Race, The: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition
de Zimmermann, Tim
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0752841653
- ISBN 13
- 9780752841656
- Librería
-
Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
London, England: Orion Books Ltd, 2002. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, first UK edition, 678gms, 316pgs. Focusing on colourful personalities and heroes, Zimmermann chronicles the high-octane thrills of The Race and offers a unique behind the scenes look at this perilous sport. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with only minor shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
Sinopsis
An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind -- a nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in the fastest boats ever built -- The Race attracts some of the world's best sailors and arguably its most eccentric personalities. Tim Zimmermann, an experienced blue-water sailor, relates in knuckle-whitening detail how and why sailors risk millions of dollars and their lives to dash around the world in record time. He garnishes this story with a chronicle of the tumultuous history of extreme sailing from the nineteenth century to today. Zimmermann "puts the reader right on board with the tough, colorful crews as they take a crash course (sometimes literally) in how to handle these astonishing machines" (Derek Lundy, author of Godforsaken Sea).
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- Librería
- Reading Habit
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- SPOSAI9
- Título
- Race, The: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition
- Autor
- Zimmermann, Tim
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Edición
- First UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0752841653
- ISBN 13
- 9780752841656
- Editorial
- Orion Books Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London, England
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Palabras clave
- SAILING, SPORT, AROUND THE WORLD
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Sport;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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