Why we swim

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"Bonnie Tsui looks at our love affair with the water, from evolution to mythology, from survival and well-being, from community swim clubs to competitive races, and she goes around the world to explore its significance in many cultures"--

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Full title :Why we swim / Bonnie Tsui.

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Publication Date:©2020
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Place of Publication:Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:277 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781616207861, 1616207868
oclc:on1105314123
LC Classification:GV837
Dewey Decimal:797.2/1

SURVIVAL -- Stone Age swimming -- You're a land animal -- Lessons from a sea nomad -- The human seal -- WELL-BEING -- The water cure -- Seawater in our veins -- Open water, meet awe -- COMMUNITY -- Who gets to swim? -- A mini United Nations -- Chaos and order -- COMPETITION -- The splash and dash -- How to swim like an assassin -- Sharks and minnows -- Ways of the samurai -- FLOW -- A religious exercise -- The liquid state -- From one swimmer to another.