02847cam a2200433 4500 984231599 TxAuBib 20230922120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781666550962 1666550965 2ab9285b-ad8c-4872-a9b0-514ef0361838 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5373743 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Tsui, Bonnie. Why We Swim [Libby]. Dreamscape Media, 2020. health. Nature. swimming. biography audiobooks. human behavior books. Bonnie Tsui memoir. olympic swimming champions. Saddam Hussein palace pool. travel audiobooks. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 181MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 181MB. History. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. 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, 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 six-hour swim after a shipwreck. New York Times 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—despite its dangers—that seduces us, tempting us to come back to it again and again. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-09-22 20:00:02. Kane, Angie. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2343-1/5373743-WhyWeSwim.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2ab9285b-ad8c-4872-a9b0-514ef0361838&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2343-1/5373743-WhyWeSwim.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2ab9285b-ad8c-4872-a9b0-514ef0361838&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)