Caribbean Pirates

Esta es una obra anómala en la que la investigación académica sobre agentes transnacionales de la historia se mezcla con la crónica periodística de un tragicómico true crime y el ensayo histórico, que lleva a repensar los lugares comunes sobre la piratería aérea y devuelve su lugar en la historia a este grupo informal de aeropiratas que, con sus hazañas, contribuyeron involuntariamente al acercamiento entre Cuba y los demás países del continente.

Calais-born Olivier Le Vasseur aka La Buse is infamous for his 1721 attack on a Portuguese ship docked at Bourbon (modern day Réunion), the island where he eventually met his fate on the gallows in 1730. The raid yielded one of the most spectacular treasure hauls in the recorded history of piracy. The value of the plunder taken - and a fabled incident that occurred on the day La Buse was hanged - have led to enduring claims about the supposed buried treasure of this ill-fated pirate. The recorded facts of Le Vasseur’s life – and their importance in debunking the legend- are the subject...

The Caribbean Queen Alex and company steal an expensive yacht, The Caribbean Queen, from its mooring while the crew is ashore on the island of Grenada. They sail it away as a dangerous storm sweeps the sea. The Exchange Alex receives a call from an old friend to help him recover his two kidnapped children in Hong Kong. Alex decides to deliver the unusual payment for his friend even though he must get safe passage from the Triad. He confronts the nefarious Mohammed the goat to make the payoff. The exchange goes all wrong and a gun battle ensues. Venezuela Nights Alex embarks on a secret ...

Just another crazy day in paradise... Meredith Whitman isn’t in the sunny Caribbean looking for trouble, especially not in the form of the Russian Mafia. All she wants is to contemplate enough tropical sunsets to forget the tragedies of her past. Still, trouble is what she gets – along with a second chance at true love. Toussaint “Tuss” Anderson is a man on a mission that doesn't involve rescuing damsels in distress. But when bullets start to fly, he finds himself face to face with the one woman he can’t get out of his mind. Now he’s in the line of fire, too, and pitted against ...

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow.

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow.

Listeners can set sail for adventure with this full-length retelling of the live-action Disney film. They'll follow every swashbuckling step as a brave young man teams up with a high-seas scoundrel to rescue the woman he loves from the clutches of a band of cursed pirates.

Pirate aficionados of all ages will dive into this entertaining retelling of the continuing, bone-chilling adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann. The battle for control of the seas heats up in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Calling all young pirates! Jack Sparrow and his friends are back and ready for another adventure. But this time, it looks like they might be in over their heads. In Dead Man's Chest, aspiring pirates will get a chance to relive the action of the movie.

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow.

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow.

Pirate aficionados of all ages will dive into this entertaining retelling of the continuing, bone-chilling adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann. The battle for control of the seas heats up in the third Pirates of the Caribbean film.

In 1719, William Tonia is born during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. The shadow of violence that surrounded his birth hangs over him like darkening Atlantic Ocean storm clouds. It is across this angry sea that he must set his course in search of both how his mother met her demise and to find his father's identity. On the sea, he is recruited as a merchant seaman, smuggler, and pirate. He is drawn into the service of the Spanish King during the War of Jenkin's Ear to defend the Caribbean possession of Cartagena. His heroics during this battle earn him entrance into a social setting for ...

Chachalaka Sunrise and The White Stone Alex and friends pursue the legend of the white stone that fell from the sky in ancient Yucatan. Chachalaka Sunrise tells the story of the stone coming to earth and how it served as the power behind a lost civilization. The stone was said to have strange powers that could corrupt anyone who possessed it. The White Stone tells the modern story of how Alex and company travel to Play del Carmen in search of the legendary object.

It is the dawn of the 18th century, when girls stay home and sew while men sail the high seas finding adventure, danger, and gold. But two unusually adventurous girls (a rich merchant's daughter, Nancy Kington, and her former plantation slave, Minerva Sharpe) take to the high seas from Jamaica on a ship the crew renames Deliverance.

FEED THE CROW is a heart-stopping, historical fiction adventure story that takes place in the late 1860s and is set in the beautiful islands of the Florida Keys and the Caribbean. Kate Warne, a Pinkerton detective, is in Key West recovering from a personal tragedy when she is asked to investigate a series of thefts from ships owned by a friend. But the thefts turn into murder and kidnapping and Kate is drawn deeper and deeper into a world she thought no longer existed: piracy. The reader is carried along with Kate as she experiences the beauty and customs of the islands and the vagaries of ...

Angela Spencer just wanted to spread her wings after four years at university. Sailing her dad’s yacht Second Wind to the island of Guadeloupe, she’s loving her solo adventure until her boat is attacked one night by pirates. With her life in jeopardy, her only hope is to use her special gift for shape shifting until help from the French Maritime Police can arrive. The dashing captain, Jean Aguillard, soon arouses romantic feelings in Angela. But more trouble looms on the horizon, casting Angela and Jean into a deadly battle where all is not Calypso rhythms and Caribbean paradise.

FIRST TIME IN ENGLISH It is one of the most charming novels of contemporary literature in the Spanish language. Now, exclusively for Amazon, the latest expanded edition:ARAÑA, Legendary river captain, awarded honorable mention by the jury of the IX International Short Novel Competition 2015 (EL CAPITÁN ARAÑA in Spanish), of Ediciones Mis Escritos, Argentina. In it, this well-known author narrates with a funny and gripping style the life of an extraordinary captain and his legendary boat that sailed the Magdalena River in the convulsive Colombia of the middle of the twentieth century... ...

Ex-Marine Richard Drake treasures his laid-back life on St. Mark, smallest of the US Virgin Islands. To make ends meet, he works as a charter boat captain and provides security for a high-profile client. To nourish his soul, he spends lots of time with enchanting Sophie Cooper. Once, when she sought safe haven, Richard saved her life. Then she stole his heart. Now they fill each other’s lives, hand in hand by day and even closer during tropical nights. But Sophie has a problem. Her morning trek through the tranquil beauty of St. Mark’s rainforest turned horribly wrong when a knife-...

Enter a boiling cauldron of danger, adventure, romance, and a touch of island magic: - Ex-Army Ranger Mike Stiles, haunted by the loss of a comrade in combat, can’t settle into civilian life. When his best friend asks for help to break up a drug-smuggling ring on St. Thomas, Mike rushes to his aid. Mike figures the danger will do him some good. - Anika Hegner, of Danish heritage, has Jumbee blood in her veins, straight from the Dark Continent. Since childhood, she has delighted in shape shifting to a black cat and scaring the unwary. Now, as she struggles to reconcile her dual heritage, ...