{"product_id":"take-me-to-the-source-rupert-wright-9780099512288","title":"Take Me to the Source: In Search of Water","description":"Colorless, tasteless, odorless, ageless: water is both the simplest thing on earth and the most complex. We cannot live without it, yet water-borne illnesses kill 6,000 children a day. It is the ultimate renewable resource but we pollute it on a heroic scale. In this enthralling voyage of discovery, Rupert Wright sets out to discover exactly what water is and why it plays such an important role in history, culture, art, and literature. He penetrates to the heart of the developed world supposedly bringing piped water to the poor, and visits a bishop in Brazil willing to give up his life to save a river and a child in India who waits by the roadside every morning for a bucket of water. Why, if water is so valuable does nobody want to pay for it unless it comes in a designer bottle? Is it really the oil of the 21st century? Will we all soon be fighting over it, or can it lead countries into cooperation rather than conflict?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rupert Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0099512289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099512288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2010 pg. 124","brand":"Rupert Wright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443294384383,"sku":"9780099512288","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9db788f9-a4e2-4e0f-83d2-a364cc757a5e.jpg?v=1777204539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/take-me-to-the-source-rupert-wright-9780099512288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}