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 |
Swimming pools - infection control
Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal infection caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum. It can be fatal in people with a weakened immune system. Cryptosporidiosis is highly contagious and is easily spread when infected swimmers ... [... more]
Better Health |
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 |
The Acorn People
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 |
Marion Dane Bauer
Marion Dane Bauer has written numerous award-winning books, among them On My Honor, a Newbery Honor Book. Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds ... [... more]
Random House |
Jami Attenberg
But we don't give up. We keep trying. We're either too stupid to learn from our... "We are all walking around this city with our hearts sadly swimming in our chests, like dying fish on the surface of a still pond. It's enough to make you give up ... [... more]
Random House |
Elisabeth Hyde
Two weeks before Christmas, Diana Duprey, an outspoken abortion doctor, is found dead in her swimming pool. A national figure, Diana inspired passion and ignited tempers, but never more so than the day of her death. Her husband Frank, a longtime ... [... more]
Random House |
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 |
Swimming for Total Fitness
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]
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