The Book Company: New Products - Swimming & Diving

Lifeguard (A Love Story)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:41:14 +0000

An unforgettable memoir from New York City’s first female lifeguard chief, this coming-of-age story plunges into the rough-and-tumble, sun-soaked world of Rockaway Beach in the 1970s and 1980s.

The first time I ever saw a lifeguard get horned was in the summer of 1974.Price: $19.00

The Plunge (Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:12:34 +0000
Born to Run meets Why We Swim and Breath in a globe-spanning work of immersive narrative nonfiction that dives into the hidden world of cold water plunging and swimming—and what it reveals about the human body, mind, and need for connection.Price: $20.00

Coaching Cultures

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:37:59 +0000

This book examines the history of coaching, mainly in England, and covers both the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries.

This book was published as a special issue of Sport in History.
Price: $233.99

Relentless (Family, self-belief and the will to win)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:50:39 +0000

Relentless charts the extraordinary journey of four-time Olympic gold medalist Ariarne Titmus, the Australian swimming sensation who stunned the world by dethroning American legend Katie Ledecky. In this deeply personal memoir, Titmus opens up for the first time ..
Price: $24.99

Immersion (Marathon swimming, embodiment and identity)

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:04:31 +0000

Immersion is about the extreme sport of marathon swimming. Drawing on extensive (auto)ethnographic data, Immersion explores the embodied and social processes of becoming a marathon swimmer and investigates how social belonging is produced and policed. Using marathon swimming as a lens, this fou..
Price: $130.00

Why Young Children Should Learn to Swim (Learnings from Participation in Early Years Swimming)

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:25:14 +0000

This groundbreaking text presents findings from the first comprehensive international study examining developmental benefits of swimming lessons for children under five. This book will also interest early childhood educators, policymakers addressing pre-school educational gaps, and researchers ..
Price: $233.99

The Year I Lay My Head in Water (Swimming Scandinavia in Search of a Better Life)

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:58:13 +0000

Laying your head in water is what you do when you're having a bad day. The water is where you go when you need time to think. It's where you go when you reach a crossroads in your life.

Living in Copenhagen had been a dream for Laura Hall and it was working out - until i..
Price: $18.99

A Social History of Swimming in England, 1800 - 1918 (Splashing in the Serpentine)

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:42:24 +0000

Fully exploring the links between swimming and other aspects of English society including; class, education, gender, municipal governance, sexuality and the Victorian invention of the sports amateur/professional divide, this unique book is the first of its kind and will be an important landmark in..
Price: $233.99

Olympic Legends - Team GB (Discover the stories of 100 Team GB superstars)

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:59:21 +0000

The Olympic Games are unique. Nothing in world society, culture and sport matches the magnificent spectacle every four years of more than 10,500 sportsmen and woman pursuing the dream of gold medal glory.

The original Olympics, more than 2,000 years ago, were confined to ancient Gree..
Price: $29.99

Olympic Legends USA (Discover the stories of 100 United States superstars)

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:59:07 +0000

The Olympic Games are unique. Nothing in world society, culture and sport matches the magnificent spectacle every four years of more than 10,500 athletes pursuing the dream of gold medal glory.

The original Olympics, more than 2,000 years ago, were confined to ancient Greece. Today’s..
Price: $29.99