Abrams: 1969 books
50 Years of Rolling Stone
The Music, Politics and People that Shaped Our Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
For the past fifty years, Rolling Stone has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and—above all—music. This landmark book documents the magazine’s rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading showcase for era-defining photography. From the 1960s to the present...
by Bunny Williams, Schafer Gil, Christian Brechneff
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Author and renowned designer Bunny Williams has been at the top of the interior design world for more than 40 years. Her new book invites readers to explore La Colina, Williams’s lovely Caribbean retreat tucked into lush, tropical gardens by the sea. The book explores every facet of the property—from...
by Hutton Wilkinson, Tim Street-Porter
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Designer Tony Duquette’s legendary Dawnridge, located in Beverly Hills, is one of the most creatively designed private homes in America. Built in 1949 by Duquette and his wife, Elizabeth, the original structure was a modest 30 x 30 foot box. Hutton Wilkinson purchased the home following Duquette’s...
Think Like an Artist
and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
From international bestselling author Will Gompertz, Think Like an Artist is a guide to increasing creativity and productivity with help from some of the greatest artists throughout history.
How do artists think? Where does their creativity originate? How can we, too, learn to be more creative?...
The Hero's Closet
Sewing for Cosplay and Costuming
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Cosplayers rejoice! The Hero’s Closet is the ultimate DIY guide to creating unique and fantastical homemade costumes
This essential handbook offers detailed, step-by-step instructions that cover the basics of sewing costumes (which often require skills not found in standard sewing guides) to...
Face Paint
The Story of Makeup
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Makeup, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. In Face Paint, Lisa Eldridge reveals the entire history of the art form, from Egyptian and Classical times up through the...
House Beautiful Style Secrets
What Every Room Needs
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
From the country’s most popular interior design magazine comes a stylish, in-depth look at what it takes to make any room beautiful. House Beautiful Style Essentials: What Every Room Needs is an inspiring and hardworking handbook that shows readers how to create the rooms of their dreams by revealing...
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Book
The Definitive Guide to Getting Your Ugly On
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Definitive in every way, Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Book includes the history of the event, how to throw the perfect party, what to wear, and how to judge the all-important ugly Christmas sweater contest. But most important, Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Book is packed with more than 100 hilarious,...
by Jennifer Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Everything from "Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?" to "Did Charles Dickens ever write anything fun?" Anyone who has ever worked in retail will nod knowingly at requests like "I’ve forgotten my glasses, can you read me the first chapter?" Or the...
X vs. Y
A Culture War, a Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Seen through the eyes of siblings 14 years apart in age, X vs. Y is a smart, funny, stylish, and visually driven anthology that compiles and compares their two generational cultures. It’s a story told through lists, infographics, essays, anecdotes, and images, with chapters devoted to fashion,...
Bygone Badass Broads
52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Based on Mackenzi Lee’s popular weekly Twitter series of the same name, Bygone Badass Broads features 52 remarkable and forgotten trailblazing women from all over the world. With tales of heroism and cunning, in-depth bios and witty storytelling, Bygone Badass Broads gives new life to these historic...
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Here’s a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It’s Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler...
The Rap Year Book
The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
New York Times Bestseller - Washington Post Bestseller - Pitchfork Book Club selection
The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape, and comes right up to the present. Shea...
Canning for a New Generation: Updated and Expanded Edition
Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
NOW AVAILABLE FROM ABRAMS: Canning for a New Generation: Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 978-1-61769-185-0)
“When I was growing up, canning was for old folks and cranks and separatists,” writes Liana Krissoff in her introduction to Canning for a New Generation. But not anymore. With...