Da Capo Press imprint: 567 books
The Magnificent Masters
Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, and the 1975 Cliffhanger at Augusta
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Long before any of the players actually hit a golf ball, the 1975 Masters Tournament was destined for the record books when Lee Elder became the first African-American ever invited to the exclusive Augusta club's tourney. He was among the veritable Hall of Fame-list of competitors that week: Arnold...
Chasing Tiger
The Tiger Woods Reader
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2002
From his appearance on the Mike Douglas Show at age three (he putted for Bob Hope and Jimmy Stewart) to his winning the U.S Junior Amateur title at fifteen (he was the youngest champion ever) to his recent victories in four Grand Slam events in a row (though not in the same year), Tiger Woods has...
Thunder at Twilight
Vienna 1913/1914
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Thunder at Twilight is a landmark historical vision, drawing on hitherto untapped sources to illuminate two crucial years in the life of the extraordinary city of Vienna-and in the life of the twentieth century.
It was during the carnival of 1913 that a young Stalin arrived in Vienna on a mission...
by H.v. Morton
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009
H.V. Morton's evocative account of his days in 1950s Rome-the fabled era of La Dolce Vita-remains an indispensable guide to what makes the Eternal City eternal. In his characteristic anecdotal style, Morton leads the reader on a well-informed and delightful journey around the city, from the Fontana...
The Odds
One Season, Three Gamblers And The Death Of Their Las Vegas
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
One gambler is a manic former cokehead with an Ivy League degree. The second is a college dropout trying to make a living at the only thing he enjoyed at school-gambling. The third, one of Vegas's most respected bookmakers, is perilously close to burning out. The Odds follows the lives of these three...
Summer of '68
The Season That Changed Baseball--and America--Forever
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season—when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams
From the beginning, '68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow...
High Heat
The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
What is it about a quality fastball that brings us to the edge of our seats? How is it humanly possible to throw faster than 100 mph? And the big question: Who is the fastest pitcher ever?
High Heat takes us on what filmmaker Ken Burns calls a "compelling, relentless, riveting" quest...
1954
The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
1954: Perhaps no single baseball season has so profoundly changed the game forever. In that year-the same in which the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education, that segregation of the races be outlawed in America's public schools-Larry Doby's Indians won an...
Chasing the Game
America and the Quest for the World Cup
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
A tantalizing account of the triumphs and travails of the U.S. men’s soccer team in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, set within the historical context of American soccer on the global stage
The U.S. men’s soccer team was a huge disappointment at the World Cup in 2006, but...
Tiger
The Real Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Born to a father who described him as the chosen one” and a mother who called him the universal child,” Tiger Woods was groomed for the fame and influence that his parents believed was his destiny. At age twenty, he made his debut in a Nike commercial. Hello, world,” he said. Are you...
Semi-Tough
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
"Dan Jenkins is a comic genius."--Don Imus
Made into a hilarious and timeless film starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, and Jill Clayburgh, and recently named number seven on Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time, Semi-Tough is Dan Jenkins's masterpiece and...
Jetpack Dreams
One Man's Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Jetpack Dreams chronicles the colorful pop history and science of that most amazing and mysterious of machines: the jetpack. Fueled by a fascination and lifelong obsession with the power of flight, journalist Mac Montandon goes on a vastly entertaining search of the elusive invention. He examines...
Trading Manny
How a Father and Son Learned to Love Baseball Again
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The moving story of how a father and his young son recaptured their love of baseball—a winning testament to why the game matters and how it can still bring us together in spite of itself
In recent years something hasn’t been quite right with baseball. Ask Jim Gullo: he’ll tell you even...
23 Days in July
Inside the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong's Record-Breaking Victory
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Taking place over twenty-three days in July and across more than 2,100 miles of smooth blacktop, rough cobblestones, and punishing mountain terrain, the Tour de France is the most grueling sports event in the world. And in 2004, five-time champion Lance Armstrong set out to achieve what no other cyclist...