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Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America
ISBN: 9780807871270 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the United States, Jeff Wiltse relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. As sites of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and conspicuous leisure, swimming pools reflect many of the tensions and transformations that have given rise to modern America.
From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this ...
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158,84 zł |
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Challenge Workouts for Advanced Swimmer
ISBN: 9781841262932 / Angielski / Miękka / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contains 100 advanced level swim workouts that focus on speed and yardage, with specific workouts for freestyle, individual medley, sprint and distance swimming. This book includes the workouts that use pace work, descending and building sets, and goal swims, that total up to 6,000 yards/meters.
Contains 100 advanced level swim workouts that focus on speed and yardage, with specific workouts for freestyle, individual medley, sprint and distanc...
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67,01 zł |
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The Complete Swimming Handbook For Kids and Teens
ISBN: 9781450529273 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a complete guide to learning all of the basic strokes and perfecting techniques, for children and teens. Includes swimming terms and drills, how to perform each of the strokes, and learning how to lessen drag and improve your time.
This is a complete guide to learning all of the basic strokes and perfecting techniques, for children and teens. Includes swimming terms and drills, h...
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72,99 zł |
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So You Want to Swim Alcatraz: Tips on a Successful Swim by a Four-Time Alcatraz Swimmer
ISBN: 9781451549256 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A step-by-step guide to swimming the "impossible" including training, notes about cold water, the trip to San Francisco, and how to make your swim a success.
A step-by-step guide to swimming the "impossible" including training, notes about cold water, the trip to San Francisco, and how to make your swim a s...
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68,47 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming
ISBN: 9780810867758 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming examines the sport of swimming since its inception as a competitive athletic event. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and appendixes that detail Olympic and World Championships medal winners. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on individuals, major competitions, and there are also entries for each of the competitive strokes and countries that have enjoyed significant success in the sport.
The Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming examines the sport of swimming since its inception as a competitive athletic event. This is done thr...
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809,62 zł |
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Sharks and Rays: Elasmobranch Guide of the World - Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Arctic Ocean
ISBN: 9783925919336 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. .
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400,61 zł |
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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea: An Account of Six Ocean Swims
ISBN: 9781453745403 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Author's account of six of his most dramatic ocean swims: Brooklyn Bridge; Alcatraz; Around Governors Island-New York; Boston Light Swim; Little Red Lighthouse Swim (George Washington Bridge-New York; Golden Gate Bridge
Author's account of six of his most dramatic ocean swims: Brooklyn Bridge; Alcatraz; Around Governors Island-New York; Boston Light Swim; Little Red L...
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45,64 zł |
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Open Water Swimming: Lessons from Alcatraz
ISBN: 9780615420738 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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127,71 zł |
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Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926
ISBN: 9780786440283 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first female to swim the English Channel. Although today she is considered a pioneer in women's swimming, women were swimming competitively 50 years earlier. This historical book describes the origins of women's competitive swimming in the United States, beginning in the nineteenth century through Ederle's astonishing accomplishment. Women and girls faced many obstacles to safe swimming opportunities, including restrictive beliefs about physical abilities, access to safe and clean water, bathing suits that did not allow for movement, and opposition from...
In 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first female to swim the English Channel. Although today she is considered a pioneer in women's swimming, women we...
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188,57 zł |
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The Jim Doty Story: Accounts of Some of the Marathon Swims of a Great Boston Swimmer
ISBN: 9781456353070 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jim Doty is one of the greatest ocean swimmers to come out of the Boston area. His swims from Nantasket to Revere, around Cape Ann, Two-way Boston Light, Two-way Graves Light, etc. are legendary. In addition to his accomplishments as a marathon ocean swimmer, Jim is credited with founding the New England Marathon Swim Association in 1976. In that same year, he re-started, after a lapse of 36 years, the Boston Light Swim - the oldest marathon swim in the country. Doty's remarkable swims and accomplishments are chronicled in this book.
Jim Doty is one of the greatest ocean swimmers to come out of the Boston area. His swims from Nantasket to Revere, around Cape Ann, Two-way Boston Lig...
