LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2019

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.

Author : Ian Urbina

Edition : Vintage, Paperback, 560 pages

ISBN : 9781529111392

Weight: 407 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 34 mm

There are still wild places out there on our crowded planet. Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans and deserts. These are landscapes that speak of deep time, whose scale can knock us down to size. Their untamed nature is part of their beauty and such places have long drawn the adventurous, the spiritual and the artistic.

Author : Dan Richards

Edition : Hardback / Paperback, Canongate, 336 pages

ISBN : 9781786891556 / 9781786891570

Published : 4th April 2019 / 2nd April 2020

Weight: 473 / 226g
Dimensions: 220 x 144 x 31 mm / 198 x 129 x 20mm

This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of Jharia, where the ground burns constantly with fire; Kasanka National Park in Zambia, where 8 million migrating bats darken the skies; the Nevada Triangle in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where hundreds of aircraft have disappeared; and Aokigahara Forest near Mount Fuji in Japan, the world's second most popular suicide location following the Golden Gate Bridge.

Author : Olivier Le Carrer

Edition : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc, Hardback, 144 pages

ISBN : 9781631910005

Published : 12th November 2015

Weight: 694g
Dimensions: 191 x 267 x 20mm

'For God's sake, hold on!'

On a stormy night off the coast of Scotland, young David Balfour faces his most terrifying test yet. He's been double-crossed by his wicked uncle, tricked into a sea voyage and sold into slavery. When the dashing Alan Breck Stewart comes aboard, he finds a brave friend at least, and the pair fight back against their treacherous, black-hearted shipmates. But then the ship hits a reef, it's every man for himself, and David must battle against the raging sea itself!

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson

Edition : Paperback, 368 pages, Vintage Children’s Classics

ISBN : 9780099573739

Weight: 243g
Dimensions: 188 x 129 x 22mm