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The Pirates' Pact

Author : Douglas R. Burgess
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071643362
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The Pirates' Pact written by Douglas R. Burgess and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-10-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America Was classical piracy an earlier version of state-sponsored terrorism? Here's the story of how almost every well-known buccaneer of the “Golden Age of Piracy” enjoyed active sponsorship from England's governors in the American colonies- setting a pattern of official disobedience to the Crown that would ultimately contribute to the American push for independence. Relying on rare primary sources discovered in government archives in England, the Carolinas, Rhode Island, Jamaica, and elsewhere, Burgess combines true tales of derring-do with groundbreaking research in this fascinating history.

The Pirates' Pact

Author : Douglas Burgess
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pirates' Pact written by Douglas Burgess and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2008-09-10 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Roman times, pirates were known as hostis humani generi, "enemies of the human race." This special definition distinguished pirates from all other criminals and meant they could be hunted down across the earth without consideration for borders or extradition treaties. This at least was the international rhetoric, but reality in colonial America was a different story." "When Rhode Island gentleman - and infamous pirate - Thomas Tew began his notorious career in the early 1690s, it was with the official sanction of Bermuda Governor Isaac Richier. When he returned to Newport in 1693 loaded down with "a prince's ransom worth of stolen gold, silver, and sundry goods," he was given a hero's welcome and met at the dock by Rhode Island Governor Samuel Cranston, who presented him at Newport society dinners and made him the toast of the town. Later, for a fee of 500 pounds sterling, Cranston gave Tew another license to "harass the French." In 1694, looking for backers for yet another pirating voyage, Tew traveled to New York, where he was met by Governor Benjamin Fletcher and was "highly caressed by His Excellency, in a coach and six horses, and presented with a gold watch to engage him to make New York his port at his return."" "Nor was Thomas Tew the only pirate to enjoy the support of governors, leading citizens, and merchants. Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Henry Every - almost every infamous scoundrel of the "Golden Age of Piracy" (roughly 1660 to 1725) - did their plundering under the sponsorship and protection of England's colonial governors in the Americas. And virtually every governor was on the take. Pirates entertained merchants and their families aboard ships in New York Harbor and auctioned booty from the docks of Virginia's port towns." "Combining true tales of derring-do with revelations he unearthed from forgotten government archives in England, the Carolinas, Rhode Island, Jamaica, and elsewhere, Douglas Burgess demonstrates how this flaunting of England's prerogatives helped shape the American character and American notions of independence."--BOOK JACKET.

The Pirates’ Code

Author : Rebecca Simon
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789147417
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Pirates’ Code written by Rebecca Simon and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall captive to the code—the real-life buccaneer bylaws that shaped every aspect of a pirate’s life. Pirates have long captured our imaginations 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 compensation for injuries, punishments, and even the entertainment allowed on ships. These rules became known as the “Pirates’ Code,” which all pirates had to publicly swear by. Using primary sources like eyewitness accounts, trial proceedings, and maritime logs, this book explains how each one of the pirate codes was the key to pirates’ success in battle, on sea, and on land.

The Beauty Prescription: The Complete Formula for Looking and Feeling Beautiful

Author : Debra Luftman
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 13 : 9780071547635
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Beauty Prescription: The Complete Formula for Looking and Feeling Beautiful written by Debra Luftman and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best friends since they met at medical school twenty-five years ago, Dr. Debra, a Beverly Hills dermatologist, and Dr. Eva, a South Beach psychiatrist, join their expertise to take a unique look at beauty of the body and mind and have created this inspirational guide to getting gorgeous, inside and out. Their empowering message that all women are beautiful will help you discover how to bring out your maximum potential as you blossom into a more charismatic, self-assured, and multidimensional woman. That change starts with you, starting now. Care for your health, the foundation of beauty Learn the art of self care in today's busy world Create and surround yourself with beauty wherever you go Manage stress in ways that are healthful Live with kindness, passion, empathy, and humor

Pirates of the Carolinas

Author : Terrance Zepke
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561643440
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Pirates of the Carolinas written by Terrance Zepke and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2005 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen of the most intriguing buccaneers in the history of piracy, all connected somehow to the Carolinas. New edition has an all-new chapter on Blackbeard, as well as updated information on some of the other pirates, and new sections such as: The Truth About Piracy, How To Talk Like a Pirate, a list of pirate movies, a pirate quiz, and more.

