{"product_id":"9780241998212","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\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\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eyes\u003c\/span\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":"Macfarlane, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ Penguin","offer_id":51487913541938,"sku":"9780241998212","price":1020.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/8052\/8434\/files\/9780241998212.jpg?v=1784543926","url":"https:\/\/bibliothek-eg.com\/ar\/products\/9780241998212","provider":"BIBLIOTHEK  | Barakat for Bookstores","version":"1.0","type":"link"}