by Lília We had many new titles make our bestsellers in November, but also a few 'old' ones like Project Hail Mary (which will be released in the theaters March 2026) and the classic Crime and Punishment. We have titles that keep selling really well because they are great books, such [...]
by Iris This holiday season, we are raising funds for Nationaal Fonds Kinderhulp. This is a Dutch organization that supports children and young people up to 21 years old in the Netherlands who are growing up in poverty. Through their Kinderzwerfboek project, started in 2010, they help bring books to [...]
by Iris Another wonderful Thanksgiving celebration is behind us. Food, chats, and (not unimportantly) extra discounts were shared across all three stores, and we were very happy to see so many of your faces. Of course we also brought back our Blind Book Bundles. We shared a little bit about the [...]
Termination Shock - Neil StephensonNeal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. One man has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, [...]
by Lília At ABC we have many customers asking for kids books in translation from the original Dutch, especially expats with smaller kids that just moved in or grandparents wanting to take their culture back to English-language grandchildren living abroad. We thought it would be a good idea to put some [...]
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes - Maria Konnikova No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work [...]
By Sophie It's almost time for our favorite day of the year, Thanksgiving! We've celebrated this very American holiday since we opened in 1972 as a way to say thank you to you, our customers, for supporting us this past year, and for being such an enriching part of our [...]
By Naomi It's the cold season, it's comfy season, and it's also gifting season! Why not gift the Romantasy lover in your life (which might be you yourself, but who's going to stop you?) a beautiful deluxe edition that not only makes for great reading, but will also look pretty on [...]
By Sophie ABCxJAI: Two great flavors that go better together. The John Adams and the American Book Center have joined forces this year, and we have big plans for the future—which we want to share with as many people as we [...]
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet's great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story as never before. A thrilling re-evaluation of the creatures that ruled the earth for 150 million [...]
