Books from Abrams
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The Carnival of Lost Souls: A Handcuff Kid Novel
By Laura QuimbyThe wagon ambled toward the town like a prehistoric mammoth. The wheels groaned as the painted beast lurched along the beat-up road. Ahead, the town sprouted up in the trees like a wild bunch of mushrooms. The buildings seemed to have ...
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Altman
By Kathryn Reed Altman, Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan... 307, 308 Harris, Barbara, 100, 101, 101 Harris, Ed, 199 Harrison, Cathryn, 70, 71 Hart, Gary, 179 Hauser, Robert, ... Images (film), 47,47, 70, 70–71, 85, 86, 86–87 “I'm Easy” (song), 98, 101, 160, 161 In Search of Unicorns (film), ...
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Altman (Text-Only Edition)
By Kathryn Reed AltmanIt was Trudeau —whose comic strip often sports M*A*S*H-like absurdist humor— who suggested Altman. ... Bob Dole, Gary Hart, Pat Robertson, and Bruce Babbitt appeared on the show, becoming part of Altman's artifice.
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Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
By Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo, Mary Ann ZoellnerSh*tty Mom is the ultimate parenting guide, written by four moms who have seen it all.
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40 Days of Dating: An Experiment
By Timothy Goodman, Jessica Walsh... and then I tear them down. Were your parents strict? For a long time, when I was really little, it was just my mother and me. She would let me watch stuff like Rambo, Eddie Murphy stand-up, and Cheech and Chong.
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How I Learned to Hate in Ohio: A Novel
By David Stuart MacLeanIt was like putting a hot pepper into chocolate. A new twist on something already beloved. I was a hot pepper. Just a hot pepper. If anything I was a hot pepper put into oatmeal. Gary was popular now.
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The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq: Criminal, Spy, and Private Eye
By James MortonThe Memoirs of Lacenaire (1952) London, Staples Press. — Vidocq: Picaroon ofCrime (1953) London, Staples Press. — The Police of Paris (1957) London, Staples Press. Sue, E., Mystères de Paris (1992) Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson.
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The Foreign Cinema Cookbook: Recipes and Stories Under the Stars
By John Clark, Gayle PirieSome producers that may be reasonably easy to find are Roche de Bellene, Boyer-Martenot, Jobard, and Matrot. MAKE AHEAD The stock, toasted noodles, and sofrito can be prepared a day ahead, making the dish easy to put together at the ...
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Waterloo: The Aftermath
By Paul O'Keeffe... enlarged and corrected (London: 1817) Boyer-Peyreleau, Eugene-Edouard, Les Antilles Françaises, particulierement La Guadeloupe, Vol. III (Paris: 1826) Brack, Général de, 'Recit inedit d'un combattant', Carnet de la Sabretache, ...
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Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
By Paul CartledgeIn Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, acclaimed classicist and historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to life and argues that it is central to our understanding of the ancient Greeks’ achievements—whether ...
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Alexander the Great
By Paul CartledgeAlexander the Great is an engaging portrait of a fascinating man, and a welcome balance to the myths, legends, and often skewed history that have obscured the real Alexander.
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The Spartans
By Paul Cartledge" This illuminating volume that ties in with the PBS television series of the same name, airing in the summer of 2003.
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The Republic of Vengeance
By Paul WatersAltogether a most powerful and promising debut" —Paul CARTLEDGE, Auroor of The RMopylae I've waited forages for something this good to come along and this debut instantly brings to mind one name—Mary Renault"—SUEBAKER, ...
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Christmas Memories: Gifts, Activities, Fads, and Fancies, 1920s-1960s
By Susan WaggonerGeorge Gershwin caricatures his profile. John P. Morgan, Anne Morgan, Noel Coward, Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Vincent Astor were asked for cards for the exhibit, replied that they had none to exhibit this year. —Time, December12, 1932 ...
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Starling Days: A Novel
By Rowan Hisayo BuchananCan you meet me at the Victoria and Albert Museum cafe at 2:30 Phoebe's text was a question but there was no question mark at the end. Did that indicate an assumption of agreement or an indifference to Mina's sense of grammar?
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Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to Son John Julius Norwich, 1939-1952
By Diana CooperAlso a dressing room large and cupboarded for a thousand uniforms and mirrors in plenty and odd bits such as a stool you might see at Daniel Neal's12 on which the unfortunates who have to try tight shoes on to hot feet squat and boot ...
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Secrets of the Cicada Summer
By Andrea BeatyThe other road that heads north and south into the countryside is blacktop, but only as far as Neal's Hill. After that, it gives up and turns into gravel, and when it's gone so far nobody cares anymore, it narrows down to a dirt lane ...
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Kirby: King of Comics (Anniversary Edition)
By Mark EvanierFrom the moment they met—and knowing Jack, maybe even before that—everything he did, he did for Roz. And later on, for Roz, Neal, Susan, Barbara, and Lisa. INDEX OF SEARCHABLE TERMS Abdul Jones Action Comics Adams, Neal.
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The Boxer's Heart: A Woman Fighting
By Kate Sekules“Hey,” says Leslie Howe. “Oh my God,” I reply. “Told you you'd know her,” says Terry, as delighted as a yenta matchmaker. Leslie's trainer, a compact Latino guy, starts to wrap her hands, and I start to feel shaky. Leslie has at least ...
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I Like This, You Like That
By Linda AshmanFrom acclaimed author Linda Ashman and illustrator Eve Coy comes this joyful picture book about making new friends and finding common ground We’re opposites! / You’re right—we are.