{"product_id":"9780393242133","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA #1 \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for the 2025 Banff Mountain Book Competition in Environmental Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2025 by \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e * One of \u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 * One of NPR's \"Books We Love\" for 2025 * One of \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e's Ten Best Science Books of 2025 * A Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Book of 2025 * A \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Work of Nonfiction for 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eUnderland\u003c\/em\u003e and \"the great nature writer...of this generation\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers-and life itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacfarlane 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices, \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e will open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers-and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42369524105277,"sku":"9780393242133","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780393242133_p0.jpg?v=1771588141","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780393242133","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}