🎒 Adventure Journalism

Accounts by writers who embed themselves in extreme landscapes and dangerous situations to bring back stories the world needs to hear. The notebook and the summit are equally essential tools.

Sidecountry

by John Branch • 2021

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

3.84

2k+

🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism

Sidecountry 92%

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

by John Branch 2021

3.84

2k+ ratings

🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism

Travels with Myself and Another

by Martha Gellhorn • 1979

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

3.84

2k+

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel

Travels with Myself and Another 90%

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

by Martha Gellhorn 1979

3.84

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

by Simon Reeve • 2018

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

4.34

6k+

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys Summary

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys 90%

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

by Simon Reeve 2018

4.34

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel

Coming Into the Country

by John McPhee • 1977

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

4.21

8k+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life

Coming Into the Country 89%

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

by John McPhee 1977

4.21

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life

Overbooked

by Elizabeth Becker • 2013

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

3.80

858

🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism

Overbooked 89%

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

by Elizabeth Becker 2013

3.80

858 ratings

🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism

Trespassing Across America

by Ken Ilgunas • 2016

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

3.82

2k+

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys

Trespassing Across America 89%

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

by Ken Ilgunas 2016

3.82

2k+ ratings

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys

Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins

by Robert K. Murray • 1979

One man, trapped 55 feet underground, held a nation's attention for 18 days.

4.07

364

🔬 Microhistory 🕳️ Cave Exploration ⚠️ Disaster Narratives

Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins Summary

Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins 89%

One man, trapped 55 feet underground, held a nation's attention for 18 days.

by Robert K. Murray 1979

4.07

364 ratings

🔬 Microhistory 🕳️ Cave Exploration ⚠️ Disaster Narratives

The Lost City of Z

by David Grann • 2009

An explorer vanished in 1925 hunting a lost Amazon city. Modern science has found his civilization.

3.90

112k+

🗺️ Amazon Exploration 🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🐍 Jungle Survival

The Lost City of Z 89%

An explorer vanished in 1925 hunting a lost Amazon city. Modern science has found his civilization.

by David Grann 2009

3.90

112k+ ratings

🗺️ Amazon Exploration 🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🐍 Jungle Survival

The River of Doubt

by Candice Millard • 2005

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

4.21

79k+

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives

The River of Doubt 89%

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

by Candice Millard 2005

4.21

79k+ ratings

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives

Life Lessons From the Amazon

by Pip Stewart • 2021

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

4.08

194

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers

Life Lessons From the Amazon 89%

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

by Pip Stewart 2021

4.08

194 ratings

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers

Dark Star Safari

by Paul Theroux • 2002

He crossed Africa overland and found billions in foreign aid had only deepened the disaster.

3.98

16k+

🧳 Overland Journeys 🏛️ African Politics 💰 Foreign Aid Critique

Dark Star Safari 89%

He crossed Africa overland and found billions in foreign aid had only deepened the disaster.

by Paul Theroux 2002

3.98

16k+ ratings

🧳 Overland Journeys 🏛️ African Politics 💰 Foreign Aid Critique

The Lost City of the Monkey God

by Douglas Preston • 2017

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

3.93

63k+

🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions

The Lost City of the Monkey God 89%

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

by Douglas Preston 2017

3.93

63k+ ratings

🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions

Freak Kingdom

by Timothy Denevi • 2018

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

4.26

567

🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography

Freak Kingdom 89%

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

by Timothy Denevi 2018

4.26

567 ratings

🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography

The Driver

by Alexander Roy • 2007

He built a fake police car to break the 32-hour record his father never finished.

4.08

666

🏎️ Underground Car Culture 🚗 Gonzo Road Trips 👨‍👦 Father-Son Legacy

The Driver 89%

He built a fake police car to break the 32-hour record his father never finished.

by Alexander Roy 2007

4.08

666 ratings

🏎️ Underground Car Culture 🚗 Gonzo Road Trips 👨‍👦 Father-Son Legacy

Truth Worth Telling

by Scott Pelley • 2019

Four decades chasing the truth: a reporter on what we lose when facts become optional.

