Discover the life of Redbeard (Heyreddin Barbarossa), the powerful Ottoman Admiral who nearly conquered Africa.

Redbeard the Pirate is a satirical story about the former sailors and officers of a moth-balled WW II destroyer who become bored with their post-war lives and who, on one dark night, steal their old ship and put to sea to become modern day gentleman pirates. There are many exciting adventures, action and comedy at every turn of the page. These men soon establish a nation on an island in the South Pacific, and are admitted to the United Nations to become a new force in world affairs. But the Navy is looking for them and wants their ship back. The problem is dealt with in a very surprising turn of events. What they say about Best Selling Author Harrison Edward Livingstone's novels and non-fiction: 'A triumph!"-The New York Times about David Johnson Passed Through Here, under the pen name of John Fairfield. About The Wild Rose: 'A foursquare sea novel in the tradition of Herman Melville"-Prof. William Alfred, Harvard University. 'Very good writing"-Publisher's Weekly 'Monumental Investigation!"-The Guardian 'Case Reopened! Killing The Truth contains plenty of new evidence. Even more readable and exciting than his last best seller."-Kirkus Reviews 'Gusty.no one should miss his summary of the hard evidence for a conspiracy."-Times (London)

"The members of Mystery Inc. set sail on a spooky search for the ghost of the pirate Redbeard. Can they trap the pirate ghost, or will he get his revenge? Scooby-Doo and gang are hoping to crack the case before they have to walk the plank in this chapter book mystery!"--

Redbeard, the big-hearted pirate captain, has put away the Jolly Roger and become a privateer for the King of France. But one does not escape one’s past ... or one’s nature! High adventures on the high seas - first volume of the series. 1738, Cap-Français, in the Caribbean. Redbeard, once the terror of the Seven Seas, has partially retired. Now a privateer in the service of the King of France, he chomps at the bit along with his companions, for France is currently at peace. So, when the town’s governor tasks him with catching a mysterious French pirate who terrorises the Carolinas, he jumps at the chance to get back into the fray. But he made many enemies during his pirate years, and danger lurks in wait ...

This is unabridged, original text of this infamous book. Might Is Right, or The Survival of the Fittest, is a book by pseudonymous author Ragnar Redbeard. First published in 1890, it heavily advocates social Darwinism, amoralism, and psychological hedonism. In Might is Right, Redbeard rejects conventional ideas of human and natural rights and argues that only strength or physical might can establish moral right (la Callicles). Libertarian historian James J. Martin called it "surely one of the most incendiary works ever to be published anywhere." Leo Tolstoy discussed the philosophy of Might Is Right in his 1897 essay What Is Art?: "The substance of this book, as it is expressed in the editor's preface, is that to measure "right" by the false philosophy of the Hebrew prophets and "weepful" Messiahs is madness. Right is not the offspring of doctrine, but of power. All laws, commandments, or doctrines as to not doing to another what you do not wish done to you, have no inherent authority whatever, but receive it only from the club, the gallows, and the sword. A man truly free is under no obligation to obey any injunction, human or divine. Obedience is the sign of the degenerate. Disobedience is the stamp of the hero. Men should not be bound by moral rules invented by their foes. The whole world is a slippery battlefield. Ideal justice demands that the vanquished should be exploited, emasculated, and scorned. The free and brave may seize the world. And, therefore, there should be eternal war for life, for land, for love, for women, for power, and for gold. The earth and its treasures is "booty for the bold." The author has evidently by himself, independently of Nietzsche, come to the same conclusions which are professed by the new artists."

Story for younger readers telling of King Redbeard's greed for power and land and his eventual realisation that everything in the world has its appointed place.