{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive-a-journey-with-water-by-robert-macfarlane","title":"Is a River Alive?: A Journey with Water by Robert Macfarlane","description":"\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_2-col-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_2col-hero-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"cmpnt_lightbox\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_lb-inner\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_2-col-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_2col-hero-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"cmpnt_lightbox\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_lb-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_2-col-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_2col-hero-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"cmpnt_lightbox\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_lb-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful, wild exploration of an ancient idea: that rivers are living participants in a living world.\" —MERLIN SHELDRAKE, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntangled Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand \"the great nature writer . . . of this generation\" (\u003ci\u003eWSJ\u003c\/i\u003e), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers—and life itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eas “a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,” Robert Macfarlane brings us a profound work of travel writing, reportage and natural history.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacfarlane takes readers\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon 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, who flows through his own years and days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs A River Alive?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a book that will open hearts, challenge perspectives and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers—and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_context-sign-up\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_global-signup-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_social\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48768972554485,"sku":"9781039007970","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/9446\/7737\/files\/9781039007970.jpg?v=1787690881","url":"https:\/\/wonderpens.ca\/products\/is-a-river-alive-a-journey-with-water-by-robert-macfarlane","provider":"Wonder Pens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}