Have you ever wondered what life was like on a pirate ship? What were the everyday lives of pirates like, and what led them to such a perilous and difficult existence? "A Pirates Life For Me" gives a detailed and engaging look at all things pirates in the days of roaring cannons, deadly scurvy, raging storms at sea and unbridled passion!

Whether you're in middle school or middle aged, you will thoroughly enjoy this funny yet touching recollection of what it was like to grow up in the age of fanny packs, Game Boy and Chris Farley. Listen to Dad and Mom reminisce about the “glory days” to Jesse and Abigail, twin seven-year-olds whose curiosity knows no bounds. So, crack open a can of Crystal Pepsi, make sure your scrunchie isn’t too tight, and be transported to a world of Bob Barker, VHS, and Hi-C!

This book, "90s Nostalgia," aims to evoke a sense of shared experience and fondly revisit the cultural landscape of the 1990s. Its purpose is to provide a lighthearted and engaging exploration of the decade's defining characteristics, allowing readers to reminisce about their childhoods or discover the unique cultural zeitgeist of a bygone era. By capturing the essence of the era through its fashion, music, popular culture, and significant events, the book aims to preserve this cultural he...

Have you ever wondered what life was like on a pirate ship? What were the everyday lives of pirates like, and what led them to such a perilous and difficult existence? "A Pirates Life For Me" gives a detailed and engaging look at all things pirates in the days of roaring cannons, deadly scurvy, raging storms at sea and unbridled passion!

Have you ever wondered what it was like to go to sea in the heady and exciting days of pirates, sea monsters, and hidden treasure? Follow Thomas Thorne on his life changing adventure from naive farm boy in a sleepy country town, to sailing the high seas in the wild and adventurous days of the early 1700's. Walk beside Thomas as he encounters billowing storms at sea, unknown terrors on a deserted island, the hypnotic call of treasure and riches, and a choice to become something and someone ...

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 of Skull & Bones? Why did they create a "pirate code"? Were pirates really ferocious madmen? And what made...

Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. 'Viking Age Iceland' is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with hist...

Twelve authors shed new light on the true history and enduring mythology of seventeenth– and eighteenth–century pirates in this anthology of scholarly essays.The twelve entries in The Golden Age of Piracy discuss why pirates thrived in the seas of the New World, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. Separating Hollywood myth from historical fact, these essays bring the real pirates of the C...

Pirates didn’t just break the rules, they rewrote them. They didn’t just reject society, they reinvented it. Pirates didn’t just challenge the status-quo, they changed everyf*ckingthing. Pirates faced a self-interested establishment, a broken system, industrial scale disruption, and an uncertain future. Sound familiar?“I’d rather be a pirate than join the navy.”—Steve JobsPirates stood for MISCHIEF, PURPOSE, and POWER. And you can too.B...

Over the last couple of decades, an ideological battle has raged over the political legacy and cultural symbolism of the “golden age” pirates who roamed the seas between the Caribbean Islands and the Indian Ocean from roughly 1690 to 1725. They are depicted as romanticized villains on the one hand and as genuine social rebels on the other. Life Under the Jolly Roger examines the political and cultural significance of these nomadic outlaws by relating historical accounts to a wide ...

Dubbed by the New York Times as "one of the most sought-after legal academics in the county," William Ian Miller presents the arcane worlds of the Old Norse studies in a way sure to attract the interest of a wide range of readers. Bloodtaking and Peacemaking delves beneath the chaos and brutality of the Norse world to discover a complex interplay of ordering and disordering impulses. Miller's unique and engaging readings of ancient Iceland's sagas and extensive legal code...

A short history of piracy and capitalismWhen capitalism spread along the trade routes toward the Indies…when radio opened an era of mass communication . . . when the Internet became part of the global economy…pirates were there. And although most people see pirates as solitary anarchists out to destroy capitalism, it turns out the opposite is true. They are the ones who forge the path.In The Pirate Organization, Rodolphe Durand and Jean-Philippe Ve...