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Middleton covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography to mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism
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About the Author
Nick Middleton is a geographer, writer, and presenter of television documentaries. He teaches at Oxford University where he is a Fellow of St Anne's College. He has written more than 200 articles and 20 books for a variety of audiences, most on geographical, travel, or environmental themes, including Deserts: A Very Short Introduction (2009). His experience of rivers is wide-ranging. He has floated down the Mekong and water skied on the Congo, bird-watched in the Danube delta and driven the length of the lower Mississippi. His daily relationship with the Thames is close and personal.
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- PublisherOUP Oxford
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0199588678
- ISBN 13 9780199588671
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages127
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