{"product_id":"why-we-swim-by-bonnie-tsui","title":"Why We Swim (paperback) by Bonnie Tsui","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTime\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMagazine Must-Read Book of 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Best Book of the Season:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBuzzFeed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBustle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Best Book of the Year:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNPR's Book Concierge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming—and on human behavior itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy We Swim\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48614715031793,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/9757\/8890\/files\/whyweswim.jpg?v=1787244340","url":"https:\/\/shopsouthandpine.com\/products\/why-we-swim-by-bonnie-tsui","provider":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}