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Byron was a legend in his own lifetime and the dominant influence on the Romantic movement. The most European of the English writers in an age of revolution, Byron was deeply involved in contemporary events, and a passionate supporter of the struggle for Greek independence. Describing himself as...
Twenty-five years ago, young Liam’s small fishing village on the Irish Coast was raided and its population decimated by brutal corsair pirates from the Barbary Coast who killed, plundered, and took a number of his people back to Northern Africa as slaves to Muslim masters. And now a pirate ship has...
Ahoy there, me hearties! Explore the exciting world of pirates and buccaneers – who they were, how they lived, and their swashbuckling deeds. If you dare, you can meet the pestering pirates of ancient Greece and Rome, the bloodcurdling Viking warriors of Scandinavia, and all the other bold...
In the first-ever comprehensive survey of the world’s female buccaneers, Pirate Women tells of the women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside — and sometimes in command of-their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a...
When a bit of hacking goes wrong, geeky Brenda accidentally unfreezes Mia, a master cat burglar from the 1960s. The game is afoot, and if they can figure out how to put aside their differences and work together, they just might wind up with millions of do When Mia Corsair, the greatest cat burglar...
Age Range: 8 and upThe might of Islam threatened his world.It’s the year 1570. Fourteen-year-old Guido Callatta, son of a wealthy Venetian merchant, spends his free time roaming the docks, listening to the tales of gnarled old sailors, and dreaming of adventures at sea.But his carefree life is...
BATTLEZONE: ETERNITYOnce, military actions were entirely two dimensional, confined to the surface of land and sea, but then submarines and aircraft added a third dimension, vastly extended by spaceflight. Now, consider that if time travel is possible, the fourth dimension of time opens up new...
The Manga is one of Africa’s most remote and wild regions: a hostile and unforgiving landscape inhabited by nomads like the hardy Tubu. Situated in south-eastern Niger, and in the shadow of the Old Salt Road, it has been mislaid by the modern world; no Caucasian had been seen there in living...
Legendary buccaneers need a youngster’s help to find a long lost treasure! It’s like if the Pirates of the Caribbean let loose to search Disneyland! Ages ago, Greybeard hid his treasure chest from fellow swashbucklers. Ever since, the beautiful Captain and her infamous Corsairs have searched for...
“Steal-your-breath adventure.” —Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar ChroniclesPerfect for fans of Fable and House of Salt and Sorrows, this spectacular YA fantasy adventure debut is like nothing else, featuring a unique twist on Treasure Island, a magnetic second chance...
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics – the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis – and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, WORLD HISTORY: 50 IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW offers brief and stimulating outlines of...
From historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a...
Originally published in 1924 to immediate and lasting acclaim, Liberty or Love! is the story of Sanglot the Corsair’s pursuit of the siren Louise Lame. Written by one of the most important surrealist writers of all time, Robert Desnos, the novel is filled with virtue and bravura, mystery and the...
CLÁSICOS INOLVIDABLES PARA DISFRUTAR,COMPARTIR Y DEJAR VOLAR LA IMAGINACIÓN Descubre este clásico relato épico lleno de aventuras, persecuciones y abordajes que ha atrapado a generaciones de jóvenes lectores. El cuento que inspiró la mítica saga de Piratas del Caribe. Corren tiempos de piratas y...
In 1785, just a few years after U.S. Independence, a young American named James Leander Cathcart is kidnapped at sea and carried as prisoner to the maverick North African statelet of Algiers, where he is held as a political hostage along with hundreds of other seamen captured on the open seas. The...
A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and America.At the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the Bacri brothers and their nephew, Naphtali Busnach, were perhaps the most notorious Jews in the...
At large during the most colorful period in New Orleans' history, from just after the Louisiana Purchase through the War of 1812, privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite made life hell for Spanish merchants on the Gulf. Pirates to the U.S. Navy officers who chased them, heroes to the private citizens...
In October 1785, American statesman John Jay acknowledged that the more his countrymen ““are treated ill abroad, the more we shall unite and consolidate at home.”“ Behind this simple statement lies a complicated history. From the British impressment of patriots during the Revolution to the capture...
Western Europe rose in global power during the early modern period as overseas expansion opened new trade routes. At the same time, intense rivalries pitted European states against one another in recurrent wars. Henning Hillmann examines the merchant community of Saint-Malo, Brittany, a key port in...
In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim” conquered Egypt and brought his empire for the first time in history into direct contact with the trading world of the Indian Ocean. During the decades that followed, the Ottomans became progressively more engaged in the affairs of this vast and...