Real-life accounts of the world’s most notorious pirates, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book of Pirates takes us behind the eye patches, the peg legs, and the skull and crossbones of the Jo...(展开全部)

塔里克·阿里（Tariq Ali,1943- ） 英籍巴基斯坦裔作家、制片人。著有关于世界历史和政治的二十余本著作及七部小说。主要作品包括《与爱德华·萨义德谈话录》《1968年：反叛的年代》《论历史：塔里克·阿里与奥利佛·斯通谈话录》等。现居伦敦。

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss - it's time to go a-pirating! "The Invisible Hook" takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did pirates fly flag...(展开全部)

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating "The Invisible Hook" takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did pirates fly flags...(展开全部)

In the early eighteenth century a number of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and "Black Sam" Bellamy, joined forces. This infamous "Flying Gang" was more than simply a thieving band of brothers. Many of its members had come to piracy as a revolt against conditions in the merchant fleet and in the cities and plantations in the Old and New Worlds. In...(展开全部)

An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers. In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach...(展开全部)

Pirates have captivated our imaginations for generations, and the popularity of the recent Pirates of the Caribbean films has planted them even more firmly in our minds. But what were pirates really like? Author Robert Ritchie guides us on a tour of piracy from ancient times through the present, and dispels the false image of pirates created by adventure stories and Holly...(展开全部)

穆黛安（Dian H. Murry），女，美国圣母大学教授，长期从事晚清社会史研究，曾多次来华访求史料和讲学。 译者刘平，复旦大学历史学系教授、博士生导师。研究方向为清史、中国近现代社会史、中国秘密社会史、民间文化与民间信仰。任中国会党史研究会副会长，中国社会史学会、中国太平天国史研究会等理事。发表论文100余篇，主要专著有《文化与叛乱——以清代秘密社会为视角》（商务印书馆，2002）、《被遗忘的战争——咸丰同治年间广东土客大械斗研究》（商务印书馆，2003）、《中国秘密宗教史研究》（北京大学出版社，2010）等。

穆黛安（Dian H. Murry），女，美国圣母大学教授，长期从事晚清社会史研究，曾多次来华访求史料和讲学。 译者刘平，复旦大学历史学系教授、博士生导师。研究方向为清史、中国近现代社会史、中国秘密社会史、民间文化与民间信仰。任中国会党史研究会副会长，中国社会史学会、中国太平天国史研究会等理事。发表论文100余篇，主要专著有《文化与叛乱——以清代秘密社会为视角》（商务印书馆，2002）、《被遗忘的战争——咸丰同治年间广东土客大械斗研究》（商务印书馆，2003）、《中国秘密宗教史研究》（北京大学出版社，2010）等。

The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean presents a definitive, exclusive look into the preparation and production of the successful movie trilogy. Overflowing with hundreds of full-color images, the book showcases concept drawings, set designs, and costume sketches, as well as the intricate props, set pieces, and even special effectsthat contribute so much to the Pirates mytholo...(展开全部)