Swimming pools - water quality
If not properly maintained, the water in your domestic swimming pool can harbour a range of microbes, including bacteria and algae, that can cause health problems such as ear, nose and throat infections. If not properly maintained, the water in ... [... more]
Better Health |
Lap pool house
An indoor pool in the foundations is just one feature of this extraordinary house. This house in Sydney's Vaucluse takes the concept of a home swimming pool to a whole new level. The home features a 22m indoor lap pool, built under the ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Home wading pools
Swimming pools can be lots of fun and a great way to cool down in summer, but people can get sick from germs they pick up from pool water, especially if the pool water is not properly cleaned and maintained. Recreational water illnesses are ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Leaf and Stick Insects or Phasmids
This summer in search and discover we have had more inquiries than usual about phasmids. People have found them in the laundry, clinging to windows, and drowned in swimming pools. Phasmids are insects that eat leaves and resemble leaves or ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Stuart Woods
Stuart Woods is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels including Worst Fears Realized, Orchid Beach, Swimming to Catalina, and Dead in the Water. [... more]
Harper Collins |
J. Allen Varasdi
It's common knowledge that Eve gave Adam an apple. Everyone knows that George Washington was the First president of the United States. And when your mother told you not to go swimming right after you ate, you took it as a matter of life and ... [... more]
Random House |
Jane Katz - Authors - Random House
Swimming is one of the best, most enjoyable, and most effective forms of exercise available, and this is the classic guide for beginners and expert swimmers alike, completely revised and updated for the '90s. No-Impact Aerobic and Strength ... [... more]
Random House |
Phillip Whitten
Experts agree that swimming is the best and most complete form of excercise. Here is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to the sport. click for more> Phillip Whitten [... more]
Random House |
Marnie Woodrow
Marnie Woodrow is a former bookseller and the author of two acclaimed collections of short fiction, Rich in the detailed nuances of the human heart, and swimming in the decadent atmosphere of New Orleans, After Cleo arrives in New Orleans on ... [... more]
Random House |
Ron Jones / AUTHOR CATALOG
Even though he knows the camp is for disabled children, Ron Jones anticipates sunny days of hiking, swimming, and boating as a counselor at Camp Wiggin. But he arrives and realizes how severely disabled the children are, it seems too much to ... [... more]
Random House |
Drowning: water safety tips
Drowning is the most common cause of death for children under five years of age. In 2003-03, figures from Royal Life Saving show that 35 children aged 0-5 died from drowning. Almost half of these toddler drownings happened in swimming pools, ... [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Iririki, Vanuatu
Whatever your interests, they can almost certainly be indulged. Diving, snorkelling, golf, swimming, jet-skiing or just lying by a pool are some of the things in store at Iririki Vanuatu is a Y-shaped chain of 83 islands. Port Vila is the capital ... [... more]
Getaway |
