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Is A River Alive? SIGNED & EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTED PRE ORDER
Is A River Alive? SIGNED & EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTED PRE ORDER
Is A River Alive? SIGNED & EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTED PRE ORDER

Is A River Alive? SIGNED & EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTED PRE ORDER

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From the celebrated writer and observer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.

Is a River Alive? flows like water from the mountains to the sea, over three major
journeys: the first is to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers
are threatened with destruction by gold-mining. The second is to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way. The third is 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.

Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream who rises a
mile from Macfarlane’s house, and flows through his own years and days.
Passionate, immersive and revelatory, Is a River Alive? is at once Macfarlane’s
most personal and most political book to date. It is a book that will open hearts,
spark debates and challenge perspectives. Lit throughout by other minds and voices, it invites us radically to reimagine not only rivers but also life itself. At
the centre of this vital, beautiful book is the recognition that our fate flows with
that of rivers – and always has. 

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A 10% DISCOUNTED PRE ORDER EXPECTED TO SHIP 01/05/2025. ALL PRE ORDERS WILL RECIEVE A SIGNED COPY WITH A SPECIAL PIN. 

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