Swimming & Diving

Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twi...

Just one hundredth of a second separates elite swimmers from the podium, but what are the physical forces at work behind these tiny margins, and ho...

The Revised 7th Edition of the United States Navy Diving Manual incorporates many major changes from the previous versions and has been extensively...

A special 3rd edition has been released to mark the 100th Anniversary of the scuttling of the German Battle Fleet (16th June 1919). This definitive...

The Revised 7th Edition of the United States Navy Diving Manual incorporates many major changes from the previous versions and has been extensively...

Aquatic fitness is not just for older adults or those with physical limitations. Water exercise is a proven fitness activity that is challenging a...

Tessa Wardley is a keen and knowledgeable guide - Times Literary Supplement The Mindful Art of Wild Swimming explores how swimming in rivers, la...

The popular image of sharks is of a dorsal fin cleaving the surface as it rushes to its next kill, but this is a limited caricature. There are over...

Open Water Swimming: A Complete Guide for Swimmers and Triathletes is aimed at all levels of open water swimmer, from beginners right through to co...

Instant Guides are packed with essential information and useful facts covering a wide variety of subjects from survival skills to stargazing. Porta...

The Dive Atlas of the World offers a global tour of dive sites, described and photographed by experts. From well-known classics to sites that have ...

The all-new bumper second edition of the best-selling Wild Swimming photo guide is now fully revised and expanded to include 200 amazing new wild s...

This new authoritative text is ideal for anyone looking to improve their fitness levels and swimming ability. Comprehensive chapters cover everythi...

The author''''s reasons for writing this book were, first, to provide readers with some basic hydrodynamic tenants that will help them understand t...

It has been 12 years since the author published the 3rd edition of the Swimming Faster series and time has not stood still. Research has continued ...

Achieving better swimming is a matter of swimming efficiently. While proper technique is the foundation of good swimming, it is often difficul...

The Antarctic Dive Guide is the first and only dive guide to the seventh continent, until recently the exclusive realm of scientific and military d...

The lakes, lochs and rivers of Britain provided exercise and relaxation to the people of these islands for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years - u...

Waterlog celebrates the magic of water and the beauty of wild Britain.In 1996 Roger Deakin set out to swim the British Isles. He swam in the sea, i...

The author''''s reasons for writing this book were, first, to provide readers with some basic hydrodynamic tenants that will help them understand t...

Based on a 35-year voyage of discovery into the art of swimming, this work looks at the most popular strokes - front crawl, back stroke, breast str...

Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. He has won a record-holding 11 World Championship titles and ten Commonweal...