The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease—or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish h...(展开全部)

An irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World from master storyteller Michael Crichton -- now in paperback Jamaica, in 1665 a lone outpost of British power amid Spanish waters in the sunbaked Caribbean. Its capital, Port Royal, a cuthroat town of taverns, grog shops and bawdy houses -- the last place imaginable from which to launch an unthinkable attack on a n...(展开全部)

出生于美国，后移居到英国。她曾经为英国政府的五个部门以及国民托管组织做过咨询工作，曾经出版过《血色钻石》及《法国：欧洲的十字路口》，现居住于英国牛津郡。

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

Pirate: The Buccaneer’s (Unofficial) Manual is a witty, informative, and highly entertaining guide to how to be a pirate, combining historical accuracy with an irreverent but revealing look at the eighteenth-century world of piracy and buccaneering. Included are chapters on the history of piracy, stretching back to ancient Greece and Rome; essentials of language and dress; nota...(展开全部)

Pirate: The Buccaneer’s (Unofficial) Manual is a witty, informative, and highly entertaining guide to how to be a pirate, combining historical accuracy with an irreverent but revealing look at the eighteenth-century world of piracy and buccaneering. Included are chapters on the history of piracy, stretching back to ancient Greece and Rome; essentials of language and dress; nota...(展开全部)

Winnie the Witch would like to announce that in this book she is actually Winnie the pirate and Wilbur is not her cat, he's her parrot. When they arrive at Cousin Cuthbert's party in their fancy dress, Winnie and Wilbur discover a whole crew of children, ready for action. With a map and a fine pirate ship (thanks to a little magic from Winnie) they set off to find their treasur...(展开全部)

出生于美国，后移居到英国。她曾经为英国政府的五个部门以及国民托管组织做过咨询工作，曾经出版过《血色钻石》及《法国：欧洲的十字路口》，现居住于英国牛津郡。

出生于美国，后移居到英国。她曾经为英国政府的五个部门以及国民托管组织做过咨询工作，曾经出版过《血色钻石》及《法国：欧洲的十字路口》，现居住于英国牛津郡。

汉斯·比尔(Hans de beer)，1957年生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹附近一个名叫Muiden的小镇。他在大学期间逐渐发现自己在绘画方面的兴趣与才能，于是转入雷特瓦(Rietveld)艺术学院的插画系学习。1984年毕业时，他的毕业作品《小北极熊系列》一经推出就大受欢迎，从而奠定其世界经典绘本大师的地位。他创作的图画书获奖无数，不但深受孩子喜爱，也同样攫取了许多大人的心，让你在一页页的翻页中，尽情享受着阅读的乐趣。