All Andy can think about is getting a chance to make the national swim team. He practises constantly to get his swim time down and he's saving money to pay the competition fees by working part-time at a comic book store. When a video of...
Swimmers
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Auteur:Sandor, StevenSommaire: - Auteur:Otsuka, JulieSommaire:
From the best-selling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel about what happens to a group of obsessed recreational swimmers when a crack appears at the bottom of their local pool...
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Auteur:Best, GillianSommaire:A beautifully rendered family drama set in Dover, England, between the 1940s and the present day, The Last Wave follows the life of Martha, a woman who has swum the English Channel ten times, and the complex relationships she has with...
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Auteur:Weissmuller Jr., Johnny, Reed, William, Reed, W. CraigSommaire:A portrait of the most beloved Tarzan and a tale of Hollywood at its legendary peak. An authoritative insight into the life of the man most film fans consider the one and only Tarzan--Olympic swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller--this...
- Auteur:Bailar, SchuylerSommaire:
A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash. For fans of Alex Gino's George and Lisa Bunker's Felix Yz. Obie knew his transition would have ripple effects....
- Auteur:Lacoursière, RégentSommaire:
Sa rigueur à l’entraînement et son potentiel inné ont permis à Régent Lacoursière une ascension fulgurante, en nage et en compétition, récoltant au passage une dizaine de records chez les amateurs et une sélection au sein de l’équipe...
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Auteur:Groth, Darren, Groth, SimonSommaire:Ashley Drummond is an elite swimmer. Clayton Sandalford is a talented artist. From the moment of their first meeting, they were destined to be together. Staying together, however, will test the limits of their love. A world-record swim...
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Auteur:Lane, TrinaSommaire:With a very active imagination and passion for all things history, University of California senior and veteran on the swim team Gabriel Mason often finds himself traveling to distant lands and times. There’s always one constant in Gabe’...
- Auteur:Elliott, LexieSommaire:
Georgie, Lissa, and Bronwyn have been inseparable since dominating their college swim team; swimming has always been an escape from their own problems, but now their shared passion has turned deadly. How can it be true that Lissa, the...
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Auteur:Thomas, ErinSommaire:Bram’s friend Jeremy wants to go public with information about a hazing-related student death. The morning after he tells Bram this he’s injured in a hit-and run accident. Now Jeremy is in a coma, and Bram and Abby are trying to follow...
- Auteur:Nyad, DianaSommaire:
On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad emerged onto the sands of Key West after swimming 111 miles, nation to nation, Cuba to Florida, in an epic feat of both endurance and human will, in fifty-three hours. Diana...
- Auteur:Fraser, DawnSommaire:
Dawn Fraser tells us, in her own words, what is behind the rumours that have swirled around her from the beginning, and shines a spotlight on many other aspects of her life. Strong, warm-hearted and unique, Dawn has come through it all...
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Auteur:Allin, LouSommaire:In this new series by the acclaimed author of the Belle Palmer mysteries, RCMP Corporal Holly Martin takes charge of her first post, a detachment in tiny Fossil Bay on the wild south coast of Vancouver Island. Drunk drivers, speeders...
- Auteur:HAWTHORNE, TraceySommaire:
When her leg was amputated following an horrific scooter accident in 2001, South African swimming sensation Natalie du Toit literally dived right back into swimming. In 2002 Natalie swam the able-bodied 800m freestyle final at the...
