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Since joining the Perseus Books Group in 1999, CapoDa Press has been publishing quality hardcovers and paperbacks in American and world history, biography, music, especially jazz, film, art, photography, sports, humor,.and more recently, popular culture.

Some of Da Capo recent bestselling highlights, include Sport's Illustrated's #1 football book of all time, H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, Alex Kershaw's The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice, Toby Young's How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Pier Paul Read's The Templars, Michael Flocker's The Metrosexual Guide to Style and The Hedonism Handbook, and Kind of Blue: The Making of the Mile's Davis Masterpiece. Our backlist, includes classic titles by Albert Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gary Giddins, Walker Evans, Nat Hentoff, Groucho Marx, William Nack, W.C. Heinz, Mary Oliver, and Foster Hirsch to name just a few.

Da Capo Lifelong Books features a wide array of authors and books on pregnancy, parenting, health, fitness, and relationships, including: Your Pregnancy Week by Week, Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book (called "the Bible for women with breast cancer" by the New York Times), the Take Care of Yourself series, Mari Winsor's Pilates bestsellers, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's Touchpoints and Touchpoints Three to Six, The Children's Hospital Guide to Your Child's Health and Development, Dr. Stanley Greenspan's The Child with Special Needs, Dr. Mike Riera's popular Field Guide to the American Teenager and Staying Connected to Your Teenager, Bill Bridges's "Transitions" bestsellers, and the entire range of Your Pregnancy guides by Dr. Glade Curtis, and many more.

Da Capo Press and Da Capo Lifelong Books have offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York City.
Cambridge
11 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
617.252.5200
New York
387 Park Avenue South, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-340-8100

Da Capo Press is a proud member of the Perseus Books Group.

Reading Comics, Da CapoReading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk (paperback) published by Da Capo in 2008. Comics aren't just for kids any more. Douglas Wolk's Reading Comics is a readable, provocative, canon-smashing book of comics history. In this title, the field's leading critic explains just how and why comics are shaping contemporary culture. It's the first book that completely dedicated to applying critical theory towards a greater understanding of graphic novels. Wit this book, fans have a collection of criticism about the artists and writers they admire the most: Frank Miller, Dave Sim, Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Art Spiegelman, and more.
Douglas Wolk writes about comics and music for publications including New York Times and Washington Post...




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