| Pirate Latitudes Contributor(s): Crichton, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061929387 ISBN-13: 9780061929380 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 4.1" W x 7.4" (0.50 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 136617 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Crichton's ultimate adventure." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action....A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure."
"Riveting....Great entertainment....The pages and minutes fly by."
#1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton ("One of the great storytellers of our age" --Newsday) takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure, sword fights, duplicity, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crichton, Michael: - Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Next and Dragon Teeth, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway, Looker, Coma and created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year. Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master's degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon. |