{"product_id":"2940169642384","title":"Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil","description":"A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery unhappy oil-producing nation is unhappy in its own way, but all are touched by the \"resource curse\"-the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones. In \u003ci\u003eCrude World,\u003c\/i\u003e Peter Maass presents a vivid portrait of the troubled world oil has created. He takes us to Saudi Arabia, where officials deflect inquiries about the amount of petroleum remaining in the country's largest reservoir; to Equatorial Guinea, where two tennis courts grace an oil-rich dictator's estate but bandages and aspirin are a hospital's only supplies; and to Venezuela, where Hugo Chávez's campaign to redistribute oil wealth creates new economic and political crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaass, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e writer, also introduces us to Iraqi oilmen trying to rebuild their industry after the invasion of 2003, an American lawyer leading Ecuadorians in an unprecedented lawsuit against Chevron, a Russian oil billionaire imprisoned for his defiance of Vladimir Putin's leadership, and Nigerian villagers whose livelihoods are destroyed by the discovery of oil. Rebels, royalty, middlemen, environmentalists, indigenous activists, CEOs-their stories, deftly and sensitively presented, tell the larger story of oil in our time.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrude World\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling and essential account of the consequences of our addiction to oil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162004832496,"sku":"2940169642384","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169642384_p0.jpg?v=1763689834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169642384","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}