Abrams: 1969 books
How to Wear Jewelry
55 Styles
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
New York Times Bestseller
From draping a classic strand of pearls to stacking on an eclectic set of bangles, How to Wear Jewelry offers 55 creative ways to accessorize and style your bijoux. Covering a variety of materials, iconic designs, and trendsetting looks, this beautifully illustrated...
by Carole Sabas
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
T**he Fashion Insiders’ Guides are carefully curated compendiums of the current hotspots, classic haunts, and hidden gems of the world’s greatest fashion destinations. A former Parisian living in New York, French Vogue correspondent Carole Sabas was often approached by friends and colleagues...
Baby Loves
A First Book of Favorites
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
An interactive photographic board book all about the things babies love most!
This bold, playful board book introduces a variety of familiar objects for babies to identify, including a banana, a sippy cup, a ball, and a puppy! Each is introduced with a variety of other objects in the same category,...
by Josie Iselin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Josie Iselin, the author of Abrams’ popular Heart Stones, turns to sea glass hearts for a companion volume that promises to be just as appealing. Beachcombers the world over treasure sea glass—the shards of broken glass that are tumbled by the waves into smooth, pebblelike forms. They know which...
The Habit of Labor
Lessons from a Life of Struggle and Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
“There’s no better way to explain the miracle of Israel than to examine the life of Stef Wertheimer . . . A story to be read by everyone” (Warren Buffett).
Forced to flee Nazi Germany with his family at age ten, Stef Wertheimer came to British Palestine in the late 1930s. He promptly...
Parish-Hadley Tree of Life
An Intimate History of the Legendary Design Firm
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
A lushly illustrated look inside the interior design firm that set the standard for America’s finest homes—serving the Astors, the Kennedys, and more.
Starting in the 1960s, one name was synonymous with gorgeous interior design and luxurious, stylish home décor: Parish-Hadley Associates,...
Mad World
An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Mad World is a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song but leads to stories of their history and place in the scene,...
The Good Neighbor
The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Fred Rogers (19282003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and...
Boudica
The Life of Britain's Legendary Warrior Queen
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
An “intelligent and infectiously enthusiastic” biography of the Celtic queen and an analysis of her impact on British and feminist history (The Sunday Times).
Boudica has been mythologized as the woman who dared to take on the Romans to avenge her daughters, her tribe, and her enslaved...
Soulless
The Case Against R. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
The essential account of R. Kelly’s actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making
In November 2000, Chicago journalist and music critic Jim DeRogatis received an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had a problem with “young girls.” Weeks later, DeRogatis broke the...
Between the Sheets
Nine 20th Century Women Writers and Their Famous Literary Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
The literary critic examines the love lives and career ambitions of some of the twentieth century’s greatest female authors—from Sylvia Plath to Anaïs Nin.
Why did a gifted writer like Sylvia Plath stumble into a marriage that drove her to suicide? Why did Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) want to marry...
by Curtis Cate
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2005
“An accessible, anecdotally rich” biography of the profoundly influential 19th century philosopher, author of Beyond Good and Evil and The Will to Power (Kirkus Reviews).
Friedrich Nietzsche was the most fearlessly provocative and original thinker in Western history. The protean diversity of...
Wilde's Women
How Oscar Wilde Was Shaped by the Women He Knew
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
“A lively debut biography of the flamboyant Irish writer . . . focusing on the women who loved and supported him” (Kirkus Reviews).
In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures...
A Dangerous Liaison
A Revelatory New Biography of Simon de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
The renowned biographer offers a tale of intellectual and romantic rivalry in this “dazzling portrait of Sartre and De Beauvoir’s relationship” (The Guardian).
Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were two of the twentieth century’s most prominent authors and philosophers, and the story...