{"product_id":"9781472901187","title":"A World of My Own: The First Ever Non-stop Solo Round the World Voyage","description":"On Friday 14 June 1968 \u003ci\u003eSuhaili\u003c\/i\u003e, a tiny ketch, slipped almost\u003cbr\u003eunnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her\u003cbr\u003ehelm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later \u003ci\u003eSuhaili\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cbr\u003epaintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and\u003cbr\u003ebrown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudder\u003cbr\u003ehead, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic reception\u003cbr\u003efor Robin, who had become the first man to sail round the world\u003cbr\u003enon-stop single-handed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy every standard it was an incredible adventure, perhaps the last\u003cbr\u003egreat uncomputerised journey left to man. Every hazard, every\u003cbr\u003etemptation to abandon the astounding voyage came Robin's way, from\u003cbr\u003epolluted water tanks, smashed cabin top and collapsed boom to lost\u003cbr\u003eself-steering gear and sheered off tiller, and all before the tiny\u003cbr\u003eketch had fought her way to Cape Horn, the point of no return, the\u003cbr\u003efearsome test of any seaman's nerve and determination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA World of My Own \u003c\/i\u003eis Robin's gripping, uninhibited, moving\u003cbr\u003eaccount of one of the greatest sea adventures of our time. An instant\u003cbr\u003ebestseller, it is now reissued for a new generation of readers to be\u003cbr\u003eenthralled and inspired.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141634343152,"sku":"9781472901187","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472901187_p0.jpg?v=1763599177","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472901187","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}