A comprehensive guide to both the attraction and the movie, starting with the concept behind the famous Disney ride and culminating in a chronicle of it translation into the 2004 smash hit film. Features an exclusive look at the earliest story concepts, shooting on location in the Caribbean and on Disney soundstages, the birth of the film's special effects inside a computer at ILM amd Johnny Depp's triumphant Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Drawing on first-hand experience of Venezuela and meetings with Hugo Chavez, the author shows how Chavez's views have polarized Latin America and examines the hostility directed against his administration.

Teenage stowaway Jack Sparrow and his band of hoodlums are on a mission to find the legendary Sword of Cortâes which will grant them unimaginable power, but first they have to survive the power of the sea, vicious pirates, and ancient curses.

"Of all the tales of the sea, there are none more legendary than those told of Captain Jack Sparrow. As he searches for the ultimate treasure, his freedom, Jack must rely on a ragtag assortment of characters to help him face the dangers of the sea"--Back cover.

The East India Trading Company has been working to rid the Seven Seas of all pirates, but the cunning pirates are hard to catch. If the East India Trading Company is ever to gain control, they will need all the help they can get. Luckily for them, this compiliation pulls together all the stories of the notorious, pesky Pirates of the Caribbean. Featuring legends and facts known about the key characters, their ships, and the places they travel, it's a who's-who for new and old fans alike.

You may have seen the movies. You may have read the books. But now, for the first time in trade, the complete stories of all three films are sold together in this spectacular boxed set. Retrace the phenomenon of Pirates of the Caribbean from Elizabeth Swann's first encounter with Will Turner, to Jack Sparrow's recovery of the Black Pearl and the thrilling cross-ocean journey of At World's End. Each junior novel retells the movie in its entirety and has an eight-page full-color photo insert of images from the film.

Captain Jack Sparrow's life is in debt to the legendary Davey Jones, Captain of the Flying Dutchmen who are supernatural warriors out for blood. Facing possible eternal damnation, Jack must save himself which only complicates the marriage of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who must come to Jack's aid.