The Pirate Encyclopedia

Author : Arne Zuidhoek
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004515674
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Pirate Encyclopedia written by Arne Zuidhoek and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pirate Encyclopedia, as the essential companion for scholars, students, and a general audience intrigued by tales and facts, offers the most complete body of data available on the legitimacy of more than 7.000 adventurers as subjects of investigation.

Be More Pirate

Author : Sam Conniff Allende
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982109629
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Be More Pirate written by Sam Conniff Allende and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 everyf*ckingthing. Pirates faced a self-interested establishment, a broken system, industrial scale disruption, and an uncertain future. Sound familiar? “I’d rather be a pirate than join the navy.”—Steve Jobs Pirates stood for MISCHIEF, PURPOSE, and POWER. And you can too. Be More Pirate 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 building your own pirate code 2.0, Be More Pirate will show you how to leave your mark on the 21st century. 1. Rebel — Draw strength by standing up to the status quo. 2. Rewrite — Bend, break, but most importantly, rewrite the rules. 3. Reorganize — Collaborate to achieve scale, rather than growth. 4. Redistribute — Fight for fairness, share power, and make an enemy of exploitation. 5. Retell — Weaponize your story, then tell the hell out of it. Whatever your ambitions, ideas and challenges, Be More Pirate will revolutionize the way you live, think, and work today, and tomorrow. So what are you waiting for? Join the rebellion.

A Spectacular Failure

Author : Virginia La Grand
Publisher : Brill
ISBN 13 : 9401208638
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book A Spectacular Failure written by Virginia La Grand and published by Brill. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines Defoe’s three-volume Robinson Crusoe series in the light of the ‘banter’ style he developed as a pamphleteer. That heavily ironic style had brought him renown but also put him in the pillory. The present study explores for the first time Defoe’s complaint that readers and pirate abridgers misread his tale of the would-be trader Robinson Crusoe. Using Discourse Analysis and Relevance Theory to examine the early abridgements of Volume I and Defoe’s subsequent two volumes, this study argues that Defoe’s greatest success is also a peculiar failure.

Pirates and Lost Treasure of Coastal Maine

Author : Greg Latimer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439670099
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Pirates and Lost Treasure of Coastal Maine written by Greg Latimer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known history of the pirates who roamed Maine’s rocky coast and remote islands—and what they left behind . . . Maine has never been regarded as a pirate haven—but only because witnesses were few and far between. With a rugged coast and more than four thousand offshore islands, Maine’s dark waters attracted sea raiders like Dixie Bull from the 1600s through colonial times. Pirate treasure still awaits discovery in Phippsburg and Machias, and pirate deceit prompted a massacre in ancient Fort Loyall. The infamous Captain Kidd may have prowled the waters off Deer Isle, while farther down the coast a woman and a bloodthirsty band of cutthroats lured ships to disaster at Isles of Shoals. In this colorful history featuring reenactment photos and other illustrations, award-winning investigative journalist Greg Latimer separates historical fact from fiction and leads readers on an adventure through the state’s foggy and treacherous past.

