Pirates Magnified - by David Long & Harry Bloom (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Explore the lives of 10 real pirates and learn about life on the high seas with this awesome book that includes a 3x magnifying glass to help readers spot more than 200 pirate-themed items in each eye-boggling illustration. Full color. 10 x 12 5/16. Consumable.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Ahoy, shipmate! Explore the lives of 10 real pirates and learn about life on the high seas, whilst using the magnifying glass - included inside the book's foil-accented cover - to spot more than 200 pirate-themed items in 16 eye-boggling illustrations.</b> <p/> Meet <b>history's most notorious pirates</b> as you follow Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny and more rogues on their <b>real-life adventures</b> in this book by <b>award-winning author David Long</b>. <p/> As you spot, explore <b>cutaways of ships</b> and learn about <b>navigation</b>, <b>survival at sea</b>, <b>the merchant trade</b> and <b>finding treasure</b>. At the back, find a <b>rogues gallery</b> of even more pirates and dangerous individuals on the prowl in the era of sail ships and ocean travel, plus more things to spot, an answer key and a <b>guide to talking like a pirate</b>. <p/> From David Long, the author behind <i>Egypt Magnified</i>, <i>Romans Magnified</i>, <i>Castles Magnified</i> and <i>Ancient World Magnified</i>, the <b>intricate illustrations</b> and <b>fascinating facts</b> in this seafaring adventure will <b>inform and entertain the youngest landlubber for hours.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Book of the Week 'This book is fantastic... So far this is easily one of the most impressive [non-fiction titles about real life pirates] we've seen. Utterly wonderful stuff'"--<i><b>Read It Daddy</b></i><br><br>"Here's one of the better books to feed your pirate-besotted child's borderline worrisome single-mindedness....it's worth a pirate's plunder."--<i><b>New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>David Long</b> writes for adults and children and specializes in history. As a journalist, he has written for the <i>Times, Sunday Times</i>, and London <i>Evening Standard</i> as well as for magazines in Britain and abroad. He is an award-winning ghostwriter and one of his own books was voted Blue Peter Book of the Year 2017.</p><p><b>Harry Bloom</b> is a freelance illustrator based in London. He specialises in creating detailed illustrations for children's books. <i>Pirates Magnified</i> is his first book for Wide Eyed Editions.</p>
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