Why we swim / Bonnie Tsui.
Record details
- ISBN: 1643751379 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781643751375 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781616207861
- ISBN: 1616207868
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
- Copyright: © 2020.
Content descriptions
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. |
Summary, etc.: | "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. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Swimming. |
Available copies
- 17 of 17 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Holds
- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Rowayton Library | 797.21 TSU (Text) | 33625122831048 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 797.2 TSUI, B. (Text) | 32544072587008 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | 797.21 Tsu (Text) | 33160148503603 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | 797.21/TSUI (Text) | 34029147234487 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | 797.21 Tsu (Text) | 33180141817180 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | 797.2 TSU (Text) | 33430147654453 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | 797.2 Tsu (Text) | 33620146077355 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Milford Public Library | 797.21 T (Text) | 34013145776905 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury | 797.2 TSUI (Text) | 33630140201851 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | 797.21 TSU (Text) | 36123001524709 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |