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Pirates

2011
An illustrated, historical overview of piracy, examining the lives of seafarers, legendary figures, battles, and treacherous travels across the world's oceans with 3-D illustrations and fact boxes, and describing the ancient pirates of the Mediterranean, Viking raiders, Barbary corsairs, seventeenth-century buccaneers, pirate fiction of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and other related topics.

Patch

2002
The time soldiers travel through the time portal to find themselves in the middle of a pirate battle.

Pirate's promise

1994
While on his way to America in 1716, an English boy is captured by pirates.

Pirates and treasure

1995
Describes pirates throughout much of history and the treasures they sought throughout the world.

Pirates in Panama

1970
When the pirate Henry Morgan attacks Panama, Brother John succeeds not only in hiding the church's gold altar from the pirates but also in begging gold from them.

Pirates of the Caribbean

dead man's chest
2006
A storybook adaptation of the 2006 Disney film "Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest," in which Captain Jack Sparrow fights to save his soul from the broken-hearted spirit Davy Jones.

Treasure Island

1993
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

I wonder why pirates wore earrings

and other questions about piracy
2012
Poses and answers thirty-one questions about pirates such as: How did people become pirates?, Did pirates have wooden legs?, and How were pirates punished?.

Captive heart

1995
Nancy and Ned investigate a gang of pirates that are hijacking million-dollar yachts off the Caribbean coast of Belize.

Mystery on Skull Island

2001
In 1726, twelve-year-old Rachel and her friend Sally discover a pirates' hiding place on a deserted island near Charles Town, South Carolina, and they suspect it may be connected to the woman who will soon become Rachel's stepmother.

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