TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tsui,Bonnie
ED  - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm)
TI  - Why we swim
SN  - 9781616207861
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
PB  - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
KW  - Swimming
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -