11.   Rather than being the swashbucklers of myth, Cordingly says, most pirates were just out-of-work seamen in search of a job.

12.   Scholars have also found intriguing hints that pirates were not exclusively European, as is often pictured.

13.   Some historians are offering a revisionist view that says not all pirates were bad.

14.   Swashbuckling pirates are the subject of this beautifully composed game.

15.   The biggest pirates are not gangsters or flea-market hustlers, but businesses.

16.   The critters are cute, the pirates are ugly, and wanton wickedness drives all the action.

17.   The most notorious shortwave pirate he encountered was an ultra-right station.

18.   Trouble is the pirates are resilient, the customers love them and resources to shut them down have fallen well short of the task.

19.   When your dramatic palette is limited, pirates are a fairly good bet.

20.   Pirates in Southeast Asia are especially brazen, hijacking modern tankers and bulk-carriers, taking their crews hostage and even stealing entire ships.