Its not all Jack Sparrow and Long John Silver

Overbooked has a great list of books about pirates including adult fiction and nonfiction. They overlooked one of my favorites, Dragon’s Plunder by Brad Strickland which is sadly out of print. But for my money a terrific list.

so jealous!

from “Shelf Awareness,” for those of you going to BEA:

 Lewis Black, the stand-up comedian, playwright, actor, author and Daily Show regular, will be the headliner-ranter for BookExpo America’s annual Saturday evening fundraiser for BEA Cares, which supports not-for-profit bookselling and publishing ventures that help protect free speech, promote literacy and develop new readers. The $35 event will be held at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles on May 31 at 9 p.m. Black’s new book, Me of Little Faith (Riverhead), in which he takes on religion and faith, appears on the following Tuesday, June 3.

Lance Fensterman, industry v-p and show manager for BEA and a bit of a stand-up comedian himself (but never a ranter), said he is “ecstatic to have a comedian of Lewis Black’s stature, who is both wickedly funny and a widely respected writer, perform at our show in support of literacy and free speech–the latter an issue that is clearly dear to him if you’ve ever heard his exceptional act.”