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- ISBN-13
- 9780393242133
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393242137
ISBN-13
9780393242133
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6071331934
Product Key Features
Book Title
Is a River Alive?
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Ecology
Publication Year
2025
Genre
Nature
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
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Trade
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Is a River Alive? offers readers a profound philosophical journey in the guise of wilderness derring-do, the adventures rendered in a whitewater prose-poetry. Macfarlane loves to play with language, and he brings landscape to life by torquing adjectives and nouns into verbs., For all the book's questing intellectualism, it is a primal, sensual, and frequently swashbuckling adventure ... Macfarlane deftly moves between political reportage, prose poetry, and cultural anthropology., What his brilliant colleague Richard Powers has done for trees and oceans, Robert Macfarlane here does for embattled waterways., [A] portal of a book, lucid and luminous, hinged on something particular and urgent ... And then there are the rivers themselves, rendered in prose so incandescent it leaves you lit up for the inside, the world shimmering in the golden beam of this vast and generous mind., A lyrical inquiry into the implications of treating rivers as living beings worthy of reverence and legal rights. ... Macfarlane skillfully braids his immersive travel writing with illuminating historical background, all told in lithe prose. Nature lovers will be riveted., Profound and playful, revelatory and realistic, intimate and epic, humble and absolutely huge--this supremely enjoyable masterpiece will change the world, Like its subject, Is a River Alive? is work of flow and counter-flow. It is lyrical, evocative, closely observed, and deeply moving. Robert Macfarlane offers new ways to think and, just as importantly, feel about the majestic and mysterious non-human world., Robert Macfarlane is a once-in-a-generation virtuoso, and I don't know when his kaleidoscopic language and world-expanding scholarship have been used to more potent effect than in this impassioned, resounding affirmative to the title's urgent question., Haunting ... Macfarlane places the reader in immersive contact with the nature we have been lulled and dulled into regarding as mere backdrop to human activity., Macfarlane ranges, compellingly, further afield than [James] Scott's relatively academic study--not only geographically, but also intellectually and emotionally., What happens when rivers are considered living entities with rights? Macfarlane, a prolific nature writer, journeys to the polluted Ennore Creek in India, recounts activist efforts to conserve the Los Cedros River in Ecuador and kayaks along Canada's Magpie River--officially recognized as 'a living, rights-bearing being'--in search of an answer. His resulting book is a lyrical hybrid narrative of travel, history and environmentalism., When a book's title asks a question, you better answer it as an author. And Robert Macfarlane does so in style. He combines his love for nature with a swift pen, making readers aware of ecological problems while also allowing them a moment of literary joy., The arguments for nature's rights, the drama of [Macfarlane's] encounters, the crimes against rivers and all that they nurture, and the valor, genius, and uncanny gifts of eco-activists are all conveyed in gorgeously vibrant, fresh, and gripping language. The result is a ravishing and enlightening inquiry shaped by hydropoetics and a deeply considered commitment to rejuvenating, cherishing, and protecting rivers and all of nature., Macfarlane's prose offers a glorious invitation to return to one's child-mind and its inherent wonder. ... Is a River Alive? illustrates what resistance to extraction can look like on the ground, and also what might be awakened in us when we begin to live with rivers, recognizing them as co-creators of our past, our present, and--more and more--our future., Robert Macfarlane is a magician with words. His writing is like a vortex ... once caught, you're pulled deeper and deeper with each page., This book is so potent that I felt baptized by the flow of its prose-poetry. I, too, have been 'rivered.', Robert Macfarlane's writing reminds us of the astonishing variety of things you can see when you go at walking speed, and of how strange and rich the world is., Robert Macfarlane's Is a River Alive? is an effective book with a clear message. ... Each chapter offers a crystallized, frozen glance of the animate, ever-changing rivers as they exist now, leaving readers with a profound understanding of their fragility and a resulting urge for their preservation., This book is itself a river of poetic prose, an invitation to get onboard and float through the rapids of encounters with places and people, the eddies of ideas, to navigate the resurgence of Indigenous worldviews through three extraordinary journeys recounted with a vividness that lifts readers out of themselves and into these waterscapes. Read it for pleasure, read it for illumination, read it for confirmation that our world is changing in wonderful as well as terrible ways., A lyrical inquiry into the implications of treating rivers as living beings worthy of reverence and legal rights. ... Macfarlane skillfully braids his immersive travel writing with illuminating historical background, all told in lithe prose. Nature lovers will be riveted, One of the big publishing events (if not the biggest) of 2025--a new book by Robert Macfarlane ... Personal as well as political, Is a River Alive? is almost as certain to shift readerly perspectives as it is to be a bestseller., This book is a beautiful, wild exploration of an ancient idea: that rivers are living participants in a living world. Robert Macfarlane's astonishing telling of the lives of three rivers reveals how these vital flow forms have the power not only to shape and reshape the planet, but also our thoughts, feelings, and worldviews. Is a River Alive? is a breathtaking work that speaks powerfully to this moment of crisis and transformation., Is a River Alive? is one of the best books I've read in a very long time--exciting, brilliantly comprehensive, mind-altering. In one of its many stunning moments, Macfarlane describes the myriad rivers trapped and buried under the concrete of our cities. 