Jumping Ships The Global Misadventures Of A Cargo Ship Apprentice
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Jumping Ships
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Author : David Baboulene
language : en
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
Release Date : 2009
Jumping Ships written by David Baboulene and has been published by Summersdale Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Merchant mariners categories.
On a global tour that takes him from India to Greece to Africa, David tries in vain to keep out of trouble; poaching in the Lake District, heli-skiing in Canada, taking on the pirates of Nigeria and disguising himself as a nurse in Durban. Gritty and raucous, these true confessions of adventures on board a merchant ship - in the bad old days before regulations made everything ship-shape and orderly - are a riot from start to finish. A must-read for anyone who's ever dreamt of running away to sea, Baboulene's stories will make you weep with laughter. AUTHOR: David Baboulene grew up near Croydon, South London. From the age of 16 he travelled the world working on ships. He has since worked extensively in the music industry and has several published songs. He has awards for his screenwriting and has a current Hollywood deal. He is now a professional writer and lives by the sea with his wife and four sons.
The Outlaw Ocean
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Author : Ian Urbina
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-09-19
The Outlaw Ocean written by Ian Urbina and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-19 with True Crime categories.
'Just incredible' Naomi Klein 'Gripping and shocking...with the pace of a thriller' The Times A 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. The oceans are some of the last untamed frontiers on our planet. Too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these treacherous waters play host to the extremes of human behaviour and activity. From 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. LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2019 'An astonishing book about a world most of us don't even know exists' Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland 'An outstanding investigation of a global criminal culture on the high seas' Guardian 'Truly important... A complex portrait of an unseen and disturbing world' New York Times
Deep Sea And Foreign Going
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Author : Rose George
language : en
Publisher: Portobello Books
Release Date : 2013-09-05
Deep Sea And Foreign Going written by Rose George and has been published by Portobello Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with Travel categories.
There 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.
Cold War Germany The Third World And The Global Humanitarian Regime
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Author : Young-sun Hong
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-05
Cold War Germany The Third World And The Global Humanitarian Regime written by Young-sun Hong and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-05 with History categories.
This book examines global humanitarian efforts involving the two German states and Third World liberation movements during the Cold War.
Oceanos Sin Ley
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Author : Ian Urbina
language : es
Publisher: Capitán Swing Libros
Release Date : 2020-11-02
Oceanos Sin Ley written by Ian Urbina and has been published by Capitán Swing Libros this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-02 with Nature categories.
Hay pocas fronteras restantes en nuestro planeta, pero quizás las más salvajes y menos entendidas son los océanos: demasiado grandes para la policía y sin una autoridad internacional clara, estas inmensas regiones de aguas traicioneras albergan la criminalidad y la explotación desenfrenadas. Aprovechando cinco años de investigación periodística peligrosos e intrépidos, a menudo a cientos de millas de la costa, Ian Urbina nos presenta a los habitantes de este mundo oculto. A través de sus historias de asombroso coraje y brutalidad, supervivencia y tragedia, descubre una red mundial de crimen y explotación que emana de las industrias pesquera, petrolera y naviera, y de la que dependen las economías del mundo. Tan apasionante como una historia de aventuras y con una sorprendente exposición.
A Farewell To Alms
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Author : Gregory Clark
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2008-12-29
A Farewell To Alms written by Gregory Clark and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.
Killing Hope
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Author : William Blum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-07-14
Killing Hope written by William Blum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-14 with Political Science categories.
In Killing Hope, William Blum, author of the bestselling Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy? Killing Hope shows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'.
My Lead Dog Was A Lesbian
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Author : Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-09-30
My Lead Dog Was A Lesbian written by Brian Patrick O'Donoghue and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-30 with Humor categories.
The Iditarod may be the only race that awards a prize for last place. But then how many people can even complete a course that ranges across 1,000 miles of Alaska's ice fields, mountains, and canyons at temperatures that sometimes plunges to 100 degrees below zero? In conditions like these, anything can go wrong. For Brian Patrick O'Donoghue, nearly everything did. In My Lead Dog Was a Lesbian, his reporter and intrepid novice musher tells what happened when he entered the 1991 Iditarod, along with seventeen sled dogs with names like Harley, Screech, and Rainy, his sexually confused lead dog. O'Donoghue braved snowstorms and sickening wipeouts, endured the contempt of more experienced racers (one of whom was daft enough to use poodles), and rode herd of four-legged companions who would rather be fighting or having sex. It's all here, narrated with self-deprecating wit, in a true story of heroism, cussedness and astonishing dumb luck.
How Asia Works
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Author : Joe Studwell
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2013-03-28
How Asia Works written by Joe Studwell and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Business & Economics categories.
Until the catastrophic economic crisis of the late 1990s, East Asia was perceived as a monolithic success story. But heady economic growth rates masked the most divided continent in the world - one half the most extraordinary developmental success story ever seen, the other half a paper tiger. Joe Studwell explores how policies ridiculed by economists created titans in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and are now behind the rise of China, while the best advice the West could offer sold its allies in South-East Asia down the economic river. The first book to offer an Asia-wide deconstruction of success and failure in economic development, Studwell's latest work is provocative and iconoclastic - and sobering reading for most of the world's developing countries. How Asia Works is a must-read book that packs powerful insights about the world's most misunderstood continent.
Love In The Time Of Cholera
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Author : Gabriel García Márquez
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Love In The Time Of Cholera written by Gabriel García Márquez and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Fiction categories.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.