Synopsis Rivers never die, not even in the deserts: they may fade away temporarily, but are always resuscitated by the first rainfall, as is the case with the Okavango and the wadis in the Sahara Desert. The courses of the great rivers - impetuous, placid, and often capricious - narrate the history of the Earth and of humankind. All civilizations and great cities, from Babylon to New York, were born along rivers. Rivers have been the cradle of kingdoms and empires and trade routes; they are also corridors of migration for peoples and armies. But they have also been impassable barriers, boundaries between different worlds. Since they bestow life and death, they have always been considered sacred - as mothers, fathers, dragons, the abode of spirits and gods, entities to be venerated. At least, this was so in the past. Nowadays most rivers are blocked by dams and forcibly channeled into artificial basins, and the very destiny of humanity is linked to their present uncertain courses. This book discusses the twenty-five longest, most important, famous and fascinating of the world's rivers - from the Ganges to the Mekong, from the Nile to the Amazon, from the Colorado and the Mississippi to the Tigris-Euphrates system and the Danube, Rhine and Seine - with the ambitious aim of offering an absolutely new portrait of each river. Aerial photographs and panoramic images are enhanced by special-area views and details, all of which spark the heightened awareness and imaginative musings that we experience while seated on the banks of great rivers or while going downstream from source to estuary.

Great Rivers of the World

Literature & Fiction

Paolo Novaresio

Literary

Barnes&Noble

A lavishly illustrated celebration of amazing journeys and exhilarating discoveries from the earliest days of seafaring to the first landing on the moon and beyond. This stunning book features more than 600 illustratiosn, including 400 full-color photos, 50 ancient maps, and 40 modern maps, most in color.

The Explorers: From the Ancient World to the Present

JG Press

Afrika: Flying High

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

White Star Publishers

From the migrations of Homo erectus to the exploration of space, man has continually reached beyond his natural boundaries to discover unknown lands. Follow the footsteps of Alexander the Great's epic military expedition through central Asia and India; voyage to the south of the American continent and learn how Magellan discovered the strait that bears his name; travel to the United States, where Lewis and Clark explored the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains; and journey to the Antarctic to witness the bittersweet race between Scott and Amundsen to reach the South Pole. In addition, hand-drawn maps and expedition journals chronicle the gradual discovery of the world through the eyes and voices of the individuals who turned their backs on conventional society to embrace the unknown.

The Explorers: From The Ancient World To The Present

History

World

White Star

Sahara: Immense Ocean of Sand

Gardners Books

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