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From the award-winning author of The Seafarers and Wintering comes an utterly original and compelling fascinating exploration of the most miraculous substance on Earth: water.
It falls in a moment. When the heaviest droplets of ice can no longer be held, the first raindrop slips from the sky and plunges, down through the damp, cold air, thawing as it plummets. Splashing into the sodden hillside, rainfall merging with river source, it flows for the first time.
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On this epic journey, award-winning writer Stephen Rutt visits these places where life flourishes, revealing how water shapes the land, shapes our lives – and how we shape it in return. Beautifully blending geography, ecology, climate writing and social history,
The Waterlands is a captivating retelling of the water cycle, and an urgent call to protect our most essential resource.
You’ll never see a raindrop the same way again.
ISBN: 9781783969319
eBook ISBN: 9781783969326
Cover: Hardback
Published: March 26, 2026 by Elliott & Thompson
Size: 216x138mm
Page Count: 272
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