'Daylighting' occurs on those rare occasions when these ghost-rivers are dug out & released to the surface to feel the sun, to expand--majestic creatures--and spread life once again. To read this book is to feel your ghosted soul undergo such daylighting--metaphysical, political, emotional, linguistic. Any soul going dormant, any citizen going numb, will be revivified and propelled back to their essential core, where rage, wonder, and imagination intertwine, and a powerful hope for the earth arises. A spellbinding, life-changing work., Is a River Alive? draws on two marvelous currents in British letters, the hyperliterate adventurer (Tutira, The Road to Oxiana, The Living Mountain) and the place magics of Susan Cooper's Thames Valley, L. M. Boston's Green Knowe, and Algernon Blackwood's chiller The Willows. Its language is bedazzled., Running like a crosscurrent beneath Macfarlane's passionate, activist storytelling is a bracingly new approach to nature writing. It swirls together a Mike Davis-level mastery of earth science [and] a Philip Larkin-esque ear for the music of sentences., Few nature writers working today produce work with the unassuming elegance and undisguised wonder that are evident on Macfarlane's every page., Macfarlane's accessible, poetic descriptions will transport you along with him to rivers in Canada, India, and Ecuador. ... The next time you set foot in nature, the sense of awe and reverence he crafts will be right there with you., Here, just on the lip of the river's mouth, is the point--not rights, but language--toward which the whole book, toward which all of Macfarlane's books have been flowing ... his precise, first-person, metaphorically rich ekphrastic prose, the fresh way he bends verbs and sentences to fit the contours of the land argues against the strictly ideal, cultural construction of the world., Rivers in Ecuador, India, and Canada provide the settings for this elegant travelogue, which asks whether a natural entity, such as a river, can be regarded as a living thing., [Macfarlane] is a poet with an uncanny knack for surprising--yet surprisingly apt--metaphors. ... His turns of phrase never feel distracting, but rather illuminating, inviting the reader to view both nature and ideas from new perspectives ... Macfarlane helps us to envision a path towards the better., Shattering and sublime, Is a River Alive? offers a question, an answer, and perhaps the greatest challenge and opportunity of our times: to accept our place in the mesh of things and act accordingly in the interests of the whole, Is a River Alive? is a wide-ranging feat of reporting that wends between the waters of three disparate places ... Macfarlane's prose is vivid, sometimes even flowery ... It is not just informative but frequently beautiful, full of luscious lines., Are rivers alive? Macfarlane delivers a lucid, memorable argument in the affirmative. ... In delightfully eccentric company and guided by the wisdom of an Indigenous woman ... Macfarlane travels through territory so rugged that 'even the trout have portage trails,' returning with hard-won wisdom about our evanescence and, one hopes, a river's permanence and power to shape our lives for the better., A rich and visionary work of immense beauty. Robert Macfarlane is a memory keeper. What is broken in our societies, he mends with words. Rarely does a book hold such power, passion, and poetry in its exploration of nature. Read this to feel inspired, moved and, ultimately, alive with the world., Composed equally of captivating nature writing and travelogue, MacFarlane's book is an urgent call to recognize the extraordinary wealth in uncaptured rivers and to restore those which have been polluted, cemented, and dried beyond recognition. ... Is a River Alive? offers up a tenable set of strategies, The author of Underland lends his expertise to raise awareness about a part of nature that is often taken for granted. Readers see that while rivers can be easily wounded, they can also quickly heal--if given the right care., Moving and beautiful ... If we're lucky, we do not have to go far to find a stream or river to sit by. The revelations in this passionate book will make that quiet, common experience even more life-giving., Everyone who has ever found something to love in a river should find something to love in this book. It is a masterpiece., Is a River Alive? is a beautifully written, poetic testament to the vitality of the Earth and the forms of politics that can be based upon that premise.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
577.6401
Synopsis
A New York Times Bestseller A #1 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller A New York Times "New Nonfiction to Read This Spring" Recommendation * A Financial Times "Best Summer Book of 2025" * A Guardian "Nonfiction to Look Forward To in 2025" Pick * A Washington Post "Book to Watch For" in 2025 From the best-selling author of Underland and "the great nature writer...of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers--and life itself., From the best-selling author of Underland and "the great nature writer . . . of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers--and life itself., Hailed in the New York Times as "a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler," Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is 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. Macfarlane takes readers on 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, a stream who flows through his own years and days. Powered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers--and always has.
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- 9***9 (1)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived on time, and as described! Great value despite the cosmetic damage! The packaging was intact and sufficient to protect the book during the heat wave! My girlfriend loves it!
- o***m (232)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem received before estimated delivery date and in excellent condition. Great communication by the seller trough the whole transaction. Highly recommended seller who I would not hesitate to buy from again. True professional! A+++Carl Hiaasen- Fever Beach -SIGNED By Hand 1st/1st 2025 HC/DJ (#297367468393)
- 6***6 (56)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseVery pleased with this purchase. Well packaged. But, had to pay an extra £45 import tax to Germany! The book was shipped from the USA! How does that work then?Zbigniew Brzezinski- Grand Chessboard -Easton Press Signed COA #7 Of 1150 (#294875152092)