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Deep Sea And Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, The Invisible Industry That Brings You 90% Of EverythingStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThere are 100,000 freighters on the seas. Between them they carry nearly everything we eat, wear and work with. In this unique investigation, Rose George joins the crew of a container ship to chart the murky waters of international shipping, with its powerful naval fleets, pirate gangs, and illegal floating factories, to reveal the hidden industry upon which our world turns and our future depends. Promotion infoAn award-winning investigation into the shady world of international shipping, the hidden industry upon which our world turns and our future depends AwardsWinner of Travelling Scholarships Award 2011. Mountbatten Maritime Prize 2013. Author descriptionROSE GEORGE is a freelance writer and author of A Life Removed: Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World (long-listed for the Ulysses Reportage Prize) and The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste (Portobello, 2008; shortlisted for the BMA Book Prize). She contributes regularly to the London Review of Books, the Guardian, the Independent and others. http://rosegeorge.com/site/ |