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  • Vaillant, John.
     
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  • Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
     
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  • Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
     
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  • Climatic changes.
     
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  • Oil industries -- Alberta.
     
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  • Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
     
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    Fire weather : the making of a beast (book club kit - fiction) / John Vaillant.
    by Vaillant, John.
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    Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023.
    Call #:BOOK CLUB KIT 363.379 V131f
    Subjects
  • Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
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  • Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
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  • Climatic changes.
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  • Oil industries -- Alberta.
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  • Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
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  • Forest fires -- Environmental aspects.
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  • Natural disasters.
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    URL856Information kit for "Fire weather : the making of a beast"
    ISBN: 
    9780735273160 (hc.)
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    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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    Collection ManagementAdult Book Club KitBOOK CLUB KIT 363.379 V131fAdult Book Club KitChecked outJul 31, 2024Add Copy to MyList


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