Pirate Sailing

Fed up with an outlaw existence, Calico Jack Rackam swears off the pirate life, but he hasn’t reckoned with Anne Bonny, a woman who would as soon stab a man as give him a good tumble—that is, unless he’s a pirate. Soon Jack finds himself out on the high seas again, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action. And when they capture a Dutch merchant ship, they pick up an unlikely crewmate as well, an expert sword fighter and topmast seaman who has a secret: he just happens to be a woman named Mary. Together they cut a bold swath through the West Indies.

A romantic, thrilling pirate adventure! 2 NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME! LADY RACKHAM: AN UNUSUAL TALE OF PIRACY, ROMANCE AND SWASHBUCKLING UPON THE HIGH SEAS Lady Gwendolyn Montgomery has defied her father, dressed as a boy and bargained passage aboard a merchant ship to save her beloved, who has been banished to the Caribbean. But what will happen when her ship is waylaid by the flashy and dangerous Captain Lady Rackham? Will she join the pirates and risk the hangman's noose? Or will she sail into the teeth of a trap set by Blackbeard himself? BLACKBEARD'S SWORD: THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF ...

Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Mummy in Vengeance of the Pirate Queen, a new standalone YA fantasy romance, set in the world of Tricia Levenseller's Daughter of the Pirate King. As an assassin working for the pirate queen, 18-year-old Sorinda is surprised when Alosa’s next task for her is...

Treasure Island: A Telling for the New World is an eight-hour audio mini-series, based on the classic by R.L. Stevenson. The adaptation resets the story in the Bayous of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans, and the Caribbean in 1828. This fully dramatized production stars the voices of Keith...

In the vast expanse of the world's oceans, tales of spectral vessels adrift upon the darkened waves have captured the imagination of sailors and storytellers for centuries. These eerie apparitions, known as ghost ships, are imbued with an aura of mystery and intrigue, haunting maritime folklore and igniting curiosity about the unknown depths of the seas. From ancient legends whispered among seafaring civilizations to modern accounts that defy explanation, ghost ships have woven themselves into the fabric of maritime history, leaving an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of ...

Turmoil in the Mideast convinces Glen and Julie to linger in the South Pacific, visiting primitive villages on remote islands. But hang on tight, because to finish their voyage, they must leave friendly shores and navigate through trouble in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea before arriving in Europe. Full of dry wit and compelling descriptions, Julie takes the listener along for the ride of a lifetime in this sequel (book two of the Escape Series) to her previous best seller Escape from the Ordinary.

1719. Great Britain is at war with Spain. When his mother dies, fourteen year old Dan Leake finds himself alone on the mean streets of Bristol. Faced with starvation or the workhouse, he stows away on a British man-o-war, hoping to find his father who had been pressed into the Royal Navy years before. Falsely accused of theft, Dan is shunned by his shipmates and bullied by the sadistic bosun, as he endures the brutal life aboard an eighteenth century warship. He finally discovers the real thief, and his courage, at the bloody Battle of Cape St. Vincent. At his moment of triumph, he realises...

The Pacific’s pirates were anything but romantic. They pillaged across the Pacific for five centuries, trafficking in slavery, stolen treasure, rape and murder. They died at alarming rates from scurvy, starvation, shipwreck and often at the hands of their fellow pirates. In Pirates and Palm Trees, award-winning Hawai’i writer Jan TenBruggencate tells the stories of Pacific piracy, with its tales of buried treasure, extraordinary violence and the brutal blackbirding years of the middle 1800s, when whole Pacific islands were depopulated to provide labor for guano mines and sugar plantations.

Written some 40 years after Moby Dick, Melville's Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the eighteenth century, a young, innocent sailor's charm and good nature put the men around him at ease. Ship life agreed with Billy. He made friends quickly and was well liked, which infuriated John Claggart, the ship's cold-blooded superior officer.

Bloomsbury presents Devils We Know by L.T. Thompson, read by Stephanie Cannon "Queer buccaneers on a magical adventure . . . one of the comps was Our Flag Means Death, how could I not give it a try? I'm so glad I did!" — Rick Riordan, on Devils Like Us The sequel to the Stonewall Honor winner...

Discover an unforgettable adventure where curiosity is the greatest treasure. When London arrives at the legendary Last Pirate Academy, he expects to learn how to sail, read maps, and navigate the open sea. Instead, he and his fellow first-year cadets uncover a centuries-old mystery hidden beneath the waves, the Silent Tide. Guided by wise mentors and inspired by the journals of explorers who came before them, London and his friends learn that the greatest discoveries are made not through luck or bravery alone, but through patience, teamwork, and careful observation. Filled with adventure, ...

In 1500 Spanish sailing ships began hauling gold from South America to Spain. Trade winds caused them to sail near the western coast of Florida, where pirates learned to gather to prey upon them. Thus it was that for 300 years the western coast of Florida became infamous as a pirate lair. We explore this, finding a unique cultural enigma. To have lived in the periods between 1500 and 1800 was not easy. Life was often unjust, hard, brutal, and short. Especially if you were poor. Yet in the midst of this period of injustice and cruelty, the unique practice of piracy created opportunities for ...

It is the late 1700s and America has won its independence. Ships sail across the Atlantic delivering goods back and forth from America and the Caribbean to Europe. English, Spanish, and Dutch ships routinely make the passage from America and the Caribbean to their home ports back home. While these ships have become bigger, faster, and more reliable in the past three hundred years since Columbus landed, one thing still threatens them; pirates. Captain Nonn has a vendetta against the British for what they did to his family; those are the ships he tends to attack with his battle-tested ship, ...

Fresh off her victory over the pirates, Chloe orders her newly captured ship into port. Almost immediately upon entering Potterville Port, she begins to have suspicions about the harbormaster’s office. She and the local league office rep quickly find corruption within the office. After helping the office rep deal with that, she also develops suspicions about the harbormaster’s office being involved with the pirates. Before being able to begin being able to deal with that, Chloe and her party, along with the party her sister is in, are called back to the main league office and assigned ...

This is a novel for children aged about 8 to 14. It is a story about a young boy who was orphaned in 1857 and becomes a cabin boy on an American Merchant sailing ship. His first voyage is a trip from Providence, Rhode Island to Monterey, California. It is a long voyage that requires sailing between Cape Horn at the tip of South America and the Antarctica Peninsula. The passage around Cape Horn is known by sailors to be a brutal stretch of ocean requiring expert seamanship. The round trip requires navigating around Cape Horn twice, which sailors know as Doubling the Horn. Young readers will ...

Windjammer Barefoot Cruises out of Miami once had the Largest Sailing Fleet Afloat in the Caribbean.Having Worked on these ships, and being a writer and publisher, I needed to produce this book for all who have never experienced these once wonderful sailing windjammers. I full color.

Modern Pirate Series of eBook shorts: A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit. Each story reveals more about the pirate, his crew, their adventures, and secret missions. Grenada Blood & Nazi Treasure Alex and Chen dive into a sunken Nazi submarine abandoned after the World War II and find ...

Captain Redcliffe is the captain of a merchant vessel on its way to St. Bishop's, a small island near Bermuda. A veteran of the Seven Years' War, he's glad to be in a less dangerous line of work. But when his ship comes into contact with pirates en route, and he and his crew discover the devastation these pirates have unleashed on St. Bishop's, he will be forced to brave dangers he'd thought he'd left behind.

This photo-based tour includes over 115 pictures from historical locations from several countries in the Caribbean with short background histories. Featured locations include: the Puerto Rico Capitol, Castillo San Cristóbal, Castillo San Felipe del Morro, El Yunque National Forest, statues and pictures from around St. Maarten, Bloody River massacre site (St. Kitts), the remains of a sugar plantation (St. Kitts), Betty's Hope plantation and windmills (Antigua), Nelson's Dockyard (Antigua), Fort James (Antigua), St. John's Cathedral (Antigua), the Devil's Bridge (Antigua), a governor's ...

In 2007 the Windjammer Company, at one time the world’s largest sailing ship company, collapsed and millions in paid customer’s funds disappeared. Created by Mike Burke in 1947, the windjammer company, also known as ‘Burke’s Navy, was a rough recruit of mismatched sailors and once derelict sailing ships, all of whom Burke gave another chance. When he was asked to investigate the strange demise of the Windjammer Company back in 2009, the writer was immediately drawn into the world of corporate intrigue and sibling rivalry. In Capturing the Last American Pirates, the author has ...