{"product_id":"9780241624814","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eIndia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 May 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Hamish Hamilton Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e243 x 160 x 35mm | 596g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd finally, to north-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river – the Mutehekau or Magpie – is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once Macfarlane’s most personal and most political book to date, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers – and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Macfarlane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56261216436549,"sku":"9780241624814","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780241624814.jpg?v=1763037893","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780241624814","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}