Why We Swim

Availability: In Stock

ISBN: 9781846046605

Author	Tsui, Bonnie
Pub Date	05/08/2021
Binding	Paperback
Pages	288
Country	GBR
Dewey	797.21

Publisher: Ebury Publishing

€15.17

Qty:

Overview
Contact Us

'A jewel of a book, a paean to the wonders of water and our place within it' James Nestor, bestselling of author of Breath

'Glorious' The New York Times

Take a dive into the deep and discover what it is about water that seduces us, heals us and brings us together.

Join writer and swimming Bonnie Tsui as she explores the unique skill of swimming from the five angles of survival, wellbeing, community, competition and flow. Propelled by stories of polar swim champions, a Baghdad swim club, Olympian athletes and modern-day samurai swimmers, Why We Swim takes us around the globe in a remarkable, all-encompassing account of the world of swimming. This is a joyous meditation on our innate connection to water and a true celebration of the wonders of swimming.

Your name *

Your email *

Enquiry *

Product description

Customers who bought this item also bought

Flash Boys

Lewis, Michael

9780141981031

Tells the story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistle blowers who tried to stop them.

€12.66

Death and the Penguin

Kurkov, Andrey

9781860469459

Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror.

€11.71

Bright Burning Things

Harding, Lisa

9781526624475

'Absolutely dazzling' Marian Keyes 'On every page there are little shimmering bombs' Lisa Taddeo 'Startling, urgent and intimate' Lisa McInerney 'I lived every scene as I read' Donal Ryan Being Tommy's mother is too much for Sonya. Too much love, too much fear, too much longing for the cool wine she gulps from the bottle each night. Because Sonya is burning the fish fingers, and driving too fast, and swimming too far from the shore, and Tommy s life is in her hands.

€16.09