Anne Bonny the Infamous Female Pirate

Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher : Feral House
ISBN 13 : 1627310622
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Anne Bonny the Infamous Female Pirate written by Phillip Thomas Tucker and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the most famous female pirate in history provides a remarkable personal odyssey from a time when women were almost powerless and at the lowest level of the social order on both sides of the Atlantic. This new biographical work fills considerable gaps in Anne Bonny’s life beyond her mythology to rescue an actual person for posterity. After turning her back on everything she knew growing up in South Carolina to find a sense of personal freedom, Anne Bonny sailed the Caribbean’s pristine waters during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early eighteenth century. Few accurate records exist about these law-breakers, whose lifestyles called for hanging. Fortunately, Anne Bonny was a notable exception to the rule, as she was caught off the Jamaican coast and tried by a court of law, whose records have fortunately survived. So, who was the real Anne Bonny? A heartless prostitute, a bloodthirsty psychopathic, or a compassionate woman of faith and courage? Such a fundamental question has not been adequately answered by historians for 300 years. It is now time to take a fresh look at the life of Anne Bonny to present a corrective view into not only her story but also the seldom explored, but incredibly rich, field of women’s history. The Anne Bonny mythology is today popularly told in Starz channel’s Black Sails and the video game Assassin's Creed.

Long Ben (Henry Every)

Author : Mitchell Lane Publishers Inc.
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1680200410
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Long Ben (Henry Every) written by Mitchell Lane Publishers Inc. and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of famous pirates from around the world are retold in this fast-moving series; Each book includes an analysis page in each chapter that helps the kids understand what is real and what might have been fictionalized over time; Each book provides a concluding chapter that recounts for the kids whether the pirate is more legend or mostly truth.

The Pirates of Somalia

Author : Jay Bahadur
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307906981
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Pirates of Somalia written by Jay Bahadur and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a major motion picture The first close-up look at the hidden world of Somali pirates by a young journalist who dared to make his way into their remote havens and spent a year infiltrating their lives. For centuries, stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the world. The recent ragtag bands of pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking multimillion-dollar tankers owned by international shipping conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. Jay Bahadur’s riveting narrative exposé—the first of its kind—looks at who these men are, how they live, the forces that created piracy in Somalia, how the pirates spend the ransom money, how they deal with their hostages, among much, much more. It is a revelation of a dangerous world at the epicenter of political and natural disaster.

Caught!

Author : Georgia Bragg
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1524767433
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Caught! written by Georgia Bragg and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more! From the award-winning team that brought you How They Croaked and How They Choked. Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy, these fourteen troublemakers and crooks--including Blackbeard the pirate, Typhoid Mary, and gangster Al Capone--have given the good guys a run for their money throughout the ages. Some were crooked, some were deadly, and some were merely out of line--but they all got Caught! as detailed in this fascinating and funny study of crime, culture, and forensic science. FEATURING HISTORY'S MOST WANTED: Joan of Arc, Sir Walter Raleigh, Caravaggio, Blackbeard, John Wilkes Booth, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Mata Hari, Typhoid Mary, Rasputin, Vincenzo Peruggia (Mona Lisa thief), Bernard Kuehn (Pearl Harbor spy), Anna Anderson (Anastasia impersonator), and Al Capone

Faustian Pact in International Law

Author : Edwin Bikundo
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474455697
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Faustian Pact in International Law written by Edwin Bikundo and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides an original and captivating perspective on international law and Giorgio Agamben's work. The manuscript is profoundly aesthetic-textual in its approach, as exemplified in its deft and insightful close readings of drama (Goethe's Faust), prose fiction (Melville's Bartleby and Benito Cereno) and lyric, be it devotional (Laudes Regiae, Handel, 'The Lord is a Man of War') or otherwise (Edwin Starr's 'War', Boy George's 'War Song'). Attentive to language, plot, theme and characterisation, these readings not only read the texts in question, but they also read them anew, yielding fresh, innovative, and unique cultural legal interpretations.

