{"product_id":"fire-weather-on-the-front-lines-of-a-burning-world-9780525434245","title":"Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION - FINALIST FOR THE PEN\/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Spruce - \u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, TIME, NPR, \u003ci\u003eSlate, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Grips like a philosophical thriller, warns like a beacon, and shocks to the core.\" --Robert Macfarlane, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Riveting, spellbinding, astounding on every page.\" --David Wallace-Wells, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Uninhabitable Earth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada's oil industry and America's biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, and drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration--the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina--John Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event, but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFire has been a partner in our evolution for hundreds of millennia, shaping culture, civilization, and, very likely, our brains. Fire has enabled us to cook our food, defend and heat our homes, and power the machines that drive our titanic economy. Yet this volatile energy source has always threatened to elude our control, and in our new age of intensifying climate change, we are seeing its destructive power unleashed in previously unimaginable ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith masterly prose and a cinematic eye, Vaillant\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America's oil industry and the birth of climate science, to the unprecedented devastation wrought by modern forest fires, and into lives forever changed by these disasters. John Vaillant's urgent work is a book for--and from--our new century of fire, which has only just begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Vaillant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.26w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525434245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e 2023 National Book Awards Finalist - Nonfiction","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44151131045933,"sku":"9780525434245","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_f25bc891-95fb-4024-a6f7-2a40b3ae4051.jpg?v=1757343182","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/fire-weather-on-the-front-lines-of-a-burning-world-9780525434245","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}