In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Lif Chan Weichien and star comedians who have

and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field

and the state's lesser-known histories to examine why Alabama has been the stage for the most extreme results of the American experiment

and part affectionate guidance

from ground-breaking musician Elton John and eco hero Steve Irwin

In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Lif Chan Weichien and star comedians who haveJames 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 and