{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive-1","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003ch1\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/h1\u003eRobert MacFarlane\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: W. W. Norton  \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003eJune 1 2022\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781324130734\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1324130733\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eHailed in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,\" Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada--imperiled respectively by mining, pollution, and dams. Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream a mile from Macfarlane's house, a stream who flows through his own years and days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices, \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e will open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers--and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391177097261,"sku":"21232","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_376e49c0-1ddf-4ac4-9585-1d0f98e2c8a8.jpg?v=1787352243","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/is-a-river-alive-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}