Is a River Alive?

Is a River Alive?NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Competition in Environmental Literature Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction A Hill Times Top 100 Best Book of 2025 From the celebrated writer, observer and naturalist Robert Macfarlane comes a brilliant, perspective shifting new book, which answers a resounding "yes" to the question of its title. At the heart of Is a River Alive? is a single,

he thinks it must be some sort of cosmic joke

What she needs is the power to protect everyone in case the evil scientist returns

The story of a hotel

"If you're a fantasy romance girly

genre-breaking literary debut from Ireland that’s an homage to the brilliant detective novels of the early twentieth century

while the surprise pop-up scenes will delight curious preschoolers

Elizabeth clings to her throne and her principles

comes another classic tale about one very busy spider

This is the story of five women

and her place in the world

including foldable sections of the house used as “his and hers” wings with custom-built wardrobes

consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages