Da Capo Press
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Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon
$19.99 Add to cartScipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memo
- Author: Hart, B. H. Liddell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 31, 2004
- ISBN10: 0306813637
- Language: English
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Naked City
$17.99 Add to cartFor Naked City, his first collection, Weegee cruised the streets of 1940s New York in the wee hours in search of the sensational. Lewd, louche, licentious but always brimming with life (except when br… [more below]
- Author: Weegee, Arthur F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: January 04 2006
- ISBN10: 0306812045
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Music: A History of the Blues
$19.99 Add to cartSuperbly researched and vividly written, The Devil’s Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of … [more below]
- Author: Oakley, Giles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 22 1997
- ISBN10: 306807432
- Language: English
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Marie Curie: A Life
$25.99 Add to cart“A touching three-dimensional portrait of the Polish-born scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner” (Kirkus) Madame Curie, the discoverer of radium and radioactivity
One hundred years ago, Marie Curi- Series: Radcliffe Biography Series
- Author: Quinn, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 10 1996
- ISBN10: 0201887940
- Language: English
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Albert Camus: A Life
$24.99 Add to cartIn this vibrant, engaging biography of Albert Camus, the internationally acclaimed author of The Stranger, The Plague, and The Fall, French writer and journalist Olivier Todd has richly tapped resourc… [more below]
- Author: Todd, Olivier
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 09 2000
- ISBN10: 0786707399
- Language: English
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Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography
$45.00 Add to cartAn in-depth biography of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page by the acclaimed biographer of Bob Marley and Joe Strummer, based upon the author’s extensive research and interviews
The original enigmatic- Author: Salewicz, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0306845385
- Language: English
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Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in America’s Loudest City
$21.99 Add to cartDetroit Rock City is an oral history of Detroit and its music told by the people who were on the stage, in the clubs, the practice rooms, studios, and in the audience, blasting the music out and soaki… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 25 2013
- ISBN10: 030682065X
- Language: English
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Fifty Shames of Earl Grey
$19.99 Add to cartYoung, arrogant tycoon Earl Grey seduces the na ve coed Anna Steal with his overpowering good looks and staggering amounts of money, but will she be able to get past his fifty shames, including shoppi… [more below]
- Author: Merkin, Fanny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0306821990
- Language: English
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Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship
$21.99 Add to cartJack and Lem explores the enduring friendship between John F. Kennedy and Kirk Lemoyne Billings (aka “Lem”). Jack Kennedy and Lem Billings met at Choate and remained friends until the Dallas gunfire t… [more below]
- Author: Pitts, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 25 2008
- ISBN10: 0306816237
- Language: English
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Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth
$24.99 Add to cartRising from the drug-infested streets of ’80s New York City, the incomparable Sonic Youth recorded some of the most important albums in alternative music history and influenced an entire generation of
- Author: Browne, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 02 2009
- ISBN10: 0306816032
- Language: English
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Nuremberg Diary
$21.99 Add to cartIn August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR, and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime. G. M. Gilbert, the prison psychologis… [more below]
- Author: Gilbert, G. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: August 22 1995
- ISBN10: 0306806614
- Language: English
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Thunder at Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914
$24.99 Add to cartThunder 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 twentie
- Author: Morton, Frederic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0306823268
- Language: English
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The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
$22.99 Add to cartThe Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1943, during which time the city was cut off from the rest of the world, was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. In scale, the tragedy of Lening… [more below]
- Author: Salisbury, Harrison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: May 23 2007
- ISBN10: 0306812983
- Language: English
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How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime
$18.99 Add to cartIn these pages Roger Corman, the most successful independent filmmaker in Hollywood relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of such low-budget classics Attack of the Crab Monsters, Th
- Author: Corman, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: August 22, 1998
- ISBN10: 0306808749
- Language: English
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I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartThey say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That’s part of what makes Brian Wilson’s story so astonishing.
As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in t- Author: Wilson, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825791
- Language: English
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Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
$19.99 Add to cartA haunting exploration of faith, from a preacher convicted of attempted murder to a first-hand account of holiness serpent handling–“One of the best books on American religion from the last 25 years”… [more below]
- Author: Covington, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0306818361
- Language: English
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Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire
$19.99 Add to cartIn 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 figure- Author: Man, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825422
- Language: English
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Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol
$21.99 Add to cartWithout the Sex Pistols there would be no punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols. It was Steve who, with his schoolmate Paul Cook, formed the band that eventually went on to becom
- Author: Jones, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 10, 2018
- ISBN10: 0306903172
- Language: English
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No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
$36.00 Add to cartNo Better Time tells of a young, driven mathematical genius who wrote a set of algorithms that would create a faster, better Internet. It’s the story of a beautiful friendship between a loud, irrevere… [more below]
- Author: Raskin, Molly Knight
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0306821664
- Language: English
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Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music
$18.99 Add to cartDerek Bailey’s Improvisation, originally published in 1980, and here updated and extended with new interviews and photographs, is the first book to deal with the nature of improvisation in all its for… [more below]
- Author: Bailey, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 22 1993
- ISBN10: 306805286
- Language: English
