{"product_id":"ninety-percent-of-everything-inside-shipping-the-invisible-industry-that-puts-clothes-on-your-back-gas-in-your-car-and-food-on-your-plate-paperback","title":"Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRose George\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of our civilization\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn ship-tracking Web sites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy, and so we must ship. Without shipping there would be no clothes, food, paper, or fuel. Without all those dots, the world would not work. Yet freight shipping is all but invisible. Away from public scrutiny, it revels in suspect practices, dubious operators, and a shady system of flags of convenience. And then there are the pirates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRose George, acclaimed chronicler of what we would rather ignore, sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore on ships the length of football fields and the height of Niagara Falls; she patrols the Indian Ocean with an anti-piracy task force; she joins seafaring chaplains, and investigates the harm that ships inflict on endangered whales. Sharply informative and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eNinety Percent of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the workings and perils of an unseen world that holds the key to our economy, our environment, and our very civilization.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRose George\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e Nine Pints, The Big Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNinety Percent of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e. A freelance journalist, she has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. She lives in Yorkshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720286998591,"sku":"9781250058294","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8810487224668fdf3101abfb9dbfc47f.webp?v=1765088655","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/ninety-percent-of-everything-inside-shipping-the-invisible-industry-that-puts-clothes-on-your-back-gas-in-your-car-and-food-on-your-plate-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}