Jamaica, in 1665 a lone outpost of British power amid Spanish waters in the sunbaked Caribbean. Its capital, Port Royal, a cuthroat town of taverns, grog shops and bawdy houses -- the last place imaginable from which to launch an unthinkable attack on a nearby Spanish stronghold. Yet that is exactly what renowned privateer Captain Charles Hunter plans to do, with the connivance of Charles II's ruling governor, Sir James Almont.
A thrilling sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller Nick of Time, in which the young time traveler Nick McIver must prove his courage once more, on two fronts: in World War Two–era England, where Nazis have invaded his homeland, and in America during the Revolution, where Nick stands shoulder to shoulder with General George Washington.
Do you think you could be a pirate? Read this book to find out how and why people turn to piracy. Discover what life was really like on board a pirate ship. Could you kill someone for a bag of gold? Would you risk death every day to chase dreams on the open sea? And finally, if you really had to . . . would you eat rats?
Guide to Pirate Parenting - Why You Should Raise Your Kids As Pirates, and 101 Tips on How to Do It
Never before has raising a pirate been so easy! If you re like most parents, you long to raise your children as pirates, but just don t know how. In Guide to Pirate Parenting, Cap n Billy The Butcher MacDougall provides everything you need to know to turn your little powder monkeys into happy, healthy buccaneers.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 24 September 2011
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Pirate - The Golden Age
This book describes the life of a pirate in the early 18th century, the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’. It charts the way these men (and a few women) were recruited, how they operated, what they looked like and what prospects their lives held. In the process the book strips away many of the myths associated with piracy to reveal the harsh realities of those who lived beyond the normal bounds of society.
