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With this hands-on book, full of practical information, tips, advice, anyone can realize their dream of becoming a pirate like their hero the unforgettable Jack Sparrow. Crammed with true-life, historical information from deciphering a treasure map, climbing rigging, how to survive when marooned, breaking a curse, evading pursers on land and at sea, firing a cannon and use of weaponry, to dress, eating when at sea, historical facts ,top pirates of the 18Century, The Pirate Code, the Geography of the Caribbean, treating a wound, dealing with supernatural forces, and much, much more, illustrated with line drawings and photographs, this is a must-have book for anyone who wants to buckle a swash... --Once Upon a Bookcase, March, 2011---He s the most popular pirate in motion picture history and now The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook offers his fans an insider s guide to all the dirty tricks of the buccaneer s trade! Complete with step-by-step instructions, helpful diagrams, and full-color photography from the Pirates of the Caribbean films, this nautical treasure trove arrrrrrrrrrrticulates such vital and colorful information as: How to Sail a Ship How to Survive Being Marooned How to Break a Curse How to Fight Six Angry Men in a Tavern How to Recruit a Crew How to Cope with Mermaids And much, much more! Arriving just in time for Captain Jack s long-awaited return in the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, this fiendishly adventurous handbook is essential reading for pirate lovers, Johnny Depp fans, and all-around rogues and rapscallions of all ages. (from Goodreads) The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook is a must read for any fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Out in time for the upcoming fourth movie, On Stranger Tides , the Handbook is a witty and informative companion to the films, and is sure to leave you wishing to be a crew member of the famous Black Pearl. The Handbook consists of six chapters, which are there to help you make the best decisions in order to become a successful pirate. With guides such as How to Operate Underwater and The Fine Art of Being Somewhere Else , your journey towards piracy (and we don t mean the digital kind) will likely be a smooth one if you carefully follow all the instructions (and heed all the warnings you don t want to end up in trouble with Barbossa or Davy Jones!). My favourite parts of the Handbook were the hilarious comments about the one and only Jack Sparrow, such as In a peculiar way, Jack Sparrow might be considered something of a cross between a finicky cat and a finely dressed lady (a comment my odd sense of humour particularly liked). Any lover of the movies will appreciate these references to the impulsive and sometimes dastardly acts of Captain Jack, pirate extraordinaire, and will find themselves inexplicably wanting to don braids and a tricorne hat (a style every pirate needs to be able to pull off). The Handbook also contains some very funny illustrations which really made me laugh (cross-dressing pirates who wouldn t laugh at that?), and also a lot of diagrams, depicting things like pirate weaponry and pirate hygiene (or lack thereof) . With these colourful drawings and their amusing captions, you can t go wrong! (Unless you really don't see the appeal of a sea-faring life, in which case, stay away from all pirates or prepare to walk the plank!) In conclusion, The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook is a great swashbuckler s guide and is perfect for anyone who enjoyed the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (or for any pirate wannabes out there who aren t quite sure where to start). Make sure you read this when you have a lot of spare time, however; as soon as I was finished I had the sudden urge to watch all of the films again! -- -- -- -- -- --Planet Print, March, 2011
Crammed with true-life, historical information from deciphering a treasure map, clim --Alternative Magazine, May, 2011 '...offers a surprisingly detailed guide to pirate life…' --SFX magazine, April 2011 ... a tongue-in-cheek guide on how to become a swashbuckling pirate, Offering many vital tips including how to bury treasure, how to break a curse, how to stay alive when your ship sinks and how to deal with mermaids, this guide will soon help you cast off the shackles of landlubber society and become a master of the seven seas... or at least the local recreation centre/YMCA!Pirates, by nature, aren t terribly literate. As a consequence, no book can hope to fully prepare the pampered, modern-day layabout for the lusty life of a pirate.This book, however, will put you on the right path the path to adventure, treasure, glory, mystery, and, every so often, the bottom of a barrel of rum.The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook is a 176 page book split into six chapters: Piracy, Maritime Skills, People Skills, Acquiring Booty, Cheating Death and Mysteries Of The Deep. Each chapter is split into a number of smaller sections, each dealing with a specific subject, such as How to Fire a Cannon or How to Board a Ship .Jason Heller has