madPete Posted July 11, 2010 Posted July 11, 2010 After all these years I finally picked up a copy of Treasure Island, can't believe I waited that long to read it. Better go back and read some more of the classics! mP Aye... Plunder Awaits!
Capn Bob Posted July 11, 2010 Posted July 11, 2010 Dearie me...Treasure Island is a treasure indeed...but it's been years since I've read it...have to pick up me own copy sometime and read it again... After all these years I finally picked up a copy of Treasure Island, can't believe I waited that long to read it. Better go back and read some more of the classics! mP Damn, thats sharp!
Capn Bob Posted July 11, 2010 Posted July 11, 2010 Continueing with my current Greek theme...since I'm playing HPS Sims "Greek Wars" (playing Battle of Ephesus right now, and *winning*!), I'm reading "The Athenian Trireme" and... "Land Battles in 5th Century BC Greece"...it's practically a guidebook on how to fight your armies in the hoplite manner...and why the hoplites of Greece sliced and diced the Persian armies...(one word...Othismos!) Damn, thats sharp!
Jas. Hook Posted July 12, 2010 Posted July 12, 2010 Recently finished Carl Hiaasen's Strip Tease, Basket Case and almost done with Sick Puppy. His writing makes me wonder if I'll ever go to Florida. Jas. Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney
madPete Posted July 12, 2010 Posted July 12, 2010 just started John Paul Jones, a sailor's biography. Read a book about him when I was 11-12... aahh..., fond memories. Aye... Plunder Awaits!
LadyBarbossa Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 Haven't had the opportunity to read much but have recently obtained a new book. I'm filled with glee! It's The Colonial and Revolutionary Era by Rodney P. Carlisle. Generally to help keep me brushed up on my colonial American history. Thus far, I like it. ~Lady B Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!" "I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed." The one, the only,... the infamous!
Severyn Posted August 25, 2010 Posted August 25, 2010 Son of a Witch The second book in the Wicked series ("The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West"). It goes into the aftermath of what all happens after the witch dies and the wizard leaves. If you haven't read the first book, I don't want to say too much because it would spoil things... but it is a pretty good read so far..(though not as good as Wicked was..)
madPete Posted August 25, 2010 Posted August 25, 2010 Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell Aye... Plunder Awaits!
Iron Jon Posted August 25, 2010 Posted August 25, 2010 I just started reading... Memoirs of a Seafaring Life - The Narrative of William Spavens - Pensioner on the Naval Chest at Chatham - Edited and Introduced by N.A.M. Rodger - Containing - An Account of a great Variety of such Incidents as the Author met with in the Sea Service - also - A descriptive Account of the Discipline, Allowance, and Customs of His Majesty's Service, the East India Company, and other Merchant's Service - To Which Is Added - A short and plain Introduction to Astronomy and Geography; with a brief Description of several Countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and Tables of Latitude and Longitude, &c, &c. - and - An Explanation of Nautical Terms - The whole Made Easy and Adapted to the Capacity of Youth. ... actually, I just got through the title tonight. I'll start reading it tomorrow! Jonathan Washbourne "Jonathan Washbourne Junr of Bridgwater appeared in court and was ordered to pay £5 fees and charges or be publicly whipped 20 stripes for his abusive and uncivil behaviour to Elizabeth Canaday Late of said Bridgwater by Thrusting up or putting of a skunk under the Cloaths to her Naked Body And then saying he had Done the office of a midwife." (from The Plymouth Journal, July 1701)
Capn Bob Posted August 25, 2010 Posted August 25, 2010 Aye, that be the trouble with them old time books...the titles are often longer than the book itself... I just started reading... Memoirs of a Seafaring Life - The Narrative of William Spavens - Pensioner on the Naval Chest at Chatham - Edited and Introduced by N.A.M. Rodger - Containing - An Account of a great Variety of such Incidents as the Author met with in the Sea Service - also - A descriptive Account of the Discipline, Allowance, and Customs of His Majesty's Service, the East India Company, and other Merchant's Service - To Which Is Added - A short and plain Introduction to Astronomy and Geography; with a brief Description of several Countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and Tables of Latitude and Longitude, &c, &c. - and - An Explanation of Nautical Terms - The whole Made Easy and Adapted to the Capacity of Youth. ... actually, I just got through the title tonight. I'll start reading it tomorrow! Damn, thats sharp!
Capn Bob Posted August 25, 2010 Posted August 25, 2010 Since I'm playing "France 1914", as mentioned in another thread, I have already read "The Marne, 1914 : the Opening of World War I and the Battle that Changed the World" (it's all Bulow's and Moltke's fault...) And I'm currently reading Ernst Junger's "Storm of Steel" And I'd have picked up the library copy of Pratchett's "Making Money", but some lubber snatched it... Damn, thats sharp!
Capn Bob Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Reviving an ancient thread here, I've currently plunged meself into: "British Piracy in the Golden Age: History and Interpretation 1660-1730 ( 4-volume set)", Joel Baer, ed. Currently reading Vol 1, obtained thru interlibrary loan (no way I be payin' more than $600 for it, without knocking over a plate fleet). Full of all sorts of primary documentation, including articles from the Boston News-Letter. "Celestial Navigation", by Tom Cunliffe. Been wanting to learn a little something of how to Do It, and I was recently given a Davis Mk 3 sextant by a friend that is monastery bound. Ordered an artificial horizon which just came in today, so I can work on it dry-side. Then I can take the sextant with me if I go on cruise this October. Damn, thats sharp!
Jas. Hook Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Since my last posting - Finished Carl Hiaasen's Lucky You, Stormy Weather, Native Tongue, Double Wammy and Tourist Season. Awaiting Star Island in paperback. On Stranger Tides By Tim Powers Flint and Silver by John Drake Jack's Favorite by Alfred Picardi Heart of a Pirate by Pamela Johnson Lined up - Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton Fisherman's Bend by Linda Greenlaw Looking to get - Skull and Bones as well as Pieces of Eight by John Drake which seems to have an import or release problem from the UK to US market. Jas. Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney
peglegstrick Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Found a copy od Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" in an antique shop the other day. Never have read it so I bought it. It's an old paperback with a print date of 1895. If I had known it was this good I would have read it in school...........a few years ago.
Jas. Hook Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Found a copy od Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" in an antique shop the other day. Never have read it so I bought it. It's an old paperback with a print date of 1895. If I had known it was this good I would have read it in school...........a few years ago. Ye never be too old, Pegleg. I recently did a re-read of Treasure Island on a Kindle that Lady Patricia got for me as a birthday gift. It was the first test read on the device. Jas Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney
Capn Bob Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Let me know how that acquisition of "Pieces of Eight" by John Drake goes...to be sure, many of us would like to lay hands on it. John Drake...wasn't he a Secret Agent Man? Since my last posting - Finished Carl Hiaasen's Lucky You, Stormy Weather, Native Tongue, Double Wammy and Tourist Season. Awaiting Star Island in paperback. On Stranger Tides By Tim Powers Flint and Silver by John Drake Jack's Favorite by Alfred Picardi Heart of a Pirate by Pamela Johnson Lined up - Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton Fisherman's Bend by Linda Greenlaw Looking to get - Skull and Bones as well as Pieces of Eight by John Drake which seems to have an import or release problem from the UK to US market. Jas. Hook Damn, thats sharp!
RedJessi Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888 to 1938 by Stephen F. Cohen.
oderlesseye Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 A Book written in 1926 called "Pirate Gold" By Lawton B. Evens,. Tis a yarn about Jean Lafitte http://www.myspace.com/oderlesseyehttp://www.facebook....esseye?ref=nameHangin at Execution dock awaits. May yer Life be a long and joyous adventure in gettin there!As he was about to face the gallows there, the pirate is said to have tossed a sheaf of papers into the crowd, taunting his audience with these final words: "My treasure to he who can understand."
Jas. Hook Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Let me know how that acquisition of "Pieces of Eight" by John Drake goes...to be sure, many of us would like to lay hands on it. John Drake...wasn't he a Secret Agent Man? Cap'n Bob - Wrong John Drake They seem to be available through overseas book sellers on 'bay. Pieces of Eight can be reasonable as it is in paperback. Skull and Bones is still in hard cover only. Neither are available on Kindle USA Jas. Hook I also have line up for warmer weather - The Pirate Hunter by Richard Zacks and Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik. I also spotted a new book in Alexander Kent's Bolitho series, In the King's Name, just released Jan. 2011, hardcover. "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney
wes1761 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Reading the last book in the Bretheren ofthe Coast The Pirate Round Boon Island The Nagle journals and picked up 2 others I cant remember the title to right now, they are next..... If it was raining soup, I'd be stuck outside with a fork.....
Ransom Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Just finished: The Discovery of Jeanne Baret — A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by Glynis Ridley She did this in 1765, when she was 26 yrs old, dressed like a man to follow her botanist lover. She ended up doing most of the work for him, and survived near starvation, a gang rape, and the ultimate humility of getting no credit for the work she did collecting and labeling specimins. If you think men sailors had it rough, this woman had it even worse. A very good read! Have just started: Pirates of Barbary — Corsairs, Conquests, and Captivity in the 17th Century Mediterranean by Adrian Tinniswood. At 40 pages in, so far it seems pretty good. ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog
CaptainB Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 I've just started Terry Pratchett's Nation. Looks to be a good read. "If I believed in fate, I wouldn't be playing with loaded dice..."
Mission Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Chirurgia curiosa: or, the newest and most curious observations and operations in the whole art of chirurgery by Matthias Gottfried Purmann. It is, quite seriously, one of the best organized period surgical manuals I have yet read. (And I've read about 20 some of them...) Excellent resource and it's available on Amazon for a pretty reasonable price. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
Capn Bob Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 And now...reading the second volume of Joel Baer's "British Piracy in the Golden Age" This volume contains accounts of various pirate trials, including that of Stede Bonnett. Also planning on putting an online copy of "Beggars Opera" onto my Kyros device... Damn, thats sharp!
Jas. Hook Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton - I thought it was doing good until the witchcraft, Caribee indians and the Kraken. Fun read though. Jas. Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney
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