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2) Djibouti
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Dara Barr arrives in Africa hoping to film an Oscar-winning documentary about modern-day pirates hijacking merchant ships along the coast and uncovers a deadly conspiracy that could become the world's greatest nuclear disaster.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
“Crichton’s ultimate adventure.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action….A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure.”
—USA Today
“Riveting….Great entertainment….The pages and minutes fly by.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
#1 New York
...Author
Language
English
Description
Investigating the fascination pirates hold over the popular imagination, Peter Earle takes the fable of ocean-going Robin Hoods sailing under the "banner of King Death" and contrasts it with the murderous reality of robbery, torture and death and the freedom of a short, violent life on the high seas. The book charts 250 years of piracy, from Cornwall to the Caribbean, from the 16th century to the hanging of the last pirate captain in Boston in 1835....
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