wisely chosen to write this book as himself rather than as if it was actually written by Jack Sparrow. Of course, the idea of Jack Sparrow sitting down and writing a pirate handbook doesn t quite ring true! Instead, Heller uses a mixture of fact, mixed with the fiction of Jack Sparrow and the Pirates Of The Caribbean universe, to offer a humorous insight into the world of piracy and pirates.Captain Jack Sparrow will be the first to tell you: when it comes to piracy, appearances are far more important than accomplishments. Hearsay and apocrypha can carry more weight than a galleon, and boasts and bluffs can carry more power than a man-o -war.As the above quote shows, Jason Heller writes in a fluid, piratey style that manages to stay coherent even when injecting each sentence with a heavy dose of buccaneering lingo. There is also a handy appendix at the back of the book with expanded explanations for some of the more ambiguous terms, just in case. The humour is subtle but sharp and I imagine many readers will laugh out loud whilst reading this book.The illustrations are a great example of this: one picture shows two pirates who are obviously dressed in clothes designed for the opposite gender, to emphasise the fact that many women pirates disguised themselves as men. The semi-serious art style of this picture, combined with its deadpan caption, easily manages to evoke a hearty chuckle and this is a common occurrence throughout the book.Of all the sea-rovers who ever hoisted the black colours, Blackbeard is the most notorious. And rightfully so. Ruthless, cunning, and savage to his subordinates, he was nonetheless an able and even charismatic leader. An Englishman who was born Edward Teach, he began his career of plunder as one of the many privateers dispended by King George to raid enemy ships during war. It wasn t until he struck out as a free agent that his true legend was born. The surprising thing about this book is that, although comedic in nature and obviously intended as a light read, it actually offers some very interesting historical information about pirates and the time period during which they operated. The biographies on real-life pirates are particularly revealing, as are the sections on the Geography of the Caribbean and Pirate Currency . Sadly, the fact that this is a Pirates of the Caribbean tie-in can sometimes muddy the water, blurring the line between fact and fiction. As a result, the final chapter, dealing with fantastical creatures such as mermaids and kraken, loses much of its bite.Even so, this is a well written, thoroughly engaging book --The Eloquent Page, April, 2011
This light-hearted handbook gives the lowdwn on the essentails needed to succeed in becoming a pirate, including tips on how to make a treasure map, how to vanquish Davy Jones, how to stay alive when your ship sinks, and other important information --Skirmish magazine, July 2011
Crammed with true-life, historical information from deciphering a treasure map, clim --Alternative Magazine, May, 2011 '...offers a surprisingly detailed guide to pirate life…' --SFX magazine, April 2011 ... a tongue-in-cheek guide on how to become a swashbuckling pirate, Offering many vital tips including how to bury treasure, how to break a curse, how to stay alive when your ship sinks and how to deal with mermaids, this guide will soon help you cast off the shackles of landlubber society and become a master of the seven seas... or at least the local recreation centre/YMCA!Pirates, by nature, aren t terribly literate. As a consequence, no book can hope to fully prepare the pampered, modern-day layabout for the lusty life of a pirate.This book, however, will put you on the right path the path to adventure, treasure, glory, mystery, and, every so often, the bottom of a barrel of rum.The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook is a 176 page book split into six chapters: Piracy, Maritime Skills, People Skills, Acquiring Booty, Cheating Death and Mysteries Of The Deep. Each chapter is split into a number of smaller sections, each dealing with a specific subject, such as How to Fire a Cannon or How to Board a Ship .Jason Heller has wisely chosen to write this book as himself rather than as if it was actually written by Jack Sparrow. Of course, the idea of Jack Sparrow sitting down and writing a pirate handbook doesn t quite ring true! Instead, Heller uses a mixture of fact, mixed with the fiction of Jack Sparrow and the Pirates Of The Caribbean universe, to offer a humorous insight into the world of piracy and pirates.Captain Jack Sparrow will be the first to tell you: when it comes to piracy, appearances are far more important than accomplishments. Hearsay and apocrypha can carry more weight than a galleon, and boasts and bluffs can carry more power than a man-o -war.As the above quote shows, Jason Heller writes in a fluid, piratey style that manages to stay coherent even when injecting each sentence with a heavy dose of buccaneering lingo. There is also a handy appendix at the back of the book with expanded explanations for some of the more ambiguous terms, just in case. The humour is subtle but sharp and I imagine many readers will laugh out loud whilst