4.45

1k+

📰 Journalism Ethics 🎖️ War Reporting 🗞️ Fourth Estate

Truth Worth Telling 89%

Four decades chasing the truth: a reporter on what we lose when facts become optional.

by Scott Pelley 2019

4.45

1k+ ratings

📰 Journalism Ethics 🎖️ War Reporting 🗞️ Fourth Estate

The Long Slide

by Tucker Carlson • 2021

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

4.13

2k+

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech

The Long Slide 89%

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

by Tucker Carlson 2021

4.13

2k+ ratings

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech

We Are Bellingcat

by Eliot Higgins • 2021

A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.

4.12

6k+

🗞️ Citizen Journalism 🔍 Open-Source Investigation 📱 Social Media Analysis

We Are Bellingcat 89%

A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.

by Eliot Higgins 2021

4.12

6k+ ratings

🗞️ Citizen Journalism 🔍 Open-Source Investigation 📱 Social Media Analysis

Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer • 1997

Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.

4.26

575k+

🏔️ Everest Expeditions 🏔️ Summit Fever 🏔️ Expedition Disasters

Into Thin Air 89%

Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.

by Jon Krakauer 1997

4.26

575k+ ratings

🏔️ Everest Expeditions 🏔️ Summit Fever 🏔️ Expedition Disasters

The Lost Men

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

4.15

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

The Lost Men 89%

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

BOOM

by Tony Horwitz • 2014

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

3.89

713

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

BOOM 88%

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

by Tony Horwitz 2014

3.89

713 ratings

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

A Walk in the Park

by Kevin Fedarko • 2024

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

4.23

19k+

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking

A Walk in the Park 88%

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

by Kevin Fedarko 2024

4.23

19k+ ratings

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking

The Ends of the Earth

by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

4.11

2k+

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

The Ends of the Earth 88%

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

by Robert D. Kaplan 1996

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

Beyond Possible

by Nimsdai Purja • 2020

A soldier’s mission: all fourteen eight-thousanders in six months. The mountains were not consulted.

4.15

6k+

📚 Mountaineering Narratives 🪖 Military Memoir 🧠 Mental Toughness

Beyond Possible 88%

A soldier’s mission: all fourteen eight-thousanders in six months. The mountains were not consulted.

by Nimsdai Purja 2020

4.15

6k+ ratings

📚 Mountaineering Narratives 🪖 Military Memoir 🧠 Mental Toughness

Adventure Capitalist

by Jim Rogers • 2003

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

4.01

2k+

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel

Adventure Capitalist 88%

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

by Jim Rogers 2003

4.01

2k+ ratings

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel

Over the Edge

by Greg Child • 2002

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

3.78

643

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

Over the Edge 88%

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

by Greg Child 2002

3.78

643 ratings

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

The Pirates of Somalia

by Jay Bahadur • 2011

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

3.56

1k+

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing

The Pirates of Somalia 88%

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

by Jay Bahadur 2011

3.56

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing

Moby-Duck

by Donovan Hohn • 2011

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

3.31

3k+

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain

Moby-Duck 88%

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

by Donovan Hohn 2011

3.31

3k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

3k+

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

The Secret Knowledge of Water 88%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

Emergency

by Neil Strauss • 2009

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

3.81

6k+

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture

Emergency 88%

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

by Neil Strauss 2009

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture

No Shortcuts to the Top

by Ed Viesturs • 2006

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

4.14

12k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders

No Shortcuts to the Top 88%

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

by Ed Viesturs 2006

4.14

12k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders

The Long Walk

by Slavomir Rawicz • 1956

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

4.24

22k+

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

The Long Walk 88%

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

by Slavomir Rawicz 1956

4.24

22k+ ratings

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Mars and Venus Starting Over

by John Gray • 2002

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

3.85

968

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance

Mars and Venus Starting Over 88%

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

by John Gray 2002

3.85

968 ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

by Tim Cope • 2013

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

4.15

2k+

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel

On the Trail of Genghis Khan 88%

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

by Tim Cope 2013

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel

Down and Delirious in Mexico City

by Daniel Hernandez • 2011

A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.

