books about: captain (pirateology controller government)

books about: captain

books:

Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion (Ologies)

53 reviews
William Captain Lubber

Candlewick, 2006

Pirateology, Arrrrggh...
Avast thar ye bilge rat, I thumbed through this yar book at thee "Pirates of the Caribbean" shop in Disneyworld and me thinks, "I gots to get me one of these treasures". Knowings thats Amazon can beat prices like a full broadside I waited and ordered online once I got home, saving about ten dollars. This book is amazing with all kinds of stories, pictures, and facts. Aye, Ye kids may be setting ...

" Captain Underpants " and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (Captain Underpants)

47 reviews
Dav Pilkey

Scholastic, 2008

Captain Underpants And The Attack Of The Talking Toilets
I love spending time with my grandson and this book is fun to read with him. I also love to hear my grandson laugh.He likes to read now and he takes the book to school for others to read.He likes all the Captain Underpants books.This is an excellent read...

The Captain from Connecticut

16 reviews
C. S Forester

The Sun Dial Press, 1945

A wonderful tale of Yankee grit. A great sea story!
This is a fine novel by CS Forester, the author of the magnificent Hornblower series of novels. It tells the story of a fictional American naval sea captain during the War of 1812, one Captain Josiah Peabody--an American charged with the mission of breaking the British blocade of the fledgling United States and wreaking havoc with the British sea lanes. This, he understands, will give America ...

Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 4)

50 reviews
Jim Butcher

Ace Hardcover, 2007

Excellent
Captian's Fury is an excellent continuation of the very good series of books. A difficult book to put down once you start with enough twists to keep you guessing to the end yet not lose you along the way. Already anxious to get the next one.

Son of Perdition (Ahab's Legacy)

25 reviews
Louise M. Gouge

River Oak, 2006

One of Those Odd Literary Coincidences, Part 3
In one of those odd literary coincidences two Moby Dick fans simultaneously got the bright idea of writing fictional accounts about Ahab's wife, but while Sena Jeter Naslund was writing for publication, Louise M. Gouge was writing her dissertation novel, not really expecting to ever publish it. (One assumes that the critical and commercial success of Naslund's Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A ...

Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command

17 reviews
Adm. James Stavridis USN

Naval Institute Press, 2008

Five Stars for a Four Star
You...will...love...this...book. But only if you want to know of honesty, humility, humor, the courage of everyday acts of service by others, and the peaks and valleys of leadership. Not to mention wonderful writing, anecdotes, and insights by a distinguished military commander writing as a young officer, a decade and a half before pinning on the four-stars of an admiral. If you want a great ...

Captains and Kings

43 reviews
Taylor Caldwell

Fawcett, 1982

A Book For All Reasons
If I could recommend only one book, it would be Taylor Caldwell's "Captains and the Kings." Here are three reasons. Caldwell's fascinating tale is filled with ironic, powerful, and unique insight into human nature and behavior. She will entice you into turning page after page without rest, until you reach the end of her story. Then you'll sit wondering if you really read all that, tempted to ...

Margin for Error: None: Through the Skills of the Air Traffic Controller
A Faulty System is Made to Work

17 reviews
Brian Power-Waters

Authors Choice Press, 2001

Better than Pushing Tin
I was an Air Traffic Controller at the New York " Common Eye " Radar Approach Controller Facility at JFK International Airport when Captain Waters visited to do research for this book. Pictures of controllers at radar scopes and busy at their positions do our profession justice. Captain Waters gives the reader an indept picture of the complex job of separating and sequencing aircraft by ...

Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through ...

18 reviews
Tameichi Hara, Fred Saito, ...

Naval Institute Press, 2007

Excellent view from the other side
Probably one of the two books anyone interested in the Pacific naval war simply MUST have in his libraray (the other the brilliant 'Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy' by the unfortunately named Paul S. Dull). True experts and affecionados should overlook the occasional mis-identification of ship types (undoubtedly a result of either negligent editing or translation problems), but ...

Captain Nemo

89 reviews
Xavier Joseph Carbajal

New Future Pub, 1996

Great science fiction for kids!!!
I gave Captain Nemo five stars because of the strong moral to this story. I also liked the relationship between the sea creatures and Captain Nemo and his crew. I have the book and the audiobook and my friends and I are studying Jules Verne. We read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Captain Nemo is very loyal to the Jules Verne character and it has added a new ...

