Why We Swim By : Bonnie Tsui
Book Excerpt :
?A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." ?Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of?The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksHumans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not?natural-born swimmers. We must be taught. Our evolutionary?ancestors learned for survival; now in the twenty-first century we swim?in freezing Arctic waters and piranha-infested rivers to test our limits.?Swimming is an introspective and silent sport in a chaotic and noisy?age; it?s therapeutic for both the mind and body; and it?s an adventurous?way to get from point A to point B. It?s also one route to that elusive, ecstatic?state of?flow. These reasons, among many others, make swimming?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 palace pool, modern-day?Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably?survives a wintry
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