{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive-1","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the best-selling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand \"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As beautiful as the rivers and the hope he’s describing.\" —Valorie Castellanos Clark,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2026 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2026 Nautilus Book Award\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Wainwright Prize\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Jury Citation for the Banff Mountain Books Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e• A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMust-Read Book • One of NPR’s \"Books We Love\" • A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNotable Work of Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas “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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers—and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WW Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52127436833048,"sku":"9781324130734","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9781324130734_295fa.jpg?v=1780426130","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/is-a-river-alive-1","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}