{"product_id":"9780241998212","title":"Is a River Alive? by Macfarlane, Robert","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Macfarlane, Robert\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eIndia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 March 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 200 x 28 | 314g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2026From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book “ which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd finally, to north-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river “ the Mutehekau or Magpie “ is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once Macfarlane's most personal and most political book to date, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers “ and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO SPECTATOR, I PAPER, ECONOMIST, ESQUIRE, TIMESHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE SHERBORNE PRIZE FOR TRAVEL WRITING 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58353836360061,"sku":"9780241998212","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9780241998212_dbec694a-f8f3-4402-a0f9-d5890ef6d144.jpg?v=1783349177","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241998212","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}