The first unpublished novel from the historical fiction legend, George Macdonald Fraser, featuring the unscrupulous & brilliantly entertaining pirate, Calico Jack Rackham. New Providence, 1720s. When infamous pirate Captain ` Calico` Jack Rackham returns from the high seas to ask Governor Woodes Rogers for a royal pardon, the Governor sees his chance to put his own devious plans into action. Their agreement sets off an adventure of betrayals, counter-betrayals, plots & escapes that see Rackham join forces with the scheming but seductively beautiful pirate, Anne Bonney. Captain in Calico is a wonderfully spirited & entertaining novel, which will delight fans of George Mac Donald Fraser. The unscrupulous Captain Rackham is pure pleasure, & shows the author`s early penchant
- & flair
- for writing scoundrels of the highest order.

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The first unpublished novel from the historical fiction legend, George Macdonald Fraser, featuring the unscrupulous & brilliantly entertaining pirate, Calico Jack Rackham. New Providence, 1720s. When infamous pirate Captain ` Calico` Jack Rackham returns from the high seas to ask Governor Woodes Rogers for a royal pardon, the Governor sees his chance to put his own devious plans into action. Their agreement sets off an adventure of betrayals, counter-betrayals, plots & escapes that see Rackham join forces with the scheming but seductively beautiful pirate, Anne Bonney. Captain in Calico is a wonderfully spirited & entertaining novel, which will delight fans of George Mac Donald Fraser. The unscrupulous Captain Rackham is pure pleasure, & shows the author`s early penchant
- & flair
- for writing scoundrels of the highest order.

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Responding to Titanic`s distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron raced the Cunard liner Carpathia to the scene of the sinking, rescued the seven hundred survivors of the world`s most famous shipwreck & then carried them to safety at New York. After twenty-five years at sea, the competence & compassion Rostron displayed during the rescue made him a hero on two continents & presaged his subsequent achievements. During the First World War he participated in the invasion of Gallipoli & commanded Cunard`s Mauretania as a hospital ship in the Mediterranean & a troop transport in the Atlantic. As her longest-serving master he commanded that legendary vessel in transatlantic passenger service through most of the 1920s. Rostron retired in 1931 as the most esteemed master mariner of his era, celebrated for the Titanic rescue, decorated for his war service, & knighted for his contributions to British seafaring. This account uses newspaper reports, company records, government documents, contemporary publications & memoirs to recount Rostron`s seafaring life from his first voyage as an apprentice rounding Cape Horn in sail to his retirement forty-four years later as commodore of the Cunard Line. Set within the context of his times & featuring particulars of the ships in which he served & commanded, this is the first comprehensive biography of Arthur Rostron before, during & after his year as captain of the Carpathia. ...

Pug is going on a seafaring adventure. He`s had jam tarts for breakfast. He`s wearing a smart sailor suit. There`s just one problem. Pug is afraid of the water! Captain Pug is the first book in a glorious new illustrated series for fans of Claude & Squishy Mc Fluff ...

There`s nothing more likely to prompt our portly hero into action than the prospect of treasure. So when the valiant cabin boy Tom espies a mound of yellow stuff aboard a nearby ship, the Captain sets off in hot pursuit. Unfortunately, his villainous arch-enemy, the horrible Cut-throat Jake, is not far away. Will the Captain be trapped by Jake`s dastardly plan? Or will Tom, the wisest little cabin boy on the Seven Seas, have a plan of his own...? ...

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress & the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through; he has suffered all but the final tragedy endured by the much maligned Scott. He is determined to put the record straight. As well as being the definitive biography of Scott, written with the full & exclusive cooperation of the Scott estate, this book traces the way that Scott`s reputation has been attacked & his achievements distorted.`A valuable corrective to the trend of Scott debunking ushered in by Roland Huntford... One by one, & with commendable attention to detail, Fiennes explodes the accumulated myths. The world will remember Scott &, to a lesser extent, Fiennes when the memory of the mean-spirited & misleading Huntford has long since melted away.`
- Justin Marozzi, Sunday Telegraph.` Sir Ranulph Fiennes has done Captain Scott`s memory some service...he has certainly written a more dispassionate & balanced account than Huntford ever set out to do`
- Simon Courtauld, Spectator.` He is uniquely qualified...because only someone who has ”man-hauled” across Antarctica can know what went on. Fiennes`s own experiences certainly allow him to write vividly & with empathy of the hell that the men went through. He has valuable insights into the running of the Royal Geographical Society & the mounting of an expedition, & he does indeed right some wrongs.`
- The Sunday Times.


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Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress & the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through. Ranulph Fiennes tells the story of Scott's life
- & discusses how his achievements have been viewed after his death
- with empathy & great skill.

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Captain Scott, A Ladybird Adventure from History was originally published in 1963. This adventure from history tells the story of Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole
- the courage, determination & devotion of five very brave men, who faced many challenges & who sacrificed their lives in a great adventure. This new edition of this beautifully illustrated book marks the 100th anniversary of Scott's expedition & is exactly the same as the original. The events of the fateful expedition are carefully explained & illustrated with twenty-four full page images.
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Petty Officer Edgar Evans was Captain`s Scott`s `giant worker` & his `invaluable assistant`. He went with Scott on both the British Antarctic Expeditions of the early 1900s
- the ` Discovery` expedition of 1901 & the ` Terra Nova` expedition in 1910
- distinguishing himself on both. In 1903, with Scott, Edgar made the first long & arduous sortie onto the Plateau of Victoria L&. The journey highlighted Edgar`s common sense, strength, courage, wit & unflappability. Thus it came as no surprise when, in 1911, Edgar was chosen by Scott to be one of the five men to go on the final attempt at the South Pole. Tragically the ` Welsh Giant` was the first to die on the ill-fated return, & posthumously Edgar was blamed in some quarters for causing the deaths of the whole party. It was suggested that his failure was due to his relative lack of education, which made him less able to endure the conditions than his well-educated companions. Isobel Williams repudiates this shameful suggestion & redresses the balance of attention paid to the upper & lower-deck members of Scott`s famous expeditions.

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When Harvey Cheyne, the precocious & arrogant son of an American railway tycoon, is rescused from drowning by a New England fishing boat, he is unable to convince the crew to take him to shore & is forced to take a job on board the schooner. With no other choice, he has to adapt quickly to existence at sea, learning to sail & to fish. Thrown into this unfamiliar environment, he comes to understand the importance of hard work & dignity, & begins to reassess his former values, resulting in a remarkable transformation of character & spirit. ...