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  • Amazing Tales Volume 19

    Series series Classics To Go
    Embark on an extraordinary odyssey through the cosmos with "Amazing Tales Volume 19", an electrifying science fiction anthology delivering a symphony of narratives that delve into the profound complexities of humanity's dance with the divine, an insatiable thirst for power, and the unwavering resilience of the human spirit when faced with gargantuan cosmic challenges. Journey to the sun-soaked ... Read more

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  • Pirates In Their Own Words

    by E.T. Fox ...
    For the first time in 300 years, Pirates in Their Own Words is a collection of original documents relating to the 'golden age' of piracy. Letters, testimonies, witness accounts and other primary source documents written by the pirates themselves, their victims, and the men who hunted them down. ... Read more

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    The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

    “This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read.”—Patrick O'Brian“[A] wonderfully entertaining history of pirates and piracy . . . a rip-roaring read . . . fascinating and unexpected.”—Men's JournalThis rollicking account of the golden age of piracy is packed with vivid history and high seas adventure. David Cordingly, an acclaimed ... Read more

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  • The Mammoth Book of Pirates

    by Jon E. Lewis ...
    Series Book 384 - Mammoth Books
    A rollicking tour of the history of the high seas with Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, 'Calico Jack' Rackham, Anne Bonney and other figures of maritime legend.Includes Francis 'The Scourge of Spain' Drake's audacious night-time treasure raid on Nombre de Dios; Alexander Exquemelin's fly-on-the-wall account of the 'wicked order of pirates, or robbers of the sea'; the journal of William Dampier, found ... Read more

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  • The Pirate Hunter

    The True Story of Captain Kidd

    by Richard Zacks ...
    A gripping look at the life of the seventeenth-century sea captain and the never-before-told story of his hunt for the ruthless pirate Robert Culliford."A richly detailed nautical thriller . . . combines exciting escapism with thought-provoking history." —James Bamford, author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of SecretsA Time Magazine Best Book of the YearCaptain Kidd has gone down in history ... ... Read more

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  • Here Shall I Die Ashore

    Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim.

    by Caleb Johnson ...
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  • The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale

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    The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick’s monumental history, In the Heart of the SeaIn 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed by an angry sperm whale thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific. The Essex sank, leaving twenty crew members drifting in three small open boats for ninety days. ... Read more

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  • Captain Kidd

    The Hunt for the Truth

    The execution of Captain William Kidd on 23 May 1701 is one of the most controversial and revealing episodes in the long history of piracy. The legend that has grown up around Kidds final voyage, his concealed treasure and the dubious conduct of his trial, has made him into one of the most intriguing and misunderstood figures from the golden age of piracy. For either Kidd was a legal privateer or ... Read more

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  • A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates - from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence to the present year

    Previously published 1726 and 1927

    A General History of the Pirates has long been a classic of seafaring literature and was inspiration to both Robert Louis Stevenson and J.M. Barrie. Nothing is known about Captain Charles Johnson, and it is thought that the name may be assumed - there are even some who believe he may have been Daniel Defoe. All that can be stated with any certainty is that in 1724 a small octavo volume appeared ... Read more

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  • The Pirates' Who's Who

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    Ah-harr, me hearties! This be a handy A to Z of the most feared blaggards ever t' sail the seven seas. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Brave Vessel

    The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown

    "At once a penetrating work of literary analysis and a riveting historical narrative." -Nathaniel PhilbrickMerging maritime adventure and early colonial history, A Brave Vessel charts a little-known chapter of the past that offers a window on the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's greatest works. In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail for the New World aboard the Sea Venture, only to ... Read more

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  • The Pirates’ Code

    Laws and Life Aboard Ship

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    Pirates have long captured the imagination with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye patches and buried treasure. But what was life really like on a pirate ship? Piracy was a risky, sometimes deadly occupation, and strict orders were essential for everyone’s survival. These ‘Laws’ were sets of rules that determined everything from how much each pirate earned from their plunder to ... Read more

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