{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book, which answers a resounding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the question of its title.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book flows first to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003enorthern Ecuador\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003esouthern India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd finally, to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003enorth-eastern Quebec\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where a spectacular wild river, the Mutehekau or Magpie, is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58552168251737,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/2940\/9625\/files\/isariverpaperback.jpg?v=1783686127","url":"https:\/\/natureboundbooks.co.uk\/products\/is-a-river-alive","provider":"Nature Bound Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}