Global Piracy

Author : James E. Wadsworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350058203
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Global Piracy written by James E. Wadsworth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people in the western world maintain the contradictory notions that the pirates of old were romantic social bandits while their modern brethren are brutal thugs, thieves, and villains. In Global Piracy, James E. Wadsworth compiles and contextualizes a wealth of primary source documents which illustrate the global phenomenon of piracy through the eyes and voices of those who experienced it: both the pirates or privateers themselves and their victims. The book allows us to confront our stereotypes by giving us access to “real” pirates in a wide range of historical periods and global regions, from ancient Greece to modern day Nigeria, unfiltered as much as possible by authorial voice or interpretation. Global Piracy seeks neither to romanticize nor vilify pirates, but simply to understand them in the context of their times and the broader world they inhabited. Departing from run-of-the-mill narratives, it selects documents which provide new and fascinating insights into piracy around the globe. With documents introduced by contextual information, and supplemented by study questions, suggested reading lists, illustrations and maps, this book is an essential companion for anyone studying the history of piracy.

The Crimson Pact

Author : Suzzanne Myers
Publisher : Alliteration Ink
ISBN 13 : 0984006508
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Crimson Pact written by Suzzanne Myers and published by Alliteration Ink. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pact is back and demons are as devious as ever in The Crimson Pact Volume 2. Read 28 original stories (over 500 pages in print ), including many sequels to stories in volume one. Suzzanne Myers's powerful flash fiction piece, "Withered Tree" continues with the exceptional short story, "Seven Dogs." Chant McCoy's "Inside Monastic Walls" is followed by the literally gut-wrenching follow-up short story, "Body and Soul." Urban fantasy mayhem is off the charts with rising star Patrick Tomlinson's "Monsters in the Closet" and D. Robert Hamm's "Karma." Steampunk your thing? EA Younker's steampunk apocalypse tale "Stand," Sarah Hans' sequel about professor Campion, "A More Ideal Vessel," and Elaine Blose's steampunk Western "Wayward Brother" will whet your appetite. The dark fantasy and adventure continues in "Dark Archive," Sarah Kanning writes how Danielle from "Hidden Collection" must deal with the lingering effects of being possessed by a demon. Volume two mixes sequels from Gloria Weber, Justin Swapp, and Isaac Bell with new stories from Lester Smith, K.E. McGee, Adam Israel, Valerie Dircks, T.S. Rhodes, Elizabeth Shack, Daniel Alonso, and Nayad Monroe. New York Times Bestselling author and Campbell award nominee Larry Correia presents an exclusive short story, "Son of Fire, Son of Thunder" co-authored by Steven Diamond, about an FBI paranormal investigator and a bad ass marine who knows the exact moment of his own death. Travel to the alternate history Earth of the "Red Bandanna Boys" by Patrick M. Tracy and find out how ruthless you have to be to survive the slums of St. Nikolayev. Follow "The Trail of Blood" by Alex Haig, a horrifying Western about a bounty hunter who wants vengeance, not money. Hunt for Nazis in a disturbing 1950's America in "Hunters Incorporated" by Kelly Swails. Patrol the steaming jungles of Vietnam with a squad of soldiers in Lon Prater's "Last Rites in the Big Green Empty." Then enter the mind of a godlike demon in Donald J. Bingle's ambitions tale, "Dark Garden," or visit the creepy shadow world created by Richard Lee Byers in "Light and Dark." Watch your back, the demons are coming.

The Penguin Book of Pirates

Author : Katherine Howe
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143137514
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Pirates written by Katherine Howe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-life accounts of the world’s most notorious pirates—both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond—compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself A Penguin Classic Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book of Pirates takes us behind the eye patches, the peg legs, and the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger and into the no-man’s-land of piracy that is rife with paradoxes and plot twists. Here, in a fascinating array of accounts that include trial transcripts, journalism, ship logs, and more, are the grit and patois of real maritime marauders like the infamous Blackbeard; the pirates who inspired Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, Stede Bonnet in Max’s Our Flag Means Death, and the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride; the astoundingly egalitarian multi-ethnic and multilingual crews that became enmeshed in historical horrors like the slave trade; and lesser-known but no less formidable women pirates, many of whom disguised themselves as men. By turns brutal, harrowing, and inspiring, these accounts of the “radically free” sailors who were citizens more of the oceangoing world than of any nation on land remind us of the glories and dangers of the open seas and the seductive appeal of communities forged in resistance.