3.61

657

🏙️ Mexico City 🎸 Youth Subcultures 🙏 Popular Religion

Down and Delirious in Mexico City Summary

Down and Delirious in Mexico City 88%

A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.

by Daniel Hernandez 2011

3.61

657 ratings

🏙️ Mexico City 🎸 Youth Subcultures 🙏 Popular Religion

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

by Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

4.15

3k+

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

The Finest Hotel in Kabul 88%

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

by Lyse Doucet 2025

4.15

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

The Way of the Knife

by Mark Mazzetti • 2013

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

3.85

4k+

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Way of the Knife 88%

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

by Mark Mazzetti 2013

3.85

4k+ ratings

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations

Creative Writing For Dummies

by Maggie Hamand • 2010

From notebook: what makes travel writing sell, how to find your story, where to pitch.

3.89

321

🧳 Travel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft 📚 Creative Nonfiction

Creative Writing For Dummies 88%

From notebook: what makes travel writing sell, how to find your story, where to pitch.

by Maggie Hamand 2010

3.89

321 ratings

🧳 Travel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft 📚 Creative Nonfiction

Last Breath

by Peter Stark • 2001

Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.

4.01

735

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Wilderness Medicine 🏔️ Extreme Environments

Last Breath 88%

Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.

by Peter Stark 2001

4.01

735 ratings

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Wilderness Medicine 🏔️ Extreme Environments

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

Solo 88%

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

Barbarian Days

by William Finnegan • 2015

Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.

4.28

41k+

🌊 Surf Culture 🏄 Surf Travel 📖 Literary Memoir

Barbarian Days 88%

Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.

by William Finnegan 2015

4.28

41k+ ratings

🌊 Surf Culture 🏄 Surf Travel 📖 Literary Memoir

Telling True Stories

by Mark Kramer • 2007

Finding true stories, reporting from the inside, and building scenes that read like novels.

4.08

1k+

📰 Narrative Journalism 📖 Longform Storytelling ✍️ Feature Writing

Telling True Stories 88%

Finding true stories, reporting from the inside, and building scenes that read like novels.

by Mark Kramer 2007

4.08

1k+ ratings

📰 Narrative Journalism 📖 Longform Storytelling ✍️ Feature Writing

Running with the Kenyans

by Adharanand Finn • 2010

Kenya produces the world's fastest distance runners. A journalist moved there to understand why.

3.94

10k+

👟 Distance Running 🌍 Running Culture 👣 Barefoot Running

Running with the Kenyans 88%

Kenya produces the world's fastest distance runners. A journalist moved there to understand why.

by Adharanand Finn 2010

3.94

10k+ ratings

👟 Distance Running 🌍 Running Culture 👣 Barefoot Running

Rowing the Atlantic

by Roz Savage • 2009

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

4.02

456

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings

Rowing the Atlantic 88%

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

by Roz Savage 2009

4.02

456 ratings

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings

Midnight in Mexico

by Alfredo Corchado • 2013

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

3.78

2k+

🧭 Mexican Drug War 🌎 Border Politics 🎤 Investigative Journalism

Midnight in Mexico 88%

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

by Alfredo Corchado 2013

3.78

2k+ ratings

🧭 Mexican Drug War 🌎 Border Politics 🎤 Investigative Journalism

Mawson's Will

by Lennard Bickel • 1977

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

4.26

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Mawson's Will 88%

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

by Lennard Bickel 1977

4.26

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives

How to Stand Up to a Dictator

by Maria Ressa • 2022

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

4.36

7k+

🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism

How to Stand Up to a Dictator 88%

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

by Maria Ressa 2022

4.36

7k+ ratings

🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism

Personal History

by Katharine Graham • 1997

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

4.09

25k+

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity

Personal History 88%

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

by Katharine Graham 1997

4.09

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity

Marching Powder

by Rusty Young • 2003

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

4.31

31k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy

Marching Powder 88%

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

by Rusty Young 2003

4.31

31k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy

Operation Hollywood

by David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

3.46

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

Operation Hollywood 88%

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

by David L. Robb 2004

3.46

72 ratings

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

Ninety Percent of Everything

by Rose George • 2013

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

3.79

4k+

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor

Ninety Percent of Everything 88%

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

by Rose George 2013

3.79

4k+ ratings

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor

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