Why we swim

Tsui, Bonnie (author.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781616207861
ISBN: 1616207868
ISBN: 9781643750514
Physical Description: print
277pages ; 22cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Copyright: © 2020

Content descriptions

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Formatted Contents Note:

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.