Skull Rack

15 reviews
Ron Braithwaite

Harbor House (GA), 2007

splendid retelling of the Spanish Conquistidores
For those who appreciate historical novels solidly based on facts,while still telling a gripping story, this is the book for you. Cortes' exploits are vaguely known by most people but the actual story is more fascinating than any "thriller novel" Ron Braithwaite has done his homework. The story, which uses the method of a retelling by a Priest of the Spanish Inquistion,is very well written in a ...

Captain Visual's Big Book Of Balloon Art: A Complete Book of Balloonology for Beginners and Advanced Twisters

15 reviews
Captain Visual

Citadel, 2000

Good Stuff
ahhh, i don't know if I can praise this book as the best, but it's good enough for the 5 stars. It's a book that you can get as a beginner balloonologist and learn with through more advanced balloon sculpting stages. It has some really cute ideas that are worth using in your balloon repotoire (is that how you spell that?). I also recommend the Palloncini series. ...peace out

Cocktails In Tahiti

13 reviews
Richard Bondurant

Tahiti Publishing Company, 2006

Let's go!
The format of the book is very well done. Makes you want to go to Tahiti.

Captain's Verses

13 reviews

W.W. Norton & Company, 1972

the heart of Neruda
This is a fabulous dual-language collection of some of the most sensual, passionate poems written in modern times. Whether he imagines himself as an insect making a journey "from your hips to your feet", traveling to distant places with his beloved by his side, or as a soldier who must leave but whose love will "go on singing until the end of life", Neruda writes with exquisite simplicity, and ...

A Christmas Carol

16 reviews
Charles Dickens

audible.com

One of the pillars of the Christmas season
A Christmas Carol It was my goal this December to read to my children, ages seven, nine and 14, the Christmas Carol story by Dickens so that they would know the original before seeing the movie. I also thought this would be an accessible way for them to get oriented to English literature and prepare them for further reading. The requirements of the Christmas Carol book to be purchased ...

Ahab's Bride: Book One of Ahab's Legacy

14 reviews
Louise M. Gouge

Cook Communications, 2004

A Beautiful Telling
Louise Gouge's telling of Ahab's Bride's story is beautifully wrought. The tone is consistent throughout the book, so much so that I was captivated by the time period. She does a lovely job of capturing Ahab's obsession, his penchance for pushing away anyone who longed to have deep ties with him--all in all a great character study of pride and its destructiveness both to the person who is ...

Captain from Castile

15 reviews
Samuel Shellabarger

Avon Books (Mm), 1980

The Epic Novel of Adventure, Love, and Conquest in New Spain
"The dream, not the realization; effort, not fruition; battle, not victory - these were life." -Fray Bartolome Olmedo (CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE) The words of Father Olmedo fire the spirit of young Spanish nobleman Pedro de Vargas for glory, riches, fame, and honor in the New World in 1518. Falsely charged with the crime of heresy by The Dominican Inquisitor of Jaen, Father Ignacio de Lora, and ...

Captain Saturday: A Novel

16 reviews
Robert Inman

Back Bay Books, 2003

A Warm, Inspiring Tale of Love, Loss, and Renewal
Will Baggett, fictional TV weatherman from Raleigh, North Carolina is the toast of the town. He is the most recognized media figure in the market; widely successful, universally adored by young and old alike. Will has it all; a gorgeous wife who rakes in the big bucks as one of Raleigh's top realtors, a son in medical school. Baggett's world is compulsively tidy, taut, and orderly. The trains of ...

93 Seconds to Disaster: The Government's Great Cover-up

14 reviews
Captain Brian Power-Waters XIII

iUniverse, Inc., 2005

93 Seconds to Disaster
I've known Brian for many years, and have a great respect for his passions in life. This book reflects those passions! Great information!

Captain's Surrender

16 reviews

Linden Bay Romance, LLC, 2008

Beautiful.
I almost didn't buy this book. The cover was a decided turn-off. But then I read some enthusiastic reviews for it and finally had to read the book for myself, to know if it was really that good. It is. The cover might lead you to believe this is just another raunchy, endless-sex-scene-every-other-page gay "romance" (emphasis not so much on the romance). Ignore the cover! It doesn't ...