This 2003 publication contains a series of examples grouped geographically. The final chapter offers practical advice to "Bluewater Cruisers." Its too old to discuss the current Somali pirates, but it does have some interesting cases of Somali piracy from 1999. This would be well before Somali pirates were regularly making the news and collecting multi-million dollar ransoms. It does give a very good flavor of what modern piracy and pirates are like.The "practical advice" reads like a list of things the author was told during interviews with captains and crews of ships. While the advice is sometimes helpful, it is not a detailed discussion based on empirical evidence.Another shortcoming with the book is a lack of an index. This is not as dramatic of an omission as it could have been since the book is generally well organized.