Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane Children Hand painted

Hand painted

is visiting his cousin Neko at her home in coastal California

• A beautiful

combining the latest science with accessible stories about the rocks and landscapes visible from winding two-lane byways as well as from the region's vast network of highways

coffee table book and a wonderful gift

Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane Children Hand painted"Robert Macfarlane is a once in a generation virtuoso, and I don't know when his kaleidoscopic language and world expanding scholarship have been used to more potent effect than in this impassioned, resounding affirmative to the title's urgent question." JOHN VAILLANT, author of Fire Weather "Like its subject, Is a River Alive? is a work of flow and counter flow. It is lyrical, evoc ative, closely observed, and deeply moving. Robert Macfarlane offers