2,779円 Mega-Dams in World Literature reveals the varied effects of large dams on people and their environments as expressed in literary works, focusing on the shifting attitudes toward large dams that emerged over the course of the twentieth century. Margaret Ziolkowski covers the enthusiasm for large-d...

310円 In "The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk," G. Christopher Davies intricately weaves together a rich tapestry of natural history, local lore, and detailed navigational guidance. This meticulously researched guide presents an in-depth exploration of the enchanting waterways, m...

1,408円 After plans were announced for multiple dams in Mongolia's Selenge River watershed, award-winning author and veteran flyfishing guide Peter W. Fong was spurred to learn more about this remarkable ecosystem. On a first-ever scientific expedition from the headwaters of the Selenge to Russia's Lake ...

3,317円 Chosen as Mississippi's 2025 Great Read for Adults by the Mississippi Center for the Book Mississippi rivers and creeks have shaped every aspect of the state’s geology, ecology, economy, settlement, and politics. Mississippi's paddlewaysーits rivers, rills, creeks, and streamsーare its arteries, ...

4,227円 Centuries of mismanagement and destructive development have gravely harmed American waterways, with significant consequences for the ecosystems and communities built around them. But a range of passionate and committed people have stepped up to restore streams and rivers around the United States....

4,400円 Explores the Southeast’s imperiled river systems and solutions for preserving them in the face of habitat loss, climate change, and extinction Southern Rivers, by award-winning nature writer and biologist R. Scot Duncan, is a thoroughly crafted exploration of the perilous state of the Southeast’s...

3,973円 River otters, black bears, and red foxes drink from its clear waters. Prickly pear cacti grow from the red shale cliffs that overlook it, while on the river near Bordentown lies the archeological remnants of a sprawling estate built by the former King of Spain, Napoleon’s brother, who lived there...

1,280円 Memory flows like a river, and it is through its constant flow that we come into being. Twelve of our most exciting contemporary writers consider the subject of rivers and how they shape us throughout our lives, demarcating cities as well as moulding our creative consciousness. Tessa Hadley revis...

4,230円 The Big Sandy River and its two main tributaries, the Tug and Levisa forks, drain nearly two million mountainous acres in the easternmost part of Kentucky. For generations, the only practical means of transportation and contact with the outside world was the river, and, as The Big Sandy demonstra...

4,934円 A sweeping cultural history, The Kentucky River reflects the rich tapestry of life along the banks. Flowing with tales of river ghosts and hidden treasures lying in the backwaters, the book records the myths and events the river has spawned. Bill Ellis also celebrates the Kentucky's influence on ...

3,524円 Cutting a wide east-west swath from the Appalachian foothills to the heart of the western Kentucky coalfields, the Green River valley extends from below the Tennessee border in the south to the Ohio River in the north. The Green River of Kentucky presents a picture of the unity and diversity of t...

1,610円 FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MUDLARKING 'An absolute treasure trove of sound advice and historical detail' Katherine May 'A delightful and a profound meditation on the variety of human experience' Ian Mortimer 'Lara Maiklem is a phenomenon. She elevates trudging around in the mud t...