{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive-paperback","title":"Is a River Alive? - 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\u003eRobert MacFarlane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.27 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44444220882995,"sku":"9781324130734","price":54.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/T04EGTDwRZ9781324130734.webp?v=1781702449","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/is-a-river-alive-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}