Why we swim / Bonnie Tsui.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020Copyright date: © 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 277 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1616207868
- 9781616207861
- 9781643751375
- 797.2/1 23
- GV837 .T78 2020
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Book | NMC Library | Stacks | GV837 .T78 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 33039001524841 |
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Includes bibliographical references.
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.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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