Da Capo Press imprint: 567 books
Fire and Rain
The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Set against a backdrop of world-changing historical and political events, Fire and Rain tells the extraordinary story of one pivotal year in the lives and music of four legendary artists, and reveals how these artists and their songs both shaped and reflected their times. Drawing on interviews, rare...
Another Insane Devotion
On the Love of Cats and Persons
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
From “a genuine American Dostoevsky” (The Washington Post): a dazzling, funny, bittersweet exploration of the mysteries of relationship, both human and animal.
When his favorite cat Biscuit goes missing, Peter Trachtenberg sets out to find her. The journey takes him 700 miles and many years...
Grace of Monaco
The True Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
The acclaimed biography by Jeffrey Robinson, now revised and updated to coincide with the major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace.
It was one of the most famous romances of the 20th century-Europe's most eligible bachelor, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and America's most beautiful...
Pearl Harbor Christmas
A World at War, December 1941
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The shock—in some cases overseas, elation—was worldwide. While Americans attempted to go about celebrating as usual, the reality of the just-declared war was on everybody’s mind. United States troops on Wake Island...
Final Victory
FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
When the wartime 1944 presidential election campaign geared up late that spring, Franklin D. Roosevelt had already occupied the White House years longer than any other president. Sensing likely weakness, the Republicans mounted an energetic and expensive campaign, hitting hard at FDR's liberal domestic...
Young Mr. Roosevelt
FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In Young Mr. Roosevelt Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee...
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The Secret Life of Steve Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Welcome to the mind—to the world—of Fake Steve Jobs. Fake Steve the counterintuitive management guru: “Obviously we can’t literally put our employees’ lives at risk. But we have to make them feel that way.” Fake Steve the celebrity hobnobber: “I like Bono. He’s the only person I know...
Saladin
The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in "a rollicking good story" (Justin Marozzi).
Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders...
Man Killed by Pheasant
And Other Kinships
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2008
John price's story is one of family and place, rich with wild creatures, with his Swedish ancestors, with neighbors, and with his prairie home. His work, deeply grounded in the grasslands of the Midwest, is, like that of Edward Abbey or Aldo Leopold, tied to place yet elevated by experiences that know no boundaries.
Chasing Perfection
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the High-Stakes Game of Creating an NBA Champion
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Chasing Perfection goes behind the scenes of the multi-million dollar, high-stakes world of basketball player development, research and analysis, and the often secretive, cutting-edge methods that NBA franchises use to turn less-expensive, supporting players into vital parts of championship teams.
NBA...
Demonized
Hunted by the Darkness A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2020
A candid and unflinching memoir by the lead singer of multi-platinum rock band Korn.
After an unconventional childhood plagued with severe illnesses, family dysfunction, sexual abuse, and bullying, it's amazing that Korn frontman Jonathan Davis was able to overcome his demons to become one...
by Benjamin Nugent
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Best known for his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Misery" from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, Elliott Smith was catapulted to the status of indie rock star after performing at the 1997 Academy Awards. Some of his albums, XO and Either/Or among them, would become '90s classics, helping to...
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2006
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) is one of the most acclaimed albums of all time. A stunning exploration of madness, death, anxiety, and alienation, it remained on the Billboard charts for 724 weeks--the longest consecutive run for an LP ever--and has sold 30 million copies worldwide....
Satchmo
The Genius of Louis Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Gary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" (Esquire). Louis Armstrong has been called the most influential jazz musician of the century. Together this auspicious pairing has resulted in Satchmo, one of the most vivid and fascinating portraits ever drawn of perhaps...