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Pirate (Eyewitness Books)

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This book gives lots of fascinating information about the weapons and tactics pirates used. The information is divided into small fact capsules with illustrations, which keeps it from ever being boring or overwhelming. And there's so much on a page that the book's worth re-reading several times, in case of something missed or forgotten. A gotta-have for the piratically-minded!

While this series is generally aimed at readers of a younger age, these magnificently illustrated books are fascinating for adults as well. "Pirate" is no exception. It is a gloriously readable book with profuse illustrations covering the history of piracy from ancient Greece to the 1800's. Dozens of captioned pictures and paragraphs of text make this a great book for browsing through when you just don't feel like serious reading. The book itself is nothing like a children's book. They could market this as an adult book without changing a thing

DK eyewitness books are some of the greatest non-fiction books around. The distinctive white background and high-quality photography gives this book an edge over any other pirate picture book. And -- these pictures are real! They're beautiful photos of historically piratey things, accompanied by informative captions and text.

Learn about Anne Bonny, a fearsome female pirate, peruse the pictures of pirate treasure, from Spanish doubloons to richly ornamented crosses. Compare the different pirate flags, and learn about who made each one. Check out the different types of ships, authentic pirate clothes and weapons, and a storehouse of other REAL pirate information.

If you know someone (young or old) who is fascinated by all things pirate, then you must introduce them to this book! It's a visual crash course in pirateness, and it's excellent!

Right, so I've had this book for 10 years, and yeah, it's probably a slightly different version, but regardless, I've had it for ten years and it's downright useful. I'm an artist and writer, and it's a great thing to have. The pictures are very, very vivid, and the short tidbits on piraticalness are excellent accompanionments. In fact, this book started my interest in piracy. And though it is definitely not the only book in my pirate collection nowadays, it's just as loved and useful as when it was.

I bought this book from Amazon last year as a Christmas gift for my then almost [...] nephew, and he loved it. He and I are big Pirate fans. I even read this book myself. My nephew thought that this book was cool. It offers an in depth subject of pirates that is both interesting and informative. Learn about some famous pirates, their ships and way of life on sea as well as on land. These Eyewitness books are great. A highly recommended pirate book. AARGH.

This is a very good book with lots of facts about anything that has to do with piracy. If you are inturested in pirates, get it. It is well worth the money.

A little gem! This wonderful book about pirateology is supposed to be for kids, but don't get fooled, adults may enjoy it as much as children. Great pictures, and pretty good information about pirate life in general, in spite of being only 72 pages long. Get this book along with any pirate book by Angus Konstam and you'll have plenty of historical facts and information to increase your knowledge about those fascinating predators of the seas. Totally recommended!

Used the CD it came with to create a bulletin board ( We are the O'Connell Buccaneers)Also used the information in it for background research for Talk Like a Pirate Day in September. Found a website online that recommended this book. It was a good choice for me!

My kids loved this book. It comes with a CD of pictures that wasn't very good but the book was a hit. Great historical facts on pirates through the ages.

As always any DK book is great!! Good pictures & durable hardcover book. I bought this for my 10 year old son. Lots of captions as well as the actual reading part. This will be a treasured book for years to come!! Books like these make learning fun.