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'Just incredible' NAOMI KLEIN
**New York Times bestseller**
The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenalin-fuelled 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…
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1 author picked The Outlaw Ocean as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Urbina gives a shocking and vital account of the human and environmental troubles that are taking place across the ocean, out of sight beyond the horizon. From cases of modern-day slavery and murder aboard fishing vessels to the tricks played by whaling ships and cruise ships to avoid detection of their environmental crimes.
From Helen's list on The best books about the ocean and seas.
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