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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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2020.
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| 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.
