Piracy History

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    • Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
    • By: Colin Woodard
    • Narrated by: Lewis Grenville
    • Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,292 ratings
    • The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world....

    Regular price: $25.76

    • A Maritime History of the World
    • By: Lincoln Paine
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 29 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 179 ratings
    • A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean, river, lake and stream....

    Regular price: $24.93

    • The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
    • By: Eric Jay Dolin
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,353 ratings
    • Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • A Human History of the Oceans
    • By: David Abulafia
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 41 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • From the author of the acclaimed The Great Sea, David Abulafia's new book guides listeners along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history....

    Regular price: $34.39

    • The Early Modern Americas
    • By: Kristie Patricia Flannery
    • Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
    • Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World demonstrates that piracy is key to explaining the surprising longevity of Spain's Asian empire, which survived the Age of Revolutions and endured almost to the end of the nineteenth century.

    Regular price: $17.19

    • A Captivating Guide to the Role of Pirates in Maritime History During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Anne Bonny, Sir Francis Drake, and William Kidd
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 01-31-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • The history of the Golden Age of Piracy, the one that has shaped the modern conception of a pirate, is complex and long, with lots of information to cover....

    Regular price: $14.95

    • Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644–1865
    • By: Sean M. Kelley
    • Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
    • Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 05-30-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Historian Sean M. Kelley tells the unknown story of America's two-hundred-year history as a slave-trading nation....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition
    • By: Stephen R. Bown
    • Narrated by: Steven Crossley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 248 ratings
    • The 18th-century story of the world's largest, longest, and best-financed scientific expedition of all time, triumphantly successful, gruesomely tragic, and never before fully told....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas
    • By: Laura Sook Duncombe
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 07-04-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
    • This book tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside - and sometimes in command of - their male counterparts....

    Regular price: $15.47

    • The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
    • By: William C. Davis
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 02-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • An "engrossing and exciting" account of legendary New Orleans privateers Pierre and Jean Laffite and their adventures along the Gulf Coast (Booklist, starred review)....

    Regular price: $30.09

    • The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail
    • By: Stephen Taylor
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
    • A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • New York and the End of the Middle Passage
    • By: John Harris
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 11-24-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • Maritime Culture, Continental Empires, and the Conflict That Made the Modern World
    • By: Andrew Lambert
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge, turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • True Tales of Freshwater Pirates
    • By: Mikel B. Classen
    • Narrated by: Rory Young
    • Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
    • Release date: 01-27-25
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Waiting in the night, hidden behind a remote island, no lights showing, pirates would lure unsuspecting ships into unknown waters. Then they would silently slide up to them and board the ship.

    Regular price: $6.95

    • The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
    • By: Lee Sandlin Jeff
    • Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy
    • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
    • Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America’s historical landscape....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
    • By: David Cordingly
    • Narrated by: Don Hagen
    • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 359 ratings
    • As he explodes many accepted pirate myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier....

    Regular price: $25.78

    • A Global History
    • By: Craig L. Symonds
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 25 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,442 ratings
    • Craig Symonds shows how any limitations on naval warfare would become irrelevant before the decade was up. World War II at Sea offers a global perspective, focusing on the major engagements and personalities and revealing both their scale and their interconnection....

    Regular price: $30.09

    • A Maritime History
    • By: John S. Sledge
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the Earth's 10th-largest body of water. In this beautifully written volume, John S. Sledge explores the people, ships, and cities that have made the Gulf's human history and culture so rich....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
    • By: David L. Mearns
    • Narrated by: Dan Woren
    • Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 06-26-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 344 ratings
    • The Shipwreck Hunter chronicles David L. Mearns' most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research, and the courage required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, plus the moving human stories that lie behind these tragedies....

    Regular price: $19.74

    • Warfare in Northern Europe, 750-1100
    • By: Philip Line
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 390 ratings
    • The Vikings had an extraordinary and far-reaching historical impact. From the eighth to the 11th centuries, they ranged across Europe - raiding, exploring, and colonizing....

    Regular price: $29.95