When a former UK pirate DJ writes a book on piracy and uses an epigraph from Dr. Dre ("You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge"), you'd be forgiven for expecting an anarchist's ...

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New picture books include “Captain Jack and the Pirates” and “The Pirate Jamboree.” When last we saw Jack, Zack and tiny Caspar, they made an excellent castle that needed defending (“King Jack and the ...

Think of the word “pirate” and give yourself a moment to sit with the images that come to mind. You likely drew from a handful of cultural touchstones embedded in our individual and collective ...

The Story. Old Peter B. Kayne, “pirate emeritus,” had piled up a colossal fortune and started his son Rufus where he left off. Thereupon, having got religion and put his rather flushed past as far as ...

Matt Nelson writes for Bleeding Cool: When I started doing Catbeard the Pirate, I wasn't prepared for the question I got most often at first. "Does his beard use the litter box?" Maybe I'm getting ...

Fencing booty is the most underappreciated problem of historical pirate logistics. Myths and stories about “going on the account” (as high-seas piracy was known during its late–seventeenth- and ...

Celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day (September 19) with freebies and pirate-related deals, free pirate games and books, and more. Make sure you don’t miss any of these fun holidays. Check ...