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59,29 zł |
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The Pointy Arrow Concept: Designing Your Competitive Swimming Strokes
ISBN: 9781462852833 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,29 zł |
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The Pointy Arrow Concept: Designing Your Competitive Swimming Strokes
ISBN: 9781462852840 / Angielski / Twarda / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,58 zł |
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The Pool Safety Resource: The Commonsense Approach to Keeping Children Safe around Water
ISBN: 9781450294430 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book will help parents understand the unique risks of their own pool environment and how to build a robust system of protection. When the Roisum family moved to Florida in 2005 they decided to install a new pool in their back yard. Everyone was excited about the aquatic fun they would enjoy for years to come. It was just another day in March when Jenna, kissed her 2 year old son Mason goodbye as she left for work. Not long after, Mason found his way to the pool and drowned. Every year, hundreds of children and infants fall victim to accidental drowning- accidents that are... This book will help parents understand the unique risks of their own pool environment and how to build a robust system of protection. When the R... |
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64,98 zł |
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The Pool Safety Resource: The Commonsense Approach to Keeping Children Safe around Water
ISBN: 9781450294454 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book will help parents understand the unique risks of their own pool environment and how to build a robust system of protection. When the Roisum family moved to Florida in 2005 they decided to install a new pool in their back yard. Everyone was excited about the aquatic fun they would enjoy for years to come. It was just another day in March when Jenna, kissed her 2 year old son Mason goodbye as she left for work. Not long after, Mason found his way to the pool and drowned. Every year, hundreds of children and infants fall victim to accidental drowning- accidents that are... This book will help parents understand the unique risks of their own pool environment and how to build a robust system of protection. When the R... |
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108,45 zł |
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Swim: Swim like you run
ISBN: 9780983126317 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Use your weight to help you swim, while you lose that weight with swimming and triathlon training. Buy this book for your triathlete, adult swimmer, or you. Learn the applied physics behind swimming as you learn to use your mass with your stroke velocity to create the momentum that you want while swimming. Learn to see, breathe, position your weight and use your arms to guide your swim while you protect your head when swimming with others. Learn to swim your size and shape. Learn to swim given your flexibility and level of coordination. Learn what natural swimmers take for granted and don't...
Use your weight to help you swim, while you lose that weight with swimming and triathlon training. Buy this book for your triathlete, adult swimmer, o...
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45,41 zł |
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The Complete Guide to Simple Swimming
ISBN: 9780957003156 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From terrified to terrific, Simple Swimming is the book to help boost swimming ability. For the complete beginner, this book helps the terrified to understand and appreciate the water and for the established swimmer to adjust and correct the four basic swimming strokes. The 82 fully illustrated exercises contained in this book can help any beginner to learn and practice, and any swimmer to eliminate bad habits and fine tune their swimming. Mark Young is a well established swimming instructor with over twenty years experience of teaching thousands of adults and children to swim. He has taken...
From terrified to terrific, Simple Swimming is the book to help boost swimming ability. For the complete beginner, this book helps the terrified to un...
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86,67 zł |
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Are you Kidding Me?: True Lifeguard Stories
ISBN: 9781466283787 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever jumped in a pool, splashed a swimmer, and gotten the evil eye? This book is a collection of hilarious true examples of the quirks and odd behaviors of swimmers from the perspective of a lifeguard. Also included are stories of patron fights, swimwear, and other funny and disgusting things that have happened while I was lifeguarding.
Have you ever jumped in a pool, splashed a swimmer, and gotten the evil eye? This book is a collection of hilarious true examples of the quirks and od...
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50,16 zł |
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World Book of Swimming: From Science to Performance
ISBN: 9781614707417 / Angielski / Miękka / 550 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before 1970, scientific research in swimming was poor and anecdotal, and the improvements of performance were linked firstly to the swimmer's experience and, secondly, as a result of permanent research for speed. This book reviews research on the body of knowledge available for the improvement of sports coaching and training practice in swimming.
Before 1970, scientific research in swimming was poor and anecdotal, and the improvements of performance were linked firstly to the swimmer's experien...
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646,84 zł |
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Teach Yourself to Swim Like a Pro in One Minute Steps: In One Minute Steps
ISBN: 9780982024829 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teach Yourself (or your kids) To Swim In One Minute Steps is the new science of swimming instruction based on physics and psychology of learning principles. You start to learn how to swim at home without a pool with 30 easy steps using a wash basin, dressing mirror, mattress, and bath tub. 1046 pictures in skill sequences and easy to read instructions teach you how in easy-to-master steps you can learn and practice at your own pace. You can reference and share this resource book with family, relatives, friends, neighbors, and co-workers to help save more lives. Learn correctly from a master...
Teach Yourself (or your kids) To Swim In One Minute Steps is the new science of swimming instruction based on physics and psychology of learning princ...
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108,45 zł |
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For Swimmers 365 Main Sets
ISBN: 9780615654102 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book was inspired by swimmers I have met over the years who train in small groups or on their own repeating the same boring sets over and over. When I set out to write this book I was surprised at the limited workout material that was available for swimmers. The goal was to take my favorite workouts and share them with you to increase your workout creativity which will transfer into positive results. Each of the 365 sets has four ability levels identified as gold, silver, bronze, and novice to suite every swimmers needs. The sets are grouped by length based on time and sorted by type of...
This book was inspired by swimmers I have met over the years who train in small groups or on their own repeating the same boring sets over and over. W...
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91,25 zł |
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