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Rose George

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Rose writes about subjects that are hidden, taboo, ignored or misunderstood. Her first book looked at what it's really like to be a refugee: how do you wash in the jungle with no soap? What are "refugee windows"? The Big Necessity explored the modern state of sanitation, starting from the startling fact that 2.5 billion people have no toilet, and passing through how sewers function (when people throw fat, wet-wipes and motorbike parts down them); why Japan has the most advanced toilets in the world; and why diarrhoea, an easily preventable condition, is the second biggest killer of children under 5, worldwide.

For Ninety Percent of Everything, Rose ran away to sea on a container ship, wanting to know who worked in the industry that carries nearly everything we consume, yet remains ignored and invisible. Under its UK title, Deep Sea and Foreign Going, the book won the 2013 Mountbatten Maritime Prize, and was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4.

Rose's latest book heads inside the body to look at blood, a marvellous substance that can kill us or save us; that is feared and revered. She travels widely to understand how our blood supply works; why menstrual blood is still considered so taboo, girls are ostracized for having periods; how modern trauma care is maybe using the wrong kind of blood; why leeches are still found in hospital pharmacies; and why thousands of people are still seeking justice after they were given contaminated blood products. There are also some vampires.
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    • Nine Pints

    • A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
    • Written by: Rose George
    • Narrated by: Karen Cass
    • Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 2018-12-04
    • Language: English
    • 12 ratings

    $24.35 or free with 30-day trial

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    • The Big Necessity

    • The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
    • Written by: Rose George
    • Narrated by: Karen Cass
    • Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2019-03-26
    • Language: English
    • 1 rating

    $22.70 or free with 30-day trial

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    • Ninety Percent of Everything

    • Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
    • Written by: Rose George
    • Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2017-07-25
    • Language: English
    • 6 ratings

    $22.49 or free with 30-day trial

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    • A Life Removed

    • Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World
    • Written by: Rose George
    • Narrated by: Karen Cass
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 2019-01-29
    • Language: English
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    $19.93 or free with 30-day trial