Why We Swim
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Why We Swim
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Brand
Best UseCasual
Dimensions8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
Author(s)Bonnie Tsui
Number of Pages288
FormatPaperback
ISBN-139781643751375
PublisherHachette Books
Copyright Year2020
Description

An immersive and eye-opening perspective on swimming—and on human behavior itself—Why We Swim investigates what it is about water that seduces us and keeps us coming back again and again.

Features
  • Includes stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club, modern Japanese samurai swimmers and the improbable post-shipwreck survival of an Icelandic fisherman