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Taking on the World : A Sailor's Extraordinary Solo Race Around the Globe
Taking on the World A Sailor's Extraordinary Solo Race Around the Globe Author:Ellen Macarthur "An exuberant, headlong, exhausting ride . . . more than a book about sailboat racing; it's also about a dream ferociously pursued and the price paid for realizing it . . . impossible to put down."--Derek Lundy, author, Godforsaken Sea "A story of mythic shape--of a young girl who receives a call to adventure and sets out on a... more » compulsive journey, and finds mentors, tests, dark caves, despair, a supreme ordeal, and triumph."--Peter Nichols, author, A Voyage for Madmen "A passionate account that is far more than just another book about racing."--The (London) Times« less