures of the classical world,...
Angela Merkel
Europe's Most Influential Leader: Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Angela Merkel, the woman who has held control of the European Union and successfully negotiated with Russian President Vladimir Putin, is one of the most crucial and formidable fixtures in contemporary politics. Political commentator and journalist Matthew Qvortrup weaves the personal story of the...
Bonnaroo
What, Which, This, That, The Other
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Set on 700 acres of rolling farm hills in Manchester, Tennessee, Bonnaroo is a four-day music and camping festival that draws in over 80,000 fans every summer. Featuring over 120 musical performances, along with comedy, cinema, sustainability workshops, and more, the grounds are converted into a virtual...
Baseball Fantography
A Celebration in Snapshots and Stories from the Fans
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2012
A treasury of candid photos and behind-the-scenes trivia covering decades of baseball history.
Baseball Fantography is a celebration of baseball through the eyes of fans, via photos they’ve taken of players, ballparks, and related subjects over the past nine decades, along with essays, sidebars,...
by Paloma Contreras
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
In Dream Design Live, decorator Paloma Contreras goes beyond interior design to show readers how to inhabit their homes in fulfilling and beautiful ways. Divided into three sections, this hardworking book proves that the most appealing interiors are also the most personal ones. Contreras takes readers...
The Great Stain
Witnessing American Slavery
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
In this “essential? (Kirkus) new work, Noel Rae integrates firsthand accounts into a narrative history that brings the reader face to face with slavery’s everyday reality, expertly weaving together narratives that span hundreds of years. From the travel journals of sixteenth-century Spanish settlers...
Yiddishkeit
Jewish Vernacular and the New Land
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Yiddish is everywhere. We hear words like nosh, schlep, and schmutz all the time, but how did these words come to pepper American English? In Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land, Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle trace the influence of Yiddish from medieval Europe to the tenements of New York’s...
The Exhibitionist
Living Museums, Loving Museums
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
The renowned curator gives a personal tour of his journey from archeology to the Met, the Jewish Museum, and helping found the Israel Museum.
In The Exhibitionist, museum director Karl Katz discusses his tireless, impassioned work spanning six decades and numerous countries. As a young man, Karl...
by Chris Santella
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
*Fifty Places to Run Before You *Die is a beautifully illustrated collection of the most exhilarating running courses in the world. Featuring a balance of popular races (marathons, 10Ks, and endurance runs) and scenic trails off the beaten path, as well as interviews with accomplished runners and...
Craft the Rainbow
40 Colorful Paper Projects from The House That Lars Built
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
What began as an Instagram hashtag and project collection (#CrafttheRainbow) that quickly went viral has become a showstopping book, offering a rainbow of completely new project ideas. Learn how to make playful party decorations, luscious flowers, amazing cards, and sophisticated wreaths, garlands,...
History Lessons
A Memoir of Madness, Memory, and the Brain
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Born in Louisiana to a soon-to-be absent father and an alcoholic mother—who tried to drown him in a bathtub when he was three—Clifton Crais spent his childhood perched beside his mother on a too-tall bar stool, living with relatives too old or infirmed to care for him, or rambling on his own through...
by Troy Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner
Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this...