Why we swim

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Why we swim / Bonnie Tsui.

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

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.

Item details

ISBN: 1643751379
ISBN: 9781643751375
Physical Description: 287 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First paperback edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Copyright: © 2020

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
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.