On Stranger Tides

On Stranger Tides
Author: Tim Powers
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062091360

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“Powers writes action and adventure that Indiana Jones could only dream of.” —Washington Post “Tim Powers is a brilliant writer.” —William Gibson The remarkable Tim Powers—who ingeniously married the John Le Carrè spy novel to the otherworldly in his critically acclaimed Declare—brings us pirate adventure with a dazzling difference. On Stranger Tides features Blackbeard, ghosts, voodoo, zombies, the fable Fountain of Youth…and more swashbuckling action than you could shake a cutlass at, as reluctant buccaneer John Shandy braves all manner of peril, natural and supernatural, to rescue his ensorcelled love. Nominated for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards, On Stranger Tides is the book that inspired the motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides—non-stop, breathtaking fiction from the genius imagination that conceived Last Call, Expiration Date, and Three Days to Never.

White Cargo

White Cargo
Author: Don Jordan
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008-03-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814742963

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White Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from London's streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide "breeders" for Virginia. Hopeful migrants were duped into signing as indentured servants, unaware they would become personal property who could be bought, sold, and even gambled away. Transported convicts were paraded for sale like livestock. Drawing on letters crying for help, diaries, and court and government archives, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh demonstrate that the brutalities usually associated with black slavery alone were perpetrated on whites throughout British rule. The trade ended with American independence, but the British still tried to sell convicts in their former colonies, which prompted one of the most audacious plots in Anglo-American history. This is a saga of exploration and cruelty spanning 170 years that has been submerged under the overwhelming memory of black slavery. White Cargo brings the brutal, uncomfortable story to the surface.

The Unwilling Adventurer

The Unwilling Adventurer
Author: R. Austin Freeman
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2001-06-14
Genre:
ISBN: 0755103815

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A sworn enemy of Hawke has been shot dead and the murder weapon belongs to him. He protests his innocence and goes on the run until evidence is found to clear him. Thus, an unwilling adventure where he sets sail with a vibrant cast of men, casting off for unknown waters and strange islands. And enemies abound in the most unlikely of places.

A history of Jamaica

A history of Jamaica
Author: William James Gardner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 558
Release: 1873
Genre: Jamaica
ISBN:

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A Nation of Pirates

A Nation of Pirates
Author: C. M. Senior
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1976
Genre: History
ISBN:

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The Buccaneers of America

The Buccaneers of America
Author: Alexander O. Exquemelin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012-12-27
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0486138690

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Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Includes exploits of the infamous Henry Morgan and his burning of Panama City.

The Nerd

The Nerd
Author: Larry Shue
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1984
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822208112

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THE STORY: Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vie

Privateers and Privateering

Privateers and Privateering
Author: Edward Phillips Statham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1910
Genre: Naval biography
ISBN:

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