{"product_id":"the-outlaw-ocean-crime-survival-last-untamed-frontier","title":"The Outlaw Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe oceans are some of the last untamed frontiers on our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToo big to police, and under no clear international authority, these treacherous waters play host to the extremes of human behaviour and activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom traffickers, smugglers and pirates to vigilante conservationists, stowaways and seabound abortion-providers, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world and their risk-fraught lives. Through their extraordinary stories, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil and shipping industries – but to which all of us are connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIan Urbina spent five years, more than three of them at sea, uncovering the stories in \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e, which began life as a series of articles for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e that won seven major awards. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e where his investigations have covered oil and mining disasters, sex trafficking, high-school shooting, criminal justice, worker safety and the environment. Several have been made into films, and he has been nominated for an Emmy. Urbina has degrees in history from Georgetown and the University of Chicago, and lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Just incredible'\u003cbr\u003e– Naomi Klein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Gripping and shocking...with the pace of a thriller'\u003cbr\u003e– \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An astonishing book about a world most of us don't even know exists'\u003cbr\u003e– Oliver Bullough, author of \u003cem\u003eMoneyland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An outstanding investigation of a global criminal culture on the high seas'\u003cbr\u003e– \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Truly important... A complex portrait of an unseen and disturbing world'\u003cbr\u003e– \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 2020","offer_id":57366735323510,"sku":"9781529111392","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/2287\/2891\/files\/9781529111392-The_Outlaw_Ocean-1-CWNB.jpg?v=1772032053","url":"https:\/\/sailorshop.co.uk\/products\/the-outlaw-ocean-crime-survival-last-untamed-frontier","provider":"SailorShop.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}