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Why We Swim

byBonnie Tsui

Genres: Adventure Sports Environmental Journalism

Who is this book for? Readers interested in swimming, nature, and personal stories of human resilience.

Topics Survival swimming techniquesCultural significance of swimmingWater as a healing elementSwimming as a form of meditationExtreme swimming challengesHuman relationship with waterPsychological benefits of swimmingAdventure swimming experiencesHistory of swimmingEvolution of swimming skillsSurvivalCommunityWellbeing

MoodHopeful, Reflective

Female protagonist

A Best Book of the Season: BuzzFeed “A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." —Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks An immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming—and on human behavior itself. We swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranha-infested rivers to test our limits. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. But humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not natural-born swimmers. We must be taught. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for survival; now, in the twenty-first century, swimming is one of the most popular activities in the world. Why We Swim is propelled by stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein’s palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six-hour swim after a shipwreck. New York Times contributor Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer herself, dives into the deep, from the San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating what about water—despite its dangers—seduces us and why we come back to it again and again.

Language

Published on

01/01/2020

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

9781616207861

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12.09 €

12.99 £

14.79 €

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