{"product_id":"why-we-swim-book-bonnie-tsui-9781616207861","title":"Why We Swim","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Season: \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eBustle \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eNPR's Book Concierge\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book.\" --Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming--and on human behavior itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e We swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranha-infested rivers to test our limits. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. But humans, 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, swimming is one of the most popular activities in the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy We Swim\u003c\/i\u003e 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 six-hour swim after a shipwreck. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer herself, dives into the deep, from the San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating what it is about water that seduces us, despite its dangers, and why we come back to it again and again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49778875007249,"sku":"CIN1616207868G","price":6.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49938645418257,"sku":"CIN1616207868VG","price":4.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1616207868.jpg?v=1751119523","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/why-we-swim-book-bonnie-tsui-9781616207861","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}