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Come As You Are

A revised and updated edition of Emily Nagoski's game-changing New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life. For much of the 20th and 21st centuries, women's sexuality was an uncharted territory in science, studied far less frequently -and far less seriously- than its male counterpart.

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:25+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Emily Nagoski, Female Sexuality, Matty, Sexuality, Social Science|

ABC Bestsellers – December 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong?

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:30+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Damla, Fiction, General Fiction, Ottessa Moshfegh|

Flowers for Algernon

Classic novel of a daring experiment in human intelligence. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache. Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:34+01:00Tags: artificial intelligence, Book review, Book Reviews, Daniel Keyes, Science Fiction, Vika|

Gift Editions: Mythology Books

By Naomi As the buyer for the Mythology sections in The Hague and Leidschendam, I see a lot of pretty editions pass by. Below are some gift recommendations for the mythology lover in your life – which may just be you! Dragons, Heroes, Myths and Magic: The [...]

Lilia2024-12-13T16:40:14+01:00Tags: Gift editions, Mythology, Naomi|

Gift Editions: Children’s Books

By Lília en Renata Colleague Renata and I put our heads together to make a list of beautiful, attention-worthy children’s books that have heirloom potential. These stunning editions have sprayed edges or amazing illustrations and can be read to and for children and adults alike. The Grumpus [...]

Lilia2024-12-13T13:09:32+01:00Tags: Alex T. Smith, Ballet Stories, children's books, Classic Tales, Enchanted Tales, Gift editions, gift season, Julia Donaldson, Ken Mondschein, Lília, Renata, Tove Jansson|

Legends & Lattes

High fantasy, low stakes - with a double-shot of coffee. After decades of adventuring, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now she sets her sights on a new dream - for she plans to open the first coffee shop in the city of Thune. Even though no one there knows what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the past behind her, she can't go it alone. And help might arrive from unexpected quarters.

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:38+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Iris, Iris W., Romantasy, Staff Choices|

The Booklover Tree

By Pleun While everyone was still tucked in bed, our delightful ABC elves, Shirley, Joost and Tiemen, worked their magic to create something truly enchanting: The Booklover Tree, located on the second floor of our store in Amsterdam! After days of careful preparation and the perfect selection of books, they've crafted [...]

Lilia2024-12-13T13:01:24+01:00Tags: ABC Booklover Tree, ABC Xmas Tree, Giveaway, Instagram post, Pleun|

ABC Bestsellers – November 2024

By Lília Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this [...]

XI: ABC TOP 5 2024: Naomi, Sophie and Lília

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-09T10:19:56+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Art, Autobiography, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner, Fiction, General Fiction, Graphic Novels, Japanese Fiction, Lília, Naomi, Our Top 5, Psychology, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Translated Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult|

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