reading this book.The illustrations are a great example of this: one picture shows two pirates who are obviously dressed in clothes designed for the opposite gender, to emphasise the fact that many women pirates disguised themselves as men. The semi-serious art style of this picture, combined with its deadpan caption, easily manages to evoke a hearty chuckle and this is a common occurrence throughout the book.Of all the sea-rovers who ever hoisted the black colours, Blackbeard is the most notorious. And rightfully so. Ruthless, cunning, and savage to his subordinates, he was nonetheless an able and even charismatic leader. An Englishman who was born Edward Teach, he began his career of plunder as one of the many privateers dispended by King George to raid enemy ships during war. It wasn t until he struck out as a free agent that his true legend was born. The surprising thing about this book is that, although comedic in nature and obviously intended as a light read, it actually offers some very interesting historical information about pirates and the time period during which they operated. The biographies on real-life pirates are particularly revealing, as are the sections on the Geography of the Caribbean and Pirate Currency . Sadly, the fact that this is a Pirates of the Caribbean tie-in can sometimes muddy the water, blurring the line between fact and fiction. As a result, the final chapter, dealing with fantastical creatures such as mermaids and kraken, loses much of its bite.Even so, this is a well written, thoroughly engaging book --The Eloquent Page, April, 2011
This light-hearted handbook gives the lowdwn on the essentails needed to succeed in becoming a pirate, including tips on how to make a treasure map, how to vanquish Davy Jones, how to stay alive when your ship sinks, and other important information --Skirmish magazine, July 2011
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In the tradition of our popular "Batman Handbook" and "Indiana Jones Handbook" comes the world's only guide to emulating the most popular pirate in motion picture history: "Captain Jack Sparrow". How popular is Captain Jack? Consider that the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean films" - "The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), "Dead Man's Chest" (2006) and "At World's End" (2007) - grossed a combined $1 billion dollars in the United States alone. Now Johnny Depp and his mates are returning for "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", due in theaters May 20, 2011. Illustrated with film stills, line drawings, and helpful diagrams, "The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook" will cover everything a swaggering swashbuckler needs to know, including: How to sail a ship; How to climb rigging; How to decipher a treasure map; How to break a curse; How to survive being marooned; How to battle a sea monster; and much, much more. With skills derived from all three films-and up-to-the-minute data regarding the forthcoming "On Stranger Tides" - this handbook will be a surefire hit with Pirates fans of all ages.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Pirates, by nature, aren't terribly literate. As a consequence, no book can hope to fully prepare the pampered, modern-day layabout for the lusty life of a pirate.
This book,however, will put you on the right path - the path to adeventure, treasure, glory, mystery, and, every so often, the bottom of a barrel of rum.
Avast me hearties, tis I - Captain Pablo Cheesecake on the good ship The Eloquent Page. Being as I am the very definition of a modern-day layabout I knew that this book would assist in answering all my pirate related questions.
At may surprise all of ye unworthy swabs but since I was knee-high to a Jolly Roger I have always been a fan of all things piratical. I still remember fondly the first time I marveled at Burt Lancaster swashing his buckle in The Crimson Pirate. Since that day, I have always daydreamed about travelling the ocean blue, meeting lots of interesting types of people and purloining their booty. With these wistful thoughts in the forefront of my mind, I dived in with gusto.
Like any good aspiring corsair I felt there were basic things that I needed to know. Just exactly how do you best defeat a sea monster? How does one fight a tavern full of angry men? Where is the best place to hide treasure? What are the most effective pirate insults? The good news is that this book delivers all these answers and more.
This small but perfectly formed handbook, is an insightful mix of useful hints and tips as well as fun pirate facts. For example, any would-be buccaneer needs to know all the important parts of a galleon. I'm pleased to report I can now distinguish my forestop from my foresail.
The book also looks the part. There are some suitably rough and ready illustrations as well as some great photographs. Oddly though, most of them seem to feature some scurvy knave that goes by the name of Captain Jack Sparrow?
If I could change anything I think I would have preferred a bit more history. Thought there is some present, more detail about the real life terrors of the Caribbean would have been a welcome inclusion.
