Blackbeard the Pirate: A Reappraisal of His Life and Times Recently finished reading this book.  Blackbeard the Pirate:  A Reappraisal of His Life and Times by Robert E Lee focuses on the historic, event by event, life of Captain Edward Teach, the notorious Blackbeard.  Focusing on the time...

Just finished reading the The Secret Societies Handbook.  Quick read and very informative.  I love a good conspiracy theory and this book is choke full of them.  From the Assassins to the Triads, any secret society that you can think of is in this small tome. Each society gets a couple of...

DK makes great informational, fun-to-read books.   In Piratepedia they have brought together a boat load (pun intended) of information about pirates and placed it in easy-to-read, bite-sized pieces.  From history to media and all topics in between.  Starting with the Vikings and working...

Just finished a good read: Napoleon’s Privates by Tony Perrottet.  The subtitle of the book really gives the premise away – 2500 Years of History Unzipped.  Covering topics from Napoleon (obviously) to the misdeeds of the Robber Barons, Perrottet gives the facts in a straight forward...

I recently found a great book at the local used book store:  The Code of the Zombie Pirate by Scott Kennemore.  First things first if you are looking for something non-fictional about pirates, this is not your book.  But if you are looking for a great read with lots of humor, and a...