Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba Volume 2: Death

Volume 2: Death

or pigments made from oyster shell—as he considers the plants and wildlife on the land where he lives

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

and spiritual depth

Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba Volume 2: DeathHailed 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