{"product_id":"on-muscle-the-stuff-that-moves-us-and-why-it-matters-paperback","title":"On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBonnie Tsui\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy We Swim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle that will change the way you think about what moves us through the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Remarkable ... A singular book about the true meanings of strength and flexibility, about our ability to define who we are and who we might be.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Ed Yong, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e An Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e I Contain Multitudes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eOn Muscle\u003c\/i\u003e, Bonnie Tsui brings her signature blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. Cardiac, smooth, skeletal--these three different types of muscle in our bodies make our hearts beat; push food through our intestines, blood through our vessels, babies out the uterus; attach to our bones and allow for motion. Tsui also traces how muscles have defined beauty--and how they have distorted it--through the ages, and how they play an essential role in our physical and mental health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tsui introduces us to the first female weightlifter to pick up the famed Scottish Dinnie Stones, then takes us on a 50-mile run through the Nevada desert that follows the path of escape from a Native boarding school--and gives the concept of endurance new meaning. She travels to Oslo, where cutting-edge research reveals how muscles help us bounce back after injury and illness, an important aspect of longevity. She jumps into the action with a historic Double Dutch club in Washington, D.C., to explain anew what Charles Darwin meant by the brain-body connection. Woven throughout are stories of Tsui's childhood with her Chinese immigrant artist dad--a black belt in karate--who schools her from a young age in a kind of quirky, in-house Muscle Academy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Muscle \u003c\/i\u003eshows us the poetry in the physical, and the surprising ways muscle can reveal what we're capable of.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonnie Tsui is a longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Why We Swim\u003c\/i\u003e, a\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and a \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and NPR Best Book of the Year; it is currently being translated into ten languages. Tsui is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Chinatown, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Asian\/Pacific American Award for Literature, and \u003ci\u003eSarah and the Big \u003c\/i\u003eWave, 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 \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e series. She lives, swims, and surfs in the Bay Area, and her website is bonnietsui.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45539167830118,"sku":"9781643757308","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eKU_e7iYZ79781643757308.webp?v=1776855021","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/on-muscle-the-stuff-that-moves-us-and-why-it-matters-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}