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  • Captain Hornigold and the Pirate Republic

    2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category FinalistLive the life of a pirate during the golden age of piracy!It's 1715 and Spain rules the Caribbean. Young Abigail Margaret Mary Pennyworth isn't happy leaving her friends in England for the New World, but she has no say in where her missionary family goes as the Pennyworths set off for America.Not long before the end of the three-month voyage, their ... Read more

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  • Derek Jarman - Moving Pictures of a Painter

    Home Movies, Super 8 Films and Other Small Gestures

    by Martin Frey ...
    Translated by Michael Wetzel ...
    The English painter, film-maker and writer Derek Jarman (1942–1994) is mainly knownfor his work in the medium of film, but he always saw himself primarily as a painter.In this study of his lesser known home movies, Super 8 films and the ‘cinema of smallgestures’ that Jarman developed out of them, Martin Frey discusses numerous Super 8films as well as the films THE LAST OF ENGLAND, IN THE SHADOW OF ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks

    Edited by Kurt Bucher, Martin Frey ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Metamorphic rocks are one of the three classes of rocks. Seen on a global scale they constitute the dominant material of the Earth. The understanding of the petrogenesis and significance of metamorphic of geological education. rocks is, therefore, a fundamental topic There are, of course, many different possible ways to lecture on this theme. This book addresses rock metamorphism from a relatively ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

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    Blood and Thunder on the High Seas

    The modern image of the pirate is derived from Captain Charles Johnson's accounts of the cut-throats who sailed under the Jolly Roger. It was he who gave mythical status to the likes of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd. Using contemporary sources, Nigel Cawthorne now turns the spotlight on the reality of pirate life, revealing the truth behind the legends. It gives us an insight into the men - and ... Read more

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  • The Golden Age of Piracy

    The Truth Behind Pirate Myths

    For thousands of years, pirates have terrorized the ocean voyager and the coastal inhabitant, plundered ship and shore, and wrought havoc on the lives and livelihoods of rich and poor alike. Around these desperate men has grown a body of myths and legends-fascinating tales that today strongly influence our notions of pirates and piracy. Most of these myths derive from the pirates of the Golden Age ... Read more

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  • The Republic Of Pirates

    Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

    by Colin Woodard ...
    An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers.In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy ... Read more

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  • The Real Pirates of the Caribbean

    by Colin Woodard ...
    Heres the true story of the British Royal Navys struggle with the greatest pirate gang of all time. Drawing on archives in Great Britain and the United States, award-winning journalist and author Colin Woodard separates fact from fiction, revealing the real motivations and struggles of Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy, Calico Jack Rackham, and more. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under the Black Flag

    The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

    “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 JournalThis rollicking account of the golden age of piracy is packed with vivid history and high seas adventure. David Cordingly, an acclaimed ... Read more

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  • Black Flags, Blue Waters

    The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

    With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters is “rumbustious enough for the adventure-hungry” (Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle).Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Pirate Hunter

    The True Story of Captain Kidd

    by Richard Zacks ...
    A gripping look at the life of the seventeenth-century sea captain and the never-before-told story of his hunt for the ruthless pirate Robert Culliford."A richly detailed nautical thriller . . . combines exciting escapism with thought-provoking history." —James Bamford, author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of SecretsA Time Magazine Best Book of the YearCaptain Kidd has gone down in history ... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Lost Fleet

    The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy

    An explorer recounts historic events surrounding the sinking of a seventeenth-century, eighteen-ship French fleet, along with modern-day efforts to find it.On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank off the Venezuelan coast. This proved disastrous for French naval power in the region, and sparked the rise of a golden age of piracy.Tracing the lives of fabled pirates like the Chevalier de ... Read more

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  • Who Was Blackbeard?

    Illustrated by Joseph J. M. Qiu ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Though much of his early life remains a mystery, Blackbeard most likely began his life as Edward Teach in the sailing port of Bristol, England. He began his career as a hired British sailor during Queen Anne’s War. He eventually settled in the Bahamas under Captain Benjamin Hornigold who taught the young sailor to go "a-pirating." Soon enough, Blackbeard was commanding his own fleet and stealing ... Read more

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