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The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World

Book ID
126164762
Publisher
Doubleday
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
1 MB
Category
Standards

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✦ Synopsis

The recent bands of daring, ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking multimillion-dollar tankers have brought piracy into the modern era. The author, who dared to make his way into the remote pirate havens of Somalia gives us a close-up look at the hidden world of the pirates.

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