Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba The tales of The Silmarillion

The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth

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favor the plainspoken and the specific

Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba The tales of The SilmarillionHailed in the New York Times as "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. Is a River Alive? is 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. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable