The Book of Pirates

The Book of PiratesRarely have the exploits of marauding pirates and buccaneers of the Spanish Main been more vividly recounted than in the stories of author and illustrator Howard Pyle. Possessed of a unique talent for recapturing the flavor of bygone eras, Pyle wrote and illustrated these highly readable sagas of the sea wolves who sailed under the dreaded black flag. This treasury includes "The Ghost of Captain Brand," "Tom Chist and the Treasure Box," "Jack

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of one of the most honored histories of mathematics of all time

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either of Palladio's own design or reconstructed (in these drawings) by him from classical ruins and contemporary accounts

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in which he calls for a powerful sovereign — a "Leviathan" — to act as an enforcer of peace and justice

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Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture

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