{"product_id":"9781399720205-fire-weather","title":"Fire Weather","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA True Story from a Hotter World - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemarkable storytelling and deep reportage: A page-turning account of a brutal urban wildfire, and a sweeping exploration of our rapidly changing relationship with fire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*WINNER of the BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* A Pulitzer Prize Finalist * A National Book Award Finalist * A Writers' Trust Award Finalist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eNo book feels timelier than John Vaillant's \u003ci\u003eFire Weather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e . \u003cb\u003ean adrenaline-soaked nightmare that is impossible to put down' Cal Flyn, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eSuperb and terrifying . it reads with pace and flair and a rich, furious clarity' Katherine Rundell, author of \u003ci\u003eSuper-Infinite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping account of this century's most intense urban fire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between humanity and fire's fierce energy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn May 2016, Fort McMurray, Alberta, the hub of Canada's oil industry, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster turned entire neighbourhoods into firebombs and drove 90,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the story of this apocalyptic conflagration, John Vaillant explores the past and the future of our ever-hotter, more flammable world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor hundreds of millennia, fire has been a partner in our evolution, shaping culture and civilization. Yet in our age of intensifying climate change, we are seeing its destructive power unleashed in ways never before witnessed by human beings. With masterly prose and cinematic style, Vaillant delves into the intertwined histories of the oil industry and climate science, the unprecedented devastation wrought by modern wildfires, and the lives forever changed by these disasters. \u003ci\u003eFire Weather\u003c\/i\u003e is urgent reading for our new century of fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e towering achievement; an immense work of research, reflection and imagination'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astounding on every page. John Vaillant is one of the great poetic chroniclers of the natural world' David Wallace-Wells, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Uninhabitable Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It reads like a thriller . I could not put it down' Andrea Wulf, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40886114549857,"sku":"9781399720205","price":17.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_24311094.jpg?v=1753428114","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399720205-fire-weather","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}