"...Suggests what preventive measures sailors can take and advises how they should deal with stress, aggression, and fear when faced with a confrontation". - Ba

For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impun

Pirates are often glorified as nautical Robin Hoods, heroes of the seas - and some were great navigators, map makers, and discoverers. But they were also thieve

Angus Konstam setssail through the brutal history of piracy, separating myth from legend and fact from fiction. Pirates takes us into the depths of the pirate�

Describes life aboard a pirate ship and provides information about famous pirates in history and literature.