This tome details everything that a young, or indeed young at heart, pirate-in-training could every need to know about a life on the ocean waves. I am sure any self respecting pirate fan would welcome this addition to their library. Now that I have all the knowledge needed to succeed in my chosen profession I'm off to plunder the seven seas!
This book,however, will put you on the right path - the path to adeventure, treasure, glory, mystery, and, every so often, the bottom of a barrel of rum.
Avast me hearties, tis I - Captain Pablo Cheesecake on the good ship The Eloquent Page. Being as I am the very definition of a modern-day layabout I knew that this book would assist in answering all my pirate related questions.
At may surprise all of ye unworthy swabs but since I was knee-high to a Jolly Roger I have always been a fan of all things piratical. I still remember fondly the first time I marveled at Burt Lancaster swashing his buckle in The Crimson Pirate. Since that day, I have always daydreamed about travelling the ocean blue, meeting lots of interesting types of people and purloining their booty. With these wistful thoughts in the forefront of my mind, I dived in with gusto.
Like any good aspiring corsair I felt there were basic things that I needed to know. Just exactly how do you best defeat a sea monster? How does one fight a tavern full of angry men? Where is the best place to hide treasure? What are the most effective pirate insults? The good news is that this book delivers all these answers and more.
This small but perfectly formed handbook, is an insightful mix of useful hints and tips as well as fun pirate facts. For example, any would-be buccaneer needs to know all the important parts of a galleon. I'm pleased to report I can now distinguish my forestop from my foresail.
The book also looks the part. There are some suitably rough and ready illustrations as well as some great photographs. Oddly though, most of them seem to feature some scurvy knave that goes by the name of Captain Jack Sparrow?
If I could change anything I think I would have preferred a bit more history. Thought there is some present, more detail about the real life terrors of the Caribbean would have been a welcome inclusion.
This tome details everything that a young, or indeed young at heart, pirate-in-training could every need to know about a life on the ocean waves. I am sure any self respecting pirate fan would welcome this addition to their library. Now that I have all the knowledge needed to succeed in my chosen profession I'm off to plunder the seven seas!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My son's face lit up when he saw this, and he has it as his little book of pirate rules - or should that be 'more like guidelines?'!!
Aside from the obvious 'trauma' of having to look in detail at Johnny Depp dressed as Jack Sparrow [Captain!] [is there any other reason to buy this?], this has loads of really important info for any budding Pirate.
Packed with photo's from the films and 'how to' facts this was one of the greatest purchases for our little pirate to take with him on holiday.
Aside from the obvious 'trauma' of having to look in detail at Johnny Depp dressed as Jack Sparrow [Captain!] [is there any other reason to buy this?], this has loads of really important info for any budding Pirate.
Packed with photo's from the films and 'how to' facts this was one of the greatest purchases for our little pirate to take with him on holiday.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is great fun and written in the same style of humour we have come to expect from the films. It's a book that you can either fully immerse yourself in or one you can dip into at your leisure. I, however, was most upset that I failed at being a potential Pirate at the first hurdle since I can't swim (which, yes, I am aware is kind of obvious but never mind!).
The book covers everything you need to be a pirate and will delight anyone wishing they could be one. It looks at how to become a pirate, how to recognise a pirate (follow your nose apparently!), all the possible maritime skills you may need, people skills (with an interesting chapter on disguising your gender), acquiring booty (ooh treasure!), all the mysteries of the deep (eek sea monsters!) and on how to cheat death (very important!)
There are some fun references to the characters in the films and it also has pictures from the movies including a few of a certain Captain Jack Sparrow (aka Johnny Depp) which are very easy on the eye! Great fun - I need to go watch the movies again now!
The book covers everything you need to be a pirate and will delight anyone wishing they could be one. It looks at how to become a pirate, how to recognise a pirate (follow your nose apparently!), all the possible maritime skills you may need, people skills (with an interesting chapter on disguising your gender), acquiring booty (ooh treasure!), all the mysteries of the deep (eek sea monsters!) and on how to cheat death (very important!)
There are some fun references to the characters in the films and it also has pictures from the movies including a few of a certain Captain Jack Sparrow (aka Johnny Depp) which are very easy on the eye! Great fun - I need to go watch the movies again now!
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