'Along the River that Flows Uphill' is a travel book with a difference. It weaves the story of an Amazon journey with science, math and reason to explore the risks that are inherent in any adventurous travel. One recent summer, authors Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt were commissioned by 'Geographical' – the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society in London – to travel the length of a strange river in Venezuela called the Casiquiare. This river – once the source of great controversy – is … [Read more...] about Along the River that Flows Uphill by Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt