Reviews for Readiness: Workbook for Pupils (Breakthrough to African Languages (for isiXhosa, isiZulu, Se...

The average rating for Readiness: Workbook for Pupils (Breakthrough to African Languages (for isiXhosa, isiZulu, Se... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-05 00:00:00 Dave Couvelha A book written by a sea captain about pirates and other sea captains during the time when pirates reigned. This book is essential for anyone who has more than a passing interest in the history of pirates. Johnson by no means appraises the deeds of these outlaws. As a sea captain himself, he is entirely against them and seems to be astounded by the public's interest of these outlaws. Due to the success of his book in 1724, he found himself writing more stories about pirates than he had previously expected he would. As an outcome of the time period the book was written in, the writing can be dry and the details extraneous. Johnson will write excessively of the minute details of what a sloop was carrying, when the aspect the reader wants to know about is the people it carried and how they lived. He also finds every opportunity he can to insert God and biblical verses to explain how doomed the pirates are due to their actions. Obviously, now we would find this to be outlandish in a historical documentation. If you are to read any of this book, I would suggest the chapters on Anne Bonnie and Mary Reed. Johnson appears to forget his dry listing of details when it comes to these two characters and starts telling the story of their lives based on historical documentation and word of mouth. It is obvious that something intrigued him about the ferocity of these two women, which in return makes their stories the most fun to read out of the bunch. Bare with the dry narration, and you will be rewarded with some rich, exciting pirate tales.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-12 00:00:00 Melissa Sheeley Excellent journalism. Please be advised this is original source material, written in 1724. Apparently they only used periods at the end of paragraphs then, the longest run-on sentences you have ever seen. Ascribed to Captain Charles Johnson but some old scholarship has decided it was really Daniel Defoe. Thats interesting but clearly whomever was the author, they were present at their trials and executions in England. Well researched, the author attempts to catalogue all the know pirates of Africa, Eastcoast of US, and Caribbean. Do not buy this if you want to read a novel or good yarn. But some of the graphic details of pirate activities will shock you. Includes a couple female pirates who had to pass as males.