Is A River Alive?, Robert MacFarlane

Is A River Alive?, Robert MacFarlaneNew Paperback Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept. The book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining. Then, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way. And finally, to north eastern Quebec, where a

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Northern Fellsand Northern Cumbria

exquisite maps

Their wanderings through South West England unfold against a backdrop of lived

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even if you don't have a garden

The states were eager to avoid a repetition of the chaos and destruction that had plagued Europe during the Thirty Years’ War

famous medieval women have become national icons

a woman named Margaret Salt walks into a hardware store and asks the man behind the counter