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good books about pirates? Anonymous Sun Jul 6 15:43:26 2014 No.5102669 [DELETED]

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Are there any good books about pirates that are not for children?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 17:54:01 2014 No.5103072 >>5102669 When you say 'not for children', do you mean 'not similar atmosphere like Treasure Island'? Also, a friend of mine just read 'On stranger tides' by Tim Powers. I don't know whether it's good or not, but you can take a look.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 19:54:49 2014 No.5103554 >>5103072 rhanks mate

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 19:56:12 2014 No.5103558 >>5102669 Bloody Jack is a YA series, but it still remains one of my favorite series ever. Read it op.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 21:49:31 2014 No.5103921 It's pretty new and not YA - "When Captain Flint Was a Good Man". No, it is not about Captain Flint.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 22:47:50 2014 No.5104108 >>5102669 The Scar is absolutely fucking awesome.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 22:50:12 2014 No.5104111 >>5102669 Pirate latitudes by Crichton

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 22:52:02 2014 No.5104115 File: 31 KB, 460x288, kafka_1682215a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5102669 >not for children Good try little boy, but you have to go to sleep now.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 22:58:56 2014 No.5104136 >>5102669 Captain blood

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:02:42 2014 No.5104143 >>5102669 http://www.amazon.com/The-Pirates-Somalia-Inside-Hidden/dp/0307476561

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:07:49 2014 No.5104153 i liked the robin hobb thing but it has magic

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:19:10 2014 No.5104173 >>5104111 I second this one. Read the whole thing in one sitting on watch one night from 1900-0700 and time flew by.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:22:55 2014 No.5104182 File: 51 KB, 319x500, sod.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:49:24 2014 No.5104237 Cities of the Red Night, by William S Burroughs "Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a disaster could restore it."

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:54:18 2014 No.5104247 >>5104182 >>5104237 Read these consecutively or in tandem.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:55:44 2014 No.5104250 >>5102669 black sails is a pretty pleb show but strangely enjoyable.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 23:57:12 2014 No.5104252 >>5104182 i've actually read this multiple times, and it is a very insightful book

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 00:05:45 2014 No.5104267 >>5104252 How much sodomy is mentioned?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 00:10:04 2014 No.5104271 >>5104267 Please say it's copious?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 00:22:52 2014 No.5104304 a high wind in jamaica is the correct answer