Abrams Ignition: 246 books
A Radiant Life
The Selected Journalism of Nuala O'Faolain
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Writings from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Are You Somebody?, on topics from Catholicism to feminism to Irish American culture, and more.
Curious and funny, tender and scathing, Nuala O’Faolain’s columns in the Irish Times were never less than trenchant and always passionate....
Deadline Artists—Scandals, Tragedies & Triumphs
More of America's Greatest Newspaper Columns
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
An anthology of newspaper columns from the 19th century to the present—“engaging eyewitness pieces [that] elicit admiration, wonder and gasps of surprise” (Kirkus Reviews).
Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns drew together some of the finest examples of America’s greatest...
The English
A Portrait of a People
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2001
The acclaimed author of On Royalty explores the mysteries of English identity in this “witty, argumentative book bursting with good things” (The Daily Telegraph).
A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller
Being English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated...
The Olive Season
Amour, A New Life, and Olives, Too . . . !
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2004
The celebrated author of The Olive Farm once again proves to be “a storyteller of great economy and deftness” in this memoir of life in the South of France (The Daily Telegraph).
A critically acclaimed actress and star of the BBC series All Things Great and Small, Carol Drinkwater embarked...
Choking on Marlon Brando
A Film Critic's Memoir About Love and the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
In this witty and bittersweet memoir, the film critic shares her misadventures as a lover of film stars who seeks movie romance in the real world.
Antonia Quirke was ten years old when she first saw Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. It was the first film she ever saw, and her reaction...
From Exile to Washington
A Memoir of Leadership in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
“The former Treasury Secretary has shared his story in a memoir that is both an engrossing personal narrative and a thoughtful reflection on leadership” (Henry Kissinger, author of On China).
In a life that has spanned nearly nine decades and has taken him around the world and back, W....
Churchill Style
The Art of Being Winston Churchill
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
A look at the towering twentieth-century leader and his lifestyle that goes beyond the political and into the personal.
Countless books have examined the public accomplishments of the man who led Britain in a desperate fight against the Nazis with a ferocity and focus that earned him the nickname...
On the Many Deaths of Amanda Palmer
(And the Many Crimes of Tobias James)
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
“Strange and clever . . . Some inspired thinking about real issues like the slippery nature of the Internet and relationships between artists and their fans” (Flagpole).
Centered around the hypothetical death of a real-life musician and performance artist—Amanda Palmer of Dresden Dolls...
The Boxer's Heart
A Woman Fighting
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
“Brave and ballsy . . . the internal chaos that prompts Sekules’ rage and desire to retaliate is a more original, fascinating place to visit than any gym.” —Salon.com
The Boxer’s Heart is a brilliantly candid memoir of the world of women’s boxing, now updated and with a new afterword....
Eating in Color
Delicious, Healthy Recipes for You and Your Family
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
A fun, accessible way to add a colorful array of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to your diet—with more than 90 recipes and photos.
Registered dietician and bestselling cookbook author Frances Largeman-Roth shows home cooks how to use the color spectrum to bring more vividly-hued food...
Looking for Jimmy
A Search for Irish America
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
“[An] exceptionally thoughtful and interesting inquiry into Irish America . . . More a meditation than a history” from the acclaimed author of Dry Bones (The Washington Post).
In the hands of historical novelist and speechwriter Peter Quinn, the Irish stereotype of “Paddy” gives way...
by Dave Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
A “hilarious” tale of procrastination, obsession, search engines, and worldwide travel, based on the award-winning one-man comedy show (Booklist).
“When he turned 31, British stand-up comic Gorman decided he wanted to be taken seriously, so he landed a contract to write a novel. He took novel...
It's Not You, It's Me
The Poetry of Breakup
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
“This may be an anthology for anyone who’s been broken-hearted, but it’s not an anthology for anyone who’s faint-hearted . . . Superb” (Entertainment Weekly).
It’s Not You, It’s Me is a poetry anthology—at once amusing, angry, sweet, and bitter—that gives a fresh voice to...
by Nicholas Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2005
From the renowned British author of The Dancer Upstairs comes this “meticulous, lyrical history” of the remote island and his family’s connection to it (Publishers Weekly).
Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “one of the best English novelists of our time,” Nicholas Shakespeare decided...