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220, 000 copies sold in hardback. Potentially, one of the biggest biography/ sport books of the year. Ellen MacArthur is one of the of the most popular figures to emerge in British sport in the last few years. Competing in the 2003 Jules Verne race - publicity guaranteed. "You don't need to be a sailor to find it inspiring. The lesson of this endearingly honest book is that anything is possible if you put your heart and soul into achieving it"...

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Drawing on logs, emails, sound and video diaries, this illustrated book captures the drama, excitement, danger, joy and tears of Ellen MacArthur's effort to become the fastest person ever to sail solo around the world. She beat what many thought would be a record for 10 years or more.

In October 2009 Ellen MacArthur, one of the greatest sportswomen in the world, announced her retirement from competitive sailing. Many were in disbelief. How could the woman who had fought so hard to set so many records give up racing? But Ellen had found an even tougher challenge than sailing solo round the globe.Now Ellen is ready to write about her incredible last ten years, including the trip which changed her life. She speaks honestly abo...

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What difference can one person make to the world? Is it worth following dreams that seem impossible? Or taking on challenges that seem too great?When Ellen MacArthur set sail on her solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2004 it was the culmination of a lifetime's love for the sea and the fulfilment of an ambitious dream. As a toddler she had begun a love-affair with sailing that would see her save every penny of pocket money to buy her first b...