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Vaillant, John.
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Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Climatic changes.
Oil industries -- Alberta.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects.
Natural disasters.
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BOOK CLUB KIT 363.379 V131f
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Vaillant, John.
Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Climatic changes.
Oil industries -- Alberta.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects.
Natural disasters.
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Fire
weather
: the
making
of a
beast
(
book
club
kit
-
fiction
) / John Vaillant.
by
Vaillant, John.
Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023.
Call #:
BOOK
CLUB
KIT
363.379 V131f
Subjects
Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Climatic changes.
Oil industries -- Alberta.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects.
Natural disasters.
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Information kit for "Fire weather : the making of a beast"
ISBN:
9780735273160 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Book
club
kit
:
Fire
weather
: the
making
of a
beast
Bookclub
kit
:
Fire
weather
: the
making
of a
beast
Description:
10 copies, 415 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Holds can be placed via the Request Form on our website. Please include your library card number, the date you would like to pick up the
kit
, the branch location, and list several titles for each date, in case your first pick is not available.
Ideal for your
Book
Club
or Reading Group. This
kit
includes a nylon Halifax Public Libraries bag with 10 copies of Jogn Vaillant's "
Fire
weather
: the
making
of a
beast
", along with author and title information, and a list of discussion questions. The
kit
is available to borrow for 6 weeks.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada's petroleum 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 [the acclaimed award-winning novelist] warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world. (...)"--Jacket.
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