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Author : Jean Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The True & Surprising Adventures written by Jean Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Diana Souhami
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 178087877X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Selkirk's Island written by Diana Souhami and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alexander Selkirk was abandoned by his shipmates on the remote island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 he could not have know that he wouldn't see another human soul for four long years, could not have anticipated the lonely and fierce existence to which he had been condemned, nor could he have ever guessed that his plight - recreated in the form of Robinson Crusoe - would be immortalised by Daniel Defoe. In this startlingly original book, award-winning author Diana Souhami brings new life to this story, evoking the abandoned sailor's struggle with solitude, God and the savage new home into which he had been so brutally thrust.
Author : Robert Kraske
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547533810
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Marooned written by Robert Kraske and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005-10-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1704, Alexander Selkirk was voyaging across the South Pacific when, after arguing with the ship’s captain, he was put ashore— alone—on an uninhabited island. Equipped with little more than a musket and his wits, Selkirk not only survived in complete solitude for more than four years, but to came to be quite comfortable and happy. After being rescued by a British privateer in 1709, he took a leading role in several dramatic captures of merchant ships. Although he returned to civilization a rich man, he couldn’t find a place in society and always longed to return to the paradise of his island. Selkirk’s well-documented adventures so inspired Daniel Defoe that they became the basis for his perennial classic, Robinson Crusoe. In an account that is every bit as fascinating as Defoe’s novel, Robert Kraske provides vivid descriptions of Selkirk’s days on the island and aboard ship, including details of the violent, bloody, and legally sanctioned pirating that went on in the early 18th century. Author’s note, glossary, bibliography, index.
Author : T
Publisher : McSweeney's
ISBN 13 : 1938073525
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Real Man Adventures written by T and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few years ago, the novelist T Cooper wrote his parents a letter telling them he “wasn’t their daughter anymore.” And that was the “good news.” Real Man Adventures is Cooper’s brash, wildly inventive, and often comic exploration of the paradoxes and pleasures of masculinity. He takes us through his transition into identifying as male, and how he went on to marry his wife and become an adoring stepfather of two children. Alternately bemused and exasperated when he feels compelled to explain all this, Cooper never loses his sense of humor. “Ten Things People Assume I Understand About Women But Actually Don’t,” reads one chapter title, while another proffers: “Sometimes I Think the Whole of Modern History Can Be Explained by Testosterone.” A brilliant collage of letters, essays, interviews (with his brother, with his wife, with the parents of other transgender children), artwork, and sharp evocations of difficult conversations with old friends and puzzled bureaucrats, Real Man Adventures will forever change what you think about what it means to be a man.
Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Ags Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780785407706
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Robinson Crusoe Readalong written by Daniel Defoe and published by Ags Pub. This book was released on 1994-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carolyn Meyer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152061944
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)
Download or read book The True Adventures of Charley Darwin written by Carolyn Meyer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just in time for Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species," Meyer tells the story of his restless childhood, unrequited teenage love, and a passion for studying nature that was so great, Darwin would sacrifice everything to pursue it.
Author : Steven Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735211620
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Enemy of All Mankind written by Steven Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wall Street Journal From The New York Times–bestselling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular—and wildly inaccurate—reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Every’s most lasting legacy was his inadvertent triggering of a major shift in the global economy. Enemy of All Mankind focuses on one key event—the attack on an Indian treasure ship by Every and his crew—and its surprising repercussions across time and space. It’s the gripping tale of one of the most lucrative crimes in history, the first international manhunt, and the trial of the seventeenth century. Johnson uses the extraordinary story of Henry Every and his crimes to explore the emergence of the East India Company, the British Empire, and the modern global marketplace: a densely interconnected planet ruled by nations and corporations. How did this unlikely pirate and his notorious crime end up playing a key role in the birth of multinational capitalism? In the same mode as Johnson’s classic nonfiction historical thriller The Ghost Map, Enemy of All Mankind deftly traces the path from a single struck match to a global conflagration.
Author : John Malam
Publisher : QED
ISBN 13 : 9781595661401
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (614 download)
Download or read book The Great Big Book of Pirates written by John Malam and published by QED. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plunder this 'ere treasure trove of stunning artwork, fantastic photographs and amazing facts. Ye ol' land lubbers will soon learn which rascals ruled the waves and when. Arrr, you'll discover the most dangerous raids on the high seas, as well as the trickery and treachery of many a wretched scoundrel.
