In The Pool

Author : Hideo Okuda
Publisher : IBC Publishing (JPN)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book In The Pool written by Hideo Okuda and published by IBC Publishing (JPN). This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Meet Dr. Ichiro Irabu. In today's Japan, a traditional land beset by modern pressures and confusion, image-conscious people just can't be seen going to a therapist. Instead they visit "doctors of neurology" like Dr. Irabu. What makes the good doctor unique is his penchant for sharing his patients' stress-related ailments, aiding and abetting their compulsions .. and making them much worse before they get better." "In this sardonic collection by Hideo Okuda, we meet the many faces of dysfunction in modern Japan. In "In the Pool," a magazine editor's midlife crisis sends him deep into an addiction to swimming that threatens his job and his marriage. "Making a Stand" focuses on a man who, recently left by his wife, suffers a constant, painful, and embarrassing erection. In "Trade Show Model" a pretty young woman believes every man she sees on the street is a stalker. In "Cell," a high-school student addicted to his cell phone cannot stop text-messaging the "friends" he so desperately wants. "Double Check" tells of a journalist afraid to leave home, for fear his house will burn down while he's gone." "How does Dr. Irabu do it? "No, no, no. I don't do any of that fancy-pants sort of thing ... Some counselor listening to a patient's worries, then giving him wise words of encouragement. Perfectly useless." His approach seems to work."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Beth Lisick
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061741825
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Everybody into the Pool written by Beth Lisick and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth Lisick started out as a homecoming princess with a Crisco-aided tan and a bad perm. And then everything changed. Plunging headlong into America's deepest subcultures, while keeping both feet firmly planted in her parents' Leave It to Beaver values, Lisick makes her adult home on the fringe of mainstream culture and finds it rich with paradox and humor. On the one hand, she lives in "Brokeley" with drug dealers and street gangs; on the other, she drives a station wagon with a baby seat in the back, makes her own chicken stock, and attends ladies' luncheons. How exactly did this suburban girl-next-door end up as one of San Francisco's foremost chroniclers of alternative culture? Lisick explains it all in her hilarious, irreverent, bestselling memoir, Everybody into the Pool. Fans of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell will relish Lisick's scathingly funny, smart, very real take on the effluvia of daily living. No matter what community she's exposing to the light, Lisick always hits the right chord.

Author : JiHyeon Lee
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452150389
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Pool written by JiHyeon Lee and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when two shy children meet at a very crowded pool? Dive in to find out! Deceptively simple, this masterful book tells a story of quiet moments and surprising encounters, and reminds us that friendship and imagination have no bounds.

Author : Jason Koxvold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998518084
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Reflection in the Pool written by Jason Koxvold and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cleo Baldon
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Reflections on the Pool written by Cleo Baldon and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reflections on the Pool" spotlights forty stellar examples of pool design, ranging from the nature-inspired designs of Isabelle Greene to the vanguard mid-century pools of Thomas Church and the brilliant Mexican-style architecture of Ricardo Legorreta, plus popular tourist sites. An engaging text details the swimming pool's spread to America in the 19th century and California's influence on its popularity, while 100 luminous photos showcase the pools themselves in all their splendor.

Author :
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618040377
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Tuck in the Pool written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tuck, a little pig taking swimming lessons, overcomes his fear of the water with the help of his lucky rubber spider.

Author : Alexa Nazzaro
Publisher : Alexa Nazzaro
ISBN 13 : 0991816110
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Pool Theory written by Alexa Nazzaro and published by Alexa Nazzaro. This book was released on with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lou Stoppard
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 084786586X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Pools written by Lou Stoppard and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebratory ode to the joy and enduring allure of the swimming pool, and a gorgeous photography book to accompany poolside daydreaming. Glamorous, seductive, and fun, made for lounging, frolicking, splashing, dipping, diving, floating, and escaping, swimming pools are symbols of both sport and leisure and conjure images of well-oiled bodies, colorful bikinis, and glimmering blue waters on hot summer days. Muse to writers, artists, photographers, and filmmakers, the swimming pool's careless opulence is splashed across the pages of this book in gorgeous images by contemporary photographers. In her second book for Rizzoli, curator, writer, and avid swimmer Lou Stoppard offers the promise of sunshine and the seduction of youth in her edit of some of the best contemporary swimming-pool photography. Organized by theme, from the glamour of the poolside party to the simple, meditative pleasure of being in the water, the selected photographs are as inspiring as they are moving. Photographers whose images are featured in this book include Sølve Sundsbø, Glen Luchford, Stephen Shore, Mert & Marcus, Diana Markosian, Martin Parr, Martine Franck, Alex Webb, Alice Hawkins, and Nick Knight. This is the perfect gift purchase for photography fans, swimmers, and lovers of leisure.

Author : Matthew De George
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 081089176X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Duels in the Pool written by Matthew De George and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sports world, battles between rivals can be friendly, hotly contested, or even hostile. An individual sport at its core, swimming is defined by iconic rivalries such as those between Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, and Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres. Throughout its history, swimming has showcased some of its top athletes competing face to face, challenging each other in ways that captivate their fans. Duels in the Pool: Swimming’s Greatest Rivalries highlights the best of these contests. Spanning nearly 100 years, this book delves into the individual showdowns, team battles, friendly competitions, and heated political rivalries that have played out in pools around the world. From their early beginnings through the highlights of their careers, this book follows the top athletes in the sport and the rivals who pushed them to the pinnacle of swimming. Individual races are recounted, bringing to life the intense competition that drove the swimmers to glory. In addition to the individual athletes, Duels in the Pool also examines some of the most exciting rivalries that existed between colleges and among nations. Although such rivalries as those between the U.S. and Australia took place exclusively in the pool, others, such as the battle against East Germany during the 1970s and 80s, were intensified by the political climate and allegations of doping. Exhaustively researched, Duels in the Pool includes original interviews and rich details, shining a light on some of the sport’s finest athletes and the rivalries that propelled them to greatness. This book will appeal not only to sports historians and researchers but also to fans of swimming at every level.

Author : Andy Andrews
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0785226540
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Bottom of the Pool written by Andy Andrews and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is how it’s done. This is why it’s done this way. This is the result you can expect if you do it. These three pieces of information inform a conclusion about every part of each of our lives. Yet it is these three pieces of information that most often set an insidious trap—a trap that has held the imaginations of generations captive to the belief that because they are doing the best they can do, they are accomplishing the best that can be done. And while each of these three statements are true, not one of them is the truth. Dive deeper with bestselling author Andy Andrews as he shares his unique philosophy regarding foundational thinking. Through his unique and captivating storytelling, Andy helps you search for the reality that lies beyond the boundaries established in the name of “best practices,” “industry standards,” or “the way things are done.” For it’s at the bottom of the pool that you discover a pathway to extraordinary results that most people in your position do not even know are possible.