Ellen MacArthur Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Présentation de l'éditeur Depuis quinze ans, Jacques Attali est l'économiste français le plus engagé dans ce que l'on peut appeler une autre économie, dont le but premier est de lutter contre la pauvreté et protéger l'environnement. Avec son complice, Arnaud Ventura, et des personnalités aussi prestigieuses que les deux prix Nobel Muhammad Yunus, le banquier des pauvres, et Joseph Stiglitz, il est devenu l'un des plus grands promoteurs du micro-crédit dans le monde. Leur association PlaNet Finance emploie plus de 1000 personnes dans 80 pays. En 15 ans, elle a alloué plus de 200 millions de micro-crédits. Le succès allant, Arnaud Ventura et Jacques Attali ont eu l'idée, il y a deux ans, de lancer une manifestation au Havre (le LH Forum) pour rendre compte de la vitalité et l'importance de ce qu'ils nomment l'économie positive. C'est-à-dire une économie qui place l'humain et la planète au coeur même du business, dans une perspective de long terme. Exit la dictature de l'immédiateté, exit ces entreprises qui n'ont que faire de leurs salariés, ou qui polluent sans imaginer ce que cela pourra avoir comme conséquences sur les générations futures. Autour d'eux, plus de 10 000 individus : économistes, chefs d'entreprise et personnalités de renom international (Jeremy Rifkin, Mathieu Ricard, Gérard Mestrallet, fondation Bill Gates…) s'engagent dans ce mouvement. Le POSITIVE BOOK a pour mission, au fil de 200 pages et au travers de plus de 100 portraits, interviews et récits, de faire découvrir le mouvement de l'économie positive au grand public. Partout dans le monde, des personnes inventent, imaginent et créent des projets, parfois avec presque rien, dans l'objectif de lutter contre l'injustice sociale, la pauvreté et protéger l'environnement.

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 about the trials of fame after coming second in the Vendee Globe in 2001; about her frustrations in missing the record for the West-East transatlantic crossing by just 75 minutes in 2004; the dramatic capsize and dismasting she experienced prior to her record attempt, and then the ultimate triumph of her spectacular, record-breaking, non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2004–5, sharing every painful and exciting moment of her 71 days alone at sea. And of course she tells of the fateful trip to South Georgia in 2005 which caused her to decide to leave competitive sailing behind for ever and focus all her ambition and energy towards a new and much bigger race . . . Ellen’s searingly honest story is a story of triumph over incredible adversity and will inspire others to follow in this remarkable woman’s wake.

Just after 10.00 on the night of February 8th 2004, Ellen MacArthur crossed an imaginary line in the sea off Brittany to become the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. The record was held by a frenchman, Francis Joyon. He'd slashed over 20 days off the previous record and many thought his extraordinary new benchmark would stand for 10 years or more. Most experts thought that the record would be beyond MacArthur. But in a superhuman effort that forced her to dig deeper than ever before, she proved the doubters wrong. Her effort captured the world's imagination and the scenes that greeted her return to Falmouth were euphoric. She had become, some claimed, the finest sailor her country had every produced. Drawing on logs, emails, sound and video diaries, this beautifully designed, fully illustrated book captures the drama, excitement, danger, joy and tears of a truly extraordinary achievement - in Ellen's own words.

When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe, yachting's toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to it's heart. The depth of the affection for Ellen is extraordinary - she makes people feel like they can do anything! This book presents her story. schovat popis