Author : Don Mann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510760415
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Crimson Waters written by Don Mann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestsellling author separates history from myth from the Pharaohs to Blackbeard and Captain Kidd to today. Soon after the first maritime trade routes became operational, seafaring bandits appeared to prey upon the cargo, crews, and ships of others. Crimson Waters traces the history of piracy around the globe, stretching back from its roots in 2500 BCE, through the Golden Age of Piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and up to the modern-day pirates who still threaten boats along coastlines and on the open seas. This journey through history includes: Evidence of "Sea People" during the reigns of Egyptian Pharaohs The raids and pillaging of seafaring Vikings The tales of Blackbeard, the Barbarossa Brothers, Calico Jack, Captain Kidd, Sir Francis Drake, and Madam Cheng A historical account of the real pirates of the Caribbean Pirates of the modern age and why the occupation has persevered And more! Crimson Waters satisfies all the armchair swashbucklers who long for a sense of adventure and the history buffs looking to spruce up their knowledge of maritime exploits.
Author : Erica Jong
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393324358
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Fanny written by Erica Jong and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jong . . . filled a gap in the great tradition of the picaresque novel. . . . Linguistically, "Fanny" is a tower of strength. . . . Jong has gone farther than Joyce."--Anthony Burgess, "Saturday Review."
Author : Genuine dialogue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book A genuine dialogue, full of strange adventures, by the author of The curious maid written by Genuine dialogue and published by . This book was released on 1736 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Cordingly
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307763072
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Under the Black Flag written by David Cordingly and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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 Journal This rollicking account of the golden age of piracy is packed with vivid history and high seas adventure. David Cordingly, an acclaimed expert on pirates, reveals the spellbinding truth behind the legends of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Sir Francis Drake, the fierce female brigands Mary Read and Anne Bonny, and others who rode and robbed upon the world's most dangerous waters. Here, in thrilling detail, are the weapons they used, the ships they sailed, and the ways they fought—and were defeated. Under the Black Flag also charts the paths of fictional pirates such as Captain Hook and Long John Silver. The definitive resource on the subject, this book is as captivating as it is supremely entertaining. Praise for Under the Black Flag “[A] lively history . . . If you've ever been seduced by the myth of the cutlass-wielding pirate, consider David Cordingly's Under the Black Flag.”—USA Today, “Best Bets” “Engagingly told . . . a tale of the power of imaginative literature to re-create the past.”—Los Angeles Times “Entirely engaging and informative . . . a witty and spirited book.”—The Washington Post Book World “Plenty of thrills and adventure to satisfy any reader.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
Author : Carolyn Meyer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547940629
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Beware, Princess Elizabeth written by Carolyn Meyer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “gripping historical drama” that tells the story of young Elizabeth Tudor’s journey to the throne—and her fierce rivalry with her half sister (School Library Journal). Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure? Elizabeth Tudor’s teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly those of a fairy-tale princess. Her mother has been beheaded by Elizabeth's own father, Henry VIII. Her jealous half sister, Mary, has her locked away in the Tower of London. And her only love interest betrays her in his own quest for the throne… Told in the voice of the young Elizabeth and ending when she is crowned queen, this novel in the exciting Young Royals series explores the relationship between two sisters who became mortal enemies. New York Times-bestselling author Carolyn Meyer has written an intriguing historical tale that reveals the deep-seated rivalry between a determined girl who became Elizabeth I, one of England's most powerful monarchs—and the sister who tried everything to stop her.
Author : Pierre VIAUD
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book The True and Surprising Adventures ... of Mons. P. Viaud ... Translated by Mrs. Griffith, Etc written by Pierre VIAUD and published by . This book was released on 1798 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Chapple
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523335039
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Outlaws in Babylon written by Steve Chapple and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside look at the underground economy of marijuana farming in northern California and Hawaii, documents the growers, corrupt law enforcement officials, poachers, dealers, gunslingers, and others that make up this expanding outlaw industry
Author : Lara Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780755502103
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Hidden Adventures written by Lara Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift for children aged 6+ who are fans of Where's the Wookiee? and Illuminature.
Author : Björn Larsson
Publisher : Harvill Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Long John Silver written by Björn Larsson and published by Harvill Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Swedish novel on Long John Silver of Treasure Island, chronicling his many adventures, including service on a slave ship where he instigates a revolt. Wounded, he loses his leg and in revenge chops the leg of the man responsible and roasts it.
