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Is a River Alive?
Engelsk
Bogcover for Is a River Alive? af Robert Macfarlane, 9780241624814
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
384
ISBN-13:
9780241624814
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0241624819
Udg. Dato:
1 maj 2025
Størrelse i cm:
24,3 x 16,0 x 3,5
Oplagsdato:
1 maj 2025
Forfatter(e):

Is a River Alive?

Engelsk
Hardback 2025
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From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.

At 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.

The book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.

Then, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.

And 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.

At 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

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
384
ISBN-13:
9780241624814
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0241624819
Udg. Dato:
1 maj 2025
Størrelse i cm:
24,3 x 16,0 x 3,5
Oplagsdato:
1 maj 2025
Forfatter(e):
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