![]() It is not a journey around Britain from A to B, and does not cover the whole country. It is as whimsical as Deakin is eccentric.ĭeakin was an eloquent writer and environmentalist so his passion for nature and swimming leaps from the page. It is a lyrical love song to swimming and swimmers. This was the book that started me off exploring rivers, lakes and coasts from the water. 'Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey through Britain' - Roger Deakin 'Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora' – Keven Dawson.'Swim: Why We love the Water' - Lynn Sherr.'Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long Distance Swimmer' - Lynne Cox.'Swell: A Waterbiography' - Jenny Landreth.'Hell and High Water: One Man’s Attempt to Swim the Length of Britain' – Sean Conway.'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves' - James Nestor.'Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey through Britain - Roger Deakin.See if your favourites are here - What would you add to the list? Contents In this review, I have excluded guidebooks and training guides, as they deserve lists of their own, as do fictional swim stories. My main criteria were that they entertain, inform and inspire. ![]() Why do we swim? How do some swimmers push themselves to extremes? Here are ten of the best swimming books that show that there is more to swimming than meets the eye. From knitted swimwear to cold war politics, tracking sharks to midnight dips, these books celebrate swimming, the swimming community and our watery world. ![]()
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