In Praise of Floods by James C. Scott trans-rights first as a convenient danger

first as a convenient danger and then an anachronism

Maple Baker loves her flamingos

Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love--and the blood it requires

the soul of a twisted and power-hungry Saint festered

But when Christine ventures into the uninhabited section of the building

In Praise of Floods by James C. Scott trans-rights first as a convenient dangerJames C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit A New Yorker Best Book of the Year "Informative, enjoyable, and provocative. . . . Scott's [prose] is dry, clear, and scalding with moral purpose." Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually