Captain: 378 books
HISTORY OF PIRATES – True Story of the Most Notorious Pirates
Charles Vane, Mary Read, Captain Avery, Captain Teach "Blackbeard", Captain Phillips, Captain John Rackam, Anne Bonny, Edward Low, Major Bonnet and many more
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
The famous history that inspired so many adventure novels, movies and most recently Black Sails & Pirates of the Caribbean. Find out the truth behind the legend: Table of Contents: Of Captain Avery, And his Crew Of Captain Martel, And his Crew Of Captain Teach, alias Blackbeard Of Major Stede...
Captured by Pirates
22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Pirates are primarily known for their swashbuckling attitudes, their freebooting lifestyle, their high-seas adventures and their stolen treasure, but their victims tend to be forgotten. These are the innocent and not-so-innocent voyagers who find themselves suddenly snatched up, brutalized, and franticly...
The Australian Exploration Anthology
Texts from William Dampier, Capt. Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Macdouall Stuart, John McKinlay, William Wills
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.
This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia...
by Captain Mark Denebeim
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
True Caribbean Stories and Reflections of a Sailing Captain. From the Virgin Islands to Grenada, enjoy over 30 years of Caribbean madness as only a Charter Boat captain can recall, with photos. Contemplate 16 "One Page Wonders," presented to help view life and it's challenges. (Available...
The Mutiny on the Bounty
Texts by Captain Bligh, Sir John Farrow, and Rosalind Amelia Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
The Mutiny of the Bounty is one of the most famous stories in maritime history that has been told in countless books and motion pictures. It describes the arduous voyage of the H.M.S. Bounty, under the harsh rule of the strict Captain Bligh, and the eventual mutiny of much of the crew led by the Mutineer...
by Captain Ferdinand Belmont
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
The Chasseurs Alpins, trained to fight in the mountains that border France, were and are to this day considered among the elite of the French Army. It was in the mountains of the Alsace region during the First World War that Captain Ferdinand Belmont fell prey to German fire. He was a soldier of rare...
by Jason Whiteley, Former Captain, U.S. Army
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
In March 2004, Capt. Jason Whiteley was appointed the governance officer for Al Dora, one of Baghdad's most violent districts. His job was to establish and oversee a council structure for Iraqis that would allow them to begin governing themselves.The nature of persuading Iraqis to support the coalition...
Sea Stories
True Adventures of Great Lakes Freighter Captain, Richard Metz
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Captain Metz was a Great Lakes captain for 30 years. He experienced wild weather, close calls, near misses, and events that can only be described as “unimaginable.” He has incredible sea stories to tell, and now they are yours to enjoy. Take an entertaining look at life aboard a variety of Great...
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow, formerly of the Grenadier Guards
and M.P. for Stafford: being Anecdotes of the Camp, the Court and the Clubs at the close of the last war with France
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Captain Gronow, joined the Grenadier guards as a young subaltern in 1812, having completed his studies at Eton and was widely know in England and the Continent thereafter as a raconteur and a fine pistol shot. His “Reminiscences” span four volumes in their original edition, an edited version was...
by Captain Samuel Richards
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
As a Connecticut captain in America's Revolutionary War, Samuel Richards lived through the carnage and deprivations that were the cost of freedom from England. His diary is important for its vivid descriptions of life in the ranks during battle, starvation, and the great events of his day. Along...
by Captain James Cook
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first...
Stella's Girl
The Autobiography of Captain Evelyn Decker, a World War Ii and Korean War Veteran
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2009
This book tells the story of Captain Evelyn Decker, a pioneer, as one of the first African American nurses to serve in the U.S. Army. Having grown up in an integrated, accepting community in upstate New York, she was surprised and dismayed by the continual discrimination and segregation she faced...
Angels, Visions & Gifts
A Fisherman's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Angels, Visions & Gifts
By: Captain Robert R. Singleton, P.HD
Captain Robert R. Singleton’s latest book, Angels, Visions & Gifts: A Fisherman’s Journey, is a compilation of stories and advice. Singleton offers different suggestions and mystifying stories that may help a person understand...
The adventures of Captain John Patterson
with notices of the officers, &c. of the 50th, or Queen's own regiment, from 1807 to 1821.
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Captain Patterson's adventures are written in a companionable, good natured style which leads the reader through the Peninsular War towards the Pyrenees and Southern France Campaign. This account is filled with much essential information of the campaign and the battlefields, as well as entertaining...