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  • Chasing Water

    Elegy of an Olympian

    The Olympic swimmer reveals the wild and challenging journey that took place between two gold medals: "Inspiring, humorous, and often profound."— People MagazineAnthony Ervin is an Olympic swimmer who won the gold at nineteen—and that may be one of the least interesting things about him. An athlete of Jewish and African-American descent who is also a practicing Buddhist, he auctioned off the medal ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chasing Water

    Elegy of an Olympian

    Anthony Ervin and Constantine Markides are the recipients of the 2018 Buck Dawson Author Award presented by the Internationla Swimming Hall of Fame!"Here Ervin and swim trainer and journalist Markides combine talents to create a biography that is part first-hand narrative by Ervin, with Markides filling in the details and providing context. The formula works, pulling readers into Ervin's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Total Immersion

    The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier

    Swim better—and enjoy every lap—with Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water.Terry Laughlin, the world’s #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master. Whether you’re an accomplished swimmer or have always found swimming to be a struggle, Total Immersion will show you ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Body Lengths

    by Leisel Jones ...
    From the moment I am born, I am like no-one else around me. I am a fish out of water. Even in the pool.Leisel Jones is rightly regarded as one of the greatest breaststrokers ever. At just fifteen, she won two silver medals at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000; she went on to win gold at Athens and Beijing, and at London 2012 became the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympics.For the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Three-Year Swim Club

    The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory

    The New York Times bestselling inspirational story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world-class swimmers."A brightly told story of the triumph of underdogs ... exuberant, well-researched ... tense, vivid, and inspiring." ―Kirkus ReviewsIn 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Guide To Scuba Diving

    Many people interested in scuba diving are those with adventurous spirits. Still others are people passionate about the sea, while others rely on scuba diving as their livelihood. No matter your reason and your interest in buying this book, here you will learn everything you need to know to start your journey in scuba diving. Before you learn “how” to scuba dive you should first understand what ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Relentless Spirit

    The Unconventional Raising of a Champion

    What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family.The word relentless has many meanings for swimmer Missy ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Swimming Pools

    A Singe Source For Swimming Pool Maintenance, Swimming Pool Library, Swimming Pool Construction, Swimming Pool Designs, Above Ground Swimming Pool, Swimming Pool Builders and Much More With This Swimming Pool Buyers Guide

    by Michael Wells ...
    With this guide on swimming pools you'll discover all you'd want to know about swimming pools,swimming pool designs,above ground swimming pool,swimming pool builders, swimming pool maintenance, swimming pool library, swimming pool construction and much more. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Going For Gold

    Welsh Olympic Dreams for 2012

    by Lynn Davies ...
    Series series Quick Reads
    What does it take to be the greatest?Whether it’s part of a team like cyclist Geraint Thomas, who won gold in the team pursuit event in Beijing 2008, or notching up a record-beating 11 gold medals in the swimming pool for paralympic swimmer David Roberts to equal the record set by Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, the athletes featured in Going For Gold have one aim - to win.This collection of stories ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Water Exercises

    Water Exercises introduces the numerous possibilities of how to keep fit in the water with the so-called fun- or aqua-noodle. In a short introduction, the book explains the characteristics and the areas of useage of the aqua noodle. In the big practical section plenty of possibilities for exercises, usually with two variations, are introduced, in each case with accompanying photos and an ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Wind Driven

    The Barbara Kendall Story

    Inspiring story of how a New Zealand woman, four-time Olympic windsurfing champion got to the top — and stayed there. Barbara Kendall is one of New Zealand’s most successful Olympians and also one of its best-loved athletes. In 2008 she went to her fifth Olympics, having previously won gold at the Barcelona Olympics, silver at Atlanta and bronze at Sydney. Barbara won her first world championship ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Swimming: Swimming Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Swimmer

    by Ace McCloud ...
    Are you tired of being a weak swimmer? Do lesser athletes continue to surpass you in the pool?Whether you want to (1) learn the basics of swimming, (2) master advanced strokes or (3) get a powerful edge on the competition, this book will teach you everything you need to know.Do you wish you could swim fast and look good at the same time?Swimming is ... ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus