{"product_id":"why-we-swim","title":"Why We Swim","description":"A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020\nA Best Book of the Season: BuzzFeed * Bustle * San Francisco Chronicle\nA Best Book of the Year: NPR's Book Concierge * Washington Independent Review of Books\n\n“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 Lacks\n\nAn immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming—and on human behavior itself.\n\nWe 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.\n\nWhy 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 that seduces us, despite its dangers, and why we come back to it again and again.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1616207868\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1616207868.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Tsui, Bonnie\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43331978494013,"sku":"BVV.1616207868.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1616207868-0.jpg?v=1783569220","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/why-we-swim","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}