Pirates, Scoundrels, and Scallywags

Pirates, Scoundrels, and Scallywags
Author: Madeline Donaldson
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512452645

Avast! Are ye' ready to sail the high seas with some of the world's most feared pirates? These accounts will do more than shiver your timbers. Come aboard to witness the ruthless methods of history's most petrifying pirates.

Swashbuckling Scoundrels

Swashbuckling Scoundrels
Author: Arie Kaplan
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2015-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467752525

This book examines pirates throughout history--both as real-life figures and as fictional characters. Readers will separate pirate fact from pirate folklore and learn what motivates real-life acts of piracy in the modern world.

What's Great about North Carolina?

What's Great about North Carolina?
Author: Anita Yasuda
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512475254

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What's so great about North Carolina? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Tar Heel State! Explore North Carolina's beaches, lighthouses, mountains, and rich American Indian history. The North Carolina by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered in the book. A special section provides quick state facts such as the state motto, capital, population, animals, foods, and more. Take a fun-filled tour of all there is to discover in North Carolina.

Merciless Monarchs and Ruthless Royalty

Merciless Monarchs and Ruthless Royalty
Author: Miriam Aronin
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512452580

Loyal subjects, watch out! Some of history's royal leaders were just as vicious as they were powerful. These kings and queens stole, tortured, and murdered. Read on to discover the gruesome ways these rulers terrorized their enemies, their own people, and even their own blood.

Lethal Leaders and Military Madmen

Lethal Leaders and Military Madmen
Author: Sandy Donovan
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512452556

Get ready to bow down—if you don't want to lose your head! Some of history's most ruthless leaders are headed your way. Some of these rulers schemed their way to the top. Others just conquered everything around them. Are you fearless enough to read on?

Assassins, Traitors, and Spies

Assassins, Traitors, and Spies
Author: Elaine Landau
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512452475

James Bond may be one of the good guys, but the spies in this book definitely aren't—nor are the traitors and assassins! Crack open this book to uncover more secrets about history's most terrible assassins, traitors, and spies.

Gangsters, Bootleggers, and Bandits

Gangsters, Bootleggers, and Bandits
Author: Heather E. Schwartz
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467710318

Robbery, smuggling, gambling—gangsters did it all. They fought the law. They fought each other. And not all of them made it out alive. Find out the true stories of the United States' most feared hoodlums and mob bosses. Learn how a two-bit car thief built a criminal empire—and how the mob's top man wound up in prison. Are you bold enough to read on?

Outlaws, Gunslingers, and Thieves

Outlaws, Gunslingers, and Thieves
Author: Heather E. Schwartz
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467710369

Hang on to your wallet—and watch your neck! You're about to encounter some of the worst gunslingers to wreak havoc on the Old West. The most notorious outlaws were known for their fearless drive, their quick shot with a pistol, their odd trademarks, and their way of escaping the law over and over again. Are you brave enough to read on?

Pirates, Buccaneers & other Scallywags & Swashbucklers A Complete Film Guide

Pirates, Buccaneers & other Scallywags & Swashbucklers A Complete Film Guide
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2014-05-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1312146001

A comprehensive film guide depicting films about the pirates that roamed the seven seas. Interesting facts on actors and other personal that made these films possible. A special look at these swashbucklers and their way of life throughout history. Included are other historical classic films.

Marcus Parnassus

Marcus Parnassus
Author: John Michael Coia
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2015-09-20
Genre:
ISBN: 1326421999

When young boys, or girls for that matter, wander off into their inner world, magical things can happen. That is where the reality of the adult world becomes less than real, often dissappearing altogether. Hard things can become soft, gravity be denied and both time and distance get mixed up. Adults say "You're imagining things. Stop daydreaming and do something useful," but who is to say what is real and what is imagined? I certainly prefer the so called 'imagined' world to the other, 'real world', where hard things are hard and supper time is fixed. So let's join Marcus Parnassus in his adventures, where supper time is always when you're hungry and bed time is flexible.