Caribbean Pirates

Ahoy, mateys! The Emerald Queen sets sail with a lively crew of pirate LARPers, transforming the tranquil cruise into a swashbuckling adventure. But as the ship navigates balmy Caribbean waters, the line between friendly role-playing and deadly reality blurs. And for one buccaneer, it will be their final voyage. From New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Addison Moore Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" Includes RECIPE! An impending divorce. An ornery homicide detective. The cruise of a lifetime. And ghosts. Midlife on the high ...

Bloomsbury presents The Pirate Menace by Angus Konstam, read by David Monteath. This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought...

In this lively debut work of history, Edward Kritzler tells the tale of an unlikely group of swashbuckling Jews who ransacked the high seas in the aftermath of the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of the fifteenth century, many Jews had to flee Spain and Portugal. The most adventurous among them...

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow … Book 1: The Coming Storm Adventure-seeking teenager Jack Sparrow has assembled a motley crew, and they’re on the quest of a lifetime. Their goal: to locate and procure the legendary Sword of Cortés, which will grant...

Listeners can set sail for adventure with this full-length retelling of the live-action Disney film. They’ll follow every swashbuckling step as a brave young man teams up with a high-seas scoundrel to rescue the woman he loves from the clutches of a band of cursed pirates...

The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and died out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began combating pirates. In the early 18th century, a number of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and "Black Sam" Bellamy, joined forces. This infamous "Pirating Gang" was more than simply a thieving band of brothers.

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow … Book 4: The Sword of Cortés He has the enchanted sheath. He’s read the mystical incantation. He’s holding the all-powerful Sword of Cortés in his hands. But unfortunately for Jack Sparrow, he also has the specter...

A novelization of the upcoming Walt Disney Studios film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, starring Johnny Depp as the unforgettable Captain Jack Sparrow! The newest film in the box-office smashing franchise Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Men Tell No Tales features the return of...

Calling all young pirates! Jack Sparrow and his friends are back and ready for another adventure. But this time, it looks like they might be in over their heads. In Dead Man’s Chest, aspiring pirates will get a chance to re-live the action of the movie...

Pirate aficionados of all ages will dive into this entertaining retelling of the continuing, bone-chilling adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann. The battle for control of the seas heats up in the third Pirates of the Caribbean film...

The I Escaped Series: The World's Favorite Escapes. Embark on an unforgettable journey back to the thrilling Golden Age of Piracy. The year is 1690, and 15-year-old Jon is a young sailor aboard a merchant ship. Disaster strikes when they're attacked and boarded by pirates, led by the infamous Captain Morgan. Taken captive Jon must make a choice: join the swashbuckling crew or be left stranded on a deserted island. Jon is no seasoned buccaneer. He's just an honest young sailor from the American colonies. With his worried parents back home, he must find a way to survive and escape. Facing a ...

He’s been cursed, left for dead, and deposited at the world’s end. Now the infamous pirate Captain Jack Sparrow sets sail on stranger tides for his most dangerous voyage yet—to the fabled Fountain of Youth. On this doomed quest, Jack will meet a lost love—the gorgeous but mysterious...

He had been the governor for nine hours, and two of those hours had been a nap. Edmund Hale was a mid-tier game designer in Toronto. He died on a Tuesday. He woke up on a Wednesday in someone else's body, in someone else's coat, in someone else's office, holding someone else's seal of authority over a sun-blasted British outpost called Saint Caro. The fort is undermanned. The garrison is half drunk. The treasury is a polite fiction. Three pirate captains want the harbor. A French squadron wants the island. A tax commissioner from London wants Edmund's head on a writ.

Hoist the mizzenmast and batten down those bloody hatches: Pirates! Scoundrels Who Shook the World tells the hilarious-but-true adventures of history’s most amazing pirates.

What happens when someone with a love of ocean sailing gets asked to smuggle tons of marijuana into South Florida on sailboats? If you’re a fun-loving young guy who’s always game to try anything, you say yes without a thought. 

Pirates of Key West is the true story of author Kelly Ryan Harriger, who found himself pulled into the seductive, illicit, and exhilarating world of smuggling in the wild and woolly 1980s in Key West and the Caribbean. Although he’d planned to just do one trip for the experience and some quick money, he was easily lured into more trips with the promise of ...

A compelling account of history's most famous pirate. The Pirate King is the compelling true story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. The inspiration for dozens of fictionalized pirates in film, television, and literature - as well the namesake of one of the world's most popular rum brands - Captain Sir Henry Morgan was matchless among pirates and privateers.

In the early 18th century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates - former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves - this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, Blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow.... The Sword of Cortes He has the enchanted sheath. He's read the mystical incantation. He's holding the all-powerful Sword of Cortes in his hands. But unfortunately for Jack Sparrow, he also has the specter of the sword's...

An arranged marriage. A daring escape. Can a Virginia heiress find true freedom and unexpected love on the high seas? Isabella Montgomery never wanted to be a bride. On the eve of her wedding to the calculating Lord Ashworth, she makes a daring escape, stowing away on a merchant vessel bound for the Caribbean. Discovered and forced to return to Virginia, Isabella sees her dreams of freedom slipping away. But when the notorious Captain Blackthorn and her fierce female pirate crew attack the Lady Liberty, a glimmer of hope rekindles. Even more shocking, she recognizes one of the pirates as ...

Trade cinematic fantasies for gritty true crime in this gripping maritime history of high-seas outlaws. Perfect for your daily commute or a focused road trip, this immersive narrative abandons the romance of treasure maps for the brutal economics of maritime crime. Experience an intense...