{"product_id":"sailing-alone-9780241642269","title":"Sailing Alone","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An exceptional book. \u003ci\u003eSailing Alone\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the very small shelf of the true classics of the sea'' Peter Nichols, author of \u003ci\u003eSea Change\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Voyage for Madmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Colourful and inventive'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSailing on a boat by yourself out at sea and out of sight of land can be exhilarating or terrifying, compelling or tedious - sometimes it can be all of these things just in one morning. It is an adventure at odds with our normal, sociable lives, carried out floating on a medium wholly inimical to our existence. But the deep ocean is also a remarkable place on which to think.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard King''s enormously engaging and curious new book is about the debt we owe to solo sailors: women and men, young and old, who have set out alone. Spending weeks and months alone, slowly, quietly and close to the ocean surface is to create the world''s largest laboratory: an endlessly changing, capricious and startling place in which to observe oneself, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging, beautifully written history of single-handed sailing \u003c\/b\u003e... Packed with ripping yarns and driven characters. * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003eThose who have chosen to face the dangers of the ocean alone are a \u003cb\u003ecolourful and inventive\u003c\/b\u003e bunch ... I was delighted to read of [King's] amazement. -- David Mills * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe book is as much a feat as the crossing ... \u003cb\u003esomething to be marvelled at\u003c\/b\u003e ... I’ve already started plotting my own ocean crossing. -- Peter Hoskin * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eFirst-hand accounts evoke the elation, frustrations and dangers of life in a small boat crossing the ocean ... King assembles a truly eccentric, even flamboyant cast of solo sailors. -- Victor Mallet * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eRichard King is a superb and gifted writer, and \u003ci\u003eSailing Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean exceptional book\u003c\/b\u003e. Into his account of his own singlehanded ocean crossing, he has woven a rare and compelling history of the real explorers, the extraordinary 'ordinary' people-men, women, and even children-who took off alone, in tiny, often crude boats, and found what we are all searching for. Here is the real story of what it's like to be alone at sea. A real achievement that will provide inexhaustible re-reading, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSailing Alone\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the very small shelf of the true classics of the sea.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Peter Nichols, author of Sea Change and A Voyage for Madmen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSailing Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is a beacon, a lighthouse of luminance for the experienced and inexperienced alike. Richard King's insightful reflections on the stories of lone voyagers make this required reading for all who dream fervently of such voyages. \u003cb\u003eA nuanced study in aspiration, endurance, terror, and triumph, it's a treasure.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jon Wilson, Founder, WoodenBoat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Richard J. King's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Anyone who loves \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e should read this book' -- Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea\u003cbr\u003eA superb work of popular scholarship that rivals the best books of maritime non-fiction currently in print ... a joy to read. -- Dan Brayton, author of Shakespeare’s Ocean\u003cbr\u003eA wide-ranging, highly personal, richly eclectic, and extremely well-researched book whose style and humour, combined with its rigor, suggest the potential for popularity beyond the fascinations of this self-confessed whalehead ...  A contemporary, witty, almost postmodern field guide. -- Philip Hoare, author of The Whale\u003cbr\u003eA marvellous guide to the magic and mystery that was Melville's gift to us. -- Carl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean and Becoming Wild\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly written, I have been drawn back to \u003ci\u003eSailing Alone\u003c\/i\u003e again and again; each new reading brings a different perspective, and has also introduced me to remarkable sailors I really should have known about. * Practical Boat Owner *\u003cbr\u003eKing has an academic's research skills and a deep appreciation of the link between solo sailing and writing. He has also had the ocean-time to develop questions that could never have been formulated from a library ... \u003cb\u003eAn important, stimulating book.\u003c\/b\u003e * Yachting Monthly *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733338698071,"sku":"9780241642269","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sailing-alone-9780241642269","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}