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Bonnie Tsui - On Muscle, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

On Muscle

The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

Av Bonnie Tsui

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'A truly moving ode to the tissues that move us' Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain Multitudes'You're about to learn more about yourself and your world than you could ever imagine' Christopher McDougall, bestselling author of Born to RunJoin athlete and bestselling author of Why We Swim, Bonnie Tsui, as she jumps headfirst into the intriguing world of muscle. Through the five angles of strength, form, action, flexibility and endurance, Tsui blends cutting edge research with remarkable human stories to explore the importance of muscle in both our physical and mental health.From weightlifting in the Scottish Highlands to a 50-mile run in the Nevada desert, Tsui's globe-trotting journey of discovery reveals how muscle moves us through the world, promotes longevity and most importantly makes the impossible feel possible. On Muscle is your guide to unlocking the immense potential of your body.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-04-07
  • Mått: 196 x 22 x 141 mm
  • Vikt: 175 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Förlag: Headline Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 9781035429288
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Bonnie Tsui is a longtime contributor to The New York Times and the bestselling author of Why We Swim, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Time magazine and NPR Best Book of the Year; it is currently being translated into ten languages. Bonnie is also the author of American Chinatown, which won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and Sarah and the Big Wave, a children's book about the first woman to surf Mavericks and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. Her work has been recognized and supported by Harvard University, the National Press Foundation, the Mesa Refuge, and the Best American Essays series. She lives, swims, and surfs in the Bay Area.

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Bonnie Tsui has done something remarkable. Fusing science writing, memoir, and essay, she has written a singular book about the true meanings of strength and flexibility, about our ability to define who we are and who we might be, and about what muscle means to the kind of people who rarely feature in stereotypical stories of strength and fitness. On Muscle is a truly moving ode to the tissues that move us

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