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The Outlaw Ocean
- Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Ian Urbina
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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The Outlaw Ocean
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Publisher's Summary
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation.
Traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, seabound abortion providers, clandestine oil-dumpers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways—drawing on five years of perilous and intrepid reporting, often hundreds of miles from shore, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world. Through their stories of astonishing courage and brutality, survival and tragedy, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil, and shipping industries, and on which the world's economies rely.
Both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé, this unique work of reportage brings fully into view for the first time the disturbing reality of a floating world that connects us all, a place where anyone can do anything because no one is watching.
What the critics say
"The Outlaw Ocean brings the reader up close to an overwhelming truth... An impressive feat of reporting... Urbina deftly reveals complicated ideas through his stories." —The Washington Post
"This body of work is a devastating look at the corruption, exploitation, and trafficking that thrive on the open ocean... The writing is straightforward but clever... Eerie and beautiful." —Outside
"The Outlaw Ocean is enriched by Urbina’s gifted storytelling about the destruction of marine life and the murder, crime, and piracy that make the seas so dangerous for those who make their living on them." —The National Book Review
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- Paulina Zelitsky
- 2020-09-10
Very well written, extremely important book
Everyone should hear these true stories about the abuse and price payed by the poor and the sea life for our indiscriminately consumption of sea products.
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- Paola V
- 2022-12-05
A powerful read.
This book is an eye opener to the ways of the oceans. I had no idea these things were happening on the open sea. Each story makes you aware of the unknown workings of how life and business is conducted on the open sea.
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- Angelina Stokman
- 2021-09-02
Global Citizen required reading!
Fantasticly well researched ( seemingly fantastical) reports from a world we truly know next to nothing about. You can't make this stuff up. Thank you Ian Urbina.
Reads like a novel... yet delivers a significant education.
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- Daniel Quezada
- 2019-11-24
Captivating till the end!
I've never read any reporting/journalism work before and I can't believe what I've been missing out on. I believe everyone should listen to the stories and facts this book contains. I also can't believe the things that people have been able to get away with because of my ignorant consumer practices. The only thing that can change our world is our ability to educate ourselves about these things. I will definitely be on the lookout for more of these kinds of books.
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