Pirates Smugglers - Kingfisher Knowledge Author:Moira Butterfield This is a swashbuckling introduction to the highwaymen--and women--of the seas from the Cilician pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean more than two thousand years ago to today's well-organized and ruthless buccaneers who target supertankers on the China Sea. The book examines the terror tactics of pirates throughout the ages and uncovers the... more » secretive schemes of modern-day smugglers.« less