Rivers: From Mountain Streams to City Riverbanks

Rivers explores the grandest and most interesting rivers around the world. Illustrated with more than 200 spectacular colour photographs supported by expert captions, the book is a fascinating journey from the mountains to the sea.

Being essential to the survival of civilisations, rivers run through mythology – think of ancient Egypt – and religion – think of the Ganges and Hinduism. And they continue to inspire writers and artists – think of Mark Twain’s Mississippi and John Steinbeck’s Sal...