Da Capo Press imprint: 567 books
The B List
The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending Mavericks, and Cult
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2008
What kind of collection could possibly find common ground among The Son of Kong, Platoon, and Pink Flamingos? What kind of fevered minds could conceive of such a list? What are the unheard-of qualities that tie them all together?
The answers: This book. The National Society of Film Critics....
My Day
The Best Of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
"I think Eleanor Roosevelt has so gripped the imagination of this moment because we need her and her vision so completely. . . . She's perfect for us as we enter the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt is a loud and profound voice for people who want to change the world."--Blanche Wiesen...
Butterfly in the Typewriter
The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
The saga of John Kennedy Toole is one of the greatest stories of American literary history. After writing A Confederacy of Dunces, Toole corresponded with Robert Gottlieb of Simon & Schuster for two years. Exhausted from Gottlieb’s suggested revisions, Toole declared the publication of the manuscript...
First SEALs
The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
From bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell, the untold story of World War II's first unit of special operations combat swimmers-precursors of today's US Navy SEALs
by Charles Pierce
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2000
Here, at last, is Charles Pierce's best writing on sports, collected for the first time in one volume. All of these pieces, first published in GQ, the National, and Esquire, showcase Pierce's trademark humor. Some are spot-on profiles of famous sports personalities such as Tiger Woods, Magic Johnson,...
by Toby Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
In 1995 high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other Brits had taken Manhattan--Alistair Cooke, Tina Brown, Anna Wintour--so why couldn't he?But things didn't quite go according to plan. Within the space of two years he was...
The Strategy of Victory
How General George Washington Won the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
A sweeping and insightful grand strategic overview of the American Revolution, highlighting Washington's role in orchestrating victory and creating the US Army
Led by the Continental Congress, the Americans almost lost the war for independence because their military thinking was badly muddled....
Lion of Liberty
Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyranny-both British and American. Remembered largely for his cry for liberty or death,” Henry was actually the first (and most colorful) of...
"Mr. President"
George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Although the framers gave the president little authority, George Washington knew whatever he did would set precedents for generations of future leaders. To ensure their ability to defend the nation, he simply ignored the Constitution when he thought it necessary.
In a revealing new look at...
by Harlow Giles Unger
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
From New York Times bestselling author and Founding Fathers' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its revolution, and whose ideas about reason and religion continue to try men's souls.
Thomas Paine's words were like...
Henry Clay
America's Greatest Statesman
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, author Harlow Giles Unger tells how Henry Clay, the only freshman congressman ever elected Speaker of the House, established the Speaker as the most powerful elected official after the President. During fifty years in public service--as...
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
"Rings with that truth recognizable to every combat man. Those looking for action will find it here in buckets."--John Toland, New York Times Book Review
Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are featured in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong...
Midnight in the Pacific
Guadalcanal--The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A sweeping narrative history--the first in over twenty years--of America's first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal
From early August until mid-November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance...
A Christmas Far from Home
An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The day after Thanksgiving, five months into the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur flew to American positions in the north and grandly announced an end-the-war-by-Christmas offensive, despite recent evidence of intervention by Mao's Chinese troops. Marching north in plunging temperatures, General...