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Pirates: Swashbuckling Stories from the Seven Seas The surprising success of Pirates of the Caribbean, a new screen adaptation of the classic Peter Pan, and the Russell Crowe film Master and Commander have fueled interest in seagoing swashbucklers. Re
Title | : | Pirates: Swashbuckling Stories from the Seven Seas |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.53 (624 Votes) |
Id Book | : | 1560256168 |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2004-10-26 |
Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
The surprising success of Pirates of the Caribbean, a new screen adaptation of the classic Peter Pan, and the Russell Crowe film Master and Commander have fueled interest in seagoing swashbucklers. There is a rich literature on pirates-both in fiction and nonfiction. This collection offers excerpts from the works of contemporary authors: Patrick O'Brian's riveting account of a sea battle with Borneo's pirates will enthrall his fans; Farley Mowat's The Black Joke is a rousing adventure of the rum-running set in the 1930s and written in the tradition of the great classic pirate tales. Readers will also discover and rediscover the most infamous pirates of yore, from Treasure Island's Long John Silver to Peter Pan's Captain Hook. They'll encounter pirate adventures from neglected classics such as L. Frank Baum's Pirates in Oz, Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo and Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood. And they'll find accounts of the dastardly deeds of female pirates both real (Anne B
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The first part of the book reviews the first four agreements, discussing how the meanings we attribute to symbols define us culturally. It should be on the desk of every business professional. The back cover says "very readable" and "everything an aspiring iOS programmer needs to get started" (It is anything but!) The preface says "If you are developing on the Mac for the first timethis book is for you." (for you to use as a papwerweight?) All that is assumed, says the preface, is "at least passing knowledge of a C-derived language." I have more programming experience than that in a variety of programming languages, but by chapters 3 and 4, when it finally gets into actual code, I f
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