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Why we swim / Bonnie Tsui.

Van Pelt Library GV837 .T78 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tsui, Bonnie, author.
Contributor:
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Swimming.
swimming.
Genre:
Creative nonfiction.
Physical Description:
287 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
First paperback edition.
Place of Publication:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1643751379
9781643751375
OCLC:
1159044058

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