Life on ships that make world go round rose george is a young british journalist who writes smart books about subjects we mostly prefer not. 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. Rose george this website belongs to the british author and. George lets her mind play over many aspects of shipping in her book. Writer rose georges book ranges extensively and often disturbingly between these contradictory extremes. George experiences first hand a tiny sample of life on a ship and looks into the lives of some of the characters she meets along the way. The book is structured around a journey from the uk to singapore on the maersk kendal, a 300m containship capable of hauling almost 6500 standard contains or 75000 tons of cargo. Almost everything we own and use, at some point, travels to us by container ship, through a vast network of ocean routes and ports that most of us know almost nothing about.
Deep sea and foreign going rose george 9781846272998. We read about the invention of large containers, known as teus, or 20foot equivalent units. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car and food on your plate. Ninety percent of everything by rose george the boston globe. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate is a book by rose george about the international shipping industry. Ninety percent of everything, by rose george the new york. Rose s latest book heads inside the body to look at blood, a marvellous substance that can kill us or save us. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read nine pints. Among the everyonedoesitnoonetalksaboutit issues shes explored in books and articles. As she prods, pesters and provokes, she proves an excellent shitstirrer. A journey through the money, medicine, and mysteries of blood ebook written by rose george. Books by george rose author of were all in this together.
Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your. Access a free summary of inside the secret shipping industry, by rose george and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Jun 25, 2014 ive just read rose georges book, deep sea and foreign going. Almost everything we own and use, at some point, travels to us by container ship, through a vast network of ocean routes and ports that most of us know almost. Rose george thinks, researches, writes and talks about the hidden, the undiscussed. British journalist george ninety percent of everything. Ninety percent of everything rose george macmillan. Ive never read rose george before her ninety percent of everything came out right as i had started another book also about, basically, shipping containers, but ill now definitely go back and check out that one and her one about human waste, because nine pints.
Mar 25, 2021 rose george researching the global shipping industry, i saw how modern megavessels offer the efficiency consumers demand, at a price the stranded ever given container ship with an egyptian tug. Rose george is a freelance writer and author of a life removed. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate. George rose has 77 books on goodreads with 63 ratings. Ninety percent of everything, by rose george the new york times. Rose george s book, which looks at the toxic effects of poor sanitation and the heroic efforts of the visionaries who seek to improve it. The unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters anda life removed. The big necessity, rose george s perfectly disquieting new book, is very goodwith wit, narrative skill, and compassion, it allows us to examine a major international public health nuisancethats not to say that the book is all gloom and doom or a ponderous drag. Rose george spent several weeks aboard one such ship as research for her new book, ninety percent of everything. If theres a downside to her seafaring, its that it comes to an end too soon. Deep sea and foreign going is itself a container ship of a book brimming with lots of equally startling facts. George whose previous books examined shipping and human waste develops each theme in a series of engaging personal stories and journeys.
Between them they carry nearly everything we eat, wear and work with. This book is about the merchant ships which cross our oceans, or more specifically about container transporters, as the author, rose george, takes us on a. In this smart, lucid, and often beautiful investigation of the littleknown world of freight shipping, rose george finds new ways to illuminate our impact on the planet and explore that restless sense of motion that so often defines who are. Inside the secret shipping industry free summary by rose george. It jumps from life aboard ship, to a history of modern marine disasters, to right whale research. Journalist rose george tours us through the world of shipping, the underpinning of consumer civilization.
Aug 14, 20 rose george spent several weeks aboard one such ship as research for her new book, ninety percent of everything. Rose 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. For all enquiries or to book rose, please contact her agent jeff lesh at william morris endeavor in new york city. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate by rose george. Rose george, author of ninety percent of everything. Rose george researching the global shipping industry, i saw how modern megavessels offer the efficiency consumers demand, at a price the stranded ever given container ship with an egyptian tug. Rose georges book is shows us a small slice of what the shipping world is like. In this unique investigation, rose george joins the crew of a container ship to chart the murky waters of international shipping, with its powerful. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that brings you 90% of everything. Aug, 20 rose george is the author of ninety percent of everything. Later, she became senior editor and writer at colors magazine, the bilingual global magazine about local cultures published in eighty countries and based first in rome, then paris, then venice. More interestingly, ive also trawled the internet and read.
Each year, a shipping publicist told me, more oil is poured down the drain by mechanics changing their engine oil than is spilled by the worlds fleet of oil tankers. A journey through the money, medicine, and mysteries of blood is terrific. The unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters, 2008 deftly explores how ninety percent of everything consumers enjoy is conveyed across international waters. The best books make you think about our world in a new way, and ninety percent of everything is definitely one of those books. Under its uk title, deep sea and foreign going, the book won the 20 mountbatten maritime prize, and was a book of the week on bbc radio 4. The scale of these statistics was highlighted by marc levinson in his 2006 book the box. Aug 14, 20 august 14, 20 rose george spent several weeks aboard a container ship to research ninety percent of everything, her book about the shipping industry. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate ebook written by rose george. One of george s main points is that freight shipping remains largely behind the scenes, leading to a byzantine system of concealed. Eyeopening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of our civilization on shiptracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Rose george s is an intelligent and very thoroughly researched book about a little known subject but for me i found it too crammed with statistics and rather episodic. Journalist rose george tours us through the world of shipping, the underpinning of consumer.
Book new 2 rose george nine pints uk import book new. George rose s most popular book is were all in this together. Deep sea and foreign going by rose george waterstones. Rose george has written an interesting book about the human experience of maritime shipping today, but one that i wish got a little more technical. San francisco chronicle a fascinating account of the international ocean shipping industry and the arena it operates in, the largely ungoverned open seas. Rose george curious journalist rose george looks deeply into topics that are unseen but fundamental, whether thats sewers or latrines or massive container ships or pirate hostages or menstrual hygiene. Sea blindness and the truth hurts the maritime executive. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate,the big necessity. George s book is packed with telling anecdotes and detailed accounts, some funny, some shocking. Ive sailed the suez canal on a cargo ship its no wonder. In 20 the 287 page book was published in new york city by metropolitan books, an imprint of henry holt and company. She began writing in 1994, as an intern at the nation magazine in new york city. Oct 22, 2019 rose george, author of the big necessity, is renowned for her intrepid work on topics that are invisible but vitally important.
In nine pints, she takes us from ancient practices of bloodletting to the breakthrough of the liquid biopsy, which promises to diagnose cancer and other diseases with a simple blood test. A journey through the money, medicine, and mysteries of blood. Inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate, 20, etc. Her books are always wonderfully insightful, well researched and written in a way that follows a narrative, rather than a collection of bland facts. Almost 90 percent of everything we buy arrives via ship, writes rose george in her actually mindblowing new book ninety percent of everything, published tomorrow, which covers her monthslong adventure with the shipping industry the biggest business that you know nothing about. Aug 08, 20 in ninety percent of everything, writer and journalist rose george goes examines the shipping industry as parttravelogue, partmuckraking investigation.
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