In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad rebellion for its true proponents: the enslaved Africans who risked death to stake a claim for freedom. Using newly discovered evidence and featuring vividly drawn...
Highly readable, magnificently illustrated tales recount the rip-roaring adventures of swashbuckling pirates and buccaneers of the Spanish Main. Includes «The Ghost of Captain Brand», «Tom Chist and the Treasure Box», «Jack Ballister's...
"This small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in aJapanese Zen Buddhist monastery. As might be expected, the author shows a deep respect for the teachings of Zen....
THE LAWMEN is Laymon's only novel outside the horror/suspense genre, so it's something of a novelty for those of us who follow his work. It reveals a different side of Laymon while keeping his signature writing style on full display. It's certainly...
In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in...