Why We Swim Tsui Bonnie
Why We Swim Tsui Bonnie "A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. I was enchanted by this book." --Rebecca Skloot, bestselling…
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Why We Swim Tsui Bonnie
"A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. I was enchanted by this book." --Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksAn 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 must be taught. But humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not naturalborn swimmers. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for survival; today, 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 former palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six-hour