Why We Love Pirates

Author : Rebecca Simon
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 164250338X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why We Love Pirates written by Rebecca Simon and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historian presents “an excellent guide to how pirates became the outlaw celebrities of the high seas” (Greg Jenner, host of the You’re Dead to Me podcast). During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was well known in England and the American colonies. He was infamous for the very crime for which he was hanged, piracy. In this book, historian Rebecca Simon dives into the details of the two-year manhunt for Captain Kidd and the events that ensued. Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701, followed by a massive British-led hunt for all pirates during a period known as the Golden Age of Piracy. Ironically, public executions only increased the popularity of pirates. And, because the American colonies relied on pirates for smuggled goods such as spices, wines, and silks, pirates tended to be protected from capture. This is the story of how pirates became popularly viewed as “Robin Hoods of the Sea”—and how these historical events were pivotal in creating the portrayal of pirates as we know them today. “Only someone who has lived in the shadows chasing faded pirates for an age, and is blessed with creativity, can pull off a book of this high caliber.” —Wreck Watch Magazine

Author : Kester Brewin
Publisher : Vaux
ISBN 13 : 9780955981371
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny! Why We Love Pirates, and How They Can Save Us written by Kester Brewin and published by Vaux. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it with pirates? From Somali fishermen to DVD hawkers to childrens parties, pirates surround us and their 'Jolly Roger' motif can be found on everything from skateboards to baby-grows. Yet the original pirates were mutineers, rebelling against the brutal and violent oppression of the princes and merchants who enslaved them. How has their fight become ours? In this highly original and ground-breaking book, Kester Brewin fuses history, philosophy and sociology to explore the place of piracy in history and culture, and, calling on Blackbeard, Luke Skywalker, Peter Pan and Odysseus, chases pirates through literature and film into the deepest realms of personal development, art, economics and belief.

Author : Mary Quattlebaum
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 136800444X
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pirate vs. Pirate written by Mary Quattlebaum and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-01-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad Bart is the biggest, burliest boy pirate in the Atlantic. Mean Mo is the maddest, mightiest girl pirate in the Pacific. When they meet in the middle, it's a no-holds-barred contest to see who is the best pirate in the world. They test who is brave enough to swim with sharks, who is strong enough to throw a cannonball, who can eat the most hard tack, and who has collected the most treasure. Again and again their respective crews proclaim, "Tie!" Bad Bart and Mean Mo stare each other down and . . . fall head over heads in love! This epic tale of the union of two pirate captains is told in seadog lingo and illustrated with of knockout oceanic battles.

Author : Melinda Long
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152018481
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How I Became a Pirate written by Melinda Long and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pirates have green teeth when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view."So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say scurvy dog, sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: Pirates don t tuck. A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T. "

Author : Sam Conniff Allende
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241981115
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Be More Pirate written by Sam Conniff Allende and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever your ambitions, ideas and challenges, this book will revolutionize the way you live, think and work today, and tomorrow. Pirates didn't just break the rules, they rewrote them. They didn't just reject society, they reinvented it. Pirates didn't just challenge the status-quo, they changed everyfuckingthing. Pirates faced a self-interested establishment, a broken system, industrial scale disruption and an uncertain future. Sound familiar? Pirates stood for MISCHIEF, PURPOSE and POWER. And you can too. In Be More Pirate, Sam Conniff Allende unveils the innovative strategies of Golden Age pirates, drawing parallels between the tactics and teachings of legends like Henry Morgan and Blackbeard with modern rebels, like Elon Musk, Malala and Banksy. Featuring takeaway sections and a guide to build you own pirate code 2.0, Be More Pirate will show you how to leave your mark on the 21st century. So what are you waiting for? Join the rebellion now. ----- 'Unique...reminds me of the fun we've had with our airlines' - Sir Richard Branson 'Totally compelling' Ed Miliband 'I'd rather be a pirate than join the navy' Steve Jobs 'A model for how to break the system and create radical change' Evening Standard 'Be More Pirate feels so important as it looks to history to help us grip the future' Martha Lane Fox 'This isn't a book, it's the beginning of a movement. Be More Pirate should come with a health warning' Tom Goodwin, author of Digital Darwinism

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689826257
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everything I Know About Pirates written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of made-up facts about pirates.

Author : Gideon Defoe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408824957
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists written by Gideon Defoe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just make sure we've got plenty of hams on board. I didn't really enjoy our last adventure much because we ran out of hams about halfway through. And what's my motto? I like ham! It is 1837, and for the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain and his rag-tag pirate crew, life on the high seas has gotten a little dull. With nothing to do but twiddle their hooks and lounge aimlessly on tropical beaches, the Captain decides it's time they had an adventure. A surprisingly successful boat raid leads them to the young Charles Darwin, in desperate need of their help. And so the pirates set forth for London in a bid to save the scientist from the evil machinations of a diabolical Bishop. There they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, the Elephant Man - and have an exciting trip to the zoo.

Author : Anna McKenzie
Publisher : Heroes in Recovery
ISBN 13 : 9780997854305
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pirates Have Feelings, Too! written by Anna McKenzie and published by Heroes in Recovery. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special story that can be used to help kids ages 3-6+ have safe discussions about their emotions.

Author : Johanna Lindsey
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062106627
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pirate's Love written by Johanna Lindsey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pirate's Love Sailing westward toward the Caribbean sun, young Bettina Verlaine obediently sets out to fulfill the promise made by her father--but not by her heart -- a prearranged marriage destined not to be...once the notorious Captain Tristan's pirate ship appears on the horizon. Abducted by the bold and handsome brigand, the pale-haired beauty surrenders her innocence in the warm caress of the tropical winds -- detesting her virile captor for enslaving her. . .yet loving him for the passionate spell he casts over fragile, yearning heart.

Author : Karen Poth
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 9780310721598
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Wants to Be a Pirate? written by Karen Poth and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Larry, Lunt, and Pa Grape decide they want to try being someone new, they imagine what living on TaterTown and Cookie Island would be like.