Is a River Alive? The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller and anyone who enjoyed The

and anyone who enjoyed The Shepherd’s Life or The Hidden Life of Trees

and a very personal account of his own interaction with the seas

salmon have been a vital resource

Ken Smith spent four decades living alone in a cabin in the Scottish Highlands

By the final pages

Is a River Alive? The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller and anyone who enjoyed TheFrom 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. At once Macfarlanes most personal and most political book to date, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, spark debates and lead