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Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 4
Language
English
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The magic treehouse whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates.
Author
Series
Dangerous damsels volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse. . . . Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts. That is to say-although it must never be said-witchcraft. The Wicken League strives to improve the world in small ways. Using magic, they tidy, correct, and manipulate according to their notions of what is proper, entirely unlike those reprobates in the Wisteria Society. When the long-lost amulet...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged...
8) Pirates
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Meet swashbuckling pirates pirates and see how they really lived out on the high seas. Discover the truth behind the myths, and tease out the facts from the fiction. Go on board a pirate ship and see u what they ate, the rules they followed, and the treasures they searched for. See what it took to become a pirate and learn what offenses would make someone have to walk the plank, and pick up a few vocabulary terms to talk like a pirate all day. Make...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates. Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. This history shows from...
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Español
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Cuando Stevenson publicó, en 1883 su célebre novela La isla del tesoro, ella le trajo la fama inmediata. Toda la colección de tramas alrededor de los piratas que esconden un tesoro en una isla, como tratan de recuperar el mapa que los va a llevar a él y como triunfan los buenos sobre los malos cuando ya la derrota parece inminente, es parte de este brillante libro que se ha convertido en un clásico de la novela de aventuras y que muestra como...
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Hal and the Herons have done the impossible. This group of outsiders has beaten out the strongest, most skilled young warriors in all of Skandia to win the Brotherband competition. But their celebration comes to an abrupt end when the Skandians' most sacred artifact, the Andomal, is stolen--and the Herons are to blame. To find redemption they must track down the thief Zavac and recover the Andomal. But that means traversing stormy seas, surviving...
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
David Cordingly reveals the truth behind the pirate legends of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Sir Francis Drake, the fierce female brigands Mary Read and Anne Bonny, and others who rode and robbed upon the world's most dangerous waters. Here are the weapons they used, the ships they sailed, and the ways they fought -- and were defeated. This book also charts the paths of fictional pirates such as Captain Hook and Long John Silver.
Author
Series
Crimson Sails volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for danger. After she steals from her vampire ex and falls through a portal to another realm, she's fished out of the waters by a band of seafarers and their telekinetic captain. She's immediately given a choice--join their group or die. Bowen has no memory of his life before he became one of the Cŵn Annwn. He and his pirate crew are bound...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After Jacob Two-Two's father writes a very important novel, the family makes plans to move to Canada. They board the SS "Spring-a-Leak" for a journey across the ocean, but something is wrong aboard ship. A series of clues -- a black eye patch; a parrot who squawks "Apple sauce in your underpants!"; and a sailing ship flying the Jolly Roger -- can only mean trouble. Will the intrepid Shapiro and the fearless O'Toole really be left on a desert island?...
19) The pirate king
Author
Series
Spacejackers volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"The final swashbuckling quest for Jake Cutler and friends that's perfect for fans of Star Wars, pirates, and action-packed space adventures"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life. When Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy Jacob to join their voyage, he jumps right on board. Buried treasure, sea chanteys, pirate talk--who wouldn't go along? Soon Jeremy Jacob knows all about being a pirate. He throws his food across the table and his manners to the wind. He hollers like thunder and laughs...
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