Why we swim

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tsui, Bonnie (Author)
Corporate Author: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Edition:First Edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.