Splash! : 10,000 years of swimming / Howard Means.
Splash! : 10,000 years of swimming / Howard Means.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2020/5989
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: Once upon a time in Egypt . . . -- Gods, humans, and the aquatic ape -- Swimming's golden age -- First there was swimming; then there was none -- Rediscovering a lost art -- Swimming 2.0 -- A frog in every tub -- Diving in for dollars and pounds -- Climb every mountain, swim every sea -- T...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"Swimming is a long thread that connects the Olympic heroes of today with the real and mythic ones of the past across more than ten millennia--a recorded history that begins in a cave in the Egyptian desert and sweeps across athletes and poets, statesmen and emperors, humans and gods; across the whole human experience, the entire human story. Splas...
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Splash! : 10,000 years of swimming / Howard Means.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/5989
Record Identifier
74VKaqLXEROg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaqLXEROg
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ISBN
9780306845666 hardcover
0306845660 hardcover
DDC
797.21
MMS ID
991024327315402626
