Why We Swim

A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020 A Best Book of the Season: BuzzFeed * Bustle * San Francisco Chronicle A Best Book ...

A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020 A Best Book of the Season: BuzzFeed * Bustle * San Francisco Chronicle A Best Book ...

'A jewel of a book, a paean to the wonders of water and our place within it' James Nestor, bestselling ...

Swim is a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It’s an inquiry into why ...

CHINATOWN, U.S.A.: a state of mind, a world within a world, a neighborhood that exists in more cities ...

The question didn't seem to be so much why we swim, as where and how we swim, and with whom. ...

Winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography Swimming Studies is a brilliantly original, meditative memoir that explores the ...

‘Roger Deakin is the perfect companion for an invigorating armchair swim. Engaging, thoughtful and candid’ Telegraph Waterlog celebrates the magic ...

A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being. ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes ...

"On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, ...

From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth and The Wave, a breathtaking look into ...

A practical guide to "narrative thinking," and why it matters in a world defined by data. In The Sea We ...

“A blistering plot and crisp writing make The Night Swim an unputdownable read.” –Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling author of The Wife ...

A funny and bold account of how women fought their way into the water, and of what they did once ...

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 • Scientific American Recommended Read “Fascinating, informative, exhilarating.” —...

At once inspiring, hilarious, and honest, the new book from Alexandra Heminsley chronicles her endeavor to tackle a whole new ...

• At age fourteen, she swam twenty-six miles from Catalina Island to the California mainland. • At ages fifteen and sixteen, she ...

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become ...

The author of the best-selling Born to Run describes his investigation into ancestral training techniques that have enabled Mediterranean athletes ...

Instant New York Times Bestseller The debut collection of poetry from Lili Reinhart, the actress and outspoken advocate for mental ...

Swim better—and enjoy every lap—with Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more ...

A memoir from the open-water swimmer in which "we see Cox finding her way, writing about her transformative journey back ...

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Architecture critic and water baby Christopher Beanland takes a deep dive into the fashionable outdoor swimming scene with Lido, profiling ...

Lynne Cox has set open water swimming records across the world, and now she has focused her decades-long experience and ...

This stunning nonfiction picture book tells the inspiring story of Sarah Gerhardt, one of the first female big-wave surfers. Have ...

‘Thank god for Turia! She is an absolute rock star. I’m stoked to be in the world at the ...

“[A] charming novel [that] explores the complexity of immigration and identity.” —Teen Vogue An Indian American girl navigates prejudice in ...

In Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion Sheila Taormina reveals the swim technique used by ...

Nineteenth-century scientist David Starr Jordan built one of the most important fish specimen collections ever seen, until the 1906 San Francisco ...

2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist "Science book of the year"—The Guardian One of New York ...

Create a healthier and happier life by treating yourself with compassion rather than shame. Imagine a graph with two lines. ...

In Cold Water immerses the reader in the challenges, sights, sounds, triumphs and disappointments of swimming the English Channel--and one ...

"Stephens' darkly comic, sharply irreverent, undeniably wise 'Great Adoption Novel' is an unexpectedly timely, not-to-be-missed, epic wild ride." --Booklist, *Starred ...

Named A Best Book of 2020 by NPR! “Imagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you'll get ...

‘Reveals his poignant battle against the dark side of his return to the pool’ - Donald McRae, Guardian By the ...

From lap pools to ocean pools, rockpools to hot springs, Places We Swim covers the breadth of Australia, bringing you ...

The thrill of plunging--or dipping a toe--into open water brings joy, confidence, adventure, and friendship. It can wash away stress ...

“[A] kaleidoscopic narrative . . . Tenacious, wildly original, and full of insight.” —San Francisco Chronicle “An alluring, atmospheric debut.” —People A Belletrist ...