{"product_id":"the-oasis-this-time-rebecca-lawton-9781937226930","title":"The Oasis This Time: Living and Dying with Water in the West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards Finalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful call for smarter water policy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTHE OREGONIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater, the most critical fluid on the planet, is seen as savior, benefactor, and Holy Grail in these fifteen essays on natural and faux oases. Fluvial geologist and former Colorado River guide Rebecca Lawton follows species both human and wild to their watery roots--in warming deserts, near rising Pacific tides, on endangered, tapped-out rivers, and in growing urban ecosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawton thoroughly and eloquently explores human attitudes toward water in the West, from Twentynine Palms, California, to Sitka, Alaska. A lifelong immersion in all things water forms Lawton's deep thinking about living with this critical compound and sometimes dying in it, on it, with too much of it, or for lack of it. The Oasis This Time, the inaugural Waterston Desert Writing Prize winner, is a call for us to evolve toward a sustainable and even spiritual connection to water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Lawton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193722693X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937226930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Torrey House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019 pg. 145","brand":"Rebecca Lawton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988074168575,"sku":"9781937226930","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1c247e1-e603-42cb-8f5f-8943793a9eff.jpg?v=1683292473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-oasis-this-time-rebecca